A global company headquartered in Switzerland

Founded in 1988, Sukano developed the state-of-the-art, market reference slip/antiblock additive masterbatch for PET applications. Headquartered in Switzerland, it is a family-owned business with a global distribution network and production facilities in Europe, the Middle-East & Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific.

Our History

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1988

Polyester Masterbatches - Development of the first highly concentrated Slip/antiblock Masterbatches for PET and PETG

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1992

Sukano Europe - first Masterbatches production site, Switzerland

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1999

New production plant and technical center near Zürich

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2003

Sukano USA - new manufacturing site

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2005

Biopolymers Masterbatches new range launch

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2008

Sukano Malaysia - new manufacturing site

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2009

Technical center, production and Global R&D expansion in Switzerland

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2013

New selected portfolio for fiber applications

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2016

Production expansion in North America, site expansion in Malaysia, new analytical equipment at Global R&D, Switzerland

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2017

Labstretcher and COEX film lines Global R&D center

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2018

Anniversaries: 30 years Sukano AG, 15 years Sukano Polymers Corporation, 10 years Sukano Sdn Bhd Continuous investments in technical labs in USA and Malaysia

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2019

Launch of the #wearepartofthesolution platform for RPET and organic recycling

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2020

Launch of Antiviral Masterbatches to fight Covid19

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2021

Automation and capacity expansion in color masterbatches

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2022

Expansion into Building & Construction, Durable Goods and Industrial markets

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2022

Installation of solar panels on the roof of the Sukano headquarters in Switzerland

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2024

Acquisition of KAYS Kft., specialized in compounding technical plastics using recycled content

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