The Innovation Center, a $5.5 million investment between Lubrizol's Performance Coatings and Personal and Home Care businesses, opened in October 2013 with the goal of extending Lubrizol's innovation and technical expertise to customers throughout Asia. Expanding from a small rented lab space to a significantly larger Lubrizol-owned facility, the Innovation Center allows for customer training events, product research and development, formulations development, in-depth applications testing, and a greater understanding of structural properties. Over the past several months, new coatings capabilities have come online at the center.