Elf Atochem North America, officially opened the doors to its new Polymer Technology Center (PTC) on March 30, 2000.
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — Elf Atochem North America, Inc., Philadelphia, officially opened the doors to its new Polymer Technology Center (PTC) on March 30, 2000. The PTC centralizes R&D and technical support for the company’s three Performance Polymers business units, which were formerly located in three different areas. The company invested over 15 million dollars in the PTC to create a more efficient process, and to better serve customers and grow the company. Speaking of the center at its opening, Executive Vice President Jean Claude Rébeillé said, “We have tried to create a technical community.”
The PTC serves as a key resource in a network of polymer R&D and technical service centers of the recently merged Elf Aquitaine and Totalfina parent companies, reaching from the United States to Europe and Japan. This worldwide group of scientists and technical facilities, located in four countries, specializes in polymers such as polypropylene, polystyrene, polyethylene, polyvinylchloride, polymethylmethacrylate, polyamides and fluoropolymers. The merged companies coordinate their performance polymer R&D on a worldwide basis for synergy, speed and efficiency.