Symrise has moved into its new research centre at its headquarters in Holzminden. With the new building, the company is promoting the interdisciplinary research dialogue between its two divisions, Scent & Care and Flavor & Nutrition.
Dr Heinz-Jürgen Bertram, CEO of Symrise AG, highlights the role of the new research centre: “Around the world, new trends are coming into existence every day and consumers are developing new needs. We strategically incorporate these strong dynamics arising from individual markets and segments into our research work in order to develop innovative solutions early on. That is why we cross-link our business units and pool our research activities. In this way, we realise interdisciplinary projects and can optimally make use of our competencies in the areas of fragrances, functional ingredients and flavours.” Symrise has invested e10 million in the new building. Spread over four floors and 2,400 square metres of floor space, the research centre provides room for 90 workers. Along with offices, there are spacious communication and conference rooms for customer presentations, and meetings with external cooperation partners, as well as universities and institutes. “With our new research centre, we want to strengthen our expertise in research and development, which is the basis for a competitive position as well as for accelerated growth,” adds Dr Bertram. “A special point of emphasis was put on researching functional ingredients for healthy nutrition and conscious personal care.”
