INFINEUM, one of the world leaders in the manufacture and marketing of petroleum additives for fuels, has opened its new Global Centre of Innovation in Milton Hill near Didcot.
This multi-million-pound investment has generated more than 50 new jobs for chemists and engineers, to research more sustainable solutions in the automotive, transmissions and fuels additives business.
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Trevor Russell, Infineum’s Global CEO, and retiring Wantage MP Ed Vaizey, welcomed customers and industry partners last month.
The new state-of-the-art building delivers improved infrastructure that supports their technology leadership, including new laboratories for leading edge research and development, along with a variety of meeting spaces, and a new restaurant for employees and visitors.
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The building has been designed with sustainability in mind and includes solar panels on the roof, a roof garden, LED lighting throughout, and water and electricity optimisation and efficiency investments.
Trevor Russell, Infineum’s Global CEO, and Mr Vaizey welcomed key customers and industry partners to a networking event which enabled guests from around the world to experience the building first-hand through guided tours.
Mr Russell said: "Milton Hill is our key global site for technology and innovation.
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"I am very proud to have opened this new facility with state-of-the-art laboratories and collaboration spaces.
"This, along with the 50 highly-qualified new colleagues we have recruited, will help us continue to lead the world in developing technologies with huge environmental benefit.”
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