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LEMKEN Begins Construction of a New $13 Million (CDN) Research and Development Facility

Our LEMKEN headquarters in Alpen, Germany is undergoing substantial expansion. The new $13 million development facility will form an important part of LEMKEN’s $70 million (CDN) investment programme. From spring 2015, the facility will comprise 140 state-of-the-art workplaces for our design and electronics engineers, plus a larger testing hall with laboratory and simulation spaces.

The new facility cleverly combines both administration and testing spaces in the same building. According to Co-owner Nicola Lemken, this makes for short distances and opens up additional options for expansion. “We are delighted that our construction plans, which we have nurtured for a long time, will finally be implemented. We urgently needed more space for design and testing.”

Gottfried Giesen, LEMKEN’s Head of Development, is among those who are keen to move to the new facility. With the sharp increase in sales until 2008, and the subsequent years of substantial growth, numerous extensions of production areas have taken priority. Also, a suitable location needed to be found for the building: separate, yet close enough to manufacturing.

Ultimately it was all about creating an attractive working environment for designers and being able to recruit talented young engineers for our plant on the Lower Rhine. LEMKEN is expecting further growth, and the new building is therefore designed for flexibility. 

Construction work started in June. The foundations have been laid, concrete supports and structural walls built. Currently the roof is being built. It is planned that the external shell of the building will be completed by mid-October and that internal works will then progress speedily.

Building details: A base area of about 62,000 sq. ft. comprises 34,000 sq. ft. of office space over two levels, plus a 45,000 sq. ft. testing hall. The integration of design offices into the industrial grid of the hall structure has created wide office spaces that are largely free from internal supports and optimally meet user requirements. Acoustically highly effective, partially glazed dividing walls ensure that engineers can sit down for product team meetings, but are also able to work without being disturbed.

Source: LEMKEN


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