Puratos has begun the construction of a new Global R&D Centre has started at its headquarters in Groot-Bijgaarden, Belgium.
The company said that the new centre, which is set to open by the summer of 2014, will support its long-term R&D efforts.
“R&D is the driving force behind our partnership with our customers around the globe,” said Filip Arnaut, R&D director, group research & services lab. “It is how Puratos’ long-term vision is translated into products and solutions to help our customers innovate and differentiate more in the future.”
With three research platforms – a food technology laboratory, a baked products laboratory, and a biotechnology and analytical laboratory – covering some 6000m2, the new centre will become a global hub for collaboration and research, said Puratos. The facility will be open to Puratos’ global R&D team, as well as research partners, including some leading universities.
For Puratos, the new Global R&D Center is part of a broad and long-term investment plan, in which innovation and research play a key role, the company said. In the course of 2013, a regional R&D centre for Asia will open in Guangzhou (China), with another major R&D centre set to open in the United States next year.
“It is our firm belief that continued investment in the future is the best way to overcome today’s harsh economic climate,” said Daniel Malcorps, CEO. “By doing so, we can continue to innovate and to improve the products and services we offer our customers, as well as inspire our customers. Ultimately, we want to help our customers to become even more successful in their business. With this new center, we confirm this commitment to our customers around the world.”
“For more than 90 years already, continuous innovation has been the reason for our success,” said Eddy Van Belle, chairman of the board. “It is a constant process of risk taking and perseverance, which has been the basis for many success stories, like the T500, the very first complete bread improver, which we invented 60 years ago. Many other important innovations have followed since and keep Puratos and its products at the top of providing innovative solutions to our customers.”
