DSM China Campus Opens      

Royal DSM N.V. announced on January 9th the opening of its DSM China Campus in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Pudong New Area, Shanghai. The Campus will advance local research and development competence and as it is one of the first LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Building Rating System) Gold-certified buildings in China, it will become a symbol of DSM's sustainable development in China.
    As DSM China's regional headquarters, the opening of DSM China Campus marks a new phase of development and innovation in China for DSM. The DSM China Campus contains all DSM Shanghai offices, as well as several business groups and the DSM China R & D Center. The Campus is DSM's largest and most important research facility outside Europe and the USA, and is intended to act as an incubator for DSM's local innovation competence.
   Jan Zuidam, Deputy Chairman of the DSM Managing Board, said: "We know China not only as a market and a production base, but also as a strategic starting point for research and development. In DSM's accelerated vision 2010 with focus on life sciences and materials sciences China plays an important role regarding growth and innovation."