BYK Opens Lab in Wesel, Germany, Receives LEED Status
BYK Additives and Instruments recently announced the opening its new lab building in Wesel, Germany. The facility provides 8,000 sq m of lab space and 130 jobs. Since the end of 2011, some 80 lab staff have already been working there, primarily on developing innovative additives for plastics applications.
“This new building is an integral part of our company’s innovation strategy,” said Roland Peter, Ph.D., president, Division BYK Additives & Instruments. “Whoever is globally networked and wants to collaborate successfully on application development must create space for effective communication. The new laboratory building constitutes the ideal conditions for this due to its user-oriented planning and generous amount of space.”