Our Sustainability Efforts
A commitment to a better future
Our mission
Our additives provide benefits to your polymers, making efforts to reduce energy use during processing as well as waste.
Solutions delivered
We offer innovative solutions to help customers reach their sustainability goals.
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Your need: |
Our solution: |
| Reduce the use of petroleum based materials | A range of plant-based additives, including some on the USDA BioPreferred® Program |
| Specialty efforts for biopolymers | A range of polymer additive effects for bio-based polymers |
| Solutions to support the reduction of polymer usage | Additive solutions to enable reduced polymer usage, thinner parts and more energy efficient processing |
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Discover our additives
| Trade name | Description | Biobased carbon content* | Raw material origin | Key effects |
| Optislip™ ER | Erucamide | 100% | Vegetable | Slip/release in polyolefins, as well as PVC and many other polymers. |
| Optislip™ VRX | Oleamide |
100% |
Vegetable
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Slip/release in polyolefins, as well as PVC and many other polymers. |
| Optislip™ OR | Oleamide |
100%** |
Non-vegetable |
Slip/release in polyolefins, as well as PVC and many other polymers. |
| Optislip™ 203 | Oleyl Palmitamide | 100% | Vegetable | Medium or controlled slip in polyolefins |
| Optislip™ 212 | Stearyl Erucamide | 100% | Vegetable | Medium or controlled slip in polyolefins |
| Optislip™ BR | Behenamide |
100% |
Vegetable
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Anti-block in polyolefins |
| Optislip™ SR | Stearamide |
100%** |
Non-vegetable
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Anti-block in polyolefins |
| Optislip™ SRV | Stearamide |
100% |
Vegetable |
Anti-block in polyolefins |
| Incroslip™ SL | Proprietary | 100% | Proprietary | Slip, Anti-scratch, torque release |
| Incroslip™ C | Proprietary | 100% | Proprietary | Torque release |
| Incroslip™ Q | Proprietary |
100% |
Proprietary
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Torque release |
| Incroslip™ B | Proprietary | 100% | Proprietary | Torque release |
| Incroslip™ G | Proprietary | 100% | Proprietary | Mold release, Anti-scratch |
| IncroMax™ PS | Proprietary | 100% | Vegetable | Friction reduction, mold release, Anti-scratch |
| IncroMax™ 100 | Proprietary |
100% |
Vegetable |
Friction reduction, mold release, Anti-scratch |
| IncroMax™ 300 | Proprietary | 48% | Vegetable/Synthetic | Friction reduction, mold release, Anti-scratch |
| IncroMax™ 400 | Proprietary | 100%** | Non-vegetable | Friction reduction, Anti-tack |
| Incromold™ F | Proprietary | 100% | Vegetable | Mold release |
| Incromold™ S | Proprietary | 100% | Vegetable | Mold release |
| Incromold™ T | Proprietary | 100% | Vegetable | Mold release |
| Incromold™ K | Proprietary | 100% | Vegetable | Mold release, Anti-scratch |
*according to ASTM D6866 **Calculated according to ASTM D6866
Discover our product portfolio
Our portfolio holds a variety of plant-based additives, including slip additives. We also offer additive specifically for biopolymers. Check out our offering for biopolymers!
Our Circular Plastics Economy ambition
Our goal is to create circular and resource-efficient solutions, in partnership with the industry to aid in the transition to a circular economy.
We prioritize recycling by ensuring our current additive have no negative effect on the recycling process as well as exploring and investing in future innovative technologies that support mechanical recycling. Additionally, we collaborate with industry partners to educate and facilitate the future design of circular plastics, focusing on mono-material design and design for recycling.
Debunking the Myth: "Additives prevent recycling"
Learn more about our most recent findings in this recorded webinar.
To understand the effect of our additives on the mechanical recycling of plastics, we have carried out testing at accredited, external laboratories. During recycling, high density polyethylene (HPDE) degrades via cross linking of molecular chains, causing decreased flow, mechanical properties, and discoloration. By adding Incroslip™ C additive, the quality of recycled HDPE improves and can be used for the same application repeatedly, demonstrating true recycling.
After three recycling loops, the Melt Flow Rate (MFR) of HDPE containing Incroslip™ C additive doubled compared to that of control material. Additional benefits of the additive include no effect on mechanical properties and improved color stability, proving that the plastic was protected from further degradation during the recycling process.
Watch our webinar to see more detail about how our additives protect polyolefins from degrading further during mechanical recycling or contact us directly with any additional questions.
At Cargill, we are committed to identifying customer solutions with sustainability in mind.