Space for rapid growth at Ziehl-Abegg
Germany, Künzelsau: Ziehl-Abegg SE is investing €36 M on a modern production facility in Germany.
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Germany, Künzelsau: Ziehl-Abegg SE is investing €36 M on a modern production facility in Germany.
“The world’s markets will continue to need high-quality electric motors and fans in the future,” says CEO Peter Fenkl. That’s why the Künzelsau-based company invested €16 M in the expansion of its production buildings at the Kupferzell site in the middle of the pandemic; this will be followed by a further €20 M for machinery. “With the new building, the company is further expanding its high degree of vertical manufacture and the resilience of the supply chains here at the site, whilst also securing valuable jobs both within and beyond the region,” emphasizes Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, Minister of Economic Affairs of Baden-Württemberg.
Minister of Economic Affairs Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut is pleased with the company’s commitment to the Hohenlohe site: “Family-owned companies like Ziehl-Abegg SE play an important role in the future of our federal state. The new building for fan production is a clear commitment to Baden-Württemberg as a location for industry and innovation.” Adding: “The corona crisis has shown that functioning value-added chains cannot be taken for granted even within Europe and that the commitment of the corporate sector makes a significant contribution towards securing the prosperity of our federal state.”
In the new building an additional 8,700 m2 will be created for the manufacture of a state-of-the-art generation of energy-efficient electric motors. “The durable and efficient electric motor has been our core area of expertise for more than 100 years,” emphasizes Fenkl. At the same time, Ziehl-Abegg is a technology leader in the design of fans based on the concept of biomimetics. “However, since many geometries offering perfect aerodynamics cannot be implemented in steel or aluminium, we are expanding the area of composite materials. It is essential for us to have more space for additional injection moulding machines for composite materials”, says Fenkl.
Overall, Ziehl-Abegg is expanding its production facilities worldwide or optimizing existing plants: both in Schöntal-Bieringen where the aluminium casting operation is based, as well as at the locations in America and Asia. “Corona has shown that we have to consider very carefully how we can design our production facilities in a way that enables us to satisfy the needs of the market to optimum effect”, says Fenkl.
Source: Ziehl-Abegg