Research and Development

Providing Customers with Tomorrow’s Technologies

At OM Group, our talented researchers link our process technologies, application know-how and surface chemistry expertise to efficiently convert raw materials into finished products that deliver metal precisely where our customers need it, enabling their products to achieve superior performance characteristics.

Translating the Vision

These core competencies of our researchers are critical to the success of our value-added businesses:

• Advanced Organics, which serves producers of coatings and inks, tires, petrochemical-based products and polyester-based products;
• Inorganics, with primary markets in next-generation rechargeable batteries, catalysts, ceramics and glassware, and construction equipment and cutting tools; and
• Electronic Chemicals, which develops new products for printed circuit board assemblies, general metal finishing, electronic packaging and electroless nickel memory disk plating.

Researchers with these technology-based platforms are envisioning new ways to meet customer requirements, then translating that vision into commercially viable solutions that also address some of society’s greatest needs: for affordable energy, portable power, clean air and clean water. Thus, OMG is well positioned to grow in these dynamic markets.

Our Global Technical Network

OMG's Technical Centers of Excellence are charged with providing customers high-performance solutions to their challenges. To meet this mandate, each Tech Center focuses on a particular area of expertise. Likewise, the researchers at these centers are dedicated to specific market segments. Our global Tech Centers collaborate, sharing information and unlocking synergies discovered in the research process.