Lamb Weston EMEA inaugurated its new Innovation Center in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands, on June 8 in the presence of employees, suppliers and the mayor of the city. The facility enhances the company’s ability to develop and test new potato products and processes on a small scale, accelerating Lamb Weston’s innovation worldwide.
Featuring a small scale pilot line, the center offers the opportunity to innovate products using different potato varieties, cutting techniques, chip shapes and flavors. It also provides the means to test sustainable production techniques that may lead to less use of energy and water.
Marc Schroeder, president of Lamb Weston International, stated: “This Innovation Center enables us to bring even more and better initiatives to our customers and consumers, driving best in class product and processing innovation to deliver our loved potato products to more people, in a more sustainable way.”
Frank Petter, Bergen op Zoom’s mayor, added: “This Innovation Center is located in the center of an innovative hub with the Delta Agriculture Business (DAB) and agri/technical schools. This already turned out to be a perfect breeding ground for new ideas in the past and also gives further growth opportunities in our total agri/food sector.”
