The Netherlands-based specialist for coating solutions has officially opened its upgraded Centre of Excellence for leather finishing and functional coatings in León, Mexico. The new facility includes modern offices, application laboratories and testing capabilities, enabling the company to deliver more advanced, lower-impact solutions directly to customers across Latin America. Compared with the previous site, the new centre in León offers significantly more space for customer support — from consulting and application development to testing and training. The León site forms part of a global network of over 30 application labs, multiple centres of excellence and manufacturing locations. Direct collaboration as key to innovationThe regional management emphasises that the new facility will further strengthen close collaboration with customers.