GERMANY – Steelcase announced the opening of its newest Learning + Innovation Center (LINC), capping a multi-year effort to bring together employees and boost global growth.

The new LINC is the latest extension of the company’s global network, part of a geographically distributed approach to innovation. As organizations recognize the importance of face-to-face interactions and shift back to centrally located business hubs, Steelcase designed this 14,400 square meter space to promote learning and spark innovation within its own organization and to give customers a first-hand look at how space can impact work.

The LINC design is based on the principle that rapid learning, creative work and agile teams are the building blocks of innovation, and the physical workplace can promote and nurture these kinds of activities.

The center brings together over 230 employees representing 25 different nationalities from groups previously dispersed throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). This European opening follows the successful Learning + Innovation Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan which serves as a hub for North American employees, customers and guests to explore how creative and innovative thinking can be nurtured and supported by physical space and technologies.