Mühlenchemie Opens Technology Center in Nigeria

Flour expert Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co. KG has opened its first technology center in Africa, in Lagos, Nigeria’s industrial heartland.

Having development capabilities there will enable the firm to meet local millers’ needs more rapidly and efficiently, says  Mühlenchemie.

55 guests from the Nigerian milling industry attended the official opening ceremony of the Technology Center.

The core element of the facility is a trial bakery modeled after 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 Emenike Okoye, who has more than 20 years of experience of quality assurance in the Nigerian milling industry.

“Thanks to a combination of our comprehensive production capacity in Germany and local development know-how we will, in future, be able to supply the Nigerian milling industry with customized systems faster than before,” said Lennart Kutschinski, managing director of Mühlenchemie, at the opening of the Technology Center.

Mühlenchemie standardizes over 100 million tonnes of wheat a year, meaning 20% of the global market. The company exports its products to over 120 countries and maintains close relations with more than 2,000 mills around the globe.