Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology IGCVNew Construction of Green Factory Augsburg in Augsburg Innovationspark
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IGCV Infomailing July 2018
Demonstration Teaching- and Researching Platform of GFA
Rendering of the foyer of the new facility
The Augsburg Innovationspark in the south of the city near the Augsburg University Campus offers 70 hectares for research and development. Companies and research institutions advance innovations and arrange for continuing improvements in the German industry's productivity and competitiveness. Since the construction of the first Fraunhofer and DLR buildings began in 2009, the campus's quality-oriented development has progressed successfully. In the future, Green Factory Augsburg (the second building of Fraunhofer IGCV) will have an important share of this fact.
Green Factory Augsburg concentrates on the topic of resource efficiency in production. Accompanied by an energy strategy, Green Factory Augsburg demonstrates a process chain in the field of additive manufacturing and Assembly Clarification and Packaging. By building the Green Factory Augsburg, the project reaches its climax. The planned building will be hosting this process chain for researching, demonstration and, teaching.
Green Factory Augsburg – Combination of Building Structure and Manufacturing Processes
The objective is to use the interdependency between production, technical building equipment, and facility. The direct interaction of facility and production processes serves as a pilot scheme for the conception of a goal-oriented energy revolution. This new facility is designed according to an environmentally sustainable strategy and energy efficiency.
This facility will offer a modern working environment to approx. 160 employees of Fraunhofer IGCV. The start of construction was last year in the fall; the completion of the building is planned for the end of 2019, and thus, moving-in will take place at the beginning of the year 2020. The construction project involves a total of ca. 12.000 m² area, which is destined for the Institution facility ca. 7.000 m² and for the parking garage ca. 5.000 m².
The project Green Factory Augsburg is government-funded as a project of the Initiative „Aufbruch Bayern“ by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy and Technology, and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, each with a sum of € 7 million. Furthermore, this project is funded with € 14 million by the European Regional Developing Fund, ERDF.