Robin Harrison Email Address

Global Innovation Director

Synthomer offers a broad range of latices and dispersions optimised for textile floorcovering applications. These are sold under the Litex T, Lipolan T and Plextol T trademarks and provide a wide number of alternatives which can be selected according to the particular applications and processes to give the properties our customers need. Used for precoat, secondary backing adhesive, back coating of woven carpets, needle felt impregnation, thermo mouldable applications for the automotive industry or elastomeric coatings - Synthomer's latices offer multiple functionality for the finishing of carpets. Defining the right latex for each application, we take into account particular factors such as texture and character of the untreated material as well as desired properties such as elasticity, sound absorbency, dimensional and thermal stability and subsequently comfort and lifetime of the textile floor covering. For the more demanding contract market our latices provide additional properties in terms of durability, anti-electrostatic behaviour and fireproofing. Thus they are compatible with fillers, certain flame retardants and antistatic agents. Synthomer's latices can be applied according to numerous different processes - frothed or compact, at a foam-table, with a foulard or with a full bath. To meet the demands for the production of high elastomeric carpets with properties to provide a high degree of mechanical recovery, we supply grades to meet both the specific demand of the final product in use and the applied gelling process during production. Our broad product range also includes latices for further processes, such as the ammonium acetate, the sodium silicoflouride and the non-gel process. Furthermore, they can be used for secondary foam backing or embossed backings. Speciality latices are available for flat fabrics and moulded sections for the automotive industry, coatings with drainage nobs, synthetic grass backings, rubber crumb and anti-slip coatings. Synthomer's carpet latices fulfil the GUT criteria for environmentally friendly polymer dispersions and we will support any of our customers' efforts to produce their finished materials in a sustainable way. This wide range of applications gets supported by an optimum level of technical service from an experienced technical and marketing team, that can carry out individual testing in our own carpet application laboratory or will work with you on site.

Robin Harrison is a Global Innovation Director with 15 years research & development experience in the chemical industry and is currently leading the technical program of a €1.2bn international company. He has a proven track record of board level positions leading large technical organisations located across multiple sites and delivering value-added new products to the market in a range of speciality chemical segments. Robin has broad experience in innovation strategy formulation and execution aimed at maximising the impact of product development programs. He has led the design and implementation of cross-functional business processes for product development to improve market focus, project definition and portfolio management. Robin has extensive international work experience in Europe, the USA and Asia, including 12 years living in the Western United States and The Netherlands.Specialties: New product development in industrial speciality chemicals and resins segments. Innovation strategy formulation and implementation. Organisational and team development. Stage-Gate processes. Organic and polymer chemistry and applications.