ONE MAHLE CAMPUS Stuttgart: New office concept aims to simplify networking and promote flexible working

At the new ONE MAHLE CAMPUS Stuttgart, the company will create a joint modern working environment for all employees.

(IN BRIEF) Automotive component supplier, MAHLE, plans to bring together its Stuttgart locations in Feuerbach and Bad Cannstatt. The company will transform its Bad Cannstatt headquarters into ONE MAHLE CAMPUS Stuttgart, a modern office space for 3,400 employees. MAHLE aims to sell its company buildings in Feuerbach and the project is expected to be completed by 2029. The new office concept aims to simplify networking between specialist departments and teams, facilitate inter-departmental cooperation, and promote flexible and agile working. The move is a response to the new working models that have become established due to digitalization and the Covid-19 pandemic.

(PRESS RELEASE) STUTTGART, 14-Feb-2023 — /EuropaWire/ —  MAHLE GmbH, one of the largest automotive suppliers worldwide, announces its plans to bring together its Stuttgart locations in Feuerbach and Bad Cannstatt through a new office concept. The company intends to transform its Bad Cannstatt headquarters into ONE MAHLE CAMPUS Stuttgart, a modern office space for about 3,400 employees, that facilitates flexible and agile working. MAHLE aims to sell its company buildings in Feuerbach in stages following the end of the planning phase in 2024. The project is set to be completed by 2029.

Mobile working has become an established model in the modern world of work and MAHLE is no exception. The trend has resulted in many areas of the company no longer requiring continuous on-site presence of employees, leading to vacant and unused office space. Combining the two sites will reduce distances for employees and facilitate inter-departmental and interdisciplinary cooperation. The new office structure will also promote networking between specialist departments and teams.

“The world of work has changed dramatically, as have the expectations of our employees, who now wish to see greater flexibility and responsibility in their work,” said Dr. Beate Bungartz, Member of the Management Board and Executive Vice President Human Resources of the MAHLE Group. “With our ONE MAHLE CAMPUS Stuttgart, we will be shaping new office spaces and worlds of work that take account of these requirements. The project will be implemented together with our employees and employee representatives. This way, we will improve our attractiveness as an employer.”

The organizational structures including business units and corporate functions will remain unchanged, and existing teams will work together in “Home Zones” at the new campus. The ONE MAHLE CAMPUS Stuttgart reinforces the idea of ONE MAHLE – ONE TEAM, as Beate Bungartz, a company representative, emphasizes. The project takes into account the new working models that have become firmly established in connection with digitalization and the Covid pandemic.

“For us, the question of how we can use the existing infrastructure of our locations in an economically effective way in the future is becoming increasingly pressing,” said Markus Kapaun, Member of the MAHLE Group Management board responsible for Finance. “The combination of our Feuerbach and Bad Cannstatt locations will definitely be a key lever for saving costs; the funds released in the course of the project will be invested in the future of our company and in our workforce.”

MAHLE’s new office concept is an example of how companies are adapting to the changing work environment and taking a more flexible and agile approach to office space. As more businesses explore remote work options, it will be interesting to see how they adapt to changing office space demands and requirements.

Contacts in MAHLE Corporate Communications:

Ingo Schnaitmann
Head of Media Relations
Phone: +49 711 501-13185

Margarete Dinger
Head of Content Hub
Phone: +49 711 501-12369

SOURCE: MAHLE GmbH