MOSCOW (MRC) --DSM has opened its first application development technical center for engineering plastics in Japan on 26 March 2013 in Yokohama City, informed the company on its site.
The launch of the DSM Engineering Plastics Japan Technical Center is fully in line with DSM’s strategy to support and grow business not only with customers in Japan but also with overseas Japanese Transplants, for which material specifications are determined in Japan. DSM recognizes the importance of developing new innovative and more sustainable applications together with its customers in Japan.
Having the new technical center, DSM can provide fast and specific test data for its products, and can collaborate more closely with existing and new customers.
The main subjects for examination at the center are highly functional engineering plastics used in automotive, electrical and electronics, and flexible food packaging industries.
The center possesses a wide variety of equipment for material and application testing including injection molding, physical property testing and thermal and chemical analysis in order for DSM to conduct integrated application development in Japan in close cooperation with its customers.
Rein Borggreve, Global Research and Technology Director of DSM Engineering Plastics, explains: "With this new technical center in Japan, DSM now has five technical centers for engineering plastics around the globe. Other centers are located in Europe, USA, China and India. Together they function as important corner stones of our global research and technology network. They allow us to serve our global customers in the best way as well as to be present near our important regional clients."
As MRC reported earlier, DSM is going to invest about EUR100 million in three new R&D facilities in Delft and Sittard-Geleen (both in the Netherlands) over the next two years.
DSM delivers innovative solutions that nourish, protect and improve performance in global markets such as food and dietary supplements, personal care, feed, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, automotive, paints, electrical and electronics, life protection, alternative energy and bio-based materials.
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