“Entirely new technologies are required to further improve production processes with respect to sustainability and resource conservation,” says BTS Managing Director Achim Noack. “At the same time, the markets are demanding new products and volumes that can only be produced using flexible production processes that can be fast modified. The ‘Factory of the Future' is certainly in keeping with our mission statement ‘Bayer: Science For A Better Life’.” The new technology center will employ process intensification, microreaction technology and modular, standardized fabrication units to develop innovative reaction and process technologies.

The Technical University of Dortmund is one of Europe's leading institutions for biochemical and chemical engineering, and has a long history of collaboration with Bayer on numerous R&D projects. Under the auspices of Bayer Technology Services, the first Bayer Chair for Apparatus Engineering was recently endowed at the university.

Additional information is available at www.bayer.com and www.bayertechnology.com, as well as at www.tu-dortmund.de.


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