REINACH, Switzerland - Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, has officially inaugurated its new Global Center of Excellence for Surface & Coating Technology, which opened on March 15.

The new facility is based in Bradford, UK, at the location of Archroma's application laboratory for deposit control. It hosts the Global Product Manager for Surface & Coating and a team of application experts, all with close links to Archroma's research and development organization and sales teams around the globe. Over the last four months, the existing laboratory facilities have been extended, and state-of-the-art equipment for application development and measurement has been installed.