Manufacturing  May 5, 2023

Bennet, Neguse tour Electra’s new Boulder facility

BOULDER — Just seven months after emerging from stealth mode, Boulder-based Electrasteel Inc., which does business as Electra, is stepping even more into the limelight.

The company Friday hosted a tour for two of Colorado’s congressional delegation, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Joe Neguse, who represents the 2nd Congressional District, including Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and seven other counties.

Electra, founded by CEO Sandeep Nijhawan and chief technology officer Quoc Pham, has developed technology to produce iron and steel using less energy and with more-abundant material.

The company uses an electrochemical process to refine low-grade iron ore — treated as waste in…

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Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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