by the 1960s, pentosin had a "second wind", and the company enjoyed increased success. as product lines developed and increased, the company was starting to outgrow their current facilities, and so in 1960, started development of a new blending plant at dormagen, north rhine-westphalia. in 1972, the company's original site in hamburg was now too small, and so moved to a larger premises, a short distance up the river elbe to their current location of wedel.