Bayer Materialscience Adds Innovative Design Center To Color Competence Center At Newark, Ohio, Compounding Facility
Newark, OH - Recently, in a demonstration of its commitment to the local community and its plastics customers, Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) LLC officially opened an innovative Design Center addition to the Color Competence Center at its Newark, Ohio, compounding plant. A number of BMS executives, including Rainer Schorr, head of Polycarbonates in the North American Region, and Dr. Lora Rand, head of production and development, Advanced Resins Division, Polycarbonates, were joined by Ohio Lieutenant Gov. Lee Fisher and other local dignitaries for the ribbon-cutting ceremony and facility tour.
BMS' new Design Center at its Color Competence Center is good news for the Newark community and the plastics industry. Through the opening of this center combined with Bayer's strategic growth strategy, the company is in the process of staffing for the needs of today and in the future. "The Newark facility has played an important role in our plastics business for nearly 30 years," said Dr. Rand. "This investment will help ensure that our operations here will continue to play an instrumental role in our business success for many years to come."
Schorr agreed: "This expansion is a key component of the aggressive growth strategy for our plastics business. Furthermore, it demonstrates that our commitment as a resin supplier is not just for today, but for the long term."
Bayer is an innovator and leader in the production of polycarbonate with facilities strategically located around the world to support its global Makrolon polycarbonate (PC) product line. At the Newark facility, Makrolon PC, as well as Bayblend PC/ABS resins, are tailored to specific customer needs by compounding the resin with other polymers and additives.
The new Design Center will bring ideas utilizing BMS' LEDA compounded color technology to life. LEDA compounded resin technology is one of five technologies included in Fantasia color technologies – the industry's most complete, one-stop solution for color and special effects for plastic part design. LEDA compounded color technology adds colorants and special effect additives right in the pellet to yield molded-in colors and special effects such as metallic, sparkle, shimmer, pearlescence and glow-in-the-dark.
SOURCE: BMS