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Corporate PresentationDevoted to Polyolefin SciencePolymer Characterization,S.A.Gustave Eiffel 8,PaternaValencia Technology ParkE-46980,Valencia,SpainT.:[phone]F.:[phone].Polymer Char is a Trademark of Polymer Characterization,S.A.Printed in Valencia,Spain.2011.Company Overview HistoryMission&ValuesOur BusinessesResearch and Development Quality ManagementGlobal PresenceUsers Training MeetingConferencesPublications03 050911171921232529ProductsAnalytical ServicesContentsThe leadingPolyolefinCharacterizationCompanyCompany Overview03Polymer Char,the worlds leading Polyolefin CharacterizationCompany,is devoted to the development of state-of-the-art instrumentation for Polyolefin Analysis.The company offers the broadest and most modern range of products and services for polymer analysis and morespecifically,for structural characterization of polyolefins,suchas Chemical Composition Distribution(CCD),Molar Mass Distribution(GPC/SEC),High Temperature HPLC(TGIC,SGIC 2D),Bivariate Distribution(CFC),Xylene Solubles,Preparative Fractionation or Infrared Detection(IR).Polymer Char is also well known for its advanced approach into virtual instrumentation software that,together withexcellent remote control capabilities and its strongcommitment to Customer success,places the company at the leading edge on instrumentation diagnostics and technical support.Polymer Char provides to the leading petrochemical firms,as well as to prestigious R&D institutes and universities from allaround the world.The company provides analytical services in 35 countries and its instruments are present in over 20 countries within the Americas,Europe,Africa,Middle East and Asia.Polymer Char is headquartered in the Valencia TechnologyPark of Spain,boasting a new 20,000 square-foot state-of-the-art complex that includes its corporate offices,productionfacilities,and one of the most modern polyolefin R&Dlaboratories in the world.Together with its global network of partners and distributors,the company supplies,trains and supports Customers worldwide.Today,in the area of polyolefin analysis,you can rely on Polymer Chars technical excellence,expertise and overall Customer commitment,together with high quality solutions and good service.More than 18 yearsacquiring expertisein the PolyolefinAnalysis industryFirst prototype CRYSTAF 100.Valencia,Spain,1993.Polymer Char was established by Dr.Benjamn Monrabal in 1992 in the Valencia Technology Park in Spain,beingregistered as Polymer Characterization,S.A.Its initial goal was to develop a commercial CRYSTAFinstrument,a new patented technology developed by Dr.Monrabal at The Dow Chemical Company laboratories to measure the Chemical Composition Distribution insemicrystalline polymers by using only one temperature cycle.The first CRYSTAF 100 prototype was presented in thePittsburgh Conference(Pittcon)in 1994 in Chicago,and it wasin 1995 when the first unit was acquired by a leadingpetrochemical company in South Korea.To count on the most accurate analysis for all its instruments,Polymer Char acquired in 1993 from a leading optoelectronicresearch center in Scandinavia an Infrared Detectiontechnology fully-dedicated to polyolefin characterization.Today,practically every petrochemical company in the world counts on the stand-alone Infrared Detector IR4,using it as aconcentration and/or composition detector in HT-HPLCtechniques such as Size Exclusion Chromatography as for itsexcellent baseline stability versus the refractive indexdetectors,traditionally used in GPC instruments.Consolidated the performance of the CRYSTAF equipment and with an advanced and precise detector for polyolefin analysis,Polymer Char continued developing and marketing new instruments for polyolefin characterization.History05In 1996,Polymer Char developed a TREF automated system,as well as PREP mc2 together with a German chemical company,to fractionate polymers by molar mass and by composition.In 1999,the company launched CRYSTEX,developed incollaboration with a Belgian Polypropylene company to automate the Xylene Solubles measurement,as a fully robust and reliable alternative to traditional gravimetric methods,previously performed in PP laboratories.In 2005,Polymer Char developed CEF.Being initiated the procedures to obtain the patent one year later,this equipment was based on an innovative crystallization concept to obtain the Chemical Composition Distribution in polyolefins,obtaining the same results than TREF in 10 times shorter.In the same year,Dr.Monrabal together with Dr.Colin Li PiShan,from The Dow Chemical Company and Prof.Joo Soares,from the University of Waterloo,founded the International Conference on Polyolefin Characterization.Having beenfavorably held the first edition in Houston in 2006,next editions held in Valencia in 2008 and Shanghai in 2010 were also successfully,where Prof.Minoru Terano,from the JapanInstitute of Science and Technology,and Prof.Dujin Wang,from the Chinese Academy of Sciences,joined in theCommittee in the respective editions.The ICPC Conference,organized by Polymer Char,represents nowadays the meeting-point par excellence for Polyolefin Characterization experts all over the world.In 2006,Polymer Char designed CFC,according to the request of a prestigious Japanese chemical company to develop a newbenchtop and fully automated instrument to perform TREF+GPC in a single process and therefore obtaining the bivariate distribution in 3 dimension plots.With a very good acceptance of this technology received from the industry,the equipment became a commercial product afterwards.In 2007,with all the expertise acquired during the previous 15 years in polyolefin analysis together with Dr.Monrabalsprevious experience in GPC,Polymer Char entered in theMolar Mass Distribution industry.GPCIR was designed torespond to the features that in the last decade were being demanded by Polyolefin GPC Users,such as a separate column oven compartment,automated in-line filtration,no solvent handling,a comprehensive data processing software,and besides Triple Detection,incorporation of an accurate Composition Sensor(IR4 or IR5 MCT).Three years later,GPCIR was recognized by the Chemical&Engineering News magazine of the American Chemical Society,as one of the 10 most innovative technologies presented at Pittcon in Orlando.By the end of 2010,Polymer Char had the pleasure ofwelcoming Dr.Wallace W.Yau as a Scientific Advisor.Since then,Dr.Yau,the most recognized scientist in GPC,has been contributing significantly on the improvement of Polymer Chars technology.In the beginning of 2011,Polymer Char entered into a Value-Added Reseller(VAR)Agreement with Agilent Technologies,the global leader measurement company.Polymer Char,hasbeen incorporating Agilent equipments for almost two decades in its final Polyolefin Analysis solutions,to ensure the highest instrument performance and reliability.In the last two decades and with an average annualinvestment of 30%of its manpower resources on R&D,Polymer Char has played a key-role in the development ofmost of the existing polyolefin analysis technologies,such as CRYSTAF,CRYSTEX,CEF,CFC or GPC with IR detection.Each new project,each new analysis,makes clearer Polymer Char recognition as The Polyolefin Characterization Company.Polymer Char new polyolefin analysis laboratories in Valencia,Spain.MISSIONPolymer Chars Mission is to become the global leader in development of state-of-the-art Instrumentation,as well as in Analytical and Consulting Services;in the field of Polymer Characterization.Polymer Char carries out its Mission with responsibility and integrity,with a technology and innovative driving-force through significant Research&Development activities,maintaining high quality standards and commitment in all of its tasks,respecting its Employees,Customers,Suppliers,Distributors and the environment.VALUESThe values of Polymer Char are based on its own principles,and represent the pillars of all its best practices.Consequently,its values are the main channel to reach its Mission,while getting responsible results.Therefore,Mission and Values are not separated issues in the Polymer Char day-to-day activity.The company is convinced that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,and the essence of this whole is the continuous improvement and search of excellence.Values basedon PrinciplesPeople focusedon InnovationHUMAN CAPITALTECHNOLOGYINNOVATIONPOLYMER CHARETHICSSUSTAINABLE GROWTHRESPONSIBILITYMission&Values09Broadest rangeof solutionsfor PolyolefinCharacterizationOur Businesses11PRODUCTSPolymer Char is today the unique instrumentation companyfully-dedicated to the microstructure characterization ofpolyolefins.Our research and development efforts are focusedon the various separation methods to analyze polyethylene and polypropylene resins.As a result,the commercialized instruments cover the whole separation techniques spectrum:MOLAR MASS DISTRIBUTION(GPC/SEC)GPCIRThe new generation of High Temperature GPC/SEC,dedicatedto the Molar Mass Distribution analysis of polyolefins.Fullyautomated sample preparation and filtration,with tripledetector(c/V/LS)and Composition Sensor(IR4 and IR5 MCT).GPC One SoftwareThe most comprehensive GPC Calculations Softwarepackage available in the industry integrating all detectors signals.Data Unit 200Versatile signals acquisition and calculations device to link any vendor GPC instrument with Polymer Chars GPC One Calculations Software modules.CHEMICAL COMPOSITION DISTRIBUTIONCRYSTAFAn instrument designed for intensive use in the analysis ofthe Chemical Composition Distribution in polyolefins byCrystallization Analysis Fractionation,providing a broadstructural data base to improve catalyst knowhow and allowing new resins design.TREFA fully automated system for the analysis of the Chemical Composition Distribution in polyolefins by TREF(Temperature Rising Elution Fractionation).It provides complementaryinformation to CRYSTAF data in the analysis of somecomplex resins.CRYSTAF-TREFCRYSTAF and TREF techniques available in the sameequipment for a full Chemical Composition Distribution characterization.CEFA high-throughput equipment to analyze the Chemical Composition Distribution in polyolefins,using a new approachwhich combines CRYSTAF and TREF separation mechanisms.BIVARIATE DISTRIBUTIONCFCA fully automated Cross-Fractionation Chromatograph(TREF+GPC)for the analysis of the Bivariate Distribution in polyolefins(3D molar mass composition interdependence).HIGH TEMPERATURE HPLCSGIC 2DA fully automated equipment to analyze polyolefins by Two-Dimensional Solvent Gradient Interaction Chromatography.TGICA fully automated system to analyze polyolefins by Thermal Gradient Interaction Chromatography.CRYSTAF-TREF Equipment Control Software screen.PREPARATIVE FRACTIONATIONPREP mc2An automated instrument to perform semipreparativefractionation of polymers according to Composition orMolar Mass.XYLENE SOLUBLESCRYSTEXAn apparatus specially designed for the analysis of Xylene Solubles in polypropylene automating the gravimetric method ISO 6247 part B,ASTM D-5492.QUALITY CONTROLIntrinsic Viscosity MeasurementHigh-throughput apparatus specially designed for the analysis of the Intrinsic Viscosity in Polypropylene in a Quality Control environment.Xylene Solubles CRYSTEX for Quality Control An equipment designed for the analysis of Xylene Solubles in polypropylene in a Quality Control environment.CEF for Quality ControlAn instrument specially designed for the high-speed analysis of the Chemical Composition Distribution in Quality Control.INFRARED DETECTIONIR4A highly sensitive and reliable IR detector that can work with two simultaneous wavelengths to measure concentration and composition.IR5 MCTA modern IR detector with a sensitive MCT element(thermoelectrically cooled)for the analysis of low number of branches in HDPE pipe resins by GPCIR.It is also an excellent standard detector for GPC when requiring low concentration with a sensitive and stable baseline.ANALYTICAL SERVICESPolymer Char offers worldwide polyolefin characterization,fractionation and consulting services,addressed to thepetrochemical,academia and research industries.Today,laboratories investigating polyolefins in 35 countriessubcontract analyses and expertise from Polymer Charlaboratories.Polymer Chars infrared detector IR4,fully dedicated topolyolefins,is used as Concentration detector in all the analytical techniques.Other detectors are also available in some techniques,such as IR5 MCT for HDPE resins,Viscometer or the Light Scattering HELEOS 8+by Wyatt Technology.Molar Mass Distribution(GPC/SEC):Gel Permeation Chromatography for Concentration and Composition using GPCIR,the most advanced technology in HT-GPC for polyolefins.Chemical Composition Distribution(CCD):Crystallization Analysis Fractionation(CRYSTAF)Temperature Rising Elution Fractionation(TREF).Crystallization Elution Fractionation(CEF).High Temperature HPLC:Two-dimensional Solvent Gradient Interaction Chromatography(SGIC 2D).Thermal Gradient Interaction Chromatography(TGIC).Bivariate Distribution:Cross Fractionation Chromatography(CFC).Preparative Fractionation:Fractionation by TREF.Fractionation by CRYSTAF.Fractionation by Molar Mass.Xylene Solubles:By CRYSTEX analysis.Special Analysis:Special conditions analysis previous feasibility study.CRYSTAF analysis comparison of 7 fractions by Composition.GPC analysis comparison of 9 fractions by Molar Mass.Research and Development17Continuos improvementphilosophy with 30%of manpower resourcesin R&D activitiesAs a technology company,Polymer Char is highly devoted to Research and Development activities.For more than 18 years the company has been investing annually around 30%of its manpower resources in R&D.Thanks to this continuous dedication,today the company can provide the widest range of reliable and advanced instrumentsfor polyolefin characterization.In recognition of Polymer Chars technology,the company has received several awards,such as being considered one of the 50 Successful Companies in innovation in the ValenciaCommunity or the innovation recognition in 2010 to its instrument GPCIR by C&EN Magazine(from the American Chemical Society).Several multinational companies have worked together with Polymer Char in joint projects,such as Solvay,The Dow Chemical Company or Mitsubishi Chemical.Polymer Char has also close technical collaborations with R&D institutes and universities,such as the German Plastics Institute(DKI)or the Institute for Polymer Research of the University of Waterloo,among others.Polymer Char laboratories in the Valencia Technology Parkare considered today a worldwide reference,receiving every year scientists and technologists in the field of polyolefin analysis from all around the globe.With the varioustechniques to determine polyolefin microstructure,the whole range of Polymer Char instruments perform here analyses forcompanies in 35 countries.Polymer Char has a close connection with