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Scharnhausen Technology Plant
Tested and secured
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Future-oriented technologies for serial production – process
development as the interface between development and
production
Energy efficiency planned and put into practice
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Optimised energy utilisation already achieved through
innovative plant planning: Buildings and production processes
are networked in terms of energy
Values, culture and community
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“ACTING.TOGETHER” is the motto of the Technology Plant –
objectives can only be achieved together
Room for creativity
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Acting together across multiple divisions: sophisticated
communication and space concepts for intensive cooperation,
effective work and easy exchanges
Learning as a matter of course
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Employees access qualifications and training with a practical
and needs-based orientation: the Learning Factory as an
integral part of the Technology Plant
Shaping the future to be versatile
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Facts and figures
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Flowing production
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The Technology Plant produces quickly, flexibly and reliably:
thanks to new methods there is an ideal flow between
processes, information and materials
In perfect shape(s)
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Turning, milling, drilling and grinding – in the machining
department, precision components made of metal are manu‑
factured for further processing in the assembly process
Automated and adaptable
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Products are manufactured in the shortest amount of time on
highly flexible and energy-efficient assembly lines
At the customer’s request
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Special solutions and single components for individual
customer needs are produced by hand in the Technology Plant
Electronics – elementary component
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Circuit boards and sub-assemblies are produced for the
company’s own applications and as products for customers –
added value from electronics
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