From new formulations and product development to mechanical testing and scale-up, we offer a full range of research and development solutions.

Consulting

Let us help you grow your biobased product line. With our diverse expertise and facilities, we can create new formulations and test new products.

Product Development

We work with various agricultural and natural materials, including plant proteins and oils, to create new polymer and composite products.

Characterization

To ensure industry adoption, it is important that biobased products are thoroughly tested. We develop processing techniques to evaluate new material performance.

Scale-up

Through the use of our unique facilities, we are able to take bench-scale formulations to full-scale manufacturing production.

Web Application: Polymers Environmental Comparator

We developed a user-friendly, web-based application designed to calculate and compare, processing costs, energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions of various petroleum and biobased plastics. More Information >>