Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co. KG has now opened its first technology center in Africa. In Lagos, Nigeria’s industrial heartland, the specialist for flour improvement and fortification now operates a baking laboratory. Having development capabilities on the spot will enable the firm to meet local millers’ needs more rapidly and efficiently.
55 guests from the Nigerian milling industry went along to gain a personal impression of the technical equipment at the Technology Center and attend the official opening ceremony. The core element of the facility is a trial bakery modelled on Mühlenchemie’s central Technology Center in Germany. Developers at the new facility can customize systems for improving, standardizing and fortifying flour and tailor them to local conditions. The facility was planned and built in close cooperation with Vitachem Nigeria Ltd., which has been a business partner of Mühlenchemie for many years. The new manager is Mr Emenike Okoye, who has more than 20 years of experience of quality assurance in the Nigerian milling industry.