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New hall for final assembly inaugurated

Gerhard Schubert GmbH has inaugurated its new final assembly hall and 8,500 square metres more for the production of packaging systems.
At the end of September, Gerhard Schubert GmbH inaugurated its new final assembly hall at the company headquarters in Crailsheim. A further 8,500 square metres are now available for the production of packaging systems.

To date, the final assembly of the packaging systems from Schubert in two halls on the factory premises. One of these will be used in future to expand the pre-assembly department. With the new Hall 3, the Final assembly area expanded by 30 per cent. Due to the good order situation, the company expects that half of the space in the new hall will already be occupied by the end of the current year.

The new building fits seamlessly into the existing production complex. From the pre-assembly area, which is directly connected to the warehouse and logistics centre, it is Only a few metres to the new final assembly. Schubert expects a significant increase in turnover.

„With our innovative top-loading (TLM) packaging machines, we currently generate an annual turnover of around 300 million euros. With the expansion of our production capacity, this could rise to 400 million euros.“

Ralf Schubert, Managing Partner at Gerhard Schubert GmbH

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The new building complex, consisting of an office building and assembly hall
(Image: Gerhard Schubert GmbH)

The new office wing was supposed to be inaugurated at the same time as the new final assembly hall. However, construction work there is a few weeks behind schedule, which is why the opening is not planned until the beginning of November. Schubert has created a special highlight for its employees with the construction of a large, green roof terrace that can be used for breaks.

„The workspaces are the place where our employees, who are crucial to our success, spend most of their day and therefore most of their lives. That's why it's so important to us that they feel comfortable there. We have put a lot of thought into the design of the office building and the final assembly hall and hope that the new workspaces will be well received by our employees.“

Gerald Schubert, partner at Gerhard Schubert GmbH

The company premises of Gerhard Schubert GmbH in Crailsheim with new office building and new assembly hall
(Image: Gerhard Schubert GmbH)

However, not only creative thinking, but also many organisational preparations were necessary long in advance in order to realise the site expansion in Crailsheim. Although the actual construction work for the final assembly hall 3 with office wing started in the spring of 2022 In 2019, the L2218 road between Crailsheim and Dinkelsbühl first had to be relocated for the new buildings be realised. This was preceded by numerous discussions and consultations with the city, the regional council in Stuttgart and various interest groups of citizens, residents and environmental organisations until the first concrete planning steps and preliminary building enquiries could be made in 2017.

 

By 2024, the company aims to have CO2-neutral production and manufacturing. In order to achieve this ambitious goal, a sustainable energy concept was developed for the two new buildings. To the The premises are heated by an underground ice storage tank. With this technology, water is continuously frozen and thawed again, allowing the resulting heat to be stored and utilised when needed. In Schubert's case, an ice storage tank of 1.9 million litres of water makes it possible to completely dispense with fossil fuels for heating and cooling. In addition, a Photovoltaic system with 522 kilowatt peak (kWp) on the roof of the final assembly hall to generate its own electricity, which has been in operation since the end of August. The new photovoltaic system complements the existing system on Hall 1 North, which has been in operation since May of this year. With both systems together, Schubert can now produce more than one megawatt of electricity and thus cover a quarter of its needs.

„With our Mission Blue sustainability programme, we have set ourselves very ambitious environmental protection targets. We are delighted that we have now come a step closer to achieving them with these two energy-efficient new buildings.“

Gerald Schubert

1100 guests attended the inauguration of the new final assembly hall.
(Image: Gerhard Schubert GmbH)

The inauguration of the new final assembly hall coincided closely with Schubert's open day, which took place one day later on 23 September.

„Our open day met with huge interest. An estimated 5,500 people came to find out about our machines and working methods. The fact that we had so many visitors is thanks to our employees, who are proud of their workplace and are therefore happy to show and explain it.“

Bärbel Beyhl, Assistant to the Management & Marketing Director at Schubert

Source: Schubert

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