The Hallstar Company has announced the official opening of its Asia Pacific R&D centre in Suzhou China.
Situated in the Suzhou New District (SND), Hallstar New Material Science & Technology (Suzhou) Company Ltd will serve as the company’s R&D and technical support base in the Asia Pacific region. In the near future, it is expected to house additional functional groups for the company.
The new laboratory is housed in the MedPark of SND, a state of the art research and development area invested by the Suzhou government. In addition to the advanced facilities established by Hallstar, researchers in the R&D centre have full access to the various platforms provided by MedPark and SND, including a complete analytical centre equipped with various chemical and biological analytic instruments run by a team of chemists.
The facility will conduct advanced research work for the beauty and personal care market, including frontier research in sun protection, anti-ageing, whitening, and functional natural ingredients. It will also carry out research work in industrial polymer modification focusing on technologies such as polymer plasticising, surface enhancement, and processing improvements.