SMART IN FLOW CONTROL

Factory of the Future

MainChange

  • Largest innovation venture ever undertaken in the 116-year-long history of SAMSON
  • One of the most substantial privately funded investments in the German industrial manufacturing sector
  • A lighthouse project standing for sustainable growth, competitive manufacturing operations and the workplace of the future in Germany

Highlights

143,000 m² site

Production hall equivalent in size to four soccer pitches

Overall energy demand to be reduced from approx. 32 GWh to 22 GWh

On-site transport of valves to be reduced from 11 to 1 km

Better work environment without a major change in commuting distance

Annual production of more than 250,000 digital positioners

Optimal flow of materials and data along the value chain

More than 50 % energy self-sufficiency to be achieved by using photovoltaic and organic energy storage systems

Maximum degree of energy self-sufficiency and efficiency

We are building a new factory. The MainChange project was launched in March 2021 after the City of Offenbach am Main and SAMSON signed the sales contract for the plot of land on the Offenbach Innovation Campus.

Construction work will be completed in two stages. During the first construction stage, the electronics manufacturing unit, including a sprinkler station, parking spaces and on-site road infrastructure, will be built. During the second stage, the remaining buildings will be built and the factory machinery installed. The construction plans include a 45-meter-high fully automated high-bay warehouse, paint workshop, electroplating workshop, mobility center and the SAMSON Forum with office space. The construction of a production hall to assemble large valves will follow later.

We very much look forward to the future at our new site!

Milestones

March 2023

Planning application for the first construction stage

June 2023

Planning application for the main site

20 June 2023

Groundbreaking ceremony

1 August 2023

Start of construction

June 2025

Start of electronics production

July 2026

Start of operations in high-bay warehouse

December 2026

Start of work in new office space

December 2026

Start of large valve assembly operations

Beginning of 2027

Move completed