Bayer Technology Services Expands Activities by Opening Office in Russia

Leverkusen, Moscow -- Bayer Technology Services (BTS) is participating in the growth of the Russian economy through its recently opened regional office in Moscow, Russia. In a close cooperation with ZAO Bayer, BTS is thus further expanding its presence in the emerging markets.

The BTS office in Russia is headed by Dr. Evgeny Belov, who has previous Russian and international experience in R&D and the chemical industry, recently with multinational corporations active in chemical raw materials and technology solutions.

"Serving our customers locally is part of the BTS strategy of focused differentiation. The presence of the regional office in Moscow enables us to better offer tailored solutions for our customers in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries in Russia and the CIS countries combined with our local competence based on the decades of Bayer activities in this country," said Dr. Dirk Van Meirvenne, Managing Director of BTS. The services concern early phases of a capital investment projects and state-of-the-art technology solutions such as the innovative technologies in the Environmental Protection and Infrastructure: TAREX - technology for waste gas treatment, LOPROX and BayFlotech - technologies for waste water treatment, BAYQIK - technologies of sulfuric acid production process. Also, BayOpX - the integrated operational excellence program by BTS - is offered to optimize, reduce costs and sustainably create value in production processes and production networks and other optimization methods and tools for improving energy efficiency or the supply chain.

Since 2003, BTS has continuously supported Bayers sub-groups and customers worldwide with the development of production processes and planning, construction and optimization of chemical and pharmaceutical plants, leveraging BTS long lasting experience as technology partner. A particular expertise lies in the combination of extensive knowledge of the global markets with a high degree of direct owners experience.