More high-tech in Silicon Saxony
Jenoptik is investing in new and state-of-the-art production facility for micro-optics and sensors. Discover more about the construction project and its progress, about the groundbreaking ceremony and the future design of the high-tech manufacturing facility.
Construction work on the Jenoptik Group’s new high-tech fab at Dresden Airport Park began on September 6, 2022 with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by Saxony’s Minister-President Michael Kretschmer and Mayor Stephan Kühn, Dresden’s Councillor for Urban Development, Construction, Transport and Real Estate. The two politicians ceremonially broke ground together with Jenoptik CEO Stefan Traeger and then CFO Hans-Dieter Schumacher and other representatives of the photonics group.
Exactly one year after the groundbreaking ceremony, Jenoptik celebrated the topping-out ceremony for its new high-tech factory on September 6, 2023. In addition to the parties involved in the construction, Jenoptik employees and neighboring companies from the industrial park were also present to join us in celebrating this milestone.
As construction progresses, the completion of the building sections is planned for the first half of 2024. This will be followed by the interior work in the second half of 2024. Production in the new factory is scheduled to start at the beginning of 2025.
Watch the progress on the construction site
January 2024: Interior work has started
The construction site of our new high-tech factory in Dresden is on schedule. The façade is sealed, the windows are glazed, in short, the building is ready for interior design. Easy access to the building is provided through the newly prepared logistics access road, which was completed before Christmas 2023.
The project team now has to coordinate more than 20 trades on the construction site. At times, there are more than 100 construction workers on site. The supply lines for heating/cooling, ventilation, sanitation, fire protection and electricity are currently being installed. At the same time, the walls, floors and ceilings of the future fab are being specially coated. All surfaces must be particularly smooth so that no particles adhere later.
The accompanying video gives you an up-to-date insight into the ongoing construction work.
July 2023: Shell construction with ventilation system
February 2023: Pouring the base plate
April 2023: The first floor was built
November 2022: Drilling the foundation piles
Our new factory will be ready for manufacturing in 2025. We're confident to start operation as scheduled and invite you to become part of our Jenoptik team in Dresden today!
Extremely demanding construction and manufacturing environment
High environmental standards taken into account
Dresden as a major micro-optics location
Photonics as a growth driver
Take a closer look at the future high-tech factory in the video!
Some key facts about our future high-tech location:
Project & partners
- Planning: RSE Architekten Ingenieure GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
- General and technical building services planning: CRC Clean Room Consulting GmbH, Freiburg, Germany
- Construction: individual awarding of the trades
Site area: 24,000 sqm
- of which approx. 60% sqm currently under construction
- of which approx.40% sqm later expansion/extension options
Total net area: approximately 11,000 sqm, with space for ...
clean room/ production
logistics
technical areas
offices & admin
showroom, meeting & reception areas
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Images from the groundbreaking ceremony (©Benjamin Jehne)
Impressions from the topping-out ceremony in September 2023
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