Following a core construction period of only about 12 months, Pierburg was able to move into its new Lower Rhine plant located on the harbour pier in downtown Neuss as early as the spring of this year. In all, EUR 50M has been invested in the new facility. Since then, in line with a detailed agenda, production plant and equipment have been moved from the two previous sites in Neuss and Nettetal to be set up at the Lower Rhine plant.
To begin with, the manufacturing of solenoid valves and the assembly of exhaust-gas recirculation coolers was started. Concurrently, the ultramodern high-bay warehouse was commissioned. This was followed by the move into the finish-machining shop. Parallel to this, the employees were familiarised with their jobs at the new plant. All the employees at the previous Neuss and 100 from Nettetal are now working there. The relocation of the Nettetal foundry is scheduled to start from November, and the remaining employees would be switching to Neuss by mid-2015.
“Putting this general plan for the Lower Rhine plant into practice was only possible with a clearly defined goal on the part of company management and the dedicated participation of all Pierburg employees in Germany”, says Peter Sebastian Krause, KSPG’s Executive Board member for HR.
