PILLEN, DELEGATION TO WRAP UP TRADE TRIP WITH VISITS TO GERMAN BUSINESSES THAT HAVE HUSKER TIES

LINCOLN- Gov. Jim Pillen and a state delegation are to finish a weeklong trade and diplomatic mission to Central Europe Thursday, in part with visits to businesses in Germany that have ties to Nebraska. While in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, the Husker group is to meet with officials of Bayer, a global enterprise that operates crop science facilities across the Midwest, including a major research station in Beaver Crossing, Nebraska.

The group also scheduled a stop at Evonik, a global company that develops specialty chemicals for a variety of industries. It has produced lysine, an animal feed additive, in Blair, Nebraska, since 2000. The group’s time in Germany is the second phase of the mission and follows three days in the Czech Republic.

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