In December 2007 Prionics Lelystad moved its production facilities to a new location in Lelystad, the Netherlands. Prionics now has the opportunity to increase its production capacity to better meet the needs of its customers.

After 6 years of renting facilities at the Animal Sciences Group, Prionics Lelystad has relocated to their own premises within the city of Lelystad, the Netherlands. The new location offers the possibility to increase the production capacity of the Dutch location. Prionics Lelystad is now better able to produce larger batches resulting in reduced operating costs to give them a better competitive position in the market. Another important opportunity is the installation of the Prionics warehouse at the new premises. The warehouse began part-time operations in January and plans are to have it fully operational this April. This means that Prionics will be able to handle all stock without use of a third party. Prionics Lelystad, the hub for the Benelux and Nordic countries, is dependent on having good connections to major transportation routes. The new location has excellent access via roads without heavy traffic in addition to fast rail connections to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.

Prionics Lelystad
In 2006 Cedi-Diagnostics, Lelystad was acquired by Prionics to establish Prionics Lelystad. The former Cedi-Diagnostics was first created in 2001 as a spin-off of the Animal Sciences Group, an internationally recognized research institute. Today, Prionics Lelystad draws from the solid experience of the Animal Sciences Group and also maintains partnerships with other well-known veterinary organizations around the world.

Operating from below sea level
An interesting fact about the location of Lelystad - which is situated in the middle of the Netherlands - is that the city was originally built on land that was reclaimed from the sea. Land reclamation was completed in 1957 and the construction of Lelystad was started in 1966 - a city, today, which is approximately 5 meters (16 feet) below sea level. The city was named after Cornelis Lely, a former Secretary for Transport and Waterways and the man behind the land reclamation in the former ‘Zuiderzee’.