Saville Whittle follows a rigorous Quality Assurance and Technical Support approach for all products from its Application Laboratories located at the company's head office in Manchester.

Technical staff have a wealth of product and application knowledge offering excellent support to the customer and their application requirements.

Quality Assurance of the pigment portfolio is an essential requirement for supplying colours into the Coatings, Inks and Plastics Industries.

All lot numbers are Quality Controlled against the master standard. This procedure is carried out in every application where the product is approved for use.

Standard test procedures used in each individual application follow international standards for colour and stability tolerances.

Application support is a key area where we can demonstrate the performance of our products in a variety of finished products. In our on-site laboratories we can reproduce to customer specifications on our industry standard processing equipment.

The company has a well equipped Plastics laboratory.

Equipment includes; Prism 16mm twin screw extruder, Boy 22 injection moulding machine, 2 roll mill, Vulcanising press and DataColor spectrophotometer.

Our range of products are supported in the following applications: Polyolefin Compounds & Masterbatches, PVC Compounds & Masterbatches (Rigid & Soft), Engineering Plastics, Rubber Masterbatches & Compounds and Powder Coatings.

For more information on how we can support our products in your application please contact +44 (0) 161 205 1538.

The Coatings & Inks laboratory is also furnished with a variety of kit.

Equipment includes; 125ml & 250ml Mini Eiger Bead Mills, Triple roll mill, Silverson high speed mixers, Scandex Shakers, Brookfield viscometer, DataColor spectrophotometer.

Our range of products are supported in the following applications: Automotive Coatings, Decorative Coatings, Industrial Coatings, Artist Colours, Oil-based Inks, Water-based Inks, Solvent-based Inks, Water-based Pigment Dispersions and Plasticiser Dispersions.

For more information on how we can support our products in your application please contact +44 (0) 161 205 1538.