Lonza Opens New R&D Centre In Brazil

Swiss biotech firm, Lonza has inaugurated its new Salto Technology Centre (STC) in Salto, near São Paulo, Brazil.

The STC has 13 research laboratories and offers technical services and product applications, which will allow the development of customised solutions for customers in Lonza’s six business areas of biosciences, consumer health and nutrition, hygiene, coatings and composites, agro ingredients and water treatment. “With its laboratories, training/meeting rooms and support facilities, the laboratory complex will serve as a Centre of Excellence to share technologies, ingredients, diagnostic systems and knowledge used in these different business units,” a company note informed. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Lonza’s CEO Mr. Richard Ridinger said, “The new STC will join our network of Centres of Excellence around the world and enable us to share knowledge that facilitates the development of products and services aligned with the specific needs of the South American market”.

Lonza’s technology manager responsible for the project, Mr. Mauricio Franzim, informed that the initial investment in the STC was close to $2.5-mn.