MELBOURNE, Florida—Kalogon, which makes smart seating for wheelchairs, has moved into a dedicated manufacturing facility in Melbourne with production capacity to support up to $50 million in annual business.
After reaching maximum production capacity at Groundswell Startups' campus, Kalogon said it needed a larger dedicated facility to fulfill accelerating customer demand.
"When your engineering team and production line are under the same roof, speed becomes your competitive advantage," said Tim Balz, CEO and founder of Kalogon. "We hear feedback from a customer in the morning, prototype a solution by afternoon and have it in testing by the end of the week. That cycle would take months with overseas manufacturing. This facility gives us the capacity to scale that speed, introducing new products, expanding customizations and getting innovations to users at a pace that simply isn't possible when you're dependent on external supply chains."
The expansion isn’t just square footage. The company said it has grown to 35 employees—including recent additions of a specialized industrial sewing technician and multiple engineers—and said it is actively hiring across engineering, product and sales to support accelerating demand and innovation.
Just this year, the company has expanded its medical product line and launched the Bondar back support in multiple sizes, completing a fully Medicare-coded seating solution that combines postural support with Kalogon's proprietary advanced pressure management system.
"Kalogon represents exactly the kind of sustainable business we want to see thriving in Florida," said Ken Hall, partner at DeepWork Capital, an early investor in Kalogon. “They’ve built a model where rapid iteration and human-centered design create better products faster, and the market is clearly responding. This combination of innovation and commercial traction is exactly what attracts serious investment.”