Qioptiq has started the construction of a new production building in the Science Park industrial estate in Göttingen. The expansion of the production capacities of the photonics specialist, a subsidiary of Excelitas Technologies, has an investment volume of around 25 million euros. A production hall will initially be built on an area of ​​approximately 18,000 m² in which new, ultra-modern clean rooms (class ISO5) and associated production-related office workplaces as well as the necessary logistics infrastructure will be accommodated. The building will have a usable area of ​​approx. 6700 m², including around 1500 m² of clean room areas. According to the current planning status, the building should be ready for occupancy in July 2021. After commissioning, around 100 employees will start working there.

With the new areas, the company in Göttingen will have a total of around 2600 m² of clean rooms for the assembly of complex optical systems as well as for the areas of coating and other optical production processes. Qioptiq had already invested substantially in new clean rooms at its headquarters in Königsallee in Göttingen in 2012, 2015 and 2017. The total production area on site (production including clean rooms, laboratories and storage) will be over 8000 m² when the new production building is completed.