Food testing firm Eurofins has invested €3 million to upgrade its food testing laboratory in Suzhou, China as the company aims to provide a more comprehensive service to its clients in China and the Asia Pacific region.
Eurofins originally opened the Suzhou site in 2006, and this investment will double the size of the site to 3,900 square metres, while also upgrading the facilities at the lab.
Testing equipment at the site at the site will allow comprehensive testing of products for the dairy, nutrition markets, and allow the testing of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs).
The site will also provide food compliance testing based on regulations from China, the European Union, The US and Japan.
This new laboratory further strengthens the company’s position in the Chinese market, following last year’s construction of another food testing laboratory in Qingdao, and the $670 million purchase of Covance Food Solutions earlier this month.
Mr Jason Qin, managing director of Eurofins Food Testing China said: “The relocation of our Eurofins Suzhou laboratory was a major project for Eurofins China.
“With this new state-of-the-art facility, together with our planned investment in other strategic areas in the country, we will be much better equipped to fulfil our mission to ‘Contribute to a safer and healthier world’.
“We will strive to continuously improve our testing capabilities and the level of service we offer to our customers to positively contribute to food safety within and outside China.”
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