Dr Deep Bhattacharya, Technology Director for Coatings, Eastman Chemical Eastman has opened a new R&D centre at its production site in Ghent, Belgium. Why? We have invested an amount in the USD double-digit-million range in the new lab. There are several reasons why we chose this location. Firstly, our footprint got bigger in Europe, with the recent acquisitions we have been able to build a critical mass in the Belgium area. We have more than 1,000 people working there. In the past years we also had a good and strong co-operation with the academic institutions. We have several ...