Additives

Automotive

Brüggeman & Grafe Develop Color-Stable eOrange Masterbatches for Molded & Extruded E-Mobility Nylon Compounds

What are said to be color-stable and cost-effectively processed eOrange nylon masterbatches for molded and extruded nylon components uses in E-mobility, have been jointly developed by Germany’s additives supplier Brüggeman and compounder Grafe.

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Additives

Lanxess Offers Pigments Service for Biodegradable Plastics

Lanxess’ Inorganic Pigments unit supports masterbatch producers in formulating colored biodegradable plastics through pigment analyses.

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sustainability

BASF Launches New ‘Valeras’ Brand Sustainable Plastic Additives Platform

The Valeras portfolio included BASF’s plastic additives that enable customers to achieve their sustainability goals.

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Additives

Sun Chemical and DIC Corporation Acquire BASF’s Global Pigments Business

Acquisition broadens Sun Chemical’s portfolio as a global manufacturer of pigments for plastics and several other markets.

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Additives

Techmer PM and Cupron in Strategic Partnership to Expand Access to Cupron’s Copper-Based Antimicrobial Technology

Techmer will act as Cupron’s primary technology partner, manufacturer, and sales & marketing representative.

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Additives

BASF Colors & Effects’ Black Pigment Gets Expanded Food Contact Compliance

BASF’s inorganic pigment Sicopal Black K 0098 can be used in recyclable black plastics for microwaveable and oven-ready food packaging articles.  

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Additives

Antimicrobial Based on Elemental Zinc Shown to be Effective Against Super-Resistant Fungus

Parx Materials’ Seniconcentrate technology now shown to be effective against super-resistant fungus by 87%.  

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Elastomers

Special-Effect Masterbatch for Natural-Looking Plastic Wine Corks

Prototype TPE corks made with Avient’s new Renol and Remafin masterbatch that create natural-looking TPE corks gets positive reviews at recent trials.  

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Additives

Lanxess Appoints Palmer Holland to Distribute Colorant Additive Products

The longtime distributor of Lanxess’ polymer additives business now has expanded role with the colorant additives addition.  

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Additives

SI Group to Make Significant Capacity Expansion of Plastic Additives

The investment at three North American production sites to support growing global opportunities.

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