Herty Advanced Materials Development Center Email Format
International Trade and DevelopmentGeorgia, United States51-200 Employees
The Herty Advanced Materials Development Center is a non-profit, applied research facility affiliated with Georgia Southern University, located in Savannah, Georgia. Established in 1938 to honor chemist Dr. Charles H. Herty, the center functions as a product and process accelerator, offering technical, market, and development expertise to advance high-performance materials and structures, including short-fiber composites and bio-based materials. With extensive pilot-scale capabilities, it supports demonstration of new processing technologies and prototyping of new products, aiming to de-risk and speed commercialization for its clients. The organization operates within the international trade and development sector, serving customers who require assistance bringing advanced materials innovations from concept to market, and it positions itself as a resource for testing, scaling, and validating new approaches. While based in Savannah, the center emphasizes its long-standing experience spanning decades in materials development and processing, and it maintains a focus on biomass processing and bio-based material production as part of its portfolio.