German automotive company Opel has broken ground on the €11m expansion of its Design Center of the Rüsselsheim headquarters.
This investment will go into ultra-modern visual and communication technologies which will allow for better, effective and efficient work.
Expansion of the center will be completed by June 2017.
Opel has already invested €5m to create a high-speed milling center, recently.
This investment is a part of the company's future plans where it wants to bring out 29 new vehicles by 2020.
Opel CEO, Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann who attended the groundbreaking ceremony said: "Outstanding design has always been one of the key factors of the Opel brand."
"The development of the Design Center will give our creative minds new possibilities.
"That will help us take the next step in our model offensive. It will also further strengthen the position of the Rüsselsheim Design Center as the European lynchpin in global development."
New equipment will include Virtual Reality projection, complex video conferencing systems along with ultra-modern network concepts.
The equipments will allow the employees in the extended Design Center to make decisions quicker than before.
Opel Works Council, deputy chairman, Uwe Baum added: "I am delighted that the next building project in Rüsselsheim has started."
"This new investment is further proof that Opel is back. The construction will also provide the essential space for the more than 80 new employees recently hired by the European Design Center."
Opel Design, vice-president, Mark Adams said: "The ultra-modern facilities will enable various technologies and techniques - from the clay model to virtual reality or augmented reality models - to be connected and compared to each other, allowing Opel to set standards in this sector internationally."
