DOW
New UK technical centre for PU elastomers and systems / Third recent investment in PU innovation
A new technical centre has been opened by Dow Formulated Systems, a business unit of Dow Chemical (Midland, Michigan / USA; www.dow.com), at its UK facility located in Birch Vale, Derbyshire. The application and customer service centre has been established to facilitate growth in Dow’s engineering elastomers and other specialty PU systems markets. It will enable customers to rapidly test and scale-up new products that utilise Dow technology.
“Our new application development centre further enhances Dow’s customer service across Europe,” said Paul Fitzgerald, marketing manager Engineering Elastomers. “We are committed to providing customers with fast solutions and our new technical service and demonstration centre allows us to do this by offering customers the benefit of trialling products without putting their production on hold.”
The new UK facility is the third recent investment by Dow in its polyurethane businesses. In November 2011, it inaugurated a new research and development centre at its PU systems house in Correggio / Italy. This is operating as a global R&D centre for PU foams and composites for Dow’s formulated systems, polyurethanes and automotive businesses, as well as a laboratory for the local technical and commercial organisation of the Italian systems house, employing about 70 people.
In July last year, Dow and SAIP Equipment (Romanò di Inverigo, Como / Italy; www.saipequipment.it) opened a state-of-the-art facility and industrial-scale production line for PU insulation panels. In addition, the group operates the Continuous Panel Development Center (ce|de|pa) in Tudela, Navarra / Spain, designed for testing and prototyping of PU-based panels made by a double lamination process for use in thermal insulation applications in the building and construction industry.
“The needs of this industry are constantly changing," commented Jon Penrice, global general manager, Dow Formulated Systems, “and to help our customers succeed, Dow continues to invest to offer our customers innovative and differentiated solutions.”
“Our new application development centre further enhances Dow’s customer service across Europe,” said Paul Fitzgerald, marketing manager Engineering Elastomers. “We are committed to providing customers with fast solutions and our new technical service and demonstration centre allows us to do this by offering customers the benefit of trialling products without putting their production on hold.”
The new UK facility is the third recent investment by Dow in its polyurethane businesses. In November 2011, it inaugurated a new research and development centre at its PU systems house in Correggio / Italy. This is operating as a global R&D centre for PU foams and composites for Dow’s formulated systems, polyurethanes and automotive businesses, as well as a laboratory for the local technical and commercial organisation of the Italian systems house, employing about 70 people.
In July last year, Dow and SAIP Equipment (Romanò di Inverigo, Como / Italy; www.saipequipment.it) opened a state-of-the-art facility and industrial-scale production line for PU insulation panels. In addition, the group operates the Continuous Panel Development Center (ce|de|pa) in Tudela, Navarra / Spain, designed for testing and prototyping of PU-based panels made by a double lamination process for use in thermal insulation applications in the building and construction industry.
“The needs of this industry are constantly changing," commented Jon Penrice, global general manager, Dow Formulated Systems, “and to help our customers succeed, Dow continues to invest to offer our customers innovative and differentiated solutions.”
26.04.2012 Plasteurope.com [222132-0]
Published on 26.04.2012