A True Partner in R&D and Quality Control
Koppers doesn’t just manufacture wood protection solutions—we pioneer them. With world-class laboratories and unmatched expertise in chemical wood technologies, we can help you navigate the complexities of the wood treating business by providing both R&D and analytical QC support.
Unmatched Experience
Koppers Performance Chemicals develops revolutionary ways to pressure treat lumber for residential construction, remodeling, commercial building, heavy duty marine and agricultural use. With world-class labs, 139+ awarded global patents, and unmatched expertise in chemical wood treatment, we help customers protect products, strengthen reputations, and achieve long-term sustainability. Choosing Koppers Performance Chemicals means more than wood protection systems—our partners gain access to advanced resources that help you test, validate, and improve your products every day.
R&D Services
Expert R&D support can help take you from compliance to competitive edge.
An in house development and testing technical center helps to support customers by continuously innovating and refining formulations that helps keep you ahead of day to day operations and poised for long term success.
Testing labs replicate realworld conditions—moisture, UV exposure, biological decay, and fire—to prove product performance before it ever reaches the field.
Proprietary formulations tailored to customer-specific end user applications.
A True Partner in Quality Control.
Gain Access to Next Level Quality Control
We perform several required QC functions for you including chemical structure testing, sample tracking, and management utilizing state of the art reporting processes, technologies and wood science experts to help you validate, and comply with treating levels, compliance, and regulatory standards.
Centralized Quality. Connected Insight.
We’re investing in a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to unify all quality and analytics functions in one centralized platform. Once implemented, it will streamline tracking, testing, automation, and compliance—enhancing accuracy, efficiency, and collaboration across every stage of product development and quality assurance.
Our approach focuses on general analytical customer support functions including technical support, providing testing and analytics, manufacturing support, process improvement, and problem solving.
Backed by proprietary software, industry-leading PhD chemists, and state-of-the-art product development laboratories, our R&D team—14+ experts including 6 PhDs in chemistry, materials science, and engineering—accelerates discovery, optimizes performance, and delivers customer-focused solutions.
Quality Control Lab
We offer state-of-the-art testing for verification of chemical retention, penetration depth, weathering, leach resistance, and long-term durability of treated wood. Ensuring our customers meet the industry-established requirements and standards and remain in compliance with regulatory standards. Our Quality Control Lab analyzes all preservatives in the market today and are committed to fast turnaround times to ensure your business processes remain in motion.
