Diamond Vogel held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of its Innovation Center.
The Innovation Center is the latest phase of Diamond Vogel’s Building on Success Initiative that started in 2018, which includes various enhancements to its Orange City campus.
The Innovation Center is a 36,000-square-foot facility equipped with state-of-the-art laboratory and office space, allowing up to 60 research and development scientists to collaborate on improvements and advancements to Diamond Vogel’s extensive line of paints and coatings.
In this venture, Diamond Vogel collaborated with CMBA Architects, an architectural firm based in Sioux City, Iowa, for project design. Hoogendoorn Construction, hailing from Canton, South Dakota, was chosen to oversee the project’s construction.
Union Bank from Lincoln, NE, financed the project, and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) partnered with Diamond Vogel on the project as part of the High-Quality Jobs Program.
“Our company’s first research lab was no bigger than a closet. Now with the Innovation Center, we have a cutting-edge facility able to support our research and development team in Orange City. We are thankful to have a facility that measures up to the people working in it,” commented Drew Vogel, Chairman of the Board.
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