New R&D centre for Bostik

Bostik has inaugurated its new €12 million R&D Centre in Venette, near Paris.

“This world-class R&D centre – alongside its counterparts in Milwaukee in the United States, and Shanghai, China – strengthens our global research and development capacities,” said Bostik chairman and CEO Bernard Pinatel. “Bostik has created a centre of excellence for adhesive materials located in an environment where innovation is stimulated by the joint presence of businesses, universities and the regional research cluster on bio-based chemicals.”

The Bostik Smart Technology Centre – encompasses three different types of activity:
•    Upstream R&D to deepen knowledge of materials and develop new polymers for smart adhesives – especially in polyurethanes, polyesters and silyl-modified polymers.
•    Downstream R&D to develop adhesives based, in particular, on two core Bostik technologies – hot melt adhesives and elastic adhesives made from reactive elastomers.
•    Pilot demonstrators designed to test the application of bonding solutions in full-scale simulations.
“This world-class R&D centre – alongside its counterparts in Milwaukee in the United States, and Shanghai, China ¬ strengthens our global research and development capacities,” said Bostik chairman and CEO Bernard Pinatel. “Bostik has created a centre of excellence for adhesive materials located in an environment where innovation is stimulated by the joint presence of businesses, universities and the regional research cluster on bio-based chemicals.”