Facts & Figures

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

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    Over 1,000 people working in R&D worldwide
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    More than €200 mio. invested into R&D per year
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    About 1,500 active patents and approx. 60 new patents filed in 2023
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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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    300 studies with 8,500 participants at our own study center and more than 700 studies with over 20,000 participants worldwide

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