January 21 2013, a delegation from INVISTA, headed by Dr. Gerry Grunewald, Technology Director of Intermediates, visited Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS). Vice President of SARI Professor Jiang Biao received the visitors. Researchers from Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), The Institute of Coal Chemistry (ICC), and SARI-CAS attended the meeting.

Professor Jiang welcomed the INVISTA delegation and introduced SARI’s research progress and major research directions after officially established, and also talked about SARI’s international cooperation projects. Dr. Grunewald introduced INVISTA and its product line. Researchers from SIOC, ICC and SARI presented on research progress in materials area respectively, and discussed with the visitors on future cooperation possibilities.

After the meeting, INVISTA delegation visited Membrane Materials and Separation Engineering Lab, and discussed in detail with researchers about the membrane materials research and application prospect.