New sustainable company headquarters for Amann Girrbach in Mader

With its new, sustainability-oriented building, which is to be constructed in just 15 months, the dental technology company Amann Girrbach will be consolidating its sites in Vorarlberg (Austria). All 350 employees will be located in Mäder in the future, and a further increase in personnel is planned medium term. The intention of the new building is to create a state-of-the-art working environment with added value for all employees and, at the same time, to optimize all procedures and processes. The investment costs amount to EUR 47 million.

The new company headquarters in Mäder are scheduled to be ready for occupancy at the end of 2023. All Austrian facilities, from manufacturing and warehousing to research and development, administration and training, will in future be located in the premises and halls, covering a total of around 20,000 square metres.

The focus is on employee satisfaction and optimized processes

"With the new building in Mäder, we will be implementing our own high standards when it comes to creating an atmosphere for our employees in which everyone can feel comfortable and work productively. We are pleased that in future we will be able to offer a canteen as well as various recreational lounges and green areas that meet the most up-to-date and well thought-out requirements," says Dr. Wolfgang Reim, CEO of Amann Girrbach, underlining the company's intention. The rapid growth of Amann Girrbach has also prompted the need to merge the individu-al sites while expanding them at the same time. "There has been an increasing lack of space in recent years due to our very satisfying corporate development, and we have had to resort to external premises on several occasions. At the new, central location, it will now also be possible to optimize cooperation between the individual departments, resulting in improved processes and workflows, and the entire logistic chains between the present locations will be eliminated," explains Reim.

State-of-the-art, sustainable building with a photovoltaic system

Another key brief in the planning of the new headquarters was the commitment to sustainably reduce the company's carbon footprint. The building will be fitted with one of Vorarlberg's largest photovoltaic systems, with an output of up to 1.15 MWp - Megawatt peak. Amann Girrbach utilizes heat from the sintering furnaces to heat the building, and the heat pumps operate with groundwa-ter. The planned green roof is also designed to promote biodiversity. The cooperation partner Garbe is a technical and structural co-developer as well as being the owner of the new building.

Factbox: New construction of Amann Girrbach headquarters in Mäder

Consolidation of sites Koblach, Rankweil, Nüziders and Götzis:

Manufacturing, warehouse/logistics, research/development, service/product management, marketing, HR, finance, IT, apprentice workshop and training center will in future be located at the new site in Mäder

About Amann Girrbach

As a pioneer in dental CAD/CAM technology, Amann Girrbach is one of the leading innovators and preferred full-service providers in digital dental prosthetics. With its high degree of expertise in development and commitment to customer orientation, the ambitious Austrian company creates sophisticated system solutions and highest quality materials for tomorrow’s workflows. Its custom-ers in around 90 countries worldwide are mainly made up of dental laboratories and dental technicians. Amann Girrbach employs a total of around 500 people. In addition to the R&D and production sites in Koblach (headquarters) and Rankweil (Austria), Amann Girrbach operates sales offices in Pforzheim (Germany), Verona (Italy), Jossigny (France), Charlotte (USA), Singapore (city), Curitiba (Brazil), Beijing (China) as well as Kyoto (Japan).