Ashland opens composites R&D center in Shanghai
New center will also offer technical services; will streamline and efficiently manage formulation and testing of composite materials while reinforcing commitment to innovation and sustainability.
September 4, 2018
Ashland has opened a new composites research and development technical service center in the Jinling Valley Sci-Tech Industrial Park, in Shanghai, China. The new center will strengthen the company’s innovation and commercialization efforts and serve as the Asia Pacific technical center of Ashland’s composites segment.
The new composites R&D technical service center will focus on combining existing chemistries knowledge with future technologies to solve customers’ most complex materials challenges. The center is nearly 1500 square meters in area and will house approximately 20 scientists and engineers who will lead R&D efforts on advancing technologies for markets such as transportation, construction, marine and infrastructure products, enhancing and driving closer partnerships with customers.
Ashland aims to address industry needs for composite solutions in the transport sector our of its Shanghai R&D center. |
“Global demand is increasing for innovative materials that can meet and exceed the challenges from a variety of environments and applications,” said Andrew Johnston, Group Vice President, Composites. “As our customer base grows, the need to create, produce and test new chemistries, formulas and materials plays a critical role in the market cycle.”
He continued, “The new Composites R&D technical service center serves as the latest example of our long-term commitment to investing and growing in the Asia Pacific region. The addition of this new center reinforces our promise of ‘always solving’ for our customers in ways that enable customers to amplify the efficacy, refine the usability, add to the allure, ensure the integrity, and improve the profitability of their products and applications.”