MOSCOW (MRC) -- PolyOne Corporation, a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, is establishing a new Innovation Center in Shanghai, China, as per the company's press release.
The new facility will facilitate collaboration, accelerate application development and increase speed-to-market for customers in the Asia Pacific region.
The state-of-the-art facility will be strategically located in a new hi-tech industrial park in the JinQiao Development Zone in Shanghai, and will focus on research and development projects generated within the company's Specialty Engineered Materials business segment. The new Innovation Center is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2014.
"We are very pleased to be making this investment in such an important region," said Craig Nikrant, president, Global Specialty Engineered Materials. "Our customers in Asia will benefit from the expanded infrastructure, technical resources and unparalleled expertise that will be offered at our new Innovation Center."
As MRC informed earlier, in February 2014, PolyOne Corporation announced the addition of new capabilities to its OnColor HC Plus portfolio. These expanded offerings add medical-grade LDPE, nylon, PEBA, PS and PVC to the globally available palette of specialty healthcare colorants, and are pre-certified to meet or exceed biocompatibility requirements for ISO 10993 and/or USP Class VI protocols.
PolyOne Corporation is a global provider of specialized polymer materials, services, and solutions. PolyOne is a provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions with operations in specialty polymer formulations, color and additive systems, polymer distribution and specialty vinyl resins.
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