Deep Trekker has officially expanded its global headquarters in Kitchener, Ontario, adding approximately 18,000 square feet to support growing international demand for its underwater remotely operated vehicles and utility crawlers.
The additional footprint significantly expands capacity across design, manufacturing, testing, and lifecycle support. Rising adoption across aquaculture, marine science, infrastructure, shipping, port security, defense, public safety, energy, and commercial diving has seen operators increasingly deploy vehicles for submerged asset inspections, net pen monitoring, search and recovery, and operations in hazardous environments. The facility upgrade directly addresses requirements from larger commercial and institutional entities deploying fleets at scale.
Cody Warner, Vice President, Commercial, said, “The expansion of our facility has allowed us to create efficiency across our processes, enabling us to have capacity to deliver larger contracts in shorter timelines. Deep Trekker’s growth includes contracts with larger entities that require ROVs by the dozens or even hundreds, and with our expanded facility and increased team size, we are able to deliver reliably on these types of contracts.”
The Kitchener site, which celebrated its grand opening in September 2026, provides dedicated manufacturing space to scale production across Deep Trekker’s portfolio. This covers the DTG3, PHOTON, PIVOT, REVOLUTION, and SPECTRA ROVs, as well as MAG, VAC, and VAC MAX utility crawlers, and A-200 and A-150 pipe crawlers. In-house engineering, research and development, and validation facilities have also been broadened to accelerate iterative hardware development.
Chad Plesa-Naden, Engineering Director, added, “Over the past ten years, we’ve moved through three buildings and grown more than tenfold, each move driven by the growth needed to meet our customers’ needs. What excites me most about this space is what it lets our team do. With expanded in-house engineering, R&D, and test areas, we can design, test, and refine vehicles more quickly than ever, which means better products in our customers’ hands sooner.”
The site re-architects production floor routing to support higher vehicle volumes alongside expanded service and customer support divisions.
Colin Vander Glas, Operations Director, added, “This expansion lets us grow within our operating model, not just around it. By redesigning how work moves through our facility and strengthening the processes and systems behind it, we can scale with confidence and keep pace with our customers’ expectations as our product line grows.”
The Ontario development coincides with an ongoing international operational rollout. Deep Trekker recently established an office in the United States, adding to regional hubs in Chile and Europe, with further locations planned to support its global user base.
