On the morning of January 12, 2023, an LPW employee noticed heavy smoke in the water treatment area of the TDZ. He immediately notified the fire department, which together with the rescue service was on site within a few minutes and was able to quickly extinguish the fire. At the time of the fire, there were no persons in the affected part of the building. LPW Managing Director Gerhard Koblenzer: "We are glad that no one was injured and grateful for our colleague's quick reaction and the rapid arrival of the rescue services. Of course, an incident like this has an impact on the company's processes in the short term. However, due to our flexible organizational structure, we are also well prepared for such events and currently fall back on our existing action plans for this purpose."
LPW's business activities - production, service, sales, research & development, etc. - will continue without restriction. Only the area of contract cleaning will be affected for a short time and therefore relocated to other locations on the LPW premises as well as externally. Furthermore, all technical systems are currently being checked for possible impairments. The test activities and also the contract cleaning can already take place again this week in parts. Gerhard Koblenzer: "For this, we have our partner SGA in Geisingen at our side, which we supported in 2020 in the construction of a cleanroom service center comparable to the TDZ."