Suppliers in Composite Materials

Stepan Company's vision is to create innovative solutions for a cleaner, healthier, more energy efficient world. We want to accomplish that vision by partnering with you. As a publicly-traded, international manufacturer of specialty and intermediate chemical products, we collaborate with our customers to bring high-quality products that drive growth in the consumer space and functional markets such as construction, oilfield, agriculture, paints and coatings. Since 1932, Stepan continues to be a mainstay in the industry, committed to developing sustainable practices and products that reflect our core values: responsibility, integrity and innovation. By always putting you – the customer – first, we bring continuous improvement to the chemical industry and our global community. Stepan is headquartered in the Greater Chicagoland area (Northfield, IL). We provide timely customer support anywhere in the world by utilizing state-of-the-art manufacturing, and research and development facilities, along with a robust distribution network throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia.

SGL Carbon is a technology-based and global leader in the development and manufacture of carbon-based solutions. Our materials and products made from specialty graphite, carbon fibers and composites are in demand in industries that are defining the future: Automotive, semiconductor technology, LED, solar and wind energy, and lithium-ion battery manufacturers. We also develop solutions for the chemical sector and numerous industrial applications that are both forward-looking and reliable. We are driven to grow with products and technologies that benefit society and reduce environmental impact. With around 4,700 employees at 31 sites in Europe, North America and Asia, we generated sales of over 1 billion euros in fiscal 2021.

Founded out of Kingman, KS in 1975, Fabpro Polymers started its ascent to excellence pioneering wire replacement twine for the agricultural industry, established us as the U.S. market leader of polymer twine. Continuing to grow organically and invest in strategic assets, we expanded our capabilities to become the world leader in concrete reinforcing fiber production and other industrial products. With an honored tradition of quality and driving innovation, we now operate as a part of MBCC Group. The Fabpro Polymers of today leans on four decades of experience in polymer solutions, continuing our commitment to reinforcement, innovation and partnerships.

Global Supplier to the Composites and Coatings industries, Reichhold is one of the world's largest suppliers of unsaturated polyester resins for composites and a leading supplier of coating resins for a wide variety of markets and applications. With its world headquarters in Durham, North Carolina, USA, and 19 manufacturing sites (17 operated by Reichhold) and 5 technology centers located around the world, Reichhold has the widest global reach of any resin supplier today.

"We are Oxeon, the people and company behind TeXtreme® advanced carbon reinforcement technologies. Since the company was founded in 2003, Oxeon has always had the success of our customers at the core of our business. The reason is simple; we love to work with and to find our solutions in a tight collaboration with you as a customer. Oxeon is headquartered in Borås, less than an hour trip from Gothenburg at the Swedish west coast. Here we have easy access to our customers throughout the world, with less than 30 minutes to Gothenburg international airport. All our coworkers at Oxeon have the same drive and urge, to constantly evolve and come up with new innovative solutions. We also try to always listen first and talk later, as our customers’ input is vital for the process to find the best composite solution. That’s also the reason why every employee at Oxeon is especially selected. Selected for their expertise, their experience and for their personality. Our reputation is only as good as the courtesy we all choose to show you as a customer and whomever else we meet."

"US Liner Company (USLCO) is a leading manufacturer of advanced, thermoplastic composite solutions for a broad range of applications in new and diverse markets. Our expanding range of glass-reinforced polypropylene composite materials have set the industry standard for toughness and durability in applications throughout industry worldwide. Today, US Liner’s materials are proven to reduce weight while being unsurpassed at resisting moisture, impact and corrosion compared to traditional materials such as plywood, fiberglass, steel or aluminum. Our core line of composites – Bulitex, Versitex and Ecotex – are commonly utilized in the trucks, trailers, recreational vehicles, public transportation vehicles, rail transport, shipping and storage containers, automotive, building products and defense applications. Let us change the way you think about composites. Our application engineers and support staff are recognized for their superior customer support. We help customers rethink their assumptions about composite sheet applications by working to introduce new technical developments to expand applications in environmentally-conscious ways."

Excellent electrical insulating properties, high mechanical strength, good dimensional stability, good moisture resistance, and arc resistance enable all Acculam® grades & forms to be used in many electrical equipment assemblies as spacers, arc chutes, shields, stand-offs, fuses, control panels & structural supports.

3B-the fiberglass company is a leading developer and supplier of glass fiber products and technologies for the reinforcement of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers. We operate 3 state-of-the art manufacturing facilities located in Battice (Belgium), Birkeland (Norway) and Goa (India) as well as a dedicated R&D Center in Battice (Belgium) and a Customer Service Center in Brussels (Belgium, at the very heart of Europe). Our products are designed and optimized to serve the automotive industry, the wind industry and to be incorporated in performance composites.

"Armacell is a pioneer in the field of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) technology and initiated the breakthrough of PET-based foam cores in the composite industry (2005). Ever since, Armacell has invested significantly in the research and development of this state-of-the-art technology, and developed a process technology that enables the production of PET foam products using post-consumer PET beverage bottles. In 2010, we launched the world’s first structural foam core based on 100% recycled PET (rPET) plastic. Today, our entire PET foam product portfolio is based on this pioneering process technology. This patented rPET technology allows us to convert waste material into a high-quality resource and feed it back into the production cycle. ""There is a sustainable alternative to single-use plastics, and Armacell is playing its part in working towards a circular model. In reusing plastic bottles, Armacell is making a difference around the world."" (Patrick Mathieu, President & CEO of the Armacell Group)"

Sika Industry with the Advanced Resins Team is a world leading provider and developer of high performance resins for the tooling, composite and electronic industry. Sika offers customized solutions with local support and worldwide availability from the model to the part, including the appropriate structural adhesives. In addition, we offer casting resins and functional coatings for dielectrics and for filters.

Founded in 1941, Shamrock Technologies is one of the world's largest processors of micronized polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), as well as a leading worldwide manufacturer and supplier of a broad line of specialty wax-based products. Our materials are found in Inks and Coatings, Lubricants, Personal Care Products, Polymer Additives, and many more. Through the use of advanced technology and sophisticated production equipment, combined with our state-of-the-art Application and R&D Labs, Shamrock creates consistently excellent products to help customers meet their challenging formulation needs

CMT Materials, Inc. is a leading developer, manufacturer, and supplier of high-performance tooling materials for the thermoforming industry. They offer a range of syntactic and solid polymer materials in various forms and sizes to meet customer requirements. Their products help reduce plastic waste by minimizing starting gauge thickness, resulting in faster cycle times and higher output at lower energy costs. CMT also provides custom casting and cutting services to ensure efficiency in customer operations. Established in 1998, they have expanded their operations to include warehousing and sales in Europe and have a global network of sales partners. CMT specialists assist with material selection, design ideas, machining guides, and working with syntactic foam. The company is committed to developing new materials to meet the evolving needs of the thermoforming industry.

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BJB Enterprises is a leading manufacturer and supplier of thermosetting polyurethane, epoxy and silicone systems worldwide. To assist in processing these materials, we also manufacture and supply hand-held and production meter-mix-dispense equipment, vacuum pump systems, and rotational casting machines, all of which can be customized to suit your needs. Established in 1970, the main objectives at BJB Enterprises, Inc. have been to provide our customers with innovative product development, consistent quality products, and unsurpassed service. BJB is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, and we all take immense pride in the continual improvement that we have been able to experience with this program. We are fortunate to be able to provide our products to a variety of industries. We formulated a clear urethane system to simulate ice for Gotham City in one of the Batman movies, supplied materials for a clear water-tower in the sky above New York City. We furnish resins and tooling that help decide how your next automobile might look, deliver product for diagnostic medical equipment housings, and materials that go to sea for oceanographic exploration. BJB employees are totally dedicated to providing the most superior product and service possible, no matter what your project! We strive to meet the rigid specifications that our customer's throw our way by formulating new products and offering continual technical support. Many of our products have been developed due to customer requests.

The company was founded in 1989, as a private company of the Czechoslovak representative in speed canoeing Miroslav Havel, with a minimum number of employees. The original focus was the production and repair of special sports equipment, especially boats, paddles, oars, etc. Since 2000, the company Havel Composites CZ sro has focused on a wide range of clients in the field of composite production. The actual production of composite products has been terminated. As part of its expansion, the company is still able to provide repairs and production of various composite products at its suppliers.

Propex Furnishing Solutions (PFS) leads the global self-reinforced composites industry in innovation. Between our plants in the USA, Germany, and Hungary, PFS is continuously pioneering innovative composite solutions for a myriad of industries. At PFS, we are creating a stable foundation for products that the world uses every day.

Kingfa Science & Technology (India) Limited is a leading manufacturer and supplier of high quality Reinforced Polypropylene Compounds,Thermoplastics Elastomers, Fiber Re-Inforced composites and all engineering plastics. Being a global leader in modified plastics used in automotive and consumer products. At the onset of the current COVID 19 pandemic,our group companies globally embarked on a diversification into personal protective essentials (PPEs) . We are producing facemasks which comply with global specifications of EN149:2001, GB2626, IS: 9473-2002,& are approved under categories of FFP1, FFP2, FFP3, KN95, BIS etc.

GEHR, a family owned and operated company, has been ranking amongst the global leading producers of thermoplastic semi-finished products for over 80 years. Our headquarters is located in Mannheim, Germany, 50 miles south of Frankfurt. In 1982 GEHR Plastics Inc., our American subsidiary and production facility, was founded and is now located in Boothwyn, PA. In our branches all over the world, more than 250 employees produce and sell a wide range of extruded rods, sheets, tubes and profiles. Our independence, good partnership with our customers and absolute reliability are the basic pillars of our success.

Among the various plastics, phenolic resin has the oldest history. It was developed by Dr. Leo H. Baekeland, an American of Belgian ancestry, in 1907 and he named that synthetic resin "Bakelite". In 1911, Sankyo Company (currently Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.)

"Working since 1949 in the transformation of textile flax, the Depestele Group , a fully integrated international group, manages the entire textile sector from the cultivation of flax to the production of finished fabrics. The leading private flax producer in Europe, the group works on around 8,000 hectares in flax cultivation in the departments of Seine-Maritime, Eure and Calvados. The company works with more than 600 farmers. Its two main activities are the cultivation and scutching of flax. The group has 4 scutching lines, allowing the recovery of all the straw by obtaining various products: tow (long fiber), tow (short fiber), shives (wood part of the stem) and seeds. The Depestele Group is present in the entire textile sector from agricultural production to weaving. It offers a high-end fiber for the clothing and household linen market. To diversify its production, the Depestele Group is also developing fibers that can be used directly by manufacturers in the composite sector for structural applications. The company has the ""Masters of Linen"" label which indicates that the flax has been cultivated and processed within the European Union, in compliance with the environmental and social standards in force."

Swancor was established in 1992, with plants in Nantou, Shanghai, Tianjin, Jiangsu, and Malaysia. Swancor products including environmentally friendly corrosion-resistant vinyl ester resins and special unsaturated polyester resins, wind turbine blade materials such as infusion resin, hand lay-up resin and adhesive, and high-performance fire retardant resins that can be used in railway and transportation application. In order to meet trend of longer and lighter weight for wind blade, Swancor also developed prepreg resin and pultrusion resin for carbon fiber spar caps. Swancor is a technology-oriented company, focusing on innovative research and development, and provides customers with customized total solutions to help customers improve their competitiveness. Swancor fully complies with global quality assurance standard, such as ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO45001, to bring value to customers and partners, and also gets the certificates from Lloyd’s and DNV.

"Suprem aims for excellence in its products. It can rely on 30 years of expertise and its innovation spirit in developping and manufacturing high-end thermoplastic composites for demanding applications. Suprem offers tailored products designed to increase customers’ competitiveness. Our vision is to partner with customers, suppliers and equipment manufacturers to develop new applications for thermoplastic composite materials."

HOS was established in Austria in 1988. In the early days, HOS provided job-order production for large European chemicals companies. A separate product line was introduced for polymide production. We discovered that monomaleimides and bismaleimides are niche products that can also be sold worldwide by a small but specialized company. In order to promote sales of our products, HOS participates regularly in international conferences and exhibitions on composite materials and plastics in Europe, the US and Asia, such as SAMPE, JEC, K, IPF, and manymore. Thanks to our participation in exhibitions and conferences, advertisements in trade journals, HOS has become a well-known name in the international composites and rubber sector. We also maintain regular contacts with leading international specialists in this sector.

Scott Bader is an employee-owned global manufacturer of advanced composites, structural adhesives and functional polymers. Established in 1921, we have a century of expertise in manufacturing high-quality, innovative products for a variety of markets around the world. Scott Bader now employs over 800 people across 7 manufacturing sites and 18 offices worldwide. Scott Bader is committed to expanding its global reach, with recent ventures including North America, India, Japan and Australia, while continuing to build on its reputation for innovation, outstanding quality and technical expertise.

"American Foam Technologies, Inc. – makers of high-quality phenolic and urethane foam products since 1962 - is a privately held company headquartered in Maxwelton, West Virginia, with business operations in Newport, Rhode Island. AFT manufactures a wide variety of phenolic and urethane foams. Our product line includes: Balsa-Foam, Carbon Foam, EpoxyCore, EPS Foams, Impression Foams, Refrigerant Foam for Freezer-Packs, PolyCore, Thermo-Cor, Thermo-Cor FR, and Ultra-Floral products."

Huber Engineered Materials (HEM) is a global leader in industrial chemical manufacturing and is continuously innovating and transforming to exceed client expectations and industry standards. HEM prides itself on superior customer and technical service, while focusing on creating, developing and manufacturing superior engineered specialty ingredients. All of our industrial chemical manufacturing is executed to enhance the performance, appeal and processing of a broad range of products used in industrial and consumer-based applications. Our inorganic chemical expertise has resulted in advancing the art in specialty agricultural solutions, alumina trihydrate, magnesium hydroxide, molybdate technology, processed nutritional ingredients and industrial, food grade and USP calcium carbonate.

"We have a long history of manufacturing and supplying high quality aluminum honeycomb core, a key component in some of the most impressive structures in the world. Combining incredible strength with light weight, our honeycomb core is used in a wide range of projects in the automotive, rail, construction, marine, wind turbine, wind tunnel and architectural industries. We have a wide range of clients and our aluminum honeycomb can be found in the London Eye, the Heathrow Personal Rapid Transit Pod, the Eurotunnel Vehicle Shuttle and The Berkeley Hotel in London. Encocam Ltd is an innovative and creative organization with over 30 years’ experience, spanning a large range of innovative and creative industries from energy absorption, safety testing solutions, composite panels, interior design, motorbikes, architecture and a range of manufacturing and engineering services."

"Renegade Materials offers everything you expect from a ""large"" prepreg supplier, but with the flexibility, focus and responsiveness of a small business. With Renegade Materials, you work with people who are empowered decision-makers, committed to delivering products you can trust. As the global leader in the manufacture of high temperature composite materials for aerospace applications, we deliver light-weight, highly-engineered prepregs, resins, adhesives and hybrid composite systems to enable maximum fuel efficiency in commercial and military aircraft structures. Renegade Materials is the world's largest supplier of safe, non-toxic polyimide prepreg materials for high-temperature service in military and commercial aircraft structures and propulsion systems. Many aerospace manufacturers use polyimide composite materials as a viable substitute for titanium, Inconel and heavy insulation blankets to save cost and weight. "

Together with our customers, Roquette addresses societal challenges by unlocking the potential of nature to offer the best ingredients for food, nutrition and health markets. These ingredients respond to unique and essential needs, enable healthier lifestyles and are critical components of life-saving medicines. We're improving the well-being of millions of people all over the world while taking care of resources and territories.

"Biofiber Tech exists to reduce the global carbon footprint by creating nature-based materials for decarbonisation of everyday products. We have a unique possibility to do so by offering our customers and collaborators our first product, FibraQ, an sustainably grown alternative to fossil based plastic, an alternative made from Nordic pine. It can be used without sacrificing some of the key factors that are the benefit in production of conventional plastics, such as production in large volume, flowability and customisability, things that often is missing with other sustainable material producers today. This is why our solution has truly global potential, one that can make a real impact on the environment. ​ We currently have patents in Sweden, United States and in Chile, with applications for many other countries pending."

"As a sister company to the North Technology Group, and as inventors of the 3Di™ technology for North Sails' grand prix yacht racing sails, North Thin Ply Technology develops a world-leading range of thin ply prepreg products and complementary technical solutions for use in the field of composites. NTPT™ has proven the combination of customer collaboration, technical innovation and a highly dynamic team of experienced professionals hits the mark when delivering solutions to sectors with a demand for performance such as motorsport, marine, aerospace, sporting goods, and luxury accessories. NTPT™’s problem solving approach acknowledges each customer has a different set of requirements. With access to considerable analytical capability for product development and problem solving, the company develops application-specific and tailor-made products and processing options in consultation with its clients."

"Hangzhou JLS Flame Retardants Chemical Co., Ltd. was founded in 2001, which is the earliest corporation in China that specialized in the research, development and manufacture of halogen-free flame retardants (HFFR). We have four manufacturing sites located in Jiangshan, Hangzhou, and Shengzhou. Our global sales network includes Europe, USA, Canada, India, South Korea, Japan, and the Middle East."

Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) develops, manufactures, and markets insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites. Global in scope and human in scale, the company’s market-leading businesses use their deep expertise in materials, manufacturing and building science to develop products and systems that save energy and improve comfort in commercial and residential buildings. Through its glass reinforcements business, the company makes thousands of products lighter, stronger and more durable. Ultimately, Owens Corning people and products make the world a better place. Based in Toledo, Ohio, Owens Corning posted 2017 sales of $6.4 billion and employs 19,000 people in 37 countries. It has been a Fortune 500® company for 63 consecutive years. At Owens Corning, we strive every day to make the world a better place. Today, Owens Corning operates in three segments: Insulation, Roofing, and Composites. Our Insulation and Roofing businesses make new and existing homes and buildings more energy efficient, comfortable, and attractive. Our Composites business manufactures products from fiberglass reinforcements to meet diverse needs in diverse markets.

"Founded in 1998,our company is the core subsidiary of Haihong Group. As a technology enterprise we dedicate to the research,manufacturing and marketing of rubber and plastic foaming agent and their additives. Owning independent import and export rights, we have passed the ISO9001 Quality Management System Certification in 2001. Our annual output of products reach 30000t. We have four large production bases. As the largest Asian modified foaming agent manufacturer and supplier, we have independently research and development team and complete equipments.Our research and testing laboratory is among the first-class in China. In 2004,our technical center is honored as Hangzhou Enterprise Technical Center and our company is honored as Zhejiang High-tech Enterprise. Our continuous production of high-end products are exported to South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, Europe, US, Australia, Africa and other countries and regions. We are the supplier of OEM factories such as NIKE,ADIDAS,etc. Our company has established and perfected logistics center and sales outlets in Guangzhou,Fujian,Wenzhou,East and North China,etc. We also have agencies in South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, the United States, Brazil, Pakistan,etc.We have set up 24-hour service system and experts service system. Our company have four categories including foaming agent,rubber and plastic functional additives,flame retardants and XPE foaming functional materials. We also sell lubricant,UV absorber,light stabilizer,fluorescent whitening agent and other products used for the manufacturing of foam materials. We are committed to the precision synthesis of rubber and plastic additives products, ultra-fine, composite, coating masterbatch and green environmental. Among them the foaming ACP-W,HH808B,AC1500 and other products are honored as Provincial Excellent New Products. The technical indicators of the products reach the international advanced level.To ensure a healthy environment and more convenience for customers we'll provide stable and high-quality products. We'll continue to be credit, innovative and provide good service to win the trust of our customers and long-term cooperation."