Innovation & Service
R&D and Innovation
Since establishing the "Nan Pao Research Institute" in 1971, Nan Pao Resins has consistently regarded R&D and innovation as key drivers of corporate growth and sustainable transformation. Through the organizational development and evolution of its R&D Center and R&D and Innovation Division, the Company has built a comprehensive R&D system comprising five major R&D departments and more than 300 R&D professionals. These teams continue to deepen expertise in adhesives, resins, coatings, construction chemicals, and high-performance specialty chemicals.
As global industries move toward decarbonization, circularity, and higher-value applications, Nan Pao Resins continues to integrate the Group's R&D talent, technology platforms, and market application expertise. Through polymer synthesis, material formulation design, and application technology development, the Company continuously enhances the performance and application value of its existing products while transforming conventional chemical materials into sustainable solutions that combine high performance, reduced environmental impact, and greater value for customers.
Throughout the product development process, Nan Pao Resins also actively responds to the sustainability requirements of global brand customers, including carbon reduction, low-VOC solutions, circular materials, bio-based raw materials, and hazardous substance management. Sustainability principles are integrated into product design and R&D processes to continuously develop materials and products aligned with market trends and customer needs, thereby enhancing environmental benefits and application value across the entire product life cycle.
Among these, the "Polyester Polyol R&D Division" continued to focus on the development of recycled PET-based polyester polyol synthesis and application technologies, transforming recycled plastic resources into high-end functional materials and expanding the possibilities for waterborne PU, textiles, footwear materials, foamed materials, and other value-added applications.
Figure: Nan Pao's Five R&D Divisions — Innovation Development, Adhesives, Footwear, Coatings and Construction Materials, and Polyester Polyol
Through the introduction of circular raw materials and improvements in product performance, Nan Pao not only reduced its dependence on petrochemical raw materials, but also helped customers develop products with greater environmental benefits and market competitiveness.
In the future, Nan Pao will take "high performance" and "low-carbon chemicals" as the main focus of its R&D efforts, continue to deepen the application of water-based formulations, solvent-free formulations, bio-based materials, recycled materials, and low-carbon manufacturing process technologies, and combine customer needs with international sustainability trends to develop new products with differentiation and high added value. Nan Pao will, on the basis of its many years of accumulated polymer synthesis and application technologies, promote the transformation of R&D achievements into corporate competitiveness and move toward the target of becoming a global leader in high-tech, high-performance adhesives and sustainable material solutions.