The future has taken shape: Extension successfully completed
With the ground-breaking ceremony in fall 2024, we opened an important chapter in our company's development - the extension is now complete after just under a year of construction. Our new logo is also visible from afar and stands for the departure into the future.
Everyone who visited us at this year's Customer Day was able to get an idea of the new premises and experience the dimensions of the project. A spacious logistics area and modern laboratory space are being created here, which will provide optimum conditions for our further developments.
You can discover the finished extension building from exciting perspectives in our picture gallery and in the drone shots. You can also find interesting facts about the project in our FAQs.
Extension building from the air
Why is Quality Analysis expanding?
“Since our new building at the Großer Forst site in Nuertingen in 2017, we have added new specialist areas such as chemical analysis to our portfolio and consistently expanded existing areas with state-of-the-art and highly efficient analysis systems.
Our team has also grown steadily. With their great expertise and commitment, our employees make a decisive contribution to the success of our services - a real success story!
In order to facilitate further growth and ensure the usual high quality of our services, we have decided to expand our laboratory areas, true to the motto: 'Standing still is going backwards'.”
Josef Faigle, Founder and Managing Director CEO
Extension building in pictures
© Stefan Gaiser, SMG-Helischule, Walddorfhäslach
Interesting facts
about the extension
What was built?
With the extension and the addition of a storey to our rear hall aisle, we doubled the floor space for our analytics department from 2,300 m² to more than 4,500 m².
The newly gained space will benefit both our logistics department and our specialist departments, particularly in materialography and chemical analysis. We are also investing in state-of-the-art equipment and new analysis systems. This means we are well equipped to meet future challenges.
Our employees are also benefiting from the investment in the future: a new recreation area with the option of workplace gardening is being created in front of the administration building. Over an area of 500 m², a green retreat is being created with shady trees, comfortable benches, berry hedges and a trellis fruit area, making it a great place to spend time. In the raised beds and heatable greenhouses, our employees can gain experience in organic vegetable growing under the guidance of a garden blogger.
In various places, we will create targeted habitats for plants and animals such as Benjes hedges and insect hotels, thus making a valuable contribution to promoting biodiversity and species diversity.
How was it built?
We built our extension in the same construction method and style as the existing building. Energy-efficient systems, which have been integrated since 2017, were technologically upgraded to meet the requirements of the future.
Our energy concept includes energy generation via PV systems (expansion from 204 kWp to over 450 kWp), the use of battery storage systems (short-term storage) and the production of green hydrogen from PV electricity via electrolysers. The storage of hydrogen and its use in the winter months via fuel cell systems are important components for generating electricity.
All in all, we are reducing our need for externally sourced electricity and at the same time ensuring a sustainable, climate-friendly energy supply. This enables air-conditioned rooms all year round and optimum air quality at the workplaces.
How do our customers benefit from the expansion?
We are using the extra space in our specialist departments to make the best possible use of all systems and - as is already the case today - to invest in new and additional analysis methods. This will enable us to offer you an even broader and cross-method portfolio of analyses and measurements for your quality assurance and product and process optimization. In addition, new specialist areas are in the starting blocks: microbiology, pharmacy and medical technology.
Thanks to the expansion of the logistics area and numerous technical innovations, we ensure smooth delivery and collection of your test specimens - quickly, efficiently and safely. This also applies to particularly sensitive test pieces and samples.