Brenntag announced the official opening of the extension of its CASE and Construction Innovation & Application Center in Duisburg, Germany, doubling the existing laboratory space. This enhancement allows Brenntag to intensify its work in the fields of architectural paints, industrial coatings, adhesives, and construction applications. Customers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland can now benefit from expanded capabilities.

“By doubling the size of our Innovation & Application Center after only two years of operations in Duisburg, we’re perfectly proving our commitment to providing our customers with world-class technical services and sustainable, customized solutions,” said Christine Bryant, global president of material science at Brenntag Specialties. “This Innovation & Application Center enables us to broaden our range of services and technologies in the fields of Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants, Elastomers and Construction materials to even better support our customers and partners in achieving their goals.”

The state-of-the-art Innovation & Application Center offers customers and suppliers a full range of technical services, including formulation development, raw material evaluation, and performance testing for a wide variety of products. New capabilities at the expanded center include:

Advanced curing techniques: radiation and heat curing to precisely match formulations to specific application requirements.

Enhanced application and testing methods: introduction of screen printing, a digital microscope for detailed surface analysis, and the ability to determine minimum film-forming temperatures of water-based systems.

Optimized sample preparation: A bladeless speed mixer for faster sample preparation, enabling quick adjustments and optimizations of the formulation.

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