Construction of new research and development center is on track
A new research and development center is in the construction at our headquarters in Schwandorf. We are preparing in this way for the challenges of the coming years.
Since a few weeks the excavators have occupied the farm Sitzenhof again. As the next part of a longer-term investment process, the new research and development center is being built. The aim is twofold: on the one hand, to provide sufficient capacity for future HR investments, and on the other hand, to concentrate the engineering, test and prototype departments in one R&D complex.
The office space will be expanded from the current 40 workplaces to a hundred. Right next to the office building there will be a workshop factory for testing and prototype construction. In this way the unnecessary paths can be eliminated and the communication efficiency can be improved. Schwandorf, thus, remains to be the largest development site, next to Landau and our location in the U.S.
A more secluded place was deliberately chosen for the new building on the farm Sitzenhof. Thus, new products and adjustments to them can be designed, planned, built and tested without any interference.
The new workshop factory is scheduled to be finished in June, while the engineering department is likely to be able to move into the new offices in the late August. Due to the mild winter so far, the construction has not been interrupted, thus, we are optimistic about meeting these deadlines.