Brenntag North America opens new Technology & Innovation Center
Brenntag North America, part of the Brenntag Group, global distributor of chemical and ingredients, announces the grand opening of its new Coatings & Construction Technology & Innovation Center in Allentown, PA.
The new center will further support customers in the United States and Canada who face coatings and construction formulation opportunities with technical solutions and inventive ideas. The Coatings & Construction Center is the latest addition to Brenntag North America’s Technology & Innovation Hub which also includes centers for the Food & Nutrition, Personal Care, and Home Care industries.
New application development
With over 20 years of experience in the industry, the new center is headed by Robert Souerwine, Technical Director of Coatings & Construction: “Our move from the original North Wales location to Brenntag’s Innovation Hub in Allentown allowed us to redesign and utilize a larger, more efficient space, with state-of-the-art equipment. ”
The new center is run by an experienced team of industry experts and chemists and is fully equipped to handle new application development in the adhesives, coatings, construction, elastomers, and sealants market segments. In addition, the center will provide raw material evaluations, product performance testing, and physical, subjective, and visual testing.
