Terpolymer Technology Awarded
HMC Polymers recently participated in the PTT Group Technology Conference & Exhibition 2015, held from August 24-25 at the PTT Auditorium in Bangkok. Participating PTT groups and affiliates included IRPC, PTTGC, Thai Oil, PTT RTI, BPE and HMC Polymers.
The event included presentations, awards and an exhibition of new products which attracted a large number of customers, stakeholders and press who learned about recent group R&D activity and future strategies resulting in commercialized successes or new developments soon to be offered to customers.
HMC's representative Dr. Andreas Goeldel, Business Innovation Manager, won the Outstanding Achievement Award for Innovation for the project: Terpolymers for low SIT sealable CPP and BOPP film. Khun Sawangpong Kingsuwanvong, Vice President - Manufacturing, received the award.
Khun Pornchai Pichitwutikorn, HMC Vice President – Business Management and Supply Chain, presented the Best of The Year award for R&D excellence and innovation to the team from PTTGC for the research project named Biodegradable Bags for Coffee Grounds. Researchers: Napawon Thongprachan and Nantavat Tangchantra.
This Best of The Year award, sponsored every year by HMC, is given to the research project which receives the highest number of votes from seminar participants.