Darmstadt, July 6, 2022 – With the construction of a new health center, the science and technology company Merck is expanding the range of healthcare services available to its employees at the Darmstadt site. The center will offer a wide range of fitness and health training, physiotherapy and health advice for employees over an area of around 1,500 square meters. The new health center will have a physiotherapy practice, a large training area and two course rooms.
Merck is investing €8.6 million in the building, which is expected to open in Q1 2025, east of Frankfurter Straße near the Merck daycare center. Construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2023.
“Health and personal well-being are the basic requirements for a high quality of life and job satisfaction,” emphasizes Matthias Bürk, Head of the Darmstadt site. “With the Health Center, we can significantly expand the health services we offer our employees. At Merck, we look out for each other – that is an important part of our corporate culture.”
“The extensive range of services, coupled with short distances and a coordinated care concept, is an important part of our efforts to provide holistic health management at Merck,” says Manfred Gertig, Head of Health & Prevention.
VITENSO Health Center
Frankfurter Landstraße 7b
64291 Darmstadt
(Right next to the Merck daycare center)
Phone: 01522 2011547
Email: info@vitenso-darmstadt.de
Web: www.vitenso-darmstadt.de
Matthias Bürk
Location manager Darmstadt
Manfred Gertig
Head of Health & Prevention
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Merck certified with the German Seal of Corporate Health in Gold
In March 2022, Merck’s occupational health management was awarded the German Seal of Corporate Health (DSUG) by the BKK umbrella organization for its innovative and systematic health concept, achieving the highest seal level in gold. Only five of the more than 40 companies that have been certified so far have achieved this highest level of certification. Merck scored points with offers such as the “Training Island”, which are mobile fitness buses in production, or the new break offer “Time Out”.
Health center with sustainable building concept
The Health Center also reflects Merck’s corporate responsibility in terms of sustainability. The building will be designed in accordance with the Gold Standard of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB): the use of selected, sustainable building products will enable resources to be used more efficiently and will simplify the process of dismantling the building. The building is supplied with the necessary energy using the first fuel cell to be installed at the site, a heat pump and photovoltaics. A fully automatic irrigation system with a rainwater cistern ensures that water is used sparingly for the outdoor facilities.
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About Merck
Merck, a leading science and technology company, operates in the fields of healthcare, life science and electronics. Around 60,000 employees work to make a decisive difference in the lives of millions of people every day, helping to create a future worth living: from the development of precise technologies for genome editing to the discovery of unique ways to treat diseases to the provision of applications for intelligent devices – Merck is everywhere. In 2021, Merck generated sales of €19.7 billion in 66 countries.
Scientific research and responsible entrepreneurship are crucial to Merck’s technological and scientific progress. This principle has been in place since the company was founded in 1668. The founding family is still the majority shareholder of the listed group. Merck holds the global rights to the name and brand Merck. The only exceptions are the USA and Canada, where the business units operate as EMD Serono, MilliporeSigma and EMD Electronics.
