Mizuno said its new research and development facility, dubbed Mizuno Engine, is opening this month. The company announced plans to build the innovation center three years ago. The new 6,500-square-meter facility, located on the premises of the company’s headquarters in Osaka City, Japan, is meant to amplify Mizuno’s prototyping, testing and measuring capacities. The center features a 3D workshop, an adhesive/painting room, a sewing room, an environmental test room, an impact test room, a gymnasium, a track, artificial turf and other spaces for testing, measuring and finalizing products in development. Thanks to this equipment, the trial-and-error cycle can be performed in a shorter time, explained Mizuno. The building represents an investment of approximately ¥5 billion (€34.8 million).

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