The clever vitamin firm lately moved its international headquarters in Missouri.
13 June 2024
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Novus Worldwide, Inc., is specializing in analysis, new product improvement, and innovation in a brand new place to name house in the US. The clever vitamin firm lately moved its international headquarters in Missouri.
“America’s heartland has been house to our international headquarters since our founding in 1991. It was necessary for us to remain in Missouri and stay centrally positioned to our prospects all through the U.S.,” says Dan Meagher, NOVUS president and CEO. “Whereas the brand new constructing is ideal for in the present day’s NOVUS, the enhancements we’ve made within the new lab at HQ are serving to us plan for the animal agriculture trade of tomorrow.”
Positioned at 17988 Edison Ave., in a suburb of St. Louis, the already current constructing was redesigned with the longer term in thoughts.
“The brand new area is extra targeted on R&D and effectivity to assist additional our dedication to innovation,” says Paula Fisher, supervisor of analytical companies and R&D at NOVUS. “It’s an area that really supplies us the chance to develop and formulate clever, next-generation options to help the ever-changing panorama of our prospects within the animal agriculture trade.”
From the brand new lab, the NOVUS crew performs natural chemistry and biochemistry, analyzes feed formulations and uncooked feed elements, in addition to course of and manufacturing chemistry and microbiology.
Deana Hancock, Ph.D., director of worldwide utilized analysis and know-how scouting, says the science and evaluation performed at NOVUS headquarters helps each the purchasers and the broader animal agriculture trade.
“Our Open Innovation strategy helps us deal with new buyer challenges by wanting past our personal capabilities,” she says. “We discover and overview creating concepts and merchandise together with applied sciences already in improvement to determine collaborative alternatives. We additionally accomplice with trade leaders within the subject and at analysis facilities around the globe to discover up-and-coming applied sciences even exterior of the feed additive sector. Via this strategy, we are able to develop services and products for multi-species and completely different areas.”
Hancock says the in-house lab permits NOVUS to work in lockstep with exterior companions to attain the corporate’s purpose of making merchandise that deal with animal well being, well-being, and efficiency by means of clever vitamin.
Together with innovation within the lab, the brand new workplace can be a mirrored image of in the present day’s workspace atmosphere.
“The previous headquarters served us nicely, however in the present day’s work atmosphere requires flexibility to boost the worker expertise,” says International Director of Human Sources Evelyn Mendes. “Since 2020 NOVUS has fostered larger collaboration amongst staff with hybrid workplaces which can be extra appropriate for on-site, partially distant, and totally distant work.”
Together with the labs, the constructing homes members of the corporate’s Govt Management Staff, authorized and regulatory, finance, human assets, operations, provide chain, and logistics. Sizzling desks all through the constructing supply work areas for workers to make use of as wanted and there’s a wide range of area to help inside collaboration and conferences with prospects.
“NOVUS embraced the hybrid work mannequin previous to 2020, empowering our staff with larger autonomy to do their finest work wherever they’re best. We additionally acknowledged the fiscal and environmental advantages of optimizing the utilization of our workplace area,” Mendes says.
NOVUS has additionally filed for a one-time rebate from vitality firm Ameren for vitality conscientious lighting, HVAC system, and laboratory air flow system.
The venture was executed by Grey Design Group in partnership with HERA laboratory planners to design the lab area. Each corporations are positioned in St. Louis, MO.
NOVUS is the clever vitamin firm offering options for the worldwide animal agriculture trade. The corporate’s portfolio consists of bis-chelated natural hint minerals, enzymes, natural acids, important oils, liquid and dry methionine, in addition to a community of specialists around the globe to offer steerage on administration finest practices.
For extra info on how NOVUS is utilizing innovation to assist poultry, pork and dairy producers do extra, go to novusint.com.
