Facts & Figures

Some interesting key facts & figures about our global Research & Development at a glance.

Quick Facts

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    Approx. 1,000 people working in R&D worldwide
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    More than €200 mio. investment into R&D in 2022
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    About 1,500 active patents and approx. 50 new patents filed in 2022
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    Research center in Hamburg, two innovation centers in China and the US, and development labs in Brazil, India and Japan
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    350 studies with 8,000 participants at our own study center and more than 1,300 studies with over 30,000 participants worldwide