Deeptech is widely regarded as one of the key pillars of hope for Europe’s industrial future. The technologies exist, scientific breakthroughs are accumulating, and entrepreneurial ambition is stronger than it has been in a long time. Never before have so many solutions been developed with the potential to redefine entire industries. And yet, the crucial next step often fails to materialize.

The transition from a working prototype to industrial reality rarely succeeds. Not because there is a lack of capital. Not because founders are unwilling to take risks. But because at this very point there is a structural gap – one that Europe has so far barely managed to close.

This is because, at the moment when technology must become industry, the rules of the game fundamentally change. It is no longer about research or development, but about approvals, plant engineering, processes under real-world conditions, and the ability to operate systems in a stable, safe, and scalable way. This is where it is decided whether an idea becomes industrial reality – or remains stuck at the prototype stage.

Europe does not lack an innovation ecosystem. Europe lacks an industrial scaling ecosystem.

This is exactly where GENDORF comes in.

Industry in Gendorf has never simply carried on as usual. When Hoechst withdrew in 1993, the site faced a fundamental upheaval – without a central plant, without a supporting structure. The response was a radical step: the founding of InfraServ Gendorf. A novel operating model that not only provides infrastructure, but actively manages the site.

This gave rise to an open industrial site: with shared infrastructure, multiple independent companies, and a central entity that brings development and operations together.

InfraServ Gendorf is now deliberately taking this transformation step once again. Because a new generation of companies is emerging — companies whose technologies have the potential to transform entire industries, yet often fail at the critical point of transitioning into industrial reality: deeptech.

These companies do not need a traditional industrial site. They need more than space, more than services, more than just consulting. They need an industrial ally — one that supports this transition alongside them and actively drives it forward.

This is exactly the role that InfraServ Gendorf takes on.

In GENDORF, deeptech companies find exactly what they need to grow: infrastructure designed for industrial use from the outset, the expertise of InfraServ Gendorf that truly supports the construction and operation of plants, and a mindset focused on developing new solutions together on site.

And this is not a vision, but already a reality. Innovative deeptech companies such as Pruvia and Tozero have already chosen GENDORF.

Building on the strength of an established chemical site, a new industrial platform is emerging in GENDORF: an ecosystem for deeptech scaling.

GENDORF remains one of Bavaria’s defining chemical hubs while consistently aligning itself with the technologies that are just beginning to reshape industry.

Bavaria is now Germany’s leading federal state for startups. In the deeptech sector in particular, a large number of new companies are emerging. At the same time, the region — through ChemDelta Bavaria — has one of Europe’s most powerful chemical clusters, with deep-rooted industrial experience, existing facilities, and operational excellence.

GENDORF brings these two worlds together and turns them into industrial reality. In doing so, it creates exactly what Europe has been missing: the ability to translate deeptech into industrial-scale production and to transform technological concepts into robust industries. This is where it is decided which technologies will make the leap and shape the industrial future.

GENDORF thus becomes a model for how industrial transformation can succeed—in Bavaria and across Europe.

GENDORF becomes the HOME OF BAVARIAN DEEPTECH.