Below is a list of the Nestlé Research facilities in Europe. To view worldwide locations visit our page on
Global R&D. For further information about our activities at any of the locations below please
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- Product Technology Centres (PTCs), each aligned with particular Nestlé businesses to provide expertise for specific product categories. Together they form a hub for global product and process development.
- Research and Development Centres (R&D), working in close collaboration with the Product Technology Centres to meet regional R&D requirements and provide input to local application groups.
These are highlighted below in orange.
R&D Tours, FranceOpened in 1991
Focus: Tours is Nestlé’s centre of excellence for innovation around strategically important plant raw materials; especially coffee, cocoa and chicory. Its focus is on increasing quality and the sustainability of supply.
R&D Amiens, France Opened in 1986
Focus: Dedicated to our pet's health and well-being. Undertakes the innovation/renovation of Petcare products. Has pilot plants for both wet and dry products; a Petcare facility and an applied sciences laboratory.
PTC Vittel, FranceOpened in 2003
Focus: PTC Vittel is home for the Nestlé Waters R&D programme. It is a centre of excellence for innovation and renovation including product, packaging, process engineering, packaging materials and sustainability.
PTC Beauvais, France Opened in 1972
Focus: PTC Beauvais is Nestlé’s centre of excellence for ice cream. Centralised technology and science platforms together enable fast deployment of developments and allow direct support to markets.
PTC Lisieux, France Opened in 1990
Focus: Lisieux is the centre of excellence for chilled dairy products and healthy drinks. At the heart of the location is a pilot plant fully replicating the complete factory process.
PTC York, United KingdomOpened in 1991
Focus: PTC York is Nestlé’s centre of excellence for chocolate, sugar confectionery and biscuits focusing on lighter eating, luxury gifting and popularly positioned products (PPP).
PTC Konolfingen, SwitzerlandOpened in 1974
Focus: PTC Konolfingen is Nestlé’s centre of excellence for shelf stable milk based products, infant and Healthcare nutritional products and dietetic specialities.
PTC Orbe, Switzerland Opened in 1959
Focus: PTC Orbe is Nestlé’s reference centre for products and technologies in coffee, powdered beverages and cereals, consumed in and out of the home.
R&D Sansepolcro (Casa Buitoni), ItalyOpened in 1992
Focus: Casa Buitoni, in the small Italian town of Sansepolcro, combines Italian culinary skill with nutritional excellence for products full of mediterranean goodness.
PTC Singen, GermanyOpened in 2004
Focus: Within Nestlé R&D, PTC Singen is the home of food, bringing culinary art to a level that can be practised at home or used in a professional kitchen. Singen transforms science into technologies that deliver tasty and balanced meals with the highest freshness perception and convenience.
R&D Rzeszow, PolandOpened in 1966
Focus: Delivering healthy feeding solutions for babies and young children through science-based products.