State-of-the-art pilot facility strengthens polymer process development, testing, and scale-up capabilities to support advanced material innovation for global markets.
Milliken & Company has inaugurated a state-of-the-art Polymer Solutions Pilot Plant in Pune, India, strengthening its global innovation network and enhancing its ability to develop and commercialize advanced polymer solutions. The new facility is designed to accelerate product development by enabling customers to validate formulations and manufacturing processes under real-world production conditions before full-scale commercialization.
The pilot plant supports end-to-end processing across a wide range of formulation types, including powders, doughs, pastes, and liquid systems. Equipped with advanced pilot-scale machinery, the facility can perform mixing, extrusion, granulation, drying, and milling, allowing engineers to simulate diverse manufacturing environments and optimize production processes with greater precision.
According to Milliken, the investment reflects the company’s continued commitment to expanding its innovation capabilities and delivering customer-focused solutions. By integrating advanced processing and testing technologies at a single location, the Pune facility will help reduce development timelines, improve product performance, and enable faster transition from laboratory concepts to commercial-scale production.
The pilot plant will serve customers across multiple industries, including plastics, packaging, consumer goods, coatings, and specialty materials. Its flexible infrastructure enables the development and evaluation of new formulations while supporting the optimization of manufacturing efficiency, product quality, and scalability.
The new facility also reinforces India’s growing role as a global hub for polymer research, materials science, and advanced manufacturing. With increasing demand for high-performance, sustainable, and application-specific materials, investments in research and pilot-scale development facilities are becoming essential for accelerating innovation across the plastics and chemicals industries.
Milliken has been steadily expanding its presence in India through investments in research, technical services, and manufacturing capabilities. The Pune pilot plant complements the company’s broader strategy of supporting customers with localized expertise while advancing next-generation polymer technologies that improve resource efficiency, processing performance, and product sustainability.
By establishing the new Polymer Solutions Pilot Plant in Pune, Milliken aims to strengthen collaboration with customers, accelerate innovation, and support the development of advanced materials that address evolving market needs across global manufacturing industries.