Grundstein-Legung für das EBS Center in Graz

The official groundbreaking ceremony for the "Electronic Based Systems Center" (EBS Center) construction project on the Inffeldgasse Campus at the TU Graz took place on January 24, 2019. The construction project, which will house the headquarters of Silicon Austria Labs, was formally launched with State Minister Barbara Eibinger-Miedl, TU Rector Harald Kainz and Hans-Peter Weiss, Managing Director of the Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft (BIG – the Austrian authority for publicly owned real estate) in attendance.

The EBS Center: A modern gray and white building in the back. People and nature in the front and surrounding the building.

Picture: EBS Center (view 1), (c) AllesWirdGut Architektur ZT GmbH, expressiv

The EBS center in the middle, surrounded by trees

Picture: EBS Center (view 2), (c) AllesWirdGut Architektur ZT GmbH, expressiv

The inside of the EBS Center. A gray and black room with people waking in it.

Picture: EBS Center (view 3), (c) AllesWirdGut Architektur ZT GmbH, expressiv

Photo (from left to right): TU Rector Harald Kainz, State Minister Barbara Eibinger-Miedl and BIG Managing Director Hans-Peter Weiss at the groundbreaking ceremony for the EBS Center

The BIG is constructing a research and development center with a total floor space of 4,600 square meters (49,500 sq. ft.) for sensor technology and microelectronics on behalf of the TU Graz with financial support from the Province of Styria and the EU. The investment volume amounts to a total of 15 million euros. The seven-story building is geared toward businesses and cooperative projects between science and industry and includes laboratories, workshops, offices and seminar rooms. Half of the space is reserved for university spin-offs and small/medium-sized microelectronics businesses, while the other half will be used by the faculty for electrical engineering and information technology and incorporates a makerspace for students.

"Microelectronics is the key technology in digital transformation, and about 80 percent of the Austria-wide value creation in this sector takes place in Styria and Carinthia. With the new microelectronics research center for Silicon Austria Labs, whose temporary headquarters will also be situated in this building, the Electronic Based Systems Center represents an important foundation for cooperative projects between science and industry."
Barbara Eibinger-Miedl, Styrian State Minister for Commerce, Tourism, Europe, Science and Research

"The building will be home to scientific research and pioneering industrial cooperative efforts, and it will strengthen the business location as an international research center for electronic based systems."
Harald Kainz, Rector of the University of Technology in Graz

Groundbreaking ceremony for the EBS Center in Graz

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