The new site, on which an industrial building is already located, covers an area of almost 13,000 square meters. Interroll will present a new platform for hygienic food processing and logistics from here as early as 2022 and will consistently expand it in the coming years.

"The expansion, which will increase our production area at the site by around 40%, will be ready for operation in the third quarter of 2022. We are thus creating the conditions for the introduction of innovative conveyor solutions that are particularly suitable for use in hygienically demanding environments, such as food processing," says Hauke Tiedemann, Head of the Global Competence Center for Drum Motors in Baal. "We are thus enabling our customers in this important area to achieve further increases in productivity with improved hygiene in their material flow."

Interroll has already successively invested around 20 million euros in the Baal-Hückelhoven site in recent years. The Group's Innovation Projects and Development Center (IPDC) and the Interroll Academy, which is responsible for internal and external training measures, are also based there. Around 240 employees now work in Baal. An increase of around 60 jobs is planned by 2025 at the latest as a result of the site expansion and strengthening of expertise for customers in the food industry.

"With this investment in one of our most important locations, we are once again confirming our long-term growth strategy, with which we will continue to meet our customers' demand for existing and new solutions in the coming years. As part of this growth strategy, new plants were recently opened in the Heilbronn/Heidelberg area and in Georgia, USA. A new plant will also be opened in China next year," says Jens Strüwing, Executive Vice President Products & Technology and member of the Group Management Board.