Innovation Models
Scott Bader is focused on continuing to deliver industry leading products and adding to its notable history of industry firsts.
Scott Bader is currently developing innovative solutions in the following areas:
- Crystic Crestapol® High Performance Hybrid resin series
- Sustainability and 'Green Composites'
- Wind Energy - Next generation materials to improve performance and reduce costs
- Nanotechnology - A number of areas of nanotechnology are being developed by the dedicated NanoTeam
- Next generation Composite Materials
- Novel polymerisation routes
Innovation is a continuous process and Scott Bader's goal is to increase market share by accelerating product development and bringing more successful products to market. Constant improvements in technology and changing requirements within the chemicals industry mean that, to stay ahead, a business must continuously innovate.
Scott Bader uses Sopheon's Accolade® product life cycle management solution to enhance our product innovation and portfolio management processes. This allows the global R&D sites to view live project information and higher level analysis.
To further ensure business rigour is applied to research and development, Scott Bader has put in place a Business Development team that sits within the R&D department. The R&D BD team scope novel technologies and applications and are integrated in the development team to focus product development.
At Scott Bader, our history with water based products highlights our longstanding commitment to environmental issues. Significant resources are dedicated to developing new and improved products to minimise environmental impact. These technologies include replacing solvent based resins with technically equivalent water based alternatives to lower free monomer products and products based on sustainable raw materials.
The Global Research and Development team have technical laboratories located in Dubai, South Africa, US, France, Croatia and at the UK HQ. Global R&D is coordinated from the recently built Ernest Bader Technical Centre in the UK, which has allowed us to develop products and services in a number of areas. Our technical teams also work closely with leading UK & International universities on cutting edge technology development projects.