Michelman opens new sustainability center in Shanghai

The grand opening ceremony and facility tour of the center featured presentations from Steve Shifman, president & CEO of Michelman, and Kenneth Jarrett, former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. The MSC will help Michelman better adapt its products and services to the Chinese market, said a press release by the company.

“As a global developer of environmentally friendly advanced materials for industry, we believe in sustaining both the natural and business environments. In fact, our purpose is ‘Innovating a Sustainable Future’ and reflects Green Growth, a pillar of China’s 13th Five-Year Plan (FYP),” said Ginger Merritt, vice president, coatings & country manager, Michelman China. “Our unwavering values and passion for environmentally conscious innovation help companies in this region establish and achieve their product performance goals. With the exciting addition of the new MSC, we are furthering our commitment to helping the 13th FYP expand and reinforce green manufacturing with our water-based and sustainable expert materials.”

“The MSC will foster both sustainable solutions and collaboration. It incorporates dedicated space, technical expertise, and technology, and promotes collaborative innovation between partners, customers, service providers, and suppliers of multiple industries’ value chains. This new facility will have a technology & marketing office along with a fully equipped development center to develop solutions that are sustainable and green,” added Merritt.

“Our high-performing associates, along with our partners and customers are to be thanked for the company’s success in this region,” said Shifman. “Great people and great partners equal great success.”

“I am confident that China welcomes Michelman’s facility expansion and commitment to serve China and other growth markets throughout Asia,” said Jarrett.

Michelman manufactures coatings, surface modifiers, additives, and polymers for the coating, printing & packaging, and industrial manufacturing markets. (PC)

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