Coatings World staff12.11.20
Norner and HTExplore joined forces to offer a highly integrated and streamlined workflow for industrial catalyst and polymer development services ranging from milli- to kilogram scale to catalyst manufacturers, polymer producers and other industries.
Naples, Italy-based high-tech company HTExplore, which was founded in 2012 by Prof. Vincenzo Busico, specializes in catalyst High Throughput Screening (HTS) for polyolefin synthesis.
HTExplore operates an HTS laboratory allowing rapid screening and reliable optimization of large catalyst recipe arrays also including advanced characterization of the micro-scale polymer samples.
Norner is a Norwegian technology company providing a full-service portfolio in the plastics value chain from polymer synthesis to processing and end-use innovations.
Norner has 40+ years of industrial experience and is operating advanced polymerization pilot facilities where polymer samples at a kilogram scale are produced in industrial relevant conditions to simulate all relevant commercial processes.
These sample amounts allow application relevant polymer development, testing and verification in Norner's pilot processing equipment.
“This partnership bridges the gap between our high throughput screening and Norner’s application development of the same polymers," said Luca Rongo, GM at HTExplore.
Norner has delivered development projects based on its polymerization and application development capabilities to many clients in the global polymer industry.
“We strongly believe that the industrial R&D experience of Norner combined with the scientific expertise of HTExplore will create significant value to our clients. By unifying the two workflows we will provide our clients with the best of two worlds," said Kjetil Larsen, CEO of Norner.
