Additive Masterbatches

Antimicrobial masterbatches carry a biocidal active selected for the application and its regulatory context — dispersed in a compatible polymer carrier. Once let down into the host resin, the active migrates to the part surface at a controlled rate and inhibits bacterial, fungal and algal colonisation for the service life of the product rather than the life of a coating. 

Common applications are water storage tanks, healthcare products and food-handling plastics where cleaning alone cannot reach every surface. They can also be used in high-touch consumer items — appliance handles, switchgear, bathroom fittings, storage crates etc. 

Because active choice and loading determine both efficacy and cost, we specify these grades against your intended claim, your polymer and the end-use approvals you need to satisfy. Dosage and test protocol are confirmed with the customer before commercial supply. 

Plastics are natural insulators, so charge generated during extrusion, demoulding, conveying or filling has nowhere to go. The result is dust pickup that ruins appearance, film blocking and mis-feeds on high-speed lines, and — where dust or solvent is present — a genuine discharge hazard.

Anti-static masterbatches introduce an antistat that migrates to the surface and draws ambient moisture to form a thin conductive layer, bleeding charge away instead of letting it accumulate. Grades are available for short-term protection, long term protection and for permanent antistatic performance where the part must stay reliable for years.

Typical applications include BOPP and polyolefin packaging film, woven sacks, FIBC liners, electronic and appliance housings, cleanroom consumables and material-handling crates. Where full dissipation or ESD-level performance is required, we also offer conductive compounds rather than migratory antistats.

Flame retardant masterbatches raise the ignition resistance of a polymer and slow flame propagation, buying escape time and limiting fire spread in electrical and transport applications. We formulate both halogenated and halogen-free systems,

The trade-off in every flame retardant job is loading versus mechanical and optical properties — the additive level needed for a rating may cause changes in the end product. Our role is to find the formulation that reaches your target rating with the least damage to the properties you cannot give up.

Common end uses are switchgear and electrical enclosures, appliance and white-goods parts, cable accessories, automotive and rail interior components, and construction sheeting. Grade selection and dosage are established against the specific rating and test standard your part must pass.

Rodent damage is a quiet but expensive failure mode in buried and concealed plastic. Gnawed cable sheathing causes intermittent faults that are difficult to trace; damaged water pipe and conduit means excavation. Anti-rodent masterbatches incorporate a bittering or repellent agent that makes the plastic unpalatable, so rodents abandon the material rather than continuing to chew.

This is a non-toxic deterrent approach: the intent is to stop the gnawing, not to poison the animal, which matters for both regulatory acceptance and for customers supplying public infrastructure.

Anti-rodent Masterbatch is used by cable and wire manufacturers, pipe and conduit extruders, irrigation and agricultural film producers, and telecom duct suppliers — typically where physical armouring would be too costly or too rigid for the installation. Compatibility with your sheathing compound and existing additive package is checked before we recommend a loading.