| Construction begins on new hall for MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg in Ludwigsfelde
| Maintenance, training, apprentice workshop and 40 new employees under one roof
| MTU Power aims for 30 percent more store visits for industrial gas turbines
Ludwigsfelde, March 31, 2025 | MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg is expanding its site in Ludwigsfelde with a new hall for the maintenance of industrial gas turbines (IGT). They are used to generate energy and are modifications of GE Aerospace aircraft engines, known as aero derivatives. In the coming years, MTU will increase the maintenance volume for LM2500 and LM6000 industrial gas turbines by 30 percent compared to 2024. MTU Power, MTU's maintenance division for industrial gas turbines, is thus expanding its position as the largest independent maintenance provider for the LMTM series on the market.
"Services for industrial gas turbines are an important building block for the success of our location," says André Sinanian, Managing Director of MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg. "This plant expansion is an important step on the way to making the site fit for the coming decades."
MTU is creating jobs for 40 additional engine experts in the process. In order to have enough space for this growth, MTU had already acquired an existing building in the immediate vicinity of the company site in 2024. Following the demolition of this building, a state-of-the-art hall with an operating area of more than 10,500 square meters will be built there. In future, this will house the site's IGT workshop with an engine dock for various maintenance services as well as a modern training workshop. This training workshop will be part of a new training center. Mechanics will be able to acquire new qualifications and deepen their existing knowledge there. Commissioning is scheduled for January 2027.
"The demand for IGT maintenance is there, and I am very confident that we will achieve our goal of maintaining 30 percent more engines with us," says Henrik Harksen, IGT Sales Manager at MTU. "That is why we have also strengthened our sales team and our global market presence."
Industrial gas turbines from the LMTM program have been serviced at the Ludwigsfelde site for 30 years. Since then, MTU has carried out more than 1,500 maintenance services, most of them for the LM2500. In addition, teams from Ludwigsfelde carry out special service assignments worldwide for the two models mentioned above as well as for the LM5000. Within MTU's entire maintenance network, the Ludwigsfelde site has the most diverse portfolio. In addition to the industrial gas turbine business, it offers customized solutions for the maintenance of the CF34-8 and -10E aircraft engines, the CFM56-7B and a number of Pratt & Whitney Canada engines, including the PW200, PW300 and PW500. Last year, MTU equipped the test rig in Ludwigsfelde with the latest hardware and software.
