Engineering Plastics
Engineering plastics play an integral part in today's world. Whether you drive a car, stay digitally connected with your smart devices or enjoy sports, the chances are that the materials used are largely based on engineered polymers.
Engineering plastics offer enhanced mechanical and thermal properties, such as high impact strength and fatigue resistance, that are of great importance in demanding environments. These high-performance materials meet the ever-growing demand for lightweight design in the automotive, aerospace, 3D printing, and sustainable building industries. These products also allow for miniaturization in consumer electronics.
The most relevant trend to gain traction in the market is the rising importance of bio-based* engineering plastics. By using solutions by Cargill you can improve the sustainability profile of your products, while improving the performances.
Polymer modification with Cargill’s specialized ingredients offers numerous solutions. Firstly, products can improve impact strength, flow properties, and flexibility, thanks to the chemistry of Cargill’s engineering plastics. These products also provide excellent low temperature performance.
Cargill’s engineering plastic products provide enhanced protection against moisture, as well as superior resistance to heat and oxidation. The raw materials used to create engineering plastics materials give products high UV resistance for ultra-transparent materials.
These products also provide improved adhesion for over-molding, fiber reinforcement and lamination, and good surface wetting of low surface energy products.
*ASTM D6866
Polyurethane
Priplast® polyol solutions
We offer different solutions to modify any PU formulation and application.
Our Priplast™ polyester polyol range offers durability, excellent moisture repellency and flexibility. With this unique balance of characteristics, our Priplast™ polyol ingredients are ideal for use in demanding applications for electronics, sporting goods and automotive applications.
Polyamide & Polyimide
Pripol™ light-weight applications
Pripol™ 100% bio-based* dimer fatty acids and dimer diols has been designed to enhance performance properties such as improved flexibility, excellent water barrier protection, low and stable color, enhanced melt flow and improved multi-substrate adhesion, as well as carbon footprint improvements and other benefits.
Pripol™ dimer fatty acids and dimer diols are especially useful in highly demanding applications such as transportation, electronics, sportswear and food packaging. Dimer modification can also reduce polymer density, perfect for light-weight applications.
For polyimide our Priamine™ 1075 dimer diamine has been selected for use in high performance polyimides due to its high purity, high difunctionality and low color.
Polyester (COPE)
Enhance performance properties today
Pripol™ 100% bio-based* dimer fatty acids and dimer diols have been designed to enhance performance properties such as improved flexibility, excellent water barrier protection, low and stable color, enhanced melt flow and improved multi-substrate adhesion, as well as carbon footprint improvements and other benefits.
Pripol™ dimer fatty acids and dimer diols are especially useful in highly demanding applications such as transportation, electronics, sportswear and food packaging. Dimer modification can also reduce polymer density, perfect for light-weight applications.