Future project at Munich Airport: The LabCampus is intended to create a cross-company and cross-sector ideas center on the airport campus, bringing together companies and knowledge holders, startups and global players, creatives and investors in the name of innovation.
The Munich Airport is an international transport hub connected to over 260 destinations worldwide. This location advantage will also be utilized for the planned LabCampus in the future. Thomas Weyer, Managing Director of Finance and Infrastructure at Munich Airport GmbH (FMG), said:
"Munich Airport welcomes 150,000 people every day: passengers, visitors, and employees who represent potential customers, business partners, and visitors to the LabCampus. Better connectivity to customers and partners is unmatched anywhere else."
The new campus will serve as a meeting point for high-tech industries and key sectors, such as those active in aerospace, digitalization, energy, and mobility. With companies such as Siemens and Design Offices, as well as research institutions such as the Fraunhofer Institute, the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, and the UnternehmerTUM The Technical University of Munich has already acquired important partners as potential users for the LabCampus.
Globalization and digitalization require new approaches
Munich Airport is not only the location of the new innovation platform; FMG is also assuming the role of curator for this future-oriented project. As "campus manager," the airport company aims to ensure the right mix of industries and companies, bring partners together, and develop the campus-wide infrastructure and utilities. FMG will establish a separate subsidiary to manage the project.
"In the age of globalization and digitalization, airports must embrace new paths to seize opportunities for site development. LabCampus is a pioneering step in this context,"
explained Dr. Michael Kerkloh, Chairman of the Management Board and Human Resources Director of Munich Airport GmbH.
The expansion of the innovation hub in the northwest of the airport will take place in several phases. Initially, office buildings and the new location for the airport's own Airport Academy will be built in Quartier 1. The Information Security Hub, which opened at the end of January to combat cybercrime, is also part of the LabCampus. It is important that the planned land uses do not compete with services in the area surrounding the airport. The city of Freising, on whose land the new LabCampus is being built, was closely involved in the planning from the outset. The airport is financing the project—like all current expansion projects—from its own resources.
Further information about the LabCampus: www.munich-airport.de/LabCampus
