Siemens Healthineers Breaks Ground on €70M Kemnath Facility

Siemens Healthineers announced that it’s investing €70 million to build a new production and assembly hall for modern medtech at its Kemnath, Germany site.

Expected to begin operating in mid-2027, the 4,500-square-meter hall will include 3,400 square meters of production space for radiotherapy and about 300 square meters for logistics. Around 700 square meters of the existing building will also be modernized.

Siemens said the expansion means to support targeted automation of large-part machining. One key focus is a new smart Mechanic Center, which is a highly automated facility purpose-built for large mechanical parts.

The building is reportedly designed for CO₂-neutral operation, including an all-electric energy supply, LED lighting, connection to the existing heat supply, planned photovoltaic areas, and a retention roof to store rainwater.

Ceremonial groundbreaking occurred on July 15. Guests at the event included the Bavarian Minister of Health Judith Gerlach, Tirschenreuth District Administrator Hubert Schicker, Kemnath Mayor Roman Schäffler, and Siemens Healthineers managing board member Elisabeth Staudinger. The groundbreaking signals the next chapter of development for Siemens’ Kemnath site.

“Siemens Healthineers is clearly committed to Germany as a business location and to the Kemnath site,” said Johannes Waldhör, head of the site and commercial head of the Mechatronic Products TEC Center at Siemens Healthineers told the press. “We are continuing to expand the Kemnath site and increase productivity, and in doing so, secure many jobs in the region.”