Voith has invested around EUR 16 million in the new Voith Training Center. The new building will also offer ongoing training and professional development to skilled workers and managers at Voith. The new training facility for industrial and commercial trainees represents a clear commitment to the Heidenheim location as the company’s headquarters.

The Voith Training Center is a multifunctional building with a lot of special architectural features: To allow the greatest possible flexibility and create a lot of space for the ground-floor workshop, the two top floors were suspended from a steel roof structure weighing 700 t and resting on just four huge pillars that also support the building’s glass facade. Special solar control glazing prevents the building from becoming too warm. Another innovation is the building’s lighting concept: The daylight-controlled LED lighting designed and developed for the building by Voith allows up to 40% energy savings over conventional lighting systems. The new Voith Training Center thus combines its modern training concept with architecture, construction, building technology and design to create an innovative overall concept.