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Groundbreaking ceremony for the new start-up center lab2fab

03.06.2024 1 min read

Dr. Thomas Nitzsche, Oberbürgermeister Stadt Jena, Beate Wachenbrunner, KIJ-Werkleiterin und TIP-Geschäftsführerin, Prof. Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert und Prof. Dr. Georg Pohnert, amtierender Leiter der Universität Jena (v.l.n.r.) beim Spatenstich zum neuen Gründerzentrum „lab2fab“ am 27.05.2024 am Landgrafen-Campus der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Foto: Jürgen Scheere/Universität Jena

We are celebrating the groundbreaking for the new start-up center lab2fab. Lab2fab will strengthen our transfer activities with a strong focus on polymer research. It is a part of the Technology and Innovation Park Jena (TIP Jena) and it is located next to the buildings ZAF, CEEC Jena I, CEEC Jena II, and AWZ CEEC Jena on the Landgrafen Campus of the University of Jena.

With an investment volume of 21 million euros, lab2fab will create modern laboratories and office spaces on 4,700 square meters. These spaces are designed to turn visionary ideas into groundbreaking products. The lab2fab center aims to become a vibrant incubator for environmentally relevant innovations.

HIPOLE Jena plans to make lab2fab its new home and will rent two floors in this state-of-the-art facility. We are already in discussions with construction specialists to ensure that our requirements, such as advanced ventilation systems in the laboratories, are integrated into the design of the innovation center.

For more information about the start-up lab2fab, please refer to the article “More Space to Turn Ideas into Products.”

Dr. Martin Hager, Universität Jena, Dr. Thomas Nitzsche, Oberbürgermeister Stadt Jena, Dr. Stephanie Schubert, NGP Polymers GmbH, Beate Wachenbrunner, KIJ-Werkleiterin und TIP-Geschäftsführerin, Prof. Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert, Universität Jena, Prof. Dr. Georg Pohnert, amtierender Leiter der Universität Jena, Maria Haupt, HIPOLE Jena und Dr. Marc Lehmann, SmartDyeLivery (v.l.n.r.) beim Spatenstich zum neuen Gründerzentrum „lab2fab“ am 27.05.2024 am Landgrafen-Campus der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Foto: Jürgen Scheere/Universität Jena