ATRP Solutions, Inc. is the world leader in atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) technology. Our mission is to enable our customers to capitalize on this rapidly emerging specialty polymer technology. ATRP Solutions, Inc. is a world-wide supplier of ATRP-based reagents, contract research services, and ingredients for personal care and cosmetics products. Our reagents and contract research services create value by enabling our customers to accelerate their research and commercialization of ATRP-based technologies. Our products include Me6TREN and TPMA, which are precursors to highly efficient ATRP catalysts and enable low cost and environmentally friendly processes. Our brands include Ultimate ATRPTM process, a proprietary industrial scale ATRP process technology, and ADVANTOMERTM ingredient, a multi-functional ingredient for the formulation of prestige personal care and cosmetics products. We will discuss the reasons for founding ATRP Solutions, Inc., how we spun the technology out of Carnegie Mellon University, some of the challenges we faced in the early days, and the successes and failures that made it possible for us to grow and expand this specialty polymer company.

Starting and building a specialty polymer company

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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