Adrian de Krom: (Adrian)co- founder and Vice-President of national polymer development co.., has worked in the field of Polymer Science for the past 20 years. Over the course of his career, he has worked for General Electric, Day-Glo Color Corporation, Master Builders, Avery Dennison, Chemsultants, and NSL Analytical. He has developed Lubricants, Paints, Coatings, Inks, Adhesives, Composites, and Elastomers. He has experience in polymer synthesis and scale-up. Adrian earned his M.S. in Polymer Chemistry from the University of Akron

Kushal Baid Ph.D.: (Kushal) has over 25 years of leadership experience in technology and product innovation, development and commercialization working with Fortune 500 as well as pre-IPO technology companies in plastics, paper and coating industries. He is a co-inventor on several patents in the areas of in-mold labeling, digital printing and outdoor durable polyolefin films. Kushal earned his doctorate in Chemical Engineering at University of Delaware.

John Gooch: (John) has over 40 years experience in the flexible calendered vinyl industry, in both Technical and Commercial roles. His last position was as the Director of Sales and Marketing for Vinyls for the PSA Market for the American Renolit Corporation. He spent the last 25 years developing the calendered vinyl film business for the Graphics market in Europe and the U.S. His extensive experience includes high gloss opaque and translucent vinyl films, print feedstock and overlaminating films for digital printing. John is a Chartered Chemist (Royal Institute of Chemistry, UK) and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK).

Robert Shaw: (Bob) has over 40 years experience in the adhesive industry. His focus has always been in the area of formulations. He held chemist positions at MACtac, Adhesive Consultants, and Chemsultants where he assisted hundreds of companies with product improvements through the use of adhesive technology. Bob holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Baldwin Wallace University.

Richard Katona: (Dick) has over 40 years experience in the (PVC) vinyl industry. His focus has always been in the area of formulations. He held chemist positions at many companies producing vinyl products, He has extensive experience in vinyl compounding and processing. Dick spent over 20 years at Avery Dennison developing vinyl films for the graphics and reflective markets.

Daniel Bess: (Dan) has over 20 years experience in the coating industry. He has built coaters, slitters, and lab equipment. He has maintained coating machines, tunnel ovens, and UV curing equipment. Dan is an experienced machinist.

Steven Hannah: (Steve) has 25 years experience in the development and scale-up of adhesives, sealants and coatings. He has extensive experience in single and multi-component urethane, silicone, epoxy, and acrylic formulations. He has formulated moisture cured silicone (RTV) systems as well as moisture cured urethane systems.

The Administration team includes:

Barbara deKrom: (Barb) Treasurer; directs the Accounting functions for national polymer development

Cynthia Bucholz: (Cindy) Secretary; directs the corporate communications for national polymer delopment..

Amanda deKrom: (Mandy) supports the administrative efforts for national polymer development co..

Emily Bucholz: (Emily) is in charge of government contracts for national polymer development co..

national polymer development company, Inc. is a Process Development/Manufacturing company. As its name suggests, national polymer development company, Inc. focuses on the scale-up and commercial development of polymeric materials, especially in the fields of adhesives, coatings, and multi-layered laminates.

national polymer development company, Inc. was formed as a strategic alliance with national polymer laboratories. This alliance provides national polymer laboratories with a scale-up and commercialization facility for the products it develops for her clients. Furthermore, national polymer development company produces specialty laminates (multi-layered films) on a custom basis. Multi-layered laminates are normally composed of adhesives, coatings, and polymeric films; materials that we are intimately familiar with.

Our team is also deeply familiar with the process techniques needed to produce these materials. Various members of our team have years of in-depth experience with dispersion technologies, extrusion, calendaring, and the coating process. By combining our knowledge of materials, with state of the art process techniques required to produce those products, we can provide our customers with superior products at highly competitive rates.

Give us a call. We look forward to proving to you what the team at national polymer development company, Inc. can do for you.