Sinter-forging expert EPoS raises CHF 1 million and relocates operations to Fribourg

Award-winning Italian start-up EPoS has raised a CHF 1 million late seed funding round led by Nivalis Group. The company plans to relocate its offices, R&D center and production workshop from Italy to Le Vivier Technology Park, Fribourg.

An expert in sinter-forging, Italian start-up EPoS designs, develops, and implements a unique and groundbreaking electro-sinter-forging technology to produce parts used in various industries. Commonly referred to as eForging, their unique technology allows to create completely new materials, until now impossible to manufacture, and to produce parts with unprecedented precision, density and strength.

“EPoS is truly one-of-a-kind. Their technology is so unique and disruptive, EPoS has the potential to create a demand the industry doesn’t know yet it needs. We are confident that this leaner, cleaner process will be the go-to technology for key industry players in the foreseeable future”, explains Nicolas Corsi, CEO of Nivalis Group, who led the CHF 1 million late seed funding round.

The investment from Nivalis Group marks the start of a new development phase for EPoS, who will accelerate R&D, grow the team, and prepare for industrialization and market implementation.

“With its entrepreneurial core and exceptional experience in industrial automation, I consider Nivalis Group as a rare hybrid creature of entrepreneurship, and the perfect partner for EPoS”, explains Alessandro Fais, CEO of EPoS. “The injection of new capital allows us to reinforce the company with competent, fast pacing and dedicated people, and to prioritize on industries for which eForging is the perfect solution: watchmaking, permanent magnets and diamond abrasive tools. I’m very excited to move the business to Switzerland, the land of high-tech innovation.”

In January 2022, EPoS will relocate its offices, R&D center and production workshop from Rivoli near Torino, Italy to Le Vivier Technology Park, in the canton of Fribourg.