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EuroWire – November 2007
Construction has begun of the DSM China
Campus in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in
the Pudong new area of Shanghai (PRC).
The campus will comprise both Shanghai
offices of the DSM (China) Ltd Holding
and several business groups and the
R&D labs of DSM in China.
The DSM China Campus will house about
600 people and, as well as being the
headquarters of DSM China, it will be
company’s biggest and most important
research facility outside Europe and the
USA.
During the groundbreaking ceremony,
Jan Zuidam, deputy chairman of DSM’s
managing board of directors, said:
“China is important for all three drivers
of DSM’s strategy Vision 2010 – Building
on Strengths: market-driven growth
and innovation, increased presence in
emerging economies and operational
excellence.
“The ground-breaking ceremony is a
major milestone for us in China. The DSM
China Campus will act not only as the
headquarters of DSM in China, but also
as the new incubator of our innovation
competences.”
In its design and execution, the DSM
China Campus will aim to achieve ‘Gold’
certification within the LEED programme.
LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design.
“DSM takes sustainable and responsible
entrepreneurship very seriously,” said
Weiming Jiang, president of DSM (China)
Ltd.
“For the third consecutive year we have
been elected the most sustainable
chemical company worldwide in the
Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
“Therefore it was only logical that we
would go for a ‘green’ design for our new
DSM China Campus. “
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