Delphi places first stone of new building on Aéropole de Charleroi

Delphi Genetics SA ("Delphi") has organised a ceremony marking the placing of the first stone of its new building on the Aéropole de Charleroi.

“In addition to the symbolism, the placing of this first stone is a major step for our company and its development, and we are impatiently waiting to enter our future facilities so that we can initiate new research orientations and develop new technologies in order to meet our customers' expectations”

Cédric Szpirer (CEO) and Philippe Gabant (Head of Business Development), two scientists who founded the company, have today, in the presence of Minister Jean-Claude Marcourt (Minister for the Economy, SME, and Foreign Trade), Jean-Louis Vanherweghem (President of the Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Pierre Rombaux (IGRETEC Economic & Real Estate Development Director) symbolically placed the first stone of the company's new building on the Aeropole site.

The first stone is made up of soil samples coming from the University and the research facilities that have seen the birth of Delphi's various patents. The cradle of the University of Brussels is the Solbosch Campus in Brussels. The molecular biology laboratories were in Rhode-Saint-Genèse until 1999 and since then have been moved to the Aéropole de Charleroi.

The new building will include three levels with a total area of 1,600m², will be entirely passive, and represents a budget of more than €3M. The construction enjoys the investment support of the Walloon Region and Europe.

"In addition to the symbolism, the placing of this first stone is a major step for our company and its development, and we are impatiently waiting to enter our future facilities so that we can initiate new research orientations and develop new technologies in order to meet our customers' expectations", commented Cédric Szpirer, CEO of Delphi Genetics.