Campus - Dürr opts for a sustainable energy concept at Bietigheim-Bissingen
- The new office complex comprises three pavilions designed in a modern, open and welcoming style
The Dürr Group expanded its premises at Bietigheim-Bissingen (Germany) to form a campus where all its paint, final assembly and environmental technology activities will be centered. In mid-2009 a modern office and technology complex was completed with facilities for 1,500 employees including a well equipped customer center. Around 900 employees and our headquarters relocated from the Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen location to Bietigheim-Bissingen. Stuttgart will remain the registered Head Office of Dürr AG. Porsche, whose factory is adjacent to the Stuttgart premises, will take over the land and buildings vacated by Dürr. Investment in the Campus project amounted to round about € 65 million.
With “Campus Energy 21” Dürr has developed a pioneering energy supply concept that is characterized by an approach calling for sustainability in the use of resources and low emissions of CO2. It includes drawing on geothermal resources and heat exchangers as well as on process heat recovery. Energy efficiency of the office complex has been optimized with excellent insulation and a lighting system controlled via daylight sensors. On April 28, Dürr presented this innovative concept to the public, in the presence of Tanja Gönner, Environment Minister for Baden-Württemberg, and Jürgen Kessing, Mayor of Bietigheim-Bissingen. The European Association for Renewable Energy EUROSOLAR honored "Campus Energy 21" in autumn with the award of the German solar prize 2008.
- Paint Systems technology center, the world’s largest, was extended and modernized
Bringing all four business units of Paint and Assembly Systems closer together on the Campus in terms of physical proximity will allow Dürr to organize its business processes more efficiently, and will improve communication between the departments.
On the 70,700 m2 Campus site, a customer center was established, which will also provide extra space for more training courses – in connection with paint robots for example. The new logistics center together with the extension of the world’s largest center for paint and final assembly technology, complete the facilities provided at the Campus. In addition to its research laboratories, the technology center was also equipped with the most modern test plants for the RoDip rotational painting process, FAStplant® final assembly systems and sealing processes for welded seams.
Construction of the Campus began officially on November 20, 2007 when Ralf Dieter, Chairman of the Board, and Jürgen Kessing, Mayor of Bietigheim-Bissingen, ceremonially took up their spades and broke the first ground.
