Founded in 1938, HERTY Advanced Materials Development Center is a nonprofit, independent scale-up and commercialization facility. It supplies pilot-scale product development services for industry segments, such as forest and paper related products, building materials, transportation and energy. The company s scope of operations includes dispersing fiber, transferring fiber slurries, mechanically modifying fiber and forming, and drying and reeling webs and mats. In addition, its laboratory offers a range of services, including process support, quality control, and comparative market, and pulp and product evaluations. HERTY Advanced Materials Development Center is located in Savannah, Ga.