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Polymer Additives

LANXESS offers a wide range of additives such as flame retardants, plasticizers, hydrolysis stabilizers etc. for various polymers, e. g. PU, PVC, PA, PET etc. as well as various application areas, such as construction, automotive, E&E and many more.

Flexible, fireproof or colorful:
We have the right additive for you! 

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Flame Retardants

Flame retardants help to prevent fires, or if started slow down fire spread, reduce heat release, smoke formation and toxic fire effluents. Most importantly, they enhance the time available for safe escape. This can mean the difference between life and injury or even death.
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Modifiers & Plasticizers

Plasticizers and Modifiers are essential additives to make materials flexible and soft and to enhance performance in many applications in the plastics industry such as flooring and wall coverings, cables, films and sheets, coatings, adhesives and sealants.

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Bonding Agents

Bonding Agents are key additives in the production of high-quality PVC-coated textiles used in numerous applications, such as truck tarpaulins, tents & awnings, textile architecture, billboards & screens, conveyer belts, various inflatables, protective clothing and many others.
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Hydrolysis Stabilizers

Our Stabaxol® portfolio of hydrolysis stabilizers provides additive solutions especially suited to improve the hydrolysis resistance of polycondensates, expanding their range of applications. Using Stabaxol® improves the cost/benefit ratio in well-established applications.
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Cast Nylon Additives

Cast Nylon is a high-performance engineering thermoplastic produced by anionic polymerization of caprolactam, enabled through the addition of Addonyl® activators, catalysts and modifiers. 

 
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Colorants

LANXESS Colorant Additives offer a wide range of colorants for diverse applications, fulfilling the specific needs of our customers. Get in touch with us in order to get the best solution for your specific requirements.
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Emulsifiers Foam Stabilizers

LANXESS offers a variety of Addovate® multi-purpose silicon-free surfactants which can be used in the production of ester-based flexible and rigid foams, cellular hot cast elastomers, e. g. based on NDI-technology. Addovate® surfactants act mainly as emulsifiers and foam stabilizers.

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Catalysts

LANXESS offers a selection of polyurethane catalysts based on tertiary amines and organometallic compounds. Addocat® catalysts are used for the production of rigid and flexible foam as well as in CASE applications.

 

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Crosslinkers

LANXESS offers a selection of Addolink® crosslinkers for use mainly in cast and thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers.

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For us quality is the individually perceptible sum of premium character, workmanship, service and emotional desire. 

We are a resilient global supplier that provides our customers with value-added components, solutions and raw materials. We enable you to optimize the attributes that translate directly to value for your applications and businesses. Quality is also infused into every part of our operations: expertise, friendliness, reliability, corporate citizenship, and a strong focus on solutions. As a responsible supplier, we are focused on staying ahead of regulations, ensuring our suppliers to meet our sustainability standards, supporting our communities, and driving leadership in sustainability - being climate neutral by 2040.