Sharrow Engineering Announces Move to Michigan Central and Launches Sharrow Labs, a New Affiliate Dedicated to Pioneering the Future of Propulsion, Energy, and Mobility
Based at Newlab at Michigan Central, Sharrow Labs will serve as the research and development hub of Sharrow Engineering, expanding its award-winning design platform into new industries, including aerospace, wind energy, HVAC, drone technology, and defense.
'Relocating to Michigan Central and launching Sharrow Labs represents a bold leap forward for our company,' said Greg Sharrow, founder and CEO of Sharrow Engineering. 'With Sharrow Labs, we're building the future—taking the core principles that redefined marine propulsion and applying them to the world's most pressing engineering challenges.'
Sharrow is actively working on novel propulsion and flow control applications for aerospace, wind energy, HVAC, drone technology, and hydropower. Strategic partnerships already underway include collaborations with VEEM in Australia and Anduril Industries, as well as programs with the U.S. Department of Defense, ranging from ultra-quiet drone rotors to next-generation propulsion systems.
The company will join Newlab, a global venture platform for critical technology startups building a sustainable future embedded within Michigan Central, which will serve as the platform for scaling R&D and commercialization. Sharrow Engineering and Sharrow Labs are beginning a hiring initiative to expand their team in areas like mechanical engineering, aerodynamics, data science, and product development.
'Newlab was created to remove the barriers for founders like Greg to bring critical technologies, bold solutions that challenge past performance and resource assumptions, to the world at scale,' said Katie Soven, Managing Director at Newlab Detroit. 'Sharrow Labs represents the future of Michigan's growth, harnessing our robust industrial base to create visionary, breakthrough technologies that set entirely new standards for each industry they touch.'
'What Greg and his team have accomplished is extraordinary,' added David Dolby, board member and CEO of Dolby Family Ventures. 'Sharrow has reinvented propeller technology and turned it into a market leader. Sharrow Labs is now scaling that disruptive thinking to new sectors, and the impact will be global for propulsion performance and efficiency.'
Sharrow Engineering and Sharrow Labs will begin operations at Michigan Central in late Q2 2025.
About Sharrow Engineering
Sharrow Engineering is a Detroit-based company pioneering breakthrough technologies in propulsion, energy, and mobility. The company is best known for inventing the Sharrow™ Propeller—the first major advancement in propeller technology since the 1830s—which delivers up to 30% greater fuel efficiency and up to 80% noise reduction compared to traditional designs. Sharrow Engineering holds over 150 patents worldwide and is the parent company of Sharrow Marine, which manufactures and delivers high-performance marine propulsion systems to customers around the globe. The Sharrow Propeller has been widely recognized, including being named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2023 and Soundings Trade Only's Most Innovative Marine Companies, and honored by Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Awards and Innovation by Design Awards. With applications that extend beyond marine into aerospace, defense, HVAC, and renewable energy, Sharrow Labs is redefining what's possible in modern propulsion.
To learn more, visit www.sharrowlabs.com
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