Bayer lab opens at Dubiotech premises
Customer specific solutions across industries in Middle East and Africa
Continued expansion of Bayer’s global competence network
Bayer MaterialScience, a world leading manufacturer of high-tech polymer materials, has now inaugurated its new Coatings, Adhesives and Specialties laboratory at DuBiotech premises in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This application and development lab will offer local customized technical support to the industry across the Middle East and Africa. DuBiotech is the major life science cluster in the Middle East.
“In keeping with our mission statement, ´Bayer: Science For A Better Life´, our company develops innovative and sustainable solutions as answers to global challenges,” said Bayer Middle East Managing Director Harald Liedtke. “One example is combating climate change and CO2 emissions which results in rising demand for high-tech raw materials for eco-friendly construction. With this laboratory, Bayer underscores its commitment to the region.”
Focussing on key application areas like construction, automotive, industrial, plastic, wood and furniture coatings it will also lead to the development of Polyurethane Coatings for diverse high performance applications including sealants for construction joints as well as airport tarmacs and solvent free coatings for pipe applications. It is also planned that the Laboratory will provide tailor made solutions to the manufacturers of Adhesives and Sealants for the transportation, construction, furniture, packaging and shoe industries.
“We must adjust our resources accordingly to the market needs,” said Daniel Meyer, Head of the Coatings, Adhesives, Specialties Business Unit and member of the Executive Committee of Bayer MaterialScience. “We are therefore making targeted investments in the individual regions in order to maintain or further expand our leading market position.”
The lab will work in close cooperation with Bayer’s global competence network having its established laboratories and technical centers in India, China, Japan, Russia, Brazil, USA, Spain and Germany. Dubiotech, offering international standard services and facilities, hosts the state-of-the-art laboratory that is equipped with advanced testing and application equipment, meeting global standards and guidelines.
Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi, Executive Director of DuBiotech, said: “We are delighted to welcome Bayer as a new partner at the DuBiotech freezone. The organisation brings innovative and sustainable solutions to the region and that is exactly in line with our vision and mission. A report of business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan found that the coatings market in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council is expected to grow by six percent annually over the next five years. With this newly established laboratory, Bayer is well placed to make the most of this opportunity.”
About Bayer MaterialScience:
With 2013 sales of EUR 11.2 billion, Bayer MaterialScience is among the world’s largest polymer companies. Business activities are focused on the manufacture of high-tech polymer materials and the development of innovative solutions for products used in many areas of daily life. The main segments served are the automotive, electrical and electronics, construction and the sports and leisure industries. At the end of 2013, Bayer MaterialScience had 30 production sites and employed approximately 14,300 people around the globe. Bayer MaterialScience is a Bayer Group company.
This news release is available for download from the Bayer MaterialScience press server at www.press.bayerbms.com. Photos are available there for download as well. Please mind the source of the pictures.
About DuBiotech
Dubai Biotechnology and Research Park (DuBiotech), a member of TECOM Investments, is a freezone business park dedicated to fostering the growth of the life sciences industry in the region. DuBiotech was established to support the Government of Dubai’s vision to transform the UAE into a knowledge-based economy and develop the region’s talent pool.
DuBiotech offers world-class infrastructure and cutting edge research and development facilities, specifically designed and built for the field of biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical and scientific device, food and agricultural industries. The freezone can support both start-ups and international firms looking for a regional base for their Middle East or global operations. The park is central to a community that is committed to the industry’s success by bringing together business, regulators and Government in partnership.
Since its launch in 2005, DuBiotech has rapidly grown into a community of 146 life sciences companies such as Pfizer, Genzyme, Merck-Serono, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Maquet, National Reference Lab, Firmenich and IFF.
For further information on DuBiotech, please visit our website: www.dubiotech.ae
Find more information at www.materialscience.bayer.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer Group or subgroup management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in Bayer’s public reports which are available on the Bayer website at www.bayer.com. The company assumes no liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
Photo Captions:
Image 1 - Ribbon-cutting for the inauguration: Harald Liedtke, Managing Director of Bayer in the Middle East (second from left), Daniel Meyer, Head of the Coatings, Adhesives, Specialties Business Unit (third from left), Klaus Ranner, German Consul General Dubai (third from right), and Marwan Abulaziz Janahi, Executive Director of DuBiotech (right)
Image 2 - Ribbon-cutting for the inauguration: Malek S. Al Malek (CEO of TECOM Business Parks), Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi, Executive Director of DuBiotech, Dinesh Patel, Regional Technical Manager CAS Middle East, Daniel Meyer, Head of the Coatings, Adhesives, Specialties Business Unit, Harald Liedtke, Managing Director Bayer Middle East (from left to right)
Image 3 - View of the interior of the new lab.
Contacts
Bayer
Dr. Katrin Kammer-Wilke, Tel. +971 4 4452727
E-Mail: katrin.wilke@bayer.com
DuBiotech
Layla Haroon, +971 55 636 0425
E-Mail: lharoon@bell-pottinger.co.uk
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