Infineum’s new Global Centre of Innovation creates 50 specialist jobs in Oxfordshire

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Nicky Godding

Infineum, one of the world leaders in the formulation, manufacture and marketing of petroleum additives for fuels and lubricants has officially opened its new Global Centre of Innovation at its Headquarters in Milton Hill.

This multi-million pound investment in their site close to Didcot, has generated more than 50 new jobs for talented chemists and engineers, to research better and more sustainable solutions in the automotive, transmissions and fuels additives business. This influx of talent provides the opportunity for Infineum to accelerate on their journey of creating a sustainable future using innovative chemistry.

The new state-of-the-art building delivers improved infrastructure that supports their technology leadership, including new laboratories for leading edge research and development, along with a variety of collaborative and agile meeting spaces, and a new restaurant for employees and visitors.

The new building has been designed with sustainability in mind and includes solar panels on the roof, a roof garden, LED lighting throughout, and water and electricity optimisation and efficiency investments.

Trevor Russell, Infineum’s Global CEO, and the Rt Hon. Ed Vaizey, former Member of Parliament for Wantage and Didcot,welcomed key customers and industry partners to a networking event which enabled guests from around the world to experience the building first-hand through guided tours.

“I am pleased to be here opening this Centre of Innovation for Infineum. Companies like this are part of the important eco system that drive the UK economy.” Ed Vaizey, former MP Wantage and Didcot.

“Milton Hill is our key global site for technology and innovation. I am very proud to have opened this new facility with state-of-the-art laboratories and collaboration spaces. This, along with the 50 highly-qualified new colleagues we have recruited, will help us continue to lead the world in developing technologies with huge environmental benefit.” Trevor Russell, CEO

About Infineum

The Infineum Group of Companies is a world-class petroleum additives enterprise. With global headquarters in Milton Hill, UK, Infineum is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of lubricant additives used primarily in automotive, heavy-duty diesel and marine engines, and additives for diesel fuels. Its customers are oil companies, other lubricant and fuel marketers and OEMs. The Infineum product line also includes specialty additives for small engines, automotive transmissions, and gas engines, and industrial oils. Infineum has Business & Technology centres in the USA, UK, Singapore and China and has sales representation in over 70 countries.

For more information, visit the Infineum web site www.infineum.com

Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe. After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts. She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.