New Product Development & Introduction (NPDI)

This new facility will serve as the company's European Center of Expertise for Biscuits, focusing on innovation and new product development for many of Europe's biscuit brands.

The center is expected to offer an unprecedented and holistic approach to creative thinking and collaboration to facilitate accelerated innovation and growth.

Cereal Partners Worldwide, a joint venture between Nestle S.A. and General Mills Inc., announce the creation of a new Innovation Center in Orbe, Switzerland.

P&G joins a new program that unites global pioneers to co-develop a next-generation open innovation platform.

Using a virtual design process, Magic Circle Corp. turned a "dealers' wish list" into a production model lawn mower in just three months.

The initiative is expected to bring innovative, new products to market, designed to meet the consumer's changing needs.

The company changes its corporate name to reflect its focus on the infant and juvenile industries.

By Daniel J. Staresinic, Senior Director, Consumer Products and Life Sciences Siemens PLM Software, Inc.