Great Lakes Solutions, a business of Chemtura Corporation, has opened a new, global center of excellence for flame retardant research and development and applications development at the Nudenberg-Wheeler Technology Research Campus in Naugatuck, Connecticut, the US.
Opened on August 1, these laboratories house equipment for organic synthesis, flame retardant testing, physical property testing, chemical analysis, and process development.
The applications areas include not only small scale bench top extrusion, injection molding and combustion testing equipment for the rapid formulation of new, exploratory flame retardants, but also large scale extruders and molding equipment for formulation improvement and new applications of existing products.
The testing area services all of the necessary mechanical and burn performance tests for new and existing products, and the analytical instrumentation provides required data regarding polymer structure, small molecule composition and interactions thereof.
“Naugatuck is the primary global R&D location for Chemtura,” explained Dr. Dave Sikora, Global Director, Chemical Technology. “Locating the new flame retardant laboratories at this research campus will accelerate innovation for our customers through the collective wealth of technical expertise, knowledge and experience of all our scientists. We look forward to partnering with our key flame retardant customers and leveraging our multiple, diverse chemical disciplines to solve their most pressing problems.”
