Magnetic performance you can build on.
Magterra is building a neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) permanent-magnet factory in the Netherlands — supplied through a blended mine-to-magnet and recycling supply chain. High-performance magnets for the applications where loss of supply is not an option.
Small components. Outsized dependence.
The Netherlands imports 100 percent of its NdFeB permanent magnets, with China holding the largest share of global supply and almost all heavy-rare-earth separation capacity. These magnets are tiny parts inside drone motors, semiconductor equipment, food-safety systems, medical devices and wind turbines — yet the economic activity that depends on them is worth orders of magnitude more than the magnets themselves.
Strategic autonomy does not mean making every magnet at home. It means being able to supply the most critical applications from domestic production — even when global supply is disrupted — while still sourcing the rest on the open market.
One factory, two resilient feedstock streams.
Magterra runs on a blended feedstock of primary and secondary material. Primary rare earths give us a mine-to-magnet backbone; recycling closes the loop with end-of-life magnets from across Europe. We draw on proven European production technology, with established lines serving Dutch demand while the Dutch plant is built.
Mine-to-magnet primary feedstock
Magterra secures access to primary rare-earth feedstock through European supply partnerships spanning mining and midstream refining. That gives us control over primary material from the mine all the way to the finished magnet — outside the dominant Chinese supply chain.
Recycling end-of-life magnets, two ways
On the secondary side we use both recycling routes. Short-loop recycling — among the most mature European routes in operation — feeds reclaimed magnet material straight back into magnet making. Long-loop recycling recovers rare earths from streams the short loop cannot reach.
Both streams converge on the same Dutch production line: press sintering with grain-boundary diffusion for high-coercivity grades, plus advanced routes such as metal injection moulding and 3D printing under development to leapfrog today's magnet factories.
Built for the critical applications.
Magterra qualifies a specific magnet grade and geometry on the customer's actual assembly — from a supplier that can still ship during a supply-chain disruption.
Defence & dual-use
High-coercivity arc magnets for brushless-DC drone (UAV) motors, operating at elevated temperatures.
High-tech & semiconductor
Precision grades that meet tight dimensional tolerances and stable demagnetisation behaviour.
Food safety & medical
Magnet-separation and medical devices: moderate volumes with high traceability and documentation.
Offshore wind
Long-term demand on the order of 650–1,000 tons of NdFeB per GW of installed capacity.
Factory automation
Motors and actuators for the high-value machine-building base that the Netherlands is known for.
E-mobility
Traction motors for the next wave of electric-vehicle and drivetrain demand.
A waterfront logistics hub.
Magterra's logistics site on the water in the Netherlands — where incoming feedstock arrives, stock is held, and magnets are distributed to customers across Europe.
A factory at the centre of a cluster.
Magterra is more than a plant: it anchors a Dutch industrial and research cluster spanning metallurgy, recycling, distribution, application engineering and materials science. We grow inside the existing European ecosystem rather than competing against it — coordinating capacity, feedstock and customer qualification across the EU.
Let's talk magnets.
Whether you need qualified samples, want to discuss offtake, or are exploring partnership across the supply chain — we'd like to hear from you.