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Moulding materials
News Release from: Victrex
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 July 2007
Engineering plastics firm opens UK tech
centre
Victrex has opened a GBP 1.5 million, 900m2, Victrex Applied Technology Centre at its primary UK production facility and carries an extensive material specification and testing services.
To serve industries such as automotive; electronics and semiconductor; industrial and oil and gas, Victrex has opened a GBP 1.5 million, 900m2, Victrex Applied Technology Centre VATC) at its existing production plant at Thornton Cleveleys, UK Manufacturer of the Victrex PEEK range of polymers, Victrex, said that the centre facility will provide extensive material specification and testing services
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Following closely on the opening of a new GBP 5.3 million film extrusion plant on the same site, the VATC The VATC is the second major UK investment for Victrex this year.
In May, the company opened a new high volume film extrusion plant on the same site to produce its ACTIV PEEK film.
Visitors to the VATC will find extrusion and compounding equipment for product development and the latest injection moulding machines.
The machines will perform customer products' trials on-site.
There is also tooling for moulding experimental samples and test pieces.
Victrex is employing 20 product and application development experts.
The VATC also has processing and testing equipment developed by Victrex to develop and commercialise Victrex PEEK usage.
Dr John Grasmeder, Global Technology manager of Victrex, said: "We are accelerating the expansion of markets for VICTREX PEEK polymer through new product and application development, customer technical service and our commitment to product quality." He added: The VATC will enable us to work more closely with our customers and end-users, to better understand their needs and commercialise new technologies for Victrex PEEK polymer more rapidly than ever before." Victrex also operates its Asia Innovation and Technology Centre, opened in Shanghai, China, in 2006.
Dr Grasmeder concluded: "At Victrex we relish the opportunity to work closely with our customers to help them create innovative and differentiated end-products.
We are proud of our track record in this area, which saw us commercialise more than 500 new applications in the last year.
In real terms, this means that our customers have been able to successfully introduce high-performance, high-quality products into their chosen markets, enhancing their competitive edge.
The new VATC will provide unrivalled levels of support for our customers in the competitive automotive, electronics and semiconductor, industrial and oil and gas sectors.".
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