Archroma celebrates opening of global competence Center for Surface & Coating Technology

The Center underlines Archroma’s ambition to bring new, innovative solutions to the packaging and specialty paper markets. The brand new Global Center of Excellence for Surface & Coating Technology is based in Bradford, UK, at the location of Archroma’s application laboratory team for deposit control. It hosts the global product manager for Surface & Coating and a team of application experts, all with close links to Archroma’s Research & Development organization and the sales teams around the globe. Over the last four months, the existing laboratory facilities have been extended and state-of-the-art equipment for application development and measurement have been installed.

This investment emphasizes the commitment by Archroma to bring new technologies in the area of barrier and surface coating to the packaging market. At the opening session, Beate Plueckhan, President Region EMEA, commented on the potential offered by this market: “Especially in the area of food packaging, consumers are looking for safe, convenient and sustainable packaging. This offers many opportunities to market new surface & coating solutions. With its technology and application know-how Archroma is well positioned to participate more intensively in this growing market.”

The new application laboratory will also allow Archroma to quickly run application tests for packaging producers, as well as to develop customized recipes for them.

During the last few years, Archroma has launched several eco-advanced innovations in the area of food packaging. Its solutions are widely accepted in the market and the company is continuing to strengthen its capacities in order to support the segment’s increasing demands.