Bayer CropScience invests EUR 12 million in expansion of Nunhems research facilities in the Netherlands

16-Sep-2010 - Netherlands

Bayer CropScience’s vegetable seed business Nunhems will invest EUR 12 million in the expansion and modernization of its research center in the municipality of Leudal, the Netherlands. The existing research building will be enlarged from 2,200 square meters to a total size of 6,400 square meters and will be equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories for Nunhems’ Biotech services like DNA analyses as well as for Seed Technology, Cell Biology and Molecular Breeding. The extended and modernized research facilities are scheduled to be fully operational by the end of 2011.

Dr. Joachim Schneider, Head of BioScience at Bayer CropScience, considers the investment a further step in the strategic expansion of the business: “By upgrading our research facilities, we will be in an even better position to develop innovative vegetable seed varieties with good yields, disease resistance and excellent quality.”

“Technology is moving fast and has become a competitive component in vegetable breeding,” commented Dr. Johan Peleman, Nunhems’ Managing Director of Research and Development. Nunhems follows an “Integrated Breeding” approach, where technology is an integral part of the breeding activities. Next to the Netherlands, Nunhems has research centers in Bangalore (India) and Davis, California (USA).

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