Allnex has announced the opening of a new research and development center in Werndorf, Austria. This project is part of allnex’s strategic plan to lead the industry in the development of sustainable, environmentally friendly resins and respond to the challenges of evolving trends.
According to the company, allnex made a multimillion-euro investment into the center and the modernization and expansion of production facilities for the manufacture of next-generation waterborne products.
“R&D is of strategic importance to allnex and the establishment of product development in proximity of production will enable us to translate innovations into products even faster,” says Goetz Pelikan, managing director of allnex Austria GmbH.
The company says the focus of the new R&D center will be the development of new low-VOC, waterborne and VOC-compliant resins and additives for global coatings markets. An investment in digitalization, new automated, high-throughput synthesis and application equipment was installed at the center, according to allnex, which it says will increase the overall effectiveness of the laboratory and increase speed to market of new, sustainable solutions.
“This highly sophisticated research center, coupled with waterborne factory upgrades, will reduce our time to market with sustainable, differentiated products and it supports us to maintain our leadership position,” said Miguel Mantas, allnex chief executive officer.