Bayer MaterialScience hosts delegation from Germany

Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) hosted a delegation from Germany's influential Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) at its Polymer Research & Development Centre (PRDC) in Shanghai, China. EFI is an entity of the German Government, which provides authoritative scientific consulting on topics relating to research, innovation, and technological productivity to German policy makers. Currently, the EFI delegation is on a fact-finding tour for a report on innovation by Germany companies to be completed in February 2012 as consultation material for the German government and Chancellor of Germany. During the visit, Dr. Klaus Schaefer, Managing Director of BMS China and Dr. Ulrich Liman, Senior Vice President, Research & Development, APAC, BMS, gave the EFI delegation an introduction on BMS and its innovations in China and around the world. This June, Bayer broke ground for the expansion and upgrading of the PRDC to one of its three global R&D centres for its MaterialScience business. The PRDC, which will become a global innovation centre for Bayer, is scheduled to be operational by the second half of 2012.

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