• The basis of our industrial planning is always a preceding target definition and concept development
  • with specifications regarding the site and expansion stages,
  • the production program (including product ranges, volumes, and technologies), and
  • technically and economically sound solution approaches.
• The scope of our planning includes the dimensioning, design, and specification of all logistics-related requirements
  • for infrastructure and buildings,
  • for logistics equipment (material flow, storage, handling, etc.), and
  • for logistics processes (organization, qualification, control).

• As specialist planners, we are active in classic industrial planning for new facilities as well as factory expansions and optimization projects.
• For investments in the lower to mid-range (up to approx. EUR 20 million), we integrate all required specialist and approval planning as a general planner.
• We provide professional, end-to-end support – from concept development and detailed planning through tendering and execution planning to installation and commissioning.

• Sustainable site development and scalable building structures
• Flexibility and space efficiency of production and warehouse halls
• Function-oriented, material-flow-optimized layout and equipment design – from goods receipt through production and assembly to the shipping warehouse

From a scientific perspective, a factory is an operating site where value is created through production¹. Various production factors are systematically employed – from personnel, materials, and operating resources to utilities, energy, information, buildings, and land.

• Since the late 18th century, when the first machines were introduced, workshops evolved into factories (Latin: fabricare = “to manufacture”). Carpenter’s shops became furniture factories, pharmacies turned into pharmaceutical plants, and forges became press shops.
• Even though industrialization is long complete, a valuable body of experience lives on to this day. It lies in the intelligent spatial concentration of work equipment and materials, labor and methods. Over generations, people have learned to arrange and apply these resources more effectively – in both craft and industrial operations. In this sense, factory planning has existed for nearly a quarter of a millennium.

• Until the 1980s, all company functions were usually concentrated at a single site. Classical factory organization was characterized by rigid, centralized production and administrative structures.

• In the 1990s, the first fractal factories emerged: autonomous, dynamic organizational units with decentralized structures and short control loops. Thanks to modular design, they can be replicated across different locations. With “lean production,” the efficient and resource-conscious use of assets gained importance.

• Since the 2000s, globalization and the internet have rapidly increased the level of connectivity between companies. They organize themselves in strategically designed, hierarchical supply chains. At the same time, approaches to sustainable corporate development have raised awareness of ecological and social responsibility.

• As rationalization and automation progress, fewer people work in production – using equipment that is increasingly productive, intelligent, and interconnected.
• At the same time, many companies continue to grow as research, engineering, controlling, and sales develop independently of the geographical production site. Warehouse and shipping logistics are also increasingly decoupled from factories and outsourced to logistics centers.

• And in the future? Not only technology, but also organizational structures will continue to change significantly.
• With innovative technologies such as rapid prototyping and Industry 4.0, the character of traditional industrial sites will continue to evolve – toward virtual factory modules or simple 3D print shops, grouped in smart production parks or distributed globally as virtual production service providers.