The complex, currently in the detailed planning phase, is scheduled for completion in 2023.
Schaeffler s headquarters in Herzogenaurach will soon be home to a cross-divisional central laboratory complex, which will span around 15,000 square metres of gross floor space and house 15 laboratories and more than 360 employees.
The new laboratory facility will centralise and consolidate the Schaeffler Group s core competencies and capabilities in key areas of technology, including measurement, testing and calibration systems, materials research and design, electrochemistry and optimisation of product lifespan, strength and reliability.
It will also house a new electronics laboratory. The company s aims in consolidating all these activities under one roof include improving the transfer of knowledge and technology between its divisions and enhancing performance through shared use of resources.