SPX FLOW, Inc. has expanded its Innovation Center in Xidu, China to better serve customers in the Asia-Pacific region with a focus on the mixing process. The center specializes in testing and design to best meet clients' mixing requirements, primarily in the fields of chemical processing, mining, water and waste treatment, pharmaceuticals and food and beverage. In addition, the expansion will provide more local, technical support for SPX FLOW's mixing solutions brands, including Lightnin, Plenty, Philadelphia, Stelzer and Uutechnic.

The Innovation Center includes a 200-square-meter process and technology lab — more than triple the size of the previous lab space — and will focus on detailed research and design enterprises by SPX FLOW's commercial and engineering teams. Those initiatives include process and technology demonstrations featuring industry-leading equipment for mixing tests, consisting of drives and test vessels, a complete range of test impellers, a particle size analyzer and a viscometer. SPX FLOW has ramped up its research and development budget by 40% since 2019, spurring a range of new products. The expansion adds to SPX FLOW's Innovation and Design Centers — state-of-the-art, collaborative spaces for customers to test, develop and perfect their critical mixing processes.

SPX FLOW has more than 26 Innovation and Design Centers worldwide, which offer support from product specialists, process and production engineers, electricians and other specialists.