The new plant offers production and logistics area of around 10,000 m². The new SENSILO plant for the production of temperature and pressure sensors has a production and logistics area of around 10,000 m². JUMO also sees great potential here in the coming years. At around 48 million euros, the new building is the largest investment in JUMO's history. In addition, around 21 million euros will be invested in machines and systems by 2027.
“The plant is an investment of millions in the future of the group of companies and a commitment to the Fulda economic region and, above all, to our customers,” emphasized Managing Director Dr. Steffen Hoßfeld. He expressly thanked the city of Fulda and the district of Fulda. “The cooperation with the authorities was consistently solution-oriented, unbureaucratic and based on partnership. This helped us a great deal and was a decisive factor in our ability to realize this project so quickly,” said Hoßfeld.
Integrated project management as the basis for success
Project manager Stefan Reith attributed the fact that the new building was completed on time and within budget to the integrated project management. With this method, all parties involved, including construction and trade contractors, are brought on board at an early stage of the planning process with a focus on working in a team with all companies involved.
Reith thanked architect Marco Schlothauer (Erfurt) as well as the JUMO shareholders, management, works council and all employees for their support.
JUMO not only wants to set standards with the high-quality working environment for the staff and the products they are delivering to the global markets but also with the energy concept of the new plant:
Part of the installations are:
- a 700 kW photovoltaic system on the roof (equivalent to the average requirements of approx. 200 single-family homes);
- 20 geothermal probes with a depth of 100 m each on the 100,000 m2 site (average geothermal energy at a depth of 1000 m approx. 10 °C);
- 1.2 MW/h cooling capacity for building air conditioning (corresponds to the cooling capacity of approx. 2000 cars);
- full-surface industrial underfloor heating on over 8500 m² (comparison: soccer pitch 7140 m²);
- efficient heat recovery from production processes.
With this versatile energy concept means that no fossil fuels are used. JUMO thus not only significantly reduces its own CO2 footprint, but also supports its customers in reducing costs and emissions with JUMO products and solutions.
Thanks to JUMO for the invitation and the opportunity to have a look at this positive example of entrepreneurial commitment and dedication to the German industry in times that are not easy for the German economy.
