Services

Developing and Improving Products, Solving Problems, Finding Answers, and Verifying Product Performance...these are just some of the ways CRGI can help your company be more effective!

Services:

• Product development and improvement
  • CRGI can create starting point formulations or modify and improve existing formulations to improve performance and / or reduce costs
• Product prototype evaluation
  • Independently verify your newest products before you launch them and create marketing programs with teeth using solid data you can rely on
• Raw material screenings
  • Save time AND money searching for alternate or replacement raw materials
  • On-going evaluations of novel new raw materials by CRGI staff keep you informed on the latest technologies
• Product benchmarking versus regional and national brand competitors
  • Give your sales teams the tools they need to promote the advantages and superiority of your brand
• Color Science
  • From instrumentation to color matching, databases, formula books, colorant studies, dispersion and more!
  • Laboratory and Point of Sale applications
• Education
  • CRGI University is your source for training:
    • Paint 101 - The Basics of Paint Formulation & Testing (ideal for new Chemists & Technicians)
    • Test Method Training and Certification
    • Color Science
    • Advanced Formulation Techniques

Additional Member-Only Services:

• Member Problems & Answers Forum Online
  • Get answers to your toughest problems from those who have dealt with them successfully!
• The GREEN WISE® certification program
  • CRGI Registered Trademark for environmentally friendly low VOC performance certified coatings
• Members-only Project Archive Search
  • Search through years of CRGI projects
  • Help your formulators be more effective and increase speed to market
• Collaboration with Members
  • CRGI Conferences provide multiple opportunities each year to interface with your peers at other member companies...at multiple levels: Management, Technical, Manufacturing, and Marketing/Product Management
  • CRGI Members consistently say this is the single biggest benefit of their membership!