Polyolefins
Polyolefins are versatile resins widely used in both virgin and recycled forms, offering excellent inherent properties essential in various industries.
Functionality Enhancement for a Versatile Material
Polyolefins have a semi-crystalline structure and excellent impact resistance, which contributes to their strength, dimensional stability, and durability. Furthermore, these materials are easy to process, which enhances their productivity.
We add specific functionalities, making PP and PE suitable for a wider range of end-uses. Additionally, we enhance recycled PP and PE to achieve physical properties and processability close to virgin-level, enabling higher recycled content in the final application.
Where Our Products Make an Impact
- PE – Polyethylene
- PP - Polypropylene
Trends in Polyolefins
The latest advancements in polyolefins are centered around enhancing recyclability and increasing recycled content. These efforts are driving significant progress in sustainability of the plastics industry.
Increased Use of Recycled Content
The use of recycled PE and PP is on the rise in various end applications. One notable trend is the increasing incorporation of these recycled materials into wood plastic composites, where they enhance durability and sustainability. Additionally, recycled PE and PP are gaining popularity in foam applications across multiple industries, offering an eco-friendly alternative without compromising performance. We offer innovative technologies to enable increased use of recycled PP and PE for a reduced carbon footprint of your application.
Improved Recyclability and Recycling Rates
The recyclability and recycling rates of PE and PP have significantly improved in recent years, reflecting the progress in recyclability and growing emphasis on sustainability within the plastics industry. These advancements are driven by innovations in recycling technologies and the development of high-quality recycled materials. At Sukano, we offer innovative products to address recycling challenges of PE and PP and incorporate them into new applications.
Enhance Polyolefins
For full compatibility and seamless integration in your materials, we tailor our masterbatch portfolio to your specific needs and use the same carrier as your PP and PE resins. We design our masterbatches to accommodate high loadings of additives, providing enhanced functionality and performance.
In addition, we incorporate various functional masterbatches directly in the polymer mix to ensure consistent and durable effects in the end applications. Our products are recyclable and can be formulated with biobased components, supporting your product’s sustainability profile.
Innovation to Allow Higher Recycled Content
In our in-house Technical Center and Analytical Laboratory, we develop solutions to allow higher recycled content in high-demand applications. For example, we support you in reducing gels with our Processing Aids or preventing flow issues when combining recycled resins with virgin resins through flow modification and processing improvements.
Our Regulatory Expertise
The landscape of industrial regulations is complex and varies internationally. With Sukano, you gain access to a team specialized in regulatory affairs and trained to navigate through global regulations. Thus, you can be sure your final product fulfills all applicable compliance requirements. Our experts provide professional guidance and advice to keep you abreast of new regulations and ensure your products remain relevant and competitive in the market.The landscape of industrial regulations is complex and varies internationally. With Sukano, you gain access to a team specializing in regulatory affairs and trained to navigate through global regulations. Thus, you can be sure your final product fulfills all applicable compliance requirements.
Our experts provide professional guidance and advice to keep you ahead of new regulations and ensure your products remain relevant and competitive in the market. In addition, we meticulously assess our formulations against declarable or restricted substances lists, safeguarding your business from potential industrial regulatory pitfalls.
Discover Our Polyolefins Portfolio
Color and Appearance for PE/PP
We offer a broad, customizable color portfolio, including special effect colors and NIR-detectable blacks and colors to ensure aesthetics and efficient NIR-detectability of your material. Transform aesthetics by integrating Matting Agents directly in the PP material matrix during extrusion, ensuring a durable and consistent effect. Control crystallization in your material with our Clarifiers to prevent haze and achieve transparent application.
Processing Aids for PE/PP
Improve the crystallization speed for PP and PE and widen the processing window for improved productivity and higher production output. Benefit from good performance at lower processing temperatures.
Mechanical Recycling Enhancement for PE/PP
Recycled PP and PE can lose dimensional stability due to thermal degradation. Stabilizers prevent flow issues and discoloration when combining recycled with virgin resins. This high-performance additive package enables multiple heat histories. Nucleating Agents improve material stiffness and heat resistance, while Compatibilizers improve the mechanical properties of polymer-mixes of PE and PP with other resins.
Physical Property Modifiers for PE/PP
Chemical Foaming Agents reduce weight and provide better dimensional stability for applications such as containers, fruit protection, sport mats, electronics packaging, and automotive interiors. Our Antioxidants improve the melt processing stability of PP and PE to counteract thermally induced changes in viscosity during extrusion and injection molding.
Industry-Specific Expertise
PE and PP in Packaging
PE and PP are widely used for food and industrial packaging. Our masterbatch portfolio offers colors and visual effects as well as functional additives across a broad range of applications – from films and sheets to injection-molded products.
PE and PP in Consumer Durables
PE and PP are renowned for their exceptional electrical insulating properties, making them indispensable in a wide range of industrial and consumer applications. Our Processing Aids and functionality masterbatches enhance these materials by adding the desired properties, ensuring your applications are perfectly tailored to meet specific requirements.
PE/PP in Fibers
In synthetic fibers, our masterbatches for PP and PE ensure high performance, aesthetics and reliability across diverse industries. The materials show high absorbency which can be essential in clothing and wipes for both personal and industrial cleaning applications. They also ensure long-lasting performance in nonwovens such as automotive coverings.
PE/PP in Building and Construction
Due to its dimensional stability and exceptional electrical insulating properties, PE is used for insulation of wire and cable, safety fencing, thermal insulation, and film house wraps. We further enhance and tailor this material for your specific applications.
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