Apple has been based in Munich for more than 40 years, says the Apple CEO Tim Cook and praises his local employees:
“Our Munich engineering teams are among the world's leading innovators and help develop new technologies that form the heart of our products.”
And these Munich engineering teams are now set to grow further. two years Apple announced that it would invest one billion euros in its Munich location. Recently, the Californian company also bought the Munich site from the Free State of Bavaria for 251 million euros. 7200 square meters at Seidlstraße 15 to 19 in Munich's Maxvorstadt district. Now Apple's next commitment to Munich: Over the next six years, another billion euros will be invested in the expansion of its European Center for Chip Design.
Apple: New development center in the best neighborhood
“Our research and development teams in Munich play a crucial role in our efforts to develop products with higher performance, greater efficiency and lower energy consumption,”
says Johny Srouji, senior vice president of hardware technologies at Apple.
"The expansion of our European Center for Chip Design will enable even closer collaboration between our more than 2,000 engineers in Bavaria, who are working on groundbreaking innovations such as proprietary chip designs, power management, and future wireless technologies."
Munich is already Apple's largest development site in Europe. The next Apple chips will be designed on Seidlstraße, a prime location between the main train station and Stiglmaierplatz. Apple is moving into additional research and development facilities on the neighboring Denisstraße and Marsstraße. In the immediate vicinity, in the Karlsstraße The group recently opened additional research and development facilities. The company also maintains a presence on Arnulfstraße and at Hackerbrücke.
