Zytel®
Applications: Aftermarket Parts & Components, Commercial, Tubing & Fluids Handling
Product Families: Polyamides
Chemical Family: Polyamides
Polymer Name: Polyamide 612 (PA 612), Polyamide 610 (PA 610), Polyphthalamide (PPA)
For manufacturers across a number of industries, Zytel® HTN high-performance polyamide resin is the choice for reducing weight, improving strength, enhancing durability, increasing thermal performance, and simplifying processing. The Zytel® family of products is available in a variety of grades that sustain high strength and stiffness over a wide range of temperatures, chemicals, and moisture exposure. Zytel® HTN is widely used to replace metal parts that must withstand high temperature tolerances (such as engine cooling, handheld devices, and non-halogenated connectors), while reducing cost and weight. In both PPA grades and structural grades, Zytel® HTN solutions enhance performance in a diverse array of applications.
Delrin®
Applications: Tubing & Fluids Handling, Other Processing & Packaging Applications, Sports & Recreation
Product Families: Polyacetals
Polymer Name: Polyacetal Homopolymer (POM)
Leading companies across the globe specify Delrin® acetal resin from Dupont for high-load mechanical applications, including gears, safety restraints, door systems, conveyor belts, healthcare delivery devices, and other demanding products and parts. Delrin® acetal (Polyoxymethylene POM) is an ideal ingredient in parts designed to replace metal. It combines low-friction and high-wear resistance with the stiffness and strength such applications require. It provides a wide operating temperature range (-40° C to 120° C) and exceptional colorability. It also mates well with metal and other polymers, and it offers dimensional stability in precision molding. Compared to acetal copolymer, Delrin® acetal homopolymer offers higher tensile strength, stiffness, creep and fatigue resistance, and significantly higher impact resistance. The combination of these excellent mechanical properties in a single material allows for thinner, lighter-weight parts, shorter molding cycles, and potential cost savings thanks to its higher impact resistance. Authentic Delrin® acetal resin is available exclusively from DuPont distributors, in stock shapes (sheets, rods, tubes).
I'm Green™ RECYCLED
Applications: Pipes & Plumbing, Heavy Duty Bags & Sacks, Other Flexible Packaging
Product Families: Recycled Polymers, Polyolefins
Chemical Family: Polyolefins, Polyethylenes
Polymer Name: Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE), High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Polypropylene Homopolymer (HPP)
Kalrez®
Applications: Sports & Recreation, Pipes & Hoses, Pipes & Plumbing
Product Families: Fluoroelastomers, Parts & Shapes
Chemical Family: Fluoropolymers
Polymer Name: Perfluoroelastomer (FFKM)
From aerospace and chemical processing to chip manufacturing and oil and gas applications, DuPont™ Kalrez® elastomers are engineered to provide more stability, more resistance, and more effective sealing. Period. While DuPont didn't invent o-rings or specialty sealants, it has a 40-year track record of innovation and development, creating sealants that stand up to the most challenging operating environments. Aside from its cleanliness and purity, Kalrez® polymer chains are engineered to be one of the most inert polymer structures available, standing up to more than 1,800 different chemicals while offering high-temperature stability. Kalrez® perfluoroelastomer (FFKM) parts are manufactured to the highest quality standards. Every part has documented traceability, and these parts provide one of the longest, most predictable lifespans in industry. The long-term, proven performance of Kalrez® parts can mean less frequent seal changes, repairs, and inspections, increasing process and equipment uptime for greater productivity and yield.
NUTRIOSE® Soluble Fiber
Applications: Other Nutrition Applications, Beer Brewing, Sports Nutrition
Product Families: Nutrient Premixes & Blends, Dietary Fiber, Carriers & Bulking Aids
End Uses: Tube Fed Nutrition, Tabletop Condiments, Weight Management Products
Labeling Claims: Sugar-free, Non-GMO
Benefit Claims: Low Viscosity, Sugar Reduction, Resistance to Hard Processing Conditions
NUTRIOSE® is a range of plant-based soluble fibers obtained from non-GMO raw materials (wheat, corn, or pea). NUTRIOSE® offers a reliable high fiber level that’s easy to use with good solubility and dispersibility. Benefits include outstanding digestive tolerance and friendly labeling. NUTRIOSE® is Low FODMAP certified and Non-GMO Project verified.
Hytrel®
Applications: Applicators & Accessories, Cleaning Accessories, Tubing & Fluids Handling
Product Families: Polyesters & Copolyesters, Thermoplastic Polyester Elastomers (TPE-E)
Chemical Family: Polyesters
Polymer Name: Thermoplastic Polyester, Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT), Thermoplastic Polyester Elastomer
DuPont™ Hytrel® TPC-ET thermoplastic elastomer combines the flexibility of rubber with the strength and processability of thermoplastics. Manufacturers prefer parts made with Hytrel® for their resilience, heat and chemical resistance, as well as their strength and durability. Hytrel® drives innovative design, enabling the development of unique parts with multiple performance characteristics. This versatile thermoplastic elastomer resin can flex in multiple directions, cycle after cycle, long after rubber would break. Its durability has made it an essential ingredient in automotive components such as the Constant Velocity Joint (CVJ) boot, which must endure an average of 150,000 miles of pounding over a wide range of temperatures. DuPont™ Hytrel® RS delivers all of the benefits of Hytrel®, yet it contains up to 60 percent renewably sourced materials from biomass, making it an excellent product for applications demanding renewably sourced options
VYNOVA™ PVC
Applications: Other Building Materials, Waterproofing Membranes, Other Roofing Applications
Product Families: Vinyl Polymers
Chemical Family: Vinyls, Vinylics & Vinyl Derivatives
Polymer Name: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
At Vynova we believe that the unique versatility of PVC helps innovate and create unlimited sustainable solutions to everyday challenges. In short, we believe PVC is indispensable. PVC offers competitive solutions to the challenges that we face as we build a sustainable and innovative future. Such solutions range for example from the design of modern and comfortable low-energy buildings to enabling mega infrastructure for the transportation of water and electricity. Products manufactured from our PVC resins bring water and light into our homes, provide comfort while reducing energy use and improve the quality of our daily life.
CARIFLEX™ Isoprene Rubber
Applications: Other Medical & Pharma Packaging, Other Consumer Goods Applications, Bottles & Jars
Chemical Family: Polyisoprenes
Cariflex™ isoprene rubbers (IR) are high molecular weight, anionically polymerized polyisoprene that can be processed in the same way as a natural rubber, including vulcanization. They combine the key qualities of natural rubber such as good mechanical properties and hysteresis with superior features such as high purity, excellent clarity, good flow, low gel content, no nitrosamines, and no natural rubber proteins. Cariflex IR polymers are available as bales of rubber or as a latex. Use of IR polymers is beneficial for the production of gloves, medical products, adhesives, tackifiers, paints, coatings, and photoresistors.
Keyflex®
Applications: Tubing & Fluids Handling, Medical Devices & Assemblies, Sports & Recreation
Product Families: Thermoplastic Polyester Elastomers (TPE-E)
Chemical Family: Polyesters, Epoxy & Epoxy Derivatives
Polymer Name: Thermoplastic Copolyester Elastomer (TPC-ET)
KEYFLEX-BT is a thermoplastic elastomer that LG Chem developed based on its plastic compounding technology and synthetic rubber polymerization technology. It maintains outstanding mechanical strength and flexibility even at low temperature. It also has heat resistance, chemical resistance and weather resistance. KEYFLEX-TO is a thermoplastic elastomer containing olefin resin as the main ingredient. It performs properties similar to those of rubber and excellent process-ability and is used to manufacture automotive parts and electric/electronic components.
Licowax® Amide Wax
Applications: Other Institutional & Industrial Care, Other Home Care, Decorative Paints
Product Families: Conditioners & Emollients, Performance Additives, Processing Aids
Chemical Family: Epoxy & Epoxy Derivatives, Polyethylenes, Polyolefins
End Uses: Antiperspirants & Deodorants, Facial Moisturizer, Facial Cleanser
Licowax C powder is an amide wax of type N,N-bis-stearyl ethylenediamine with particularly good thermostability. It provides typical slip and anti blocking characteristics to all polymers e.g. in films. Licowax C powder does not affect the transparency of polymers and acts as lubricant in a wide variety of polymers like PVC, PO, PS and engineering plastics.
Copylene®
Applications: Sports & Recreation, Other Textile Applications, Tapes & Labels
Chemical Family: Polyolefins
Our COPYLENE® polypropylene plant at the Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery in Linden, New Jersey utilizes native propylene feedstock to produce up to 775 million pounds-per-year of polypropylene. From homopolymers to impact copolymers, Phillips 66 offers high quality polypropylene for a variety of consumer and industrial applications. There is a grade of COPYLENE® polypropylene for all your PP needs: blow molding, injection molding, thermoforming and film. Phillips 66 has the newest and most modern polypropylene plant in the U.S. The location at the Bayway Refinery allows for a direct link from the integrated feedstocks to processing, packaging and shipping to customers around the globe. Our location on the East Coast enjoys a secure and mature infrastructure with easy access by truck or rail to our customer base. This strategic location allows our customers peace of mind for potential supply issues. Phillips 66 is a UNIPOL™ PP licensee, an advanced technology of Dow. The UNIPOL™ PP process is highly reliable and provides high product consistency. Licensees of UNIPOL™ PP offer a superior combination of wide product capability and high process flexibility.
Zytel® LCPA
Applications: Other Consumer Goods Applications, Apparel, Applicators & Accessories
Product Families: Polyamides
Chemical Family: Polyamides
Polymer Name: Polyamide 1010 (PA 1010), Polyamide 610 (PA 610), Polyamide 612 (PA 612)
Zytel® LCPA flexible polymer materials provide an innovative and growing portfolio of long-chain polyamides with excellent thermal, chemical, and hydrolysis resistance. The various grades of Zytel® LCPA are designed to meet specific performance needs, including everything from high temperature resistance and stiffness to lower fuel and gas permeability. This important product family continues to expand. With science-driven innovation, DuPont has chemically modified PA610 and PA612 products, adding two new polymer series to the Zytel® LCPA portfolio. Zytel® RSLC 4000 and Zytel® LC 7000 offer a step change improvement over existing grades, both products meet customer needs for salt resistance and increased flexibility. The expanded portfolio provides increased resistance to chemicals and cracking, excellent yield and stiffness balance, and blow-molding compatibility. The Zytel® LCPA line also includes one of the industry and rsquo's widest arrays of innovative, renewably sourced (RS) materials. The RSLC grades are partially or entirely derived from non-food biomass. They provide performance properties that enable companies to reduce the use of fossil fuels in polymer feedstock, even in demanding applications.
LIPOXOL
Applications: Other Food & Nutrition Applications, Excipients & Coatings, Other Agriculture & Feed Applications
Product Families: Performance Additives, Solvents & Solubilizers, Binders & Disintegrants
Chemical Family: Polyols, Polyethylene Glycols
End Uses: Metalworking Fluids
LIPOXOL, polyethylene glycol (PEGs), are essential auxiliaries in numerous application fields like household products and also serve as intermediates for the manufacture of emulsifiers. LIPOXOL grades provide a unique property profile, combining high water solubility, lubricity and low toxicity with excellent solvent properties. Our LIPOXOL products have various functions in various industries including acting as a solvent in cleaners and a binder in detergents and tablets.
NEOSORB® P Sorbitol
Applications: Oral, Other Food Applications, Meat, Poultry & Seafood
Product Families: Binders & Disintegrants, Fillers & Diluents, Sweeteners & Syrups
End Uses: Seafood Products, Confectionery Products, Chewing Gum
Labeling Claims: Non-Carcinogenic, Sugar-free
Benefit Claims: Retains Gel Strength, Toothfriendly, Sweetness
NEOSORB® are sugar-free, low caloric bulk sweeteners providing a variety of functional properties in confectionery and seafood products, offering a wide range of textures for tooth-friendly chewing-gums contributing to oral health. Dental plaque, a sticky bacterial film that develops on dental enamel, reoccurs after every meal. Those microorganisms feed on sugar fermentation, produced by destructive acids attacking the teeth's enamel. NEOSORB® sorbitol powder does not produce acids or cause tooth decay as they are not metabolized by the oral bacteria.
COSMACOL Emollients And Waxes
Applications: Treatment Products, Oral Care, Nail Care
Product Families: Conditioners & Emollients, Stabilizers, Solvents & Carriers
End Uses: Antiperspirants & Deodorants, Metalworking Fluids
COSMACOL emollients and waxes are high purity lipophilic emollients based on linear and monobranched primary fatty alcohols. They show important dermatological properties and exhibit also a gentle, non-greasy feel. Due to their peculiar hydrophilic characteristics, COSMACOL products like COSMACOL OE or COSMACOL Esters exhibit also excellent spreadability. COSMACOL Esters are ideal formulation components for modern, high quality cosmetics. Due to their high incorporation ability of powders and pigments they are also recommended for make-up products.
TPSiV®
Applications: Pipes & Tanks, Interior, Medical Devices & Assemblies
Product Families: Thermoplastic Vulcanizates (TPV)
Chemical Family: Silicones
Polymer Name: Thermoplastic Vulcanizate (TPV), Thermoplastic Silicone Vulcanizate (TPSiV)
When you combine the strength, toughness, and abrasion resistance of a thermoplastic elastomer with the soft silkiness, UV and chemical resistance, and colorability of silicone, you get DuPont TPSiV®. TPSiV® products incorporate vulcanized silicone modules in a thermoplastic matrix. But unlike traditional thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs), they can be recycled and reused in your manufacturing processes. This makes them remarkably versatile and reliable for a range of applications. Durable, yet both silky and non-tacky (dirt resistant), TPSiV® Thermoplastic Elastomers deliver exceptional performance and aesthetics in products ranging from consumer electronics to plumbing supplies.
Aristoflex® Rheology Modifier
Applications: Topical, Baby Care, Bath & Shower
Product Families: Emulsifiers & Stabilizers, Conditioners & Emollients, Rheology Modifiers
End Uses: Antiperspirants & Deodorants
Aristoflex AVC is a versatile polymer, offering exceptional rheological properties for all kinds of cosmetic formulations. This multi-purpose rheology modifier (pre-neutralized) gives formulations an excellent sensoric benefit, and is ideal for cream gels and aftershave products with melting sensorics, e.g. in suncare and mens care.
CEKOL®
Applications: Oral
Product Families: Binders & Disintegrants, Emulsifiers & Stabilizers, Formulation & Processing Aids
End Uses: Antiperspirants & Deodorants
Cekol or sodium CMC, is a water soluble polymer derived from wood and cotton cellulose by introducing carboxymethyl groups on the cellulose backbone. The formed anionic cellulose molecule hydrates and dissolves readily in water. Cekol is one of the most versatile water soluble colloids and has the ability to form viscous solutions in both cold and warm water.
Paracril™
Applications: Transportation Assembly, Tubing & Fluids Handling, Medical Devices & Assemblies
Product Families: Surface Modifiers, Other Resins & Binders
Chemical Family: Vinyls, Vinylics & Vinyl Derivatives, Styrenics, Butadienes
Paracril NBR grades are produced by cold and hot polymerization process. The cold process yields linear polymers with good processing characteristics and solubility in polar solvents. The hot polymerization process leads to more branching. Branching in the hot Paracril grades is more developed in the higher viscosity grades. The hot polymers offer improved green strength. &rosslinNed 3aracril N%5 grades are unique in processing and function.
Crastin®
Applications: Apparel, Applicators & Accessories, Cleaning Accessories
Product Families: Styrenics, Polyesters & Copolyesters
Chemical Family: Polyesters
Polymer Name: Polybutylene Terephthalate Alloy (PBT Alloy), Styrene Acrylonitrile Copolymer (SAN), Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate (ASA)
With more than 100 grades, Crastin® PBT is the resin of choice for cost-effective high-performance across a wide range of industrial applications. Designers, engineers, and manufacturers rely on Crastin® PBT for stiffness and toughness, superior electrical insulation pr operties, and exceptional surface finishes. Crastin® is also preferred for its excellent dimensional properties and stability versus moisture as well as its heat resistance. Crastin® is extremely versatile. It's available in FDA and EU approved grades for food and cosmetics applications, and it meets the most-stringent electrical insulation standards. It enables DuPont to offer the industry's largest portfolio of EIS pre-approved by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) grades and recognized to IEC standards. DuPont™ Crastin® PBT offers manufacturers the advantage of superior flow qualities. It's easy to process on conventional injection molding machines. It is available in a wide range of grades designed for low-warpage, hydrolysis resistance, and for blow-molding and extrusion. With Crastin®, DuPont materials science experts help customers gain cost efficiency without compromising on performance.
Nipacide® Low Toxicity Biocide
Applications: Other Institutional & Industrial Care, Other Home Care, Case & Carton Sealing
Product Families: Functional Additives, Microbial Control & Preservation, Wetting & Dispersion Aids
Chemical Family: Azo Pigments, Blends & Combinations
End Uses: Rinse Aids
Nipacide BK is an in-can biocide basen on Hexahydrotriazine (HHT). Nipacide BK is an aqueous based low toxicity biocide developed for the complete in-can protection of water based products. Nipacide BK is effective against a wide range of microorganisms including gram positive and gram negative bacteria, yeast and fungi. Nipacide BK can be used over a wide pH and temperature range
Relene™
Applications: Cold-Chain & Insulation, Cooling & Climate, Appliances & Electronics
Product Families: Vinyl Polymers, Polyolefins
Chemical Family: Polyethylenes
Polymer Name: Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE), Polyethylene (unspecified), Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymer (EVA)
Relene has completely transformed the concept of packaging with a wide range of applications - from woven sacks, milk packs, and oil packs to wire ducts. Reliance's technology for manufacturing polyethylene (PE) includes Du Pont’s world-class "Sclairtech" Solution Polymerisation, and also technologies from Basell, Ineos, Polymeric Europa and Total Petrochemicals. Reliance produces the entire range of polyethylene with international standards and exports them to countries in Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Reliance Polymers offers the entire range of Polyethylene (PE) – High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Linear Low-density Polyethylene (LLDPE) and Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE). HDPE grades are specially designed to meet demanding applications like high-pressure pipes, telecom ducts, carrier bags, woven sacks, and injection and blow-moulded products. LLDPE grades are used extensively in speciality films, milk and edible oil packaging, lamination films, cast films, stretch films and other applications like rotational moulding and injection-moulded products. LDPE grades find extensive use in heavy-duty films, lamination films, extrusion coating and moulding applications.
Colorite™
Applications: Tubing & Fluids Handling, Pipes & Tanks, Pipes & Hoses
Product Families: Vinyl Polymers
Chemical Family: Vinyls, Vinylics & Vinyl Derivatives
Polymer Name: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
Colorite is a custom compounder specializing in medical grade formulations. Engineered for extrusion, injection molding, blow molding and film applications, these compounds are formulated to provide exceptional clarity, superior heat stability and excellent processability. The company is known as the global leader in clear polyvinyl chloride (PVC) compounds for medical devices. We offer compounds in a full range of hardness from 35 shore A to rigid. All medical grade compounds are designed to meet the strict requirements of USP Class VI and ISO 10993 standards for medical devices. In addition, we offer a wide variety of compounds using raw materials that are in compliance with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for food packaging applications under Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulation.
Silopren™ Liquid Silicone Rubber
Applications: Pipes & Tanks, Other Textile Applications, Terminal Blocks, Plugs & Sockets
Product Families: Other Thermoset Rubbers, Silicone Elastomers
Chemical Family: Silicones, Fluoropolymers
Polymer Name: Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR), Synthetic Rubber (unspecified), Silicone Elastomer
Silopren* Liquid Silicone Rubber - Momentive’s extensive Silopren liquid silicone rubber is a portfolio of platinum catalyzed materials designed to cure rapidly by heating in standard injection molding equipment. This versatile family of elastomers can deliver solutions to a wide range of applications across multiple industries ranging from automotive to energy and consumer goods to health care.
Nipol®
Applications: Sports & Recreation, Other Oil, Gas & Mining Applications, Tapes & Labels
Product Families: Acrylates & Methacrylates, Butadiene Rubbers (BR), Other Thermoset Rubbers
Chemical Family: Styrenics, Acrylics, Acrylates & Methacrylates, Polybutadienes
Polymer Name: Solution Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SSBR), Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (ESBR), Acrylate Latex
Nipol® nitrile (NBR) elastomers offer a good balance of performance and cost-effectiveness for applications needing fluid resistance, moderate heat resistance, and durability. We offer the broadest portfolio of NBR elastomers of anyone in the industry. Nipol NBR is classified as a BG-BK polymer according to SAE J200 / ASTM D2000.
Capmul®
Applications: Ophthalmic, Oral, Parenteral
Product Families: Conditioners & Emollients, Binders & Disintegrants, Carriers & Bulking Agents
CAPMUL® multi-functional, high purity monoesters provide superior skin penetration and emolliency with excellent effects against microorganisms. Certain grades of CAPMUL® may be used to inhibit the growth of gram positive and negative bacteria, yeast, and mold in many "preservative free" products. They are used to produce stable emulsions, to modify viscosity and they can act as carriers and vehicles in selected applications.
Panlite®
Applications: Interior Fixtures, Aftermarket Parts & Components, Appliances & Electronics
Product Families: Polyesters & Copolyesters, Polycarbonates
Chemical Family: Polyesters, Polycarbonate (PC)
Polymer Name: Polycarbonate (PC), Polyester (unspecified), Polycarbonate Alloy (PC Alloy)
Panlite SP-1516 and SP-3810 are developed for use in plastic lens. Ideal for use thin lens and lightweight lens thanks to their high refractive index and low birefringence.
PARAFOL
Applications: Other Printing & Packaging Applications, Other Healthcare & Pharma Applications, Other Electrical & Electronics Applications
Product Families: Conditioners & Emollients, Solvents & Carriers, Other Functional Additives
Chemical Family: Paraffins
End Uses: Detergents, Drilling Fluids, Chain Oils
PARAFOL single cut paraffin are an alternative choice when looking for-non polar solvents, oils or wax additives. PARAFOL single cut paraffin are high purity, linear paraffin from renewable resources and an excellent choice for enviromentally friendly formulation concepts.
ISOFOL
Applications: Other Printing & Packaging Applications, Other Paints & Coatings Applications, Other Industrial Applications
Product Families: Conditioners & Emollients, Solvents & Carriers, Other Functional Additives
Chemical Family: Esters
End Uses: Metalworking Fluids
Sasol Chemicals' ISOFOL Alcohols are primary, saturated alcohols with defined branching of the carbon chain. Such alcohols are chemically described as 2-alkyl-1-alkanols and also referred to as Guerbet alcohols. ISOFOL Alcohols are high purity alcohols which offer excellent oxidative and color stability. They are available with even carbon chain lengths of 12 to 28. Additionally, the twin 100% linear alkyl branches of the ISOFOL Alcohols give a lower viscosity and better biodegradability than dimer alcohols derived from oxoalcohols. The unique chemical structure of the ISOFOL Alcohols also provides good solubility and solvency. The various derivatives synthesized from ISOFOL Alcohols maintain many of the beneficial properties of the parent alcohol.
NEOSORB® XTAB Sorbitol
Applications: Oral, Other Food Applications, Confectionery
Product Families: Flavors & Taste Maskers, Binders & Disintegrants, Fillers & Diluents
End Uses: Confectionery Products, Mints, Tablets
NEOSORB® XTAB are a range of tooth friendly and versatile powder sorbitol for creative sugar-free tablets. Directly compressible, it provides good flowability and productivity to your mints and tablet production. It can help deliver a smooth, hard and uniform colored surface as well as a clean, cooling effect. NEOSORB® XTAB sorbitol powder does not produce acids or cause tooth decay as they are not metabolized by oral bacteria. Additionally, European regulation recognizes the nutritional benefits of polyols (Maintenance of Tooth Mineralization, Toothfriendly generic EU claims).
