EXXFIRE starts production in Chemport Innovation Center
11/23/2022 - Exxfire starts production at Chemport Innovation Center
On Wednesday Deputy IJzebrand Rijzebol of the province of Groningen performed the festive opening of the Chemport Innovation Center (CIC). At the same time, the first tenant, ExxFire, was welcomed. The Chemport Innovation Center offers plenty of space for upscaling, innovation, demonstration and continued growth of industrial activity. It is therefore an important link in the cycle of industrial start-ups. The old factory on the Groningen Seaports industrial estate in Delfzijl, where the CIC is located, is undergoing a total metamorphosis. The first tenant, ExxFire, signed the lease today. ExxFire is developing a revolutionary method to make valuable spaces fire-safe using unpressurised gas. “Think of critical IT racks in data centers, archives, electrical installations, museums, libraries, depots. Wherever extinguishing water may cause more damage than the fire itself, we offer a solution,” says CEO Harm Botter. ExxFire developed the technology on a lab scale on the Zernike Campus in recent years and is now ready for the upscaling and the jump to the market. The company now has a hall and an office at its disposal in the CIC for this purpose. “There are exactly the facilities we need now to innovate further and to start producing in the long term,” says commercial director Edwin Verver. provincial grant Such a place where the next phase in the process of industrial start-ups takes shape was still lacking in the Northern Netherlands. In the CIC, start-ups that further develop and scale up their technology can jointly use the facilities, which makes a significant difference in costs. More start-ups are already showing interest. Companies that establish themselves in the CIC are eligible for a subsidy from the province of Groningen. ExxFire receives a contribution of 50,000 euros for the furnishing costs, as deputy Rijzebol announced. “The Chemport Innovation Center has a bright future ahead. After ExxFire, more companies will soon follow that will use this test location as a springboard for new products to the market.” Green and sustainable ExxFire fits exactly within the frameworks that Chemport Europe sets for tenants of the CIC: innovative, applicable to demonstration and upscaling, and sustainable. “The starting point is that the companies here contribute to the greening of the industry,” says Cas König, CEO of Groningen Seaports. “That is also in our interest. We need to go green and we really need innovative initiatives to do that.” https://www.groningen-seaports.com/nieuws/chemport-innovation-center-officieel-geopend-opschaling-start-ups-kan-beginnen/
