04-17-2008: Rhodia celebrated the laying of the foundation stone for a new world-class Research & Development facility in Shanghai, China. The new facility, due to open in summer 2008, shall reinforce the Shanghai laboratory's position as one of the five major R&D centers of the Group. It will employ 150 scientists and provide Rhodia with a geographically balanced global R&D footprint, allowing the Group to drive its growth and ambitious development targets in the Asia-Pacific region.
Beyond its current development and customer support activities, the R&D center will be targeting Asian markets, particularly in the automotive, electronics, home and personal care, oilfield and agricultural formulations fields, developing innovative products such as luminophors for low energy lighting, engineering plastics, addressing automotive weight and fuel consumption, and new solvents and environmentally sustainable formulations for paper recycling, oilfield chemicals.
A major focus of the Shanghai R&D team will be on innovating for sustainable development and supporting the fast growth of Rhodia's industrial operations in China and the Asia-Pacific region with its expertise in chemical engineering and process improvement.
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