APC Reports 50% Cut in R&D Time
Advanced Polymer Coatings is implementing Albert Invent’s AI-native operating system to centralize research data and support development of new coating and lining technologies.
The partnership is intended to create a structured, searchable system for experimental results, formulation knowledge and institutional expertise across APC’s research teams.
APC said Albert Breakthrough, an AI-supported design-of-experiments and formulation-optimization tool, has reduced development time by 50%. The system is designed to screen out unnecessary experiments while keeping chemists in control of formulation decisions.
“Using Albert’s AI capabilities, we’ve been able to cut development time in half, screening out unnecessary experiments and reaching optimized formulations much faster,” said Jeremy Pasatta, vice president of technology and process at Advanced Polymer Coatings.
The operating system will allow APC scientists to capture experimental results in a standardized format, connect knowledge across projects and use prior research to guide future experimentation.
“Innovation in polymer coatings is driven by the quality of our scientific insight,” Pasatta said. “As our research programs expand, having a structured platform to capture and analyze experimental knowledge allows our team to move faster and build on prior work.”
APC develops high-performance polymer coatings and linings for marine, rail, chemical and industrial applications, including its MarineLINE and ChemLINE technologies.
The companies said the platform will provide a scalable R&D foundation as APC expands its research programs and product-development work.
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