Ingenuity and Innovation
A Scientific Approach
CPChem’s Research and Technology (R&T) teams work to build on our pioneering legacy to propel innovation and sustainability throughout the company and across the industry. R&T teams collaborate with industry partners and academic institutions to research, develop and assess emerging technologies like plastics recycling. Through the R&T Management Sponsored Research (MSR) program, researchers can propose pioneering ideas and apply for funding to accelerate the study, development and potential commercialization of new and novel approaches to sustainability. In 2023, more than one-third of CPChem’s MSR program funds were awarded to projects advancing the circularity of plastics.
“The technological prowess and fervor of our Research and Development teams greatly strengthen our efforts directed toward climate change and enabling circularity. We are working to create more sustainable solutions with long-term benefits that extend beyond our business and into global communities.”
CPChem encourages all teams to embrace imaginative ingenuity and celebrate and incentivize creativity and agility. In 2023, focused and collaborative ideation sessions established a pipeline of creative ideas and suggestions generated by employees and was linked to CPChem’s incentive pay program. Through 2024 and beyond, our CPChem teams will be charged with transforming ideas to reality and driving the evolution of the company.
CPChem Employee Recognized with Fellow of Society Award
In January 2023, Vivek Rohatgi, CPChem’s Pipe Resin & Applications Technical Service Manager, received the Society of Plastics Engineers’ (SPE’s) Fellow of Society Award. SPE is a global community of plastics professionals active in more than 80 countries. The Fellow of Society Award acknowledges significant contributions in the fields of plastics engineering, science and technology.
In the 40 years since SPE’s Fellow of Society Award was established, fewer than 400 people have received this prestigious recognition. Vivek is the fourth CPChem employee to earn the SPE distinction.
- Don Peters – 1987
- Ashish Sukhadia – 2014
- John Rathman – 2017
- Vivek Rohatgi – 2023
Laboratory Revamp
CPChem’s Borger facility completed a $10 million upgrade to its laboratory in December 2023. The investment helped to modernize laboratory infrastructure and further equip the site to meet customers’ needs and expectations.
