Schaeffler is expanding its existing electromobility development and manufacturing campus by adding an 8,000 square metre building to significantly up-scale its activities in electromobility and acquiring major customer projects.

In 2021, Schaeffler posted more than a billion euros in sales of electrified powertrain solutions and secured new electromobility projects worldwide, valued at 3.2 billion euros. This was followed by a further 3.2 billion worth of new orders in the first half of 2022, meeting the target for full-year, and many of these highly complex customer projects will ultimately be handled at the expanded electromobility campus, construction of which is now underway for 2024 completion. 

The new complex will consist of two buildings connected by a bridge, will have a total floor area of 15,000 square metres and provide space for 400 employees to work together on customer projects and develop new systems for electric powertrains.

The new complex will complement Schaeffler’s three existing buildings where the company is already developing and manufacturing components and systems for electromobility, and the connecting bridge will be further enhancing communication and dialog between the different teams based at the site.

Environmental aspects and sustainability will be central, so the complex will generate most of its electricity using solar installations. Sustainable cooling and heat generation will be provided by heat pumps, and an onsite collection tank will harvest rainwater for use in various applications, such as irrigation and sanitary flushing. The new complex will be built in accordance with the DGNB Gold Standard (German Sustainability Council).

In one of the existing buildings at the site – a production hall used for the manufacture of transmission components – Schaeffler is currently building an ultra-modern plant for electric motors known as the UltraELab.

This innovative manufacturing concept is being developed under the AgiloDrive2 project led by Schaeffler, alongside 17 other consortium partners, with funding support from Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK).

Information on Schaeffler products, fitting instructions, labour times and much more can be found on the REPXPERT workshop portal – www.repxpert.co.uk – the REPXPERT app, or by calling the Schaeffler REPXPERT hotline on 0044 872 737 0037.