Foundation Stone Laid for GEMü Dome
The ceremonial laying of a foundation stone was the signal for work to commence on the new building in the Waldzimmern Business Park, Niedernhall which is just eight kilometers away from the company’s head office. The business park enjoys good transport links and will be the new base for the GEMü development department, which has grown substantially over recent years.
Prototyping and trials with a range of test benches and testing equipment will also relocate from Kochertal to the new premises. The exhibition centre will become home to GEMü exhibition stand construction and a permanent exhibition containing new exhibits and functioning models. Exhibition stands will also be designed, built and tested here.
“We want to test new development approaches and give our technicians and engineers a brand new working environment. They need to develop new solutions and products in an open, creative environment, inspired by technical exhibits and the building’s own architecture,” explained Fritz Müller at the
ceremony. The new building is due to be finished and opened early in 2009.
The space freed up at the main centre in Ingelfingen is needed to expand production and to house the rapidly growing sales teams. The tremendous business growth enjoyed in recent years means that the GEMü factory in Criesbach, which was recently expanded by 4,700 m² in 2005, is already close to bursting at the seams. The new building in Hohenlohe is another sign of GEMü’s faith in Germany as a base for its future growth.