...And follows with a new innovation and commercial development center in Chicago
Two months later, in June, FoodNavigator-USA headed over to Chicago to check out Tate & Lyle's new 110,000-square-foot innovation and commercial development facility in Illinois.
Designed with collaboration in mind - from the open plan offices and cutting edge video conferencing facilities to a state-of-the art culinary kitchen - the center, located at the Hoffman Estates near Chicago, is a practical embodiment of the firm's mission to get closer to its customers: Tate & Lyle opens new innovation center and US specialty ingredients HQ
Read our interview with open innovation guru Mike Golembieski: Tate & Lyle on open innovation: ‘Being coy doesn’t benefit anyone’
Read our interview with Karl Kramer, who heads up Tate & Lyle's global Innovation and Commercial Development (ICD) group: Tate & Lyle innovation chief: ‘We’re not interested in me-too products’
Check out our picture gallery of the new facility: Innovation in action: Tate & Lyle’s new Commercial and Food Innovation Center in pictures
