To offer our customers continuously the most innovative solutions and to secure our technological leadership position, research and development is ever more important in our organization.
Throughout the world our researchers and engineers utilize our wealth of knowledge of markets, products and processes, to give our customers a competitive edge in their market. In order to achieve the best possible result, we attach particular importance to co-development, starting from highly specific problems or business situations. Customer-driven innovation is an asset that helps us stay ahead of the competition.
Some key figures
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an international R&D team employing 600 researchers in
Belgium and
China
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€ 63 million investment in research and development annually
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about € 4 million investment in corporate venturing
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a technological portfolio close to 2 000 patents
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an in-house engineering department, which develops machinery and process equipment