PI has inaugurated a new facility to support its sustainable strategy
Physik Instrumente (PI), a developer of high-precision positioning technology and piezo applications, has opened a new building of its Eschbach site in the Breisgau Business Park in southwestern Germany, with the goal of tripling its capacity. A total investment of 20 million euros is supporting the expansion of the company's global development and production centre, with the aim of strengthening the economic development of the region with new jobs.
The PI Group has significantly expanded its location in Eschbach with an additional 6,500m² of space. As a manufacturer of mechanical systems, drive technology, and control solutions for high-precision motion and positioning tasks, PI serves customers in global growth sectors such as the semiconductor industry, photonics, and laser materials processing.
“PI has been on a steady growth path for years," said Markus Spanner, CEO of the PI Group. "With the new building, we are meeting our customers' increasing demands for modern, future-proof development and production facilities." With the additional space, the company plans to triple the site's capacity.
In addition to the new building in Eschbach, other important milestones in PI's investment strategy include investments in other sites in Germany, the USA, China, and Japan.
Solar Power and Green District Heating
The new building has also been designed to meet the highest environmental standards. In addition to the use of sustainable building and insulation materials, a 213kWp photovoltaic system was installed on the roof, generating renewable electricity and contributing to the energy transition. In addition to the new building, the district heating concept has also been applied to the existing plant.
