Suppliers of Polymer Additives
US Suppliers

*Entries with asterisks specialize in natural fiber thermoplastic composite additives
Organization Name Location Products/Description
Akcros Chemicals   Manufacturer of additives for the processing and manufacturing of plastics, UV cure chemicals for the graphic arts, coatings and other industries, also produces polysulphide chemicals for the aerospace, marine and construction industries.
Akrochem Corporation   Manufacturer of fine resins, additives, and other fine chemicals. Provider of feedstock chemical for the polymer industry.
Akzo Nobel North America   International specialty and fine chemical manufacturer of pharmaceutical intermediates, industrial protective, decorative coatings and other products.
Albemarle Corporation (financials, news, profile)   Albemarle Corporation. The Group's principal activities are to produce polymer and fine chemicals that are additives or intermediates for plastics, polymers and agricultural compounds and pharmaceuticals. The worldwide chemicals operations are c...

Aquapharm Chemical

  Developer and manufaturer of organophosphonates, biocides, pharmaceutical intermediates and polymer dispersants.
Acme-Hardesty Co. Blue Bell, PA Plastics - Additives & Lubricants
Americhem, Inc.* Cuyahoga Falls, OH Manufacturer of custom color concentrates, additive concentrates, and specialty dispersions for the plastics industry.
Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc. Woodside, NY Mold releases and process aid additives

BYK-Chemie

  International supplier of coating additives for plastics and inks and other specialized products, also provides additives for waxes, PVC plastisols, polyesters, and SMC & BMC; based in Germany.
Breen Color Lambertville, NJ Custom color and additive concentrates.
Baerlocher USA* Cincinnati OH Lubricants and processing aids for WPC industry
C.P. Hall Co. (The)   Producer of raw materials for PVC, rubber and thermoplastic compounds. Products are sold to the advanced materials industry.
CECA - SA   Manufacturer of specialty chemicals and services, specializes in molecular sieves, activated carbon, asphalt emulsifiers, surfactants, oilfield chemicals, adsorption and filtration clays, hypophosphite and derivatives
Chemicals Incorporated   Custom manufacturer of specialty chemicals, pharmaceutical intermediates, flavors and fragrances, basic adhesives and metal carboxylate dryers. Products include engineering resins, lube additives, polymer additives and naphthenates.
China Synthetic Rubber   International developer and producer of a wide range of synthetic polymers, specializes in furnace black carbon.
CRI-Tech   Developer and producers of custom high performance polymeric compounds, specializes in FKM compounds, and additives. Headquarters located in Hanover, MA USA.
Carolina Color Corporation Salisbury, NC High performance color concentrates custom color match services for the plastics industry.
Ciba Specialty Chemicals* Tarrytown, NY UV stabilizers, flame retardants, antimicrobials
Clariant Masterbatches Division* Winchester, VA Formulated for WPC products: color, flame retardants, antistatic agents, antimicrobials
Cognis Corporation* Westlake, OH Compounding and processing additives for WPC: dispersing aids, wetting agent, lubricants
Color Master, Inc. Avilla, IN Color concentrates for plastics, including polypropylene, polystyrene, polyethylene, ABS and PVC.
Colorco – Colorflo Linden, NJ Custom formulating dry color and color concentrate for all plastic resins, suitable for all molding techniques.
ColorMatrixGroup Worldwide Liquid colorant and additive technologies for the plastics industry.
Colors for Plastics, Inc. Elk Grove Village, IL Supplier of dry color, liquid color, color concentrates, roto mold compounds, pre-color compounds, pre-blend, additives for PS, PE, PP, ABS, Acrylic, Butyrate Celcon, Delrin, Dylark, K-Resin, Nylon, PET, PVC, TPE and TPR/Santoprene
Colortech Inc. Morristown, TN North American based manufacturer of color and additive concentrates for the plastics industry.
Crompton Corporation* Middlebury, CT Processing Additives for WPC: lubricants, coupling agents, foaming agents, antioxidants
Cytec Industries* San Diego, CA Light stabilizers, light absorbers, antioxidants, antistatic agents

Dick Peters

  Manufacturer of wax emulsions, flame retardants, anti-caking agents and textile-auxiliaries.
Dover Chemical Corp. Dover, OH Lubricants, Coupling Agents, and Flame Retardants
DuPont  Wilmington, DE FUSABOND® P SERIES functionalized polypropylenes for coupling and adhesion; FUSABOND® E SERIES functionalized ethylene-based modifiers for coupling and adhesion; FUSABOND® A SERIES functionalized ethylene terpolymers for ABS/PA and PVC modification
Dyad-Fibafast
South Africa Wood polymer composite pigmentation technology
Esprit Chemical Co.   Provider of custom materials and chemicals manufacturing and consulting services. Producer of specialty chemicals and materials including powdered acrylics, dielectric imaging materials, diazonium salts and compounds, screen print materials and...

Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation

  International manufacturer of specialty and performance chemicals including dyestuffs, UV absorber additivies, bulk drugs, electronic chemicals and advanced materials.
Eastman Chemical Company* Kingsport, TN Coupling agents for WPC
ECM Plastics* Worcester, MA Custom color matching and specialty additive formulations.
Equistar Chemicals LP* Houston, Texas  Integrate™ coupling agents for wood/polyolefin composites
ExxonMobil Chemical Co.* Houston, TX  Exxelor CMP coupling agents for polyethylene- and polypropylene-woodfiber composites
Gayson SDI    
GSDI is a full service, world class supplier of colors and additives for the silicone rubber industry. Located Barberton, Ohio USA.    
GE Plastics   Manufacturer and global distributor of specialized polymers and additives. Products include silicone sealants, adhesives, coatings, lubricants, extruded sheet for structural glazing and high-performance graphic insulating films.
GE Specialty Chemicals   Specialty chemical manufacturer, supplies organophosphites, and other additives to the polymer industry.

Goldschmidt

  Manufacturer of chemical specialties with a global production network and worldwide distribution for skin and hair care products, cleaning products and polyurethanes.
Ferro Corporation* Independence, OH Lubricants and performance additives
Haihong Chemical Enterprise   China based manufacturer and trader of chemical additives for rubbers and plastics. Specializes in blowing agents, guanidine salts, dicyandiamide, thiourea, antioxidant agents, fire retardants, antistaic & fluorescent agents, lubricants, peroxid...
Halstab   Indiana based plastic additives manufacturer that specializes in stabilizers, lubricants, flame retardants, and custom mixing. Products include lead & mixed metal stabilizers, stearate(lead, calcium and barium), ester wax and regulatory assistan...
Hana   Manufacturer of fine and specialty chemicals, polymers and additives, plastics, pigments and dyes. Also supplies leather finishing chemicals.
Hellyar Plastics   Manufactures masterbatches and color compounded products including performance additives, also provides laboratory testing and developing services.
HOS-Technik GmbH   Producer of additives for the plastic and rubber industry, high-temperature resins, mono- and bismaleimides, also carries out contract production for the chemical industry.
Holland Color Americas, Inc.* Richmond, IN Colorants and additives
Honeywell, Specialty Additives* Morristown, NJ A-C OptiPak lubricant and processing additives for compounding and extrusion of natural fiber-plastic composites
International Specialty Products* Wayne, NJ  FUNGITROL to prevent microbial-based degradation in WPC
Indspec Chemical   Manufacturers of resorcinol, resorcinol resins, and derivatives for use in chemicals, rubber and plastics, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and many other industries.
Kelly - Chemical Corp.   Specialty chemical supplier of dyestuffs, organic pigments, thermochromic pigments, photochromic dyes, polymer additives and electronic chemicals.
King Industries Specialty Chemicals   Manufacturer of specialty chemicals for the industrial lubricant, rust prevention & metalworking industries and the paint & coatings industry.
Koei Chemical   Manufacturer of fine and specialty chemicals. Products include polyhydric alcohols, pyridine bases, pyrazines and amines.

Kusumoto Chemicals

  Manufactures paint additives mainly DISPARLON, products includes thixotropes, pigment dispersants, surface control agents and powder coatings.
KibbeChem Elkhart, IN Color concentrates and engineered blowing agents
Laudadio Polymers  Inc Corpus Christi, TX; Houston, TX Color concentrates and polymer additives.
Lion Polymers Houston, TX Color concentrates and polymer additives.
Lonza Inc.* Fair Lawn, NJ ACRAWAX C Lubricant for WPC
Luzenac America, Inc.* Centennial, CO  Talc products for WPC
Maroon Inc.
Avon, OH Specialty raw materials and packaging
Mayzo Inc Norcross, GA Antioxidants, thermal stabilizers, and UV stabilizers
McLube*  Aston, PA  Mold release agents and industrial lubricants
Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties, Inc.   Manufacturer of refractory materials and magnesia chemicals. The refractory materials include basic and non-basic specialty refractory products and precast shapes. These materials withstand intense heat and are used to line steel furnaces. Th...
Mayzo   Georgia based manufacturer of antioxidants for polymer systems, UV absorbers/stabilizers, optical brighteners and release coatings.
Messina   Supplies cement additives, drilling products, refinery and gas chemicals and testing equipment
Nanocor, Inc.   Manufacturer and distributor of treated nanoscale clays for dispersion into plastic resins to improve strength, heat stability and barrier properties. This company was capitalized by corporate investment.

Nitto Kasei

  Manufacture and sale of plastic additives, antifoulants for ship bottom paints, agricultural chemicals, catalysts, industrial chemicals also provides custom-made products of fine chemicals.
National Plastics Color, Inc. Valley Center, KS  Colorants and additives including plasticized concentrates, liquid colors, and dry colors.
Norquay Technology Inc. Chester, PA  UV light stabilizers used extensively in plastics, cosmetics and films.
O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp. Garfield, NJ Color concentrates, additive master batches, and custom compounds
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (financials, news, profile)   Occidental Petroleum Corporation. The Group's principal activity is to explore, develop, produce and market crude oil and natural gas. The Group's operations are carried out through two segments: Oil and gas and Chemical. The Oil and gas segment..
Patco Additives Division   Producer of polymer additives, defoamers and antifoams, and industrial specialty lubricants. Products include acid catalyst neutralizers, dispersants, mold-release agents and anti-fogging agents.
Pflaumer Brothers   Manufacturer of additives for the coating, lubricant and dispersion industries.
Polyurethane Dispersion   Korean based chemicals and equipment provider, products include pharmaceuticals, biochemicals, plastics, paints, rubber, petrochemicals and silicas; also offers additives for HDPE resins.
Raschig   International producer of fine and specialty chemicals, plastics and road materials. Also provides custom synthesis and toll manufacturing.

Ross Chem

  South Carolina based specialty chemical manufacturer, the company supplies paints and coatings, adhesives and glues, defoamers for textiles and pulp & paper, waste management products, polymer processing additives, food and pharmaceutical interm...
Penn Color Doylestown, PA Color concentrates and pigment dispersions
Penofin* Ukiah, CA  Knotwood composite wood deck finish 
Plasmec Italy Plastic and powder coating mixing technology
Plasticolors  Ashtabula, OH  Supplier of advanced colorants and chemical dispersions for the thermoset plastics and paint & coatings industries.
Plasticoncentrates, Inc.  Philadelphia, PA  Manufacturer of plastic color & additive concentrates. Color technology required to color high temperature engineering plastics and thermoplastics elastomers without sacrificing the integrity, or the performance characteristics of the plastics.
Plastics Color Corporation, Inc. Dayville, CT; Calumet City, IL; Asheboro, NC; Caguas, PR Additives, multifunctional concentrates, dry colors, liquid colors, specialty and toll compounds.
Riverdale Color Perth Amboy, NJ Liquid color and additive dispersions for the plastics Industry.
Rockwood Specialties Princeton, NJ Additives
Rohm and Haas Company* Philadelphia, PA Plastics additives: impact modifiers and processing aids for wood products.
Shangai Auxiliary Manufactory (SAM)   Specialty chemical manufacturer of plastic, textile, printing and after-treatment auxiliaries, including antistatic agents, silk softeners, dispersing and brightening agents.
Sloss Industries Corporation Chemicals   Diversified manufacturer of specialty chemicals, slag wool fiber and derivative fiber products and coke for both blast furnaces and foundries.
Soctech   Producer of naphthenic acids and related derivatives, metallic salts of carboxylic acids, fuel additives and paint driers
Solutia   Producer and global supplier of raw materials for the coating manufacturing industry, also provides high-performance crosslinkers, film formers and coatings additives for a wide range of applications.
Solvay Caprolactones   Manufacturer of high-performance caprolactone monomer and polymers.
Southern Clay Products   Manufactures and sells functional additives based on synthetic and natural clays for the plastics industry.

Struktol Corporation

  Dedicated to the production of performance process additives for the rubber industry, products include: activators, antioxidants, plasticizers, plastic additives, coupling agents, specialty polymers, dispersing & peptizing agents, polyethylene w...
Standridge Color Social Circle, GA Colorants, color concentrates, color compounds
Struktol Company of America* Stow, Ohio Lubricating and processing characteristics for WPC
Thirumalai Chemicals   Manufacturer of industrial chemicals for plastics, paints and resins, along with additives for the food industry, products include phthalic anhydride, maleic anhydride, fumaric acid and malic acid.
Total Fina Elf   International petroleum refining corporation supplying fuels, oils, petrochemicals and value-added hydrocarbons, including fluorochemicals, acrylic monomers, agrochemicals, chloralkali, hydrogen peroxide and polymer additives.
Techmer PM Rancho Dominguez, CA; Clinton, TN; Gainesville, GA; Wichita KS Designer and producer of color and additive concentrates. 
Uniroyal Chemical   Worldwide manufacturer of specialty chemicals and polymers, including antioxidants, antiozonants, accelerators, nitrile rubbers, urethane and additives.
United Chemical Products (UCP)   Petrochemical manufacturer and tooling company, supplies feedstock & commodity chemicals, natural gas, polymer additives and monomers, chromium compounds and other raw-basic petroleum-derivatives.
Unitex Chemical   Manufacturer of flame retardants, plasticizers, polymeric and organic intermediates for adhesives, paints, plastics and for producers of polymers, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals.

Velsicol Chemical

  Producer of plasticizers, including benzoate esters, monomeric and polymeric plasticizers and reactive intermediates.
Vinyl Color and Grain Kinsman, OH Organic coating for PVC substrates which accurately depict wood grains, marbles, granites, and other appearances.
Viva   Manufacturer and exporter of surfactants, metallic stearates, soap powder, laurates, myristates, oleates, caprylates, palmitates and ricinoleates.
Wujiang Dongfeng Chemical   Producer and developer of plastic additives including UV absorbent and light stabilizers, intermediates and other specialty chemicals.
XPD8 Plastic Purging Compounds   Supplies XPD8 purging compounds for all types of plastic processing equipment and for use with all resin and additive systems.
Yasho Industries   Specialty chemical manufacturer of cosmetic ingredients, antioxidants, pharmaceuticals, fragrances, flavors, plastic and rubber additives.
Zeon Chemicals   Custom developer and manufacturer of polymers, polymer modifiers and engineered elastomers. Services includes custom product development and consulting.
Zhejiang Yongjia Chemical   Manufacturer of curing catalysts, rubber additives, sodium pyrosulfite and sodium sulphite.

ZPM Europe

  Supplier of the EIDS Fluid Treatment System designed to control colloidal systems.