On Saturday 31 August, employees and their families gathered at Bell’s headquarters for a special open day. At the Leipzig-Miltitz site, where around 200 people work every day to create new fragrances and flavours for food, beverages, personal care and cleaning products and much more, the guests were delighted to gain a rare insight into the company.

Throughout the day, the area opposite the research building was a hive of activity, as were the company’s various departments. Employees from production, research and development, logistics, administration and quality assurance took the guests on tours and gave exciting demonstrations. The highlight for many was the visit to the production facilities, where the guests learned interesting facts about the production process of flavours, fragrances and ingredient specialities.

In the modern logistics centre, inaugurated in 2018, visitors were also introduced to advanced storage technology and learned more about the various goods: The raw materials come from all over the world and are stored in numerous high-bay racks in a “chaotic” but secure manner before being shipped as fragrances and flavours to Europe and the Middle East. Finally, visitors learned about essential steps in the quality assurance department that ensure that Bell’s products always meet the high demands of consumers and customers.

Last but not least, a fundraising campaign initiated by Bell for the benefit of the association Elternhilfe krebskranke Kinder e.V. also attracted a lot of attention. The management and other executives collected more than 1200 euros in a raffle. Bell has now rounded up the amount to €2,500 and is delighted to be able to support the important work of the association at Universitätsklinikum Leipzig with this donation.

An outstanding day all round. Thanks to all the visitors and the team.