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It’s here that ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ innovation is born. Our five Technical Centers are the heart and soul of our R&D process. Staffed with highly skilled professionals, we test and develop technology-based solutions for specific market needs. These centers are also designed to be your go-to partner when looking for engineered solutions that satisfy your unique requirements.

JM Technical Center:ÌýLittleton, Colorado

This world-class research and development facility plays an important role in our product development and quality assurance program. It also gives us the ability to design and/or engineer systems and solutions to meet your unique needs. Capabilities include:

Reverberation Room
Definitive testing for random incidence of sound absorption.

Microstructural Analysis
Analysis of glass and polymeric fibers and general materials characterization utilizing surface techniques and electron probe analysis.

Hemi-Anechoic Chamber
Determination of sound power levels of noise sources using sound intensity.

Heat Transfer Testing
Thermal measurement laboratory analyzing materials in heat-transfer mechanisms.

Fire Testing
Computerized testing providing time-temperature profiles, flame spread and smoke density data.

Chemical Analysis
Complete organic analysis using a combination of infrared spectroscopy and microscopy, gas and liquid chromatography, mass spectral, and wet chemical techniques.
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Waterville, Ohio

JM’s center of innovation and product development for North American glass fibers and nonwovens. Capabilities include a wet-laid pilot line for product development and sampling for customer trials; handsheet former, physical and mechanical strength testing; nonwoven characterization; and a pleater and flat-sheet tester for filtration applications.
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Bobingen, Germany

Our center of excellence for our European synthetic nonwovens technology. Capabilities include a binder research lab, a lab spinning unit and a pilot line to develop and produce mat for customer trials and product qualification.
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Wertheim, Germany

The base of JM’s glass nonwovens technology team for our European business. Capabilities include lab equipment for handsheet forming and coating, binder development and testing, a variety of analytical methods and a wet-laid pilot line.Ìý
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Trnava, Slovakia

Evaluation center for JM’s developmental and marketed products in three main product groups: chopped strands, direct rovings and assembled rovings. Capabilities include three pilot lines (injection-molded thermoplastics, sheet mold compounds and bulk mold compounds); a mechanical lab where the mechanical properties of prepared thermoplastic and thermoset matrixes reinforced with glass fiber are evaluated; lumisizer analysis of developmental and standard sizing; and raw material stability and analyzation of glass product properties.