Argotec, the company chosen by NASA, will be the European strategic center for satellites: SpacePark comes to life
Argotec opened the doors of his for the first time SpacePark to San Mauro Turin. After the completion of the work in the first areas where the satellites will come to life, namely the White room, the data center and some laboratories will begin the group’s production activities as early as June 18th while the official inauguration of the headquarters will be held in October. An important 25 million euro plan that gives new life to the former Burgo paper mills designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
The futuristic circular structure of 16 thousand square meters fits perfectly with the space factory project that Argotec has in mind. The opening of the SpacePark takes place almost simultaneously with the announcement of the NASA That has included the Italian company among the four suppliers of the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition Services program. The company, a leader in the space sector, already has an operational headquarters in Maryland. The agreement, worth a total of 6 billion dollars, has an initial duration until August 2025 but provides for the possibility of extending the agreement until 2030.
An opportunity that will give further boost to those already announced 100 new hires for the group. “We knew it would be a huge challenge, but we wanted to face it,” he said David Avino, president of Argotec -. We gave ourselves very tight deadlines, yet the team worked intensely and today we are even ahead of schedule. For this I can only thank the extraordinary project team. By the end of the year we will be able to move all our colleagues to the SpacePark and start what I like to think of as a new life for Argotec, which will see, among other things, 100 new hires, foreseen by the project. Hiring necessary for the production of over 50 satellites per year, approximately one per week” explained Avino.
Work at the SpacePark which was done in record time and which also includes a series of collateral activities as underlined by the president again: “We have also launched a project called ‘industrial accelerator’ to welcome the start-ups at the SpacePark who have products already quite ready for our market. We will welcome them to develop their business and improve their product if necessary. Furthermore, we have worked directly with Turin and the Metropolitan City to have public services in the area: there will be line 20 which will pass right in front of the SpacePark”.
For Argotec’s operations manager, Diego Carubelli, the need is to be immediately operational: “We have orders to carry out, there is all the entrepreneurial strength of the company which is preparing to inaugurate a futuristic SpacePark. The renovation works are guided by a principle of conservation and enhancement of the existing. Where there were corridors, offices and warehouses, today there is a long window that allows a complete view of the Clean Room, already set up with thermo-vacuum chambers and machines for structural vibration tests”.
In this area, in the coming weeks, “Argotec engineers will begin to operate for the first time. The first production that will see the light will be that of the constellation of Earth Observation satellites which will be part of the Iride program, wanted by the Italian government and financed with Pnrr funds” added Carubelli.
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