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"We're proud to send a clear signal in 2008 reaffirming Stuttgart as an industrial location with our new campus," explained Wolfgang Weik, looking back on two and a half years of building work. "We're developing tomorrow's Internet and next generation broadband wireless technologies here." Alcatel-Lucent in Germany, including its Bell Labs research facility, is a driving force in many innovative fields, contributing decisively to the group's world leadership in optical networking and the latest mobile communications technologies (GSM/EDGE/W-CDMA/WiMAX/ LTE, with flexible radio access systems, advanced antenna technologies, etc.)
Speaking for the city of Stuttgart as Baden-Wurttemberg's capital, Lord Mayor Wolfgang Schuster underscored the fact that Alcatel-Lucent and its predecessor companies have been at home in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen over 60 years. Significant innovations, such as modern airport landing systems, electronic teleprinters or the digital SYSTEM 12 switching system, were developed here. "We're very pleased that Alcatel-Lucent's renovation of its Stuttgart location into a modern, state-of-the-art campus - an initiative that clearly underscores the company's bond to the city and the Zuffenhausen district in particular.
The new facility's layout will benefit the entire Alcatel-Lucent staff with significantly shorter distances and communication zones designed to promote teamwork within individual departments. The renovation of the campus greatly benefits the research and development department. The laboratories and test facilities, which were previously distributed across several locations, have now been grouped in a central building featuring the latest technology. The setting has also become even more attractive for continuing education at the Alcatel-Lucent University and events on the company campus. A state-of-the-art conference center can accommodate gatherings from large to small.
Wolfang Weik emphasized the parallels between the company's technological advances and the ways in which Baden-Wurttemberg fosters innovation: "Alcatel-Lucent's great dedication to research and development is complemented by the outstanding research institutes and universities in Baden-Wurttemberg that actively cooperate with the company." The close relationship between research and business is one of Baden-Wurttemberg's strengths.
The cores of eight buildings on the campus were successively stripped and modernized from the ground up. Other parts of the campus were demolished and a completely new building created.
With the completion of the relocation phase, Alcatel-Lucent is now a tenant, occupying a gross floor area of around 92,000 m2 of the site's total of 249,000 m". With its renovation and modernization, Alcatel-Lucent has created an optimal work environment for its 2,300 employees in Stuttgart.
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprise and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 17.8 billion in 2007 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris.
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