Webasto has opened its new EUR40m (US$44m) administration and development centre in Stockdorf, near Munich.

“This new building, in which we are investing almost EUR40m, is a cross-generational project that will make its mark well into the future,” said Webasto chairman, Holger Engelmann.

“Irrespective of whether one of our roofs is opened in New York, Rio or Tokyo – each of our products exports a piece of Stockdorf into the world.”

The new facility, in which nearly 450 of the overall 900 workplaces will be resident, will also house the prototype construction and testing departments.