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Press Release11 July 2022Siemens AGGarching
Topping-out ceremony for future research
The shell of the new Siemens Technology Center Garching is complete. Nine months after the start of construction, building participants and guests of honour met for the topping-out ceremony. Standing in front of the topping-out crown are (from left): Albert Berger, Dean of the TU Munich, Dr. Dietmar Gruchmann, First Mayor of Garching, Markus Blume, Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts, Prof. Dr. Thomas F. Hofmann, President TU Munich, Dr. Peter Körte, Chief Technology Officer of Siemens, Dr. Zsolt Sluitner, CEO Siemens Real Estate
“Siemens, as a global player, and TUM, as a
world-class university, are growing together: At the Siemens Technology Center,
bright minds from the scientific and business communities will conduct research
and work together under one roof. In this way, two true champions are jointly
making the soil fertile for innovation – the perfect combination for
inspiration, development and progress!” emphasized Markus Blume, Bavarian state
minister of science and the arts, at the topping-out ceremony, to which Siemens
had invited the construction companies working on the building, together with
their employees and special guests.
For nearly 50 years, Munich has been the main research
location in Germany for Siemens’ Technology unit, which until now has been
based at the Siemens location in the Perlach section of Munich. The new building
at the so-called “Isar Valley” research campus in Garching will now provide the
right setting for the hybrid and collaborative work and research of the future.
The company’s cooperation with the Technical University of Munich (TUM), which
has already been among the company’s top technology partners for more than
twenty years, will also help ensure that the right setting is in place.
“I’m pleased that, together with Siemens as another strategic partner, we are vigorously driving progress with our ‘Industry on Campus’ concept – as a win-win proposition for our students and researchers at TUM as well as for Siemens’ employees,” said Professor Thomas F. Hofmann, president of TUM. “Due to the physical proximity and new formats for an intensified exchange with one another, we can expect unique synergies between the scientific and business communities as well as innovative technological developments on our high-tech campus.”
The focal points of the research being performed at
Siemens is on the key topics of the future in the field of digitalization. In
addition to innovative approaches to sustainable solutions for Siemens
customers, these topics include core technologies such as simulation, digital
twins, the industrial internet of things, the future of automation, additive
manufacturing and innovative production processes.
“The close links with our partners from our Research and
Innovation Ecosystem create new perspectives for our researchers,” said Peter
Körte, chief technology officer at Siemens. “In this way, we can work together
jointly and in close alliance to find solutions for the major challenges of the
present and of the future, and we can help shape the digital, sustainable
transformation. Today – more than ever – we need technology with purpose to
live up to our responsibility to future generations.”
With more than 7,500 employees and 20,000
students, the research campus in Garching is currently already one of Germany’s
largest centers for science, research and education. “The unique combination of
top universities like TUM and LMU, research institutes like the Fraunhofer
Society, high-tech industries, and a lively start-up scene offers a powerful
ecosystem for research and innovation,” emphasized Dr. Dietmar Gruchmann,
First Mayor of the City of Garching. “Today’s topping-out ceremony for the
Siemens Technology Center marks yet another milestone on the journey of the
visionary ‘Science City of Garching."
On four levels and with two inner courtyards, the
Siemens Technology Center offers around 13,000 square meters of modern and
highly variable space. Current research projects can be presented to the public
in the foyer. In addition to a lecture hall that can be divided flexibly,
technical areas, such as laboratories, are now being built along with a
conference zone, training and meeting rooms, and modern workspaces. Adapted to
accommodate hybrid working in the so-called “new normal,” these facilities will
enable the highest possible levels of flexibility in an environment
characterized by collaboration and agile teamwork.
Zsolt Sluitner, CEO of Siemens Real Estate, which is in
the company responsible for Siemens’ real estate portfolio, emphasized that the
building itself, with its aluminum facade, will exude a spirit of innovation.
At the topping-out ceremony, he expressly thanked all the people working for
the some 60 construction companies involved in the project for their hard work.
“Like all new Siemens buildings, we first created the Technology Center as a
digital twin right from day one, before any of it was implemented in reality.
This approach provides a basis for particularly high levels of
resource-efficiency, first in construction and later in operation,” he said.
“For this inclusive new building, too, we are aiming for ‘Gold’ certification
according to the internationally recognized LEED sustainability criteria.”
Features for helping to secure this certification
include the photovoltaic systems on the roof, thermally activated intermediate
ceilings for supporting the heating and cooling systems, the supply of
regenerative energy through geothermal power, highly efficient ventilation with
heat-recovery capabilities, and ultramodern sensor and building technology from
the Siemens portfolio. In addition, the new Technology Center – for which
8,500 cubic meters of concrete have already been poured and about
1,200 tons of steel have already been installed – will have full coverage
for Wi-Fi connectivity and a 5G mobile network and will be equipped with
cutting-edge media technology.
For the first phase of construction, for which the
topping-out ceremony has been celebrated today, Siemens is investing a euro
amount in the mid-double-digit millions. Plans call for completing this phase
in 2023. An additional phase of construction is currently in planning.
On the trigger and go: Together, the guests of honour
gave the starting signal for the raising of the topping-out crown. In the
picture (from left): Max Bögl, ArGe Bögl Mauss (general contractor), Dr. Zsolt Sluitner, CEO Siemens Real Estate, Dr. Peter Körte, Chief Technology Officer Siemens AG, Markus Blume, Bavarian State Minister for Science and
Art, Ludger Meyer, Project Manager at Siemens Technology
for the STC Garching, Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, President TU Munich, Johannes Bischoff and Jan Stammberger, foremen from
ArGe Bögl Mauss, Dr. Dietmar Gruchmann, First Mayor of Garching
Digitally planned, sustainable and forward-looking:
the new Siemens Technology Center is being built on the research grounds in
Garching. On four floors and 13,000 square metres, it will provide modern
working environments for around 450 researchers from Semens AG and a further
150 students and employees of the TU Munich.
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