With high-slip and anti-blocking performance, Cargill™ Optislip™ additives reduce friction and blocking in various polymer types and film structures for easier processing and handling. We are a leader in surface science with over 50 years of manufacturing expertise and advanced R&D capabilities. Cargill's team of experts collaborate with our customers to develop and optimize bio-based solutions for a variety of plastic applications.
Optimized slip performance
A variety of friction control levels available, supporting easier processing, handling and conversion.
Enhance film quality
Minimizing friction lowers energy consumption during processing and enables the production of thinner films, reducing polymer usage.
Versatile application
Designed to be highly versatile, Optislip is suitable for a wide range of applications and polymer types.
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High slip Optislip polymers
Erucamide
Optislip ER
A bio-based, unsaturated primary amide which provides an extremely effective high-slip properties in polyolefin films.
Oleamide
Optislip VRX
A bio-based, vegetable derived oleamide which provides fast-acting high-slip and mold release to polyolefins and rubber.
Oleamide
Optislip OR
A bio-based, unsaturated primary amide additive that produces excellent slip performance in polyolefins.
Medium-slip additives
Oleyl Palmitamide
Optislip 203
A bio-based secondary amide additive used to obtain medium or controlled slip in polyolefins.
Stearyl Erucamide
Optislip 212
A bio-based secondary amide additive used to obtain medium or controlled slip in polyolefins.
Low-slip & anti-block additives
Behenamide
Optislip BR
A vegetable derived anti-block additive for a wide range of polymers.
Stearamide
Optislip SR
A bio-based, saturated primary amide additive, suitable for use as an anti-blocking additive in polyolefins and rubber.
Stearamide
Optislip SRV
A vegetable- derived, saturated primary amide suitable for use as an anti-blocking additive in polyolefins and rubber.
Ethylene bis-oleamide
Optislip EBO
A bio-based additive that delivers low-slip to polyolefin polar copolymers and can be useful as a pellet anti-tack for EVA.
Ethylene bis-stearamide
Optislip EBS
A secondary bis-amide additive that provides anti-blocking properties in polyolefins, process aid effect to improve dispersion of fillers, mold release action in polyamides and a lubricant for PVC.
Ethylene bis-stearamide
Optislip EBSV
A vegetable-derived, secondary bis-amide additive that provides anti-blocking properties in polyolefins, process aid effect to improve dispersion of fillers, mold release action in polyamides and a lubricant for PVC.
Optislip in action: Optimizing slip performance in multiplayer packaging films
Case study
A customer producing five-layer co-extruded packaging film faced unacceptable CoF variability. By switching to Optislip™ 203 additive, they achieved stable CoF levels, significantly reducing out-of-spec film.
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Cargill's Optislip additives are USDA certified bio-based products - products that have achieved third-party verification of bio-based content.
The USDA Certified Biobased Product label is a certification mark of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Cert. 100%: Optislip VRX, Optislip BR, Optislip ER, Optislip ORX, Optislip 203, Optislip 212, Optislip SRV.Cert. 95%: Optislip EBS
*Based on ASTM 6866