MUNICH, GERMANY – Würth Elektronik officially opened its High-tech Innovation Center (HIC) on April 3, and held a ceremony to celebrate the center's focus on partnership with customers, research institutions, start-ups and semiconductor manufacturers.

The new center features 10,770 sq. m. of floor space, with wireless connectivity, sensors, power modules, optoelectronics, power transformers and custom inductors, design and development kits, seminars and continued cooperation with the Technical University of Munich. It also includes a major test field with two EMC test chambers in which electromagnetic compatibility can be tested.

The HIC can currently accommodate 250 employees, with expansion plans already in the works to provide space for 250 more, and all workplaces are equipped in line with the latest New Work approaches that promote creativity and allow employees to work collaboratively or on their own.

"The HIC is a growth space for ideas,” said HIC site manager Oliver Opitz.

The ceremony was attended by Würth Elektronik executives and employees, along with Reinhold Würth, chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group's Family Trusts.

"We are impressed by what has been created here," said Würth. "I’m looking to provide a workplace for employees that is defined by friendliness and optimism."

Thomas Schrott, CEO of Würth Elektronik eiSos and business unit manager of the Würth Group, thanked Würth for his personal support of the investment at the Munich site.

"We’ll show our gratitude with action," he said.

In a video greeting, Bavaria's Minister President Dr. Markus Söder praised Würth Elektronik as “one of the most modern companies we have. This is the Champions League of modern transformation.”

Bavaria's Minister of State for Finance and Home Affairs, Albert Füracker, was also in attendance at the ceremony.

"The Würth Group has developed from a small two-person outfit into a major global corporation with over 85,000 employees and has always remained a family business – a truly impressive story," he said. "Family businesses think in generations, not quarters. This success story is set to continue with the new Innovation Center in Freiham."

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