Company Category: Additives

B9Creations, LLC

As a global provider of digital manufacturing technology, B9Creations has become the industry leader in production, speed and value. It now stands as the additive manufacturing market leader in high-precision applications such as healthcare, aerospace, prototyping and manufacturing, research, model making and jewelry production. B9Creations serves customers, certified dealers and OEM partners in nearly 70 countries around the globe. In 2021, B9Creations was ranked #319 on Financial Time’s list of the Americas’ Top 500 Fastest Growing Companies. In 2020, B9Creations was ranked in the top half of the Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine’s prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.

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Avient Corporation

At Avient, we offer a wide range of high-performance continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic and thermoset composites, as well as engineered fiber solutions. These materials deliver exceptional strength-to-weight ratios, stiffness, corrosion resistance, impact resistance, and dimensional stability, making them ideal for a variety of industries and applications. Our product portfolio includes trademarked brands Glasforms, Gordon Composites, Polystrand, and Fiber-Line. Avient is committed to helping customers meet sustainability goals in various ways through its composites portfolio. Composites are inherently lightweight alternatives to metal and other materials, enabling sustainability initiatives such as material reduction and fuel economy improvements in many end products. Thermoplastic recycled-content composite offerings further support a circular economy and help customers lessen their environmental footprint. | Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world. Our local touch and customer engagement, combined with our global presence, allows us to serve customers with agility. Our comprehensive portfolio of polymers, colorants, additives, and services allows our global customers to improve performance, design, and sustainability through material science. Our dedicated healthcare experts, unique technologies, and comprehensive resources guide you from concept through commercialization with technical and regulatory support. By intersecting our broad portfolio of technologies with the product roadmaps of our customers, create differentiated and high-performance products that make the world better and more sustainable.

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ARKEMA

Building on its unique set of expertise in materials science, Arkema designs materials to address the ever-growing demand for innovative and sustainable materials, driven by the challenges of new energies, new technologies, the depletion of resources, mobility, and increasing urbanization. Forane® Refrigerants are powering the transition to next-generation refrigerants with proven, application-ready solutions built for today and tomorrow. | Arkema Luperox® and Vul-Cup® organic peroxides are available worldwide for crosslinking of rubber and elastomers in growing applications such as lower odor peroxides for footwear, higher temperature performance for rubber parts, and vis-breaking of polypropylene with Vul-Cup. For efficient, tack-free crosslinking in the presence of oxygen, Arkema offers its novel Luperox® AIR™ organic peroxide system. Additionally, Arkema Scorch Protection products help users to improve throughput and reduce loss in high-temperature molding applications. Please join us to learn more about exciting products from Arkema during the show! We are available anytime for your questions or comments at (800) 331-7654 or www.luperox.arkema.com. | Arkema manufacturers a variety of high-performance resins used in various medical applications including catheters, surgical tools and equipment, mobility devices, laboratory equipment and others. Our expertise as a specialty materials manufacturer enables us to provide customized solutions for an ever-evolving market aimed at maximizing favorable patient outcomes. Our most notable resins are Pebax® thermoplastics elastomers, Rilsan® polyamide 11, Rilsamid® polyamide 12, Kynar® PVDF and a range of Bostik adhesives including Born2Bond and Aroset. | Arkema offers high performance polymer solutions for corrosion problems with Kynar® PVDF, Rilsan® Polyamide 11 (Nylon 11), and Kepstan® PEKK resins. Kynar® PVDF offers high temperature resistance, low permeability, and high mechanical strength. It is used as a contact surface for the production, storage, and transfer of corrosive fluids including chlorine, bromine, strong acids, and sulfonated compounds. Rilsan® PA11 biobased powder coatings are used to protect metal from corrosion, impact, & abrasion. When the highest levels of performance are required, Arkema offers Kepstan® PEKK, a 3D printable, injection moldable, extrudable, coatable, and thermoformable polymer with excellent chemical resistance and up to 260 C continuous use temperature. | SUR/FIN exhibitors showcase the technologies and innovations in equipment, products and services from all parts of the surface finishing supply chain. Kynar® PVDF and Kynar Flex® PVDF are used to manufacture pipes, tubing, fittings, valves, pumps, tower packing, and tanks to handle hot, strong acids and harsh plating chemistries in the metal preparation industry. Kynar® PVDF resists strong acids and is capable of handling high temperatures up to 150°C. In particular, Kynar® PVDF fluid handling components stand up well to HF, HCl, Nitric Acid, Sulfuric Acid, Phosphoric Acid and Chromic Acid. | Building on its unique set of expertise in materials science, Arkema offers a portfolio of first-class technologies to address ever-growing demand for new and sustainable materials. With the ambition to become in 2024 a pure player in Specialty Materials, the Group is structured into 3 complementary, resilient and highly innovative segments dedicated to Specialty Materials -Adhesive Solutions, Advanced Materials, and Coating Solutions- accounting for some 85.5% of Group sales in 2021, and a well-positioned and competitive Intermediates segment. Arkema offers cutting-edge technological solutions to meet the challenges of, among other things, new energies, access to water, recycling, urbanization and mobility, and fosters a permanent dialogue with all its stakeholders. The Group reported sales of around €11.5 billion in 2022, and operates in some 55 countries with 20,200 employees worldwide. | Arkema, a global leader in specialty materials, will showcase a unique portfolio of solutions for electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage system (ESS) battery systems at the Battery Show. Arkema offers a unique and wide range of specialty materials, coatings and adhesives designed for both internal and external battery cell applications, supported by robust global manufacturing and supply capabilities. Additionally, Arkema offers solutions to improve the extraction processes and recycling processes to enhance the sustainability of the battery market.

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Ampacet Corporation

Ampacet Corporation advances the future of plastics by bringing forward-thinking solutions to our customers that increase product performance, durability and sustainability. We focus extensively on color, special effects and advanced functional additive and masterbatch products. We also offer black and white masterbatches as well as process aids. Ampacet is meeting the growing need for higher performing materials for medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics and pharmaceutical packaging with an extensive portfolio of medical-grade masterbatch solutions. Our extensive testing program helps customers meet all performance criteria and compliance specifications with the increasingly stringent requirements of regulatory agencies. Ampacet products are used in other applications, including packaging, sporting goods, home decor, cosmetics and beauty, appliances, automotive, 3D printing and aerospace. Founded in 1937, Ampacet operates 21 manufacturing sites in 17 countries and has research and development centers in the Americas, Europe and Asia. | Ampacet is a global producer of colors, additives and Ai automation technologies. LIAD Smart Ai automation will be on display. Live demonstrations of in-line color measurement and correction technologies utilizing fiber optic sensors, Spectro 4.0 color measurement systems. Lights-Out resin blending technologies that automate the process of weighing, blending and distributing individual custom formulations to each machine without labor involvement with BlendSave automation. Adjusting color on demand due to PCR variations during plastic processing will be introduced at NPE 2024. Auto correction to color deviations in real-time through in-line color measurement with the Spectro 4.0 technology utilizing Flux QF mono pigments. Micro dosing technology for micro molding and extrusion processes will be demonstrated. Accurate dosing of colors and additives for small parts and/or low throughput extrusion or molding lines, Color-Save Micro gravimetric dosing technology. Reduce your cost of masterbatch (colors/additives) through the ColorSave 1000 gravimetric feeding technology. Dose at the low range of your usage tolerance range consistently to reduce your annual consumption of expensive colors and additives. Plus, SmartClean feature allows for automated colorant purging between color changes within seconds. LIAD Smart technologies by Ampacet. | Ampacet is demonstrating the LIAD Smart in-line color correction technologies. Truly new AI automation for a closed-loop quality control system for extrusion and molding processes. The new SpectroMetric 6 utilizes single pigment dispersions (mono-pigments) to correct color as you extrude. The fiber optic Spectro sensor measures color of your extruded material in real-time and communicates to the integrated Ai software to recommend L.a.b. color adjustments via mono-pigment in-line dosing with fast, quality dispersion through the use of mono-pigment concentrates. Founded in 1937, Ampacet Corporation is a leading global masterbatch supplier committed to designing innovative custom color, special effect, high performance and sustainable products and solutions. Ampacet acquired the automations company, LIAD, in 2019 and is now part of the companies integration strategy of offering our customers more solutions for production efficiencies and cost savings during plastic processing. Headquartered in Tarrytown, N.Y., Ampacet employs more than 2,000 people worldwide, with 26 manufacturing sites including technical and color development centers in 19 countries throughout the Americas, Asia and Europe. Company Details: 660 White Plains Road Tarrytown, New York 10591 United States +1-914-631-6600 Phone Web : www.ampacet.com Email: Douglas.Brownfield@ampacet.com

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Amfine

Amfine Chemical Corporation is a manufacturer of polymer additives utilizing the global leading technology from Adeka Corporation. Amfine is the distribution, manufacturing, technical and sales arm of the Adeka Group in North America. Amfine’s broad product portfolio offers additives for all polymer types that can be used by resin producers, compounders and recycle processors. Amfine is focused on being the the leading solution provider of polymer additives.

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Americhem Engineered Compounds

Founded in 1941, Americhem is a globally recognized designer and manufacturer of custom color masterbatch, functional additives, engineered compounds and performance technologies. Americhem is built on delivering Performance, Solutions and Trust through close collaboration with customers seeking to optimize their polymer products. All of the company’s products are backed by complete technical support that ensures quality, reliability and value.

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Alphagary

Alphagary

Alphagary is a leading manufacturer of compounds (PVC, TPE, TPU) formulated for healthcare applications requiring USP Class VI biocompatibility and cytotoxicity testing. Crystal-clear flexible vinyl compounds under the brand name ALPHAMED® formulated with either phthalate or non-phthalate plasticizers; SUPERKLEEN™ vinyl compounds with citrate-based plasticizers, TPE compounds under the brand name EVOPRENE® and TPU compounds under the brand name VYTHENE® are available. Compounds are designed to withstand typical radiation cycles (gamma, ETO, autoclave) without discoloring. Alphagary’s compounds are used by leading medical device manufacturers for products such as tubing (oxygen, blood, peristaltic pump, etc.), oxygen masks and cushions, connectors, syringes, and dental products as well as wires and cables for hospital beds and machinery. Lastest developments include TPE compounds used to replace rubber. Various compounds have earned NSF approval. Alphagary also manufactures stabilizers and plasticizers for healthcare applications. Hands-on regulatory support and advice is available. | Orbia’s Polymer Solutions business Alphagary is a global leader in the design and manufacture of specialty polymer compounds and additives for polyvinyl chloride compounds including stabilizers, plasticizers, and colorants. Compounds are formulated from a variety of polymers including polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyolefin (PO), thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE).

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AGATEX

AGATEX

AGATEX Feinchemie GmbH Specialty Chemicals with Tradition and Innovation Founded in 1921, AGATEX Feinchemie GmbH is a family-owned Austrian company specializing in the development and production of process chemicals for various industries, including fibers, nonwovens, and paper. In addition, AGATEX is a trusted supplier of refrigerants for the cooling and air conditioning industry. For the recycling sector, AGATEX offers its LAMBAFIL R additive range, tailor-made solutions designed to improve the mechanical recycling process of fibers and textiles. These additives enhance processability during tearing, help achieve longer fiber lengths, and significantly increase spinnability and product quality in recycled fiber production. With over a century of experience, AGATEX combines deep chemical expertise with a long-term, sustainable approach to deliver high-performance solutions for tomorrow’s circular economy.

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Advanced Fuel Solutions

Advanced Fuel Solutions is more than just an additives manufacturing company. Our commitment to exceptional service and customized solutions, grounded in a proven approach and extensive expertise, goes beyond improving fuel quality. We are equally dedicated to empowering our partners with education and training to enhance their fuel management and optimization understanding. Our approach drives substantial improvements in your bottom line, demonstrating the benefits of partnering with a leader in fuel innovation, optimization, and education.

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Advanced Cyrogenic Enterprises

Advanced Cyrogenic Enterprises

We offer precision, fine ground materials through our ambient and cryogenic processes, while utilizing a variety of types and sizes of equipment. We can process lab materials to multiple trucks. Some of our equipment includes shredders, granulators, hammer mills, attrition mills, attritor mills, classifiers, blenders and dryers.

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