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Lab History
 
The TOPAS film lab started out with a 1.0" Killion in the early 90s.  As time went on the need for an upgrade became apparent.  By 1998 the 5-layer line in place now was being purchased.  It has been in service ever since.  The lab was originally located in Summit, NJ.  It was relocated in late 2004 to Florence, KY.  Currently the larger line runs about 75-80% of the year, Monday through Friday.  As there is still time available, we decided to optimize our business by offering our services to you.
 
Located less than 30 minutes from the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport
 
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Company History
 
TOPAS Advanced Polymers manufactures and markets TOPAS® COC (cyclic olefin copolymer) for advanced packaging, medical, optical and other applications worldwide. We also supply Crystal Dew® COC, a decorative material. Finally, TOPAS Advanced Polymers manufactures and markets norbornene, a valuable building block for complex organic molecules.

TOPAS Advanced Polymers is a joint venture of Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd., and Polyplastics Co., Ltd. It is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, with a U.S. subsidiary in Florence, KY. It operates a 30,000-metric tonnes/year COC plant, the world's largest, in Oberhausen, Germany. It employs about 100 people working in research and development, marketing and sales, production and administration. TOPAS Advanced Polymers was launched January 1, 2006 following the purchase of the TOPAS business from Ticona, a subsidiary of Celanese Corporation.

TOPAS COC was developed in the early 1990s by Hoechst AG. Hoechst created a new COC process in which norbornene is synthesized from dicyclopentadiene and ethylene. A second step copolymerises norbornene with ethylene by metallocene catalysis to generate cyclic olefin copolymer.