Plasticizers
Consumers urge plastic companies to redesign applications and improve the health and environmental impact of its components
Over recent years consumer perception on the use of plastic has completely shifted. Each plastic application now needs to be justified. Many of the plastics we regularly use are flexible or ‘soft’, the result of plasticizers, which make up a large part (e.g. 50%) of their composition.
Besides the sustainability drive, there are two additional trends stimulating innovation in the plasticizers industry. Firstly, the shift away from phthalate plasticizers due to toxicity concerns and secondly, the requirement for new functionalities, such as improved compatibility, biodegradability and low carbon footprint to accommodate bioplastics.
X-Craft®
Biobased fatty acids in combination with biobased polyols can be used to create polyol esters, suitable for use as fully biobased plasticizers. In addition, biobased fatty alcohols can be used to produce a range of other additives.
ChainCraft offers X-Craft® 6, a fully fractionated caproic acid (C6) which is ideal for applications requiring a sustainable and economic building block for plasticizing molecules.
Other products include fully fractionated fatty acids such as X-Craft® 5 (valeric acid) X-Craft® 7 (heptanoic acid) and X-Craft® 8 (caprylic acid) with a purity of more than 99% to serve specific formulations that require refined MCFA’s.
In addition, our purified fractionated fatty acids allow for the production of high purity n-butanol and n-hexanol, which are ideal precursors to make other plasticizing additives.
How ChainCraft can help the move away from phthalates
The extensive fatty acid-based portfolio developed by ChainCraft’s proprietary chain elongation technology can provide leading plasticizer innovators with many opportunities for the development of unique, new and sustainable products.
These products are renewable and lower the overall carbon footprint of plastic. Acting as a promising starting point for a more secure supply in the future.
