Schaeffler, one of the leading global suppliers of the automotive and industrial sectors, laid the foundations of the central laboratory that will gather the company's main expertise and key technologies under one roof. It is predicted that the investment, worth millions, will strengthen the future of the company. The state-of-the-art building, designed as a green building and aimed to create revolutionary changes in sustainability standards, will consist of 17 laboratories where 360 people will work on a total area of more than 15 thousand square meters.
Schaeffler, one of the leading global suppliers of the automotive and industrial sectors, laid the foundations of the state-of-the-art central laboratory to be built on the Herzogenaurach campus. The building, with an investment cost of 80 million Euros, also forms the basis of Schaeffler's 2025 roadmap. Continuing to invest in the future despite the challenging conditions, the company plans to start work in the laboratory building, which it aims to complete in 2023, at the beginning of 2024. Klaus Rosenfeld, CEO of Schaeffler AG, said, “The central laboratory is of critical importance in sustaining Schaeffler's competitiveness and success in the future.” “By bringing together its core expertise and key technologies in research and development in the new building, Schaeffler will also strengthen Herzogenaurach's current position as the headquarters of the Schaeffler Group. The fact that we will establish the central laboratory at a point that creates economic value is also an expression of our desire to continue our strategic route.”
Schaeffler preferred Herzogenaurach for the hydrogen technologies competence center as well as the central laboratory. Automotive and industry supplier; has recently opened a fully automated and digital tool manufacturing center in the Franconian city of Höchstadt an der Aisch. Schaeffler, the same zamAt the same time, it is establishing a world-class production facility for e-mobility in Bühl, the headquarters of the Automotive Technologies division.
Central laboratory will guide the technology of the future
The central laboratory complex, which will bring together different disciplines in Herzogenaurach, will consist of 17 laboratories with 360 people working on a total area of more than 15 thousand square meters. Uwe Wagner, Chief Technology Officer of Schaeffler AG, said: “Schaeffler zamIt demonstrates the best performance in innovation and product development. With the solutions we will develop in the central laboratory, we will strengthen our expertise in the long term and guide progress in the automotive and industrial sectors. Schaeffler will be able to shape future technologies in the fields of e-mobility, hydrogen and renewable energy and offer faster product solutions to the market with the synergy to be achieved in product development processes.” said.
New central laboratory; It will cover a broad framework of the company's research and development activities, including key areas such as measurement, test and calibration systems, materials, chemistry, coatings and nanotechnologies, and improving operational life and system reliability. The main focus will be on materials, chemistry, coatings and nanotechnology, as well as the high-resolution measurement technologies (metrology, chemistry, physics, electronics and analysis) that will go along with them.
Institutional Research and Innovation and Institutional Competence Center, Head of Central Technologies Engineer Prof. Dr. Tim Hosenfeldt; “Central laboratory; By bringing together a series of unique services covering analysis methods and expertise, it will add power to our innovation power and speed to our speed. The building, which will offer opportunities such as tailor-made material design with high-resolution analytical and measurement technologies, will open a new page in laboratory standards.” provided information.
Designed to meet the latest sustainability standards, the central laboratory will be operated as a green building that complies with the Gold Standard of the German Sustainable Buildings Council DGNB. Schaeffler aims to open its new complex to external customers as well. For this, the company plans to create a laboratory and presentation area that focuses on the use of digitalization and artificial intelligence.
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