"As we continue to innovate and expand our product offerings, our focus remains on enhancing performance and sustainability for our customers," said Wim Van De Velde, SVP and Managing Director of Milliken's plastic additives business. "Our presence at K 2025 underscores our dedication to driving the industry forward through collaboration and cutting-edge technology."
Milliken has harnessed material science to create products that maximize efficiency and minimize resource use for more than 60 years. At this year's K Fair, the company will feature product advancements that continue to improve polymers and elevate performance, shaping the industry's future. New product highlights include:
- RESIST XTR™: Milliken RESIST™ XTR offers an expanded portfolio of colorants, including highly chromatic oranges designed to meet the extreme colorant performance required for demanding applications such as high-voltage battery connectors in electric vehicles (EVs). Formulated for extreme temperature processing, these high-performance colorants for engineered polymers deliver excellent thermal stability, improved lightfastness, and UV weather resistance.
- Hyperform® HPN® 58ei: Milliken's latest nucleating agent for polypropylene (PP) is designed to improve optical performance, isotropic shrinkage, and regrind quality of sheets and thermoformed PP parts, delivering an improved balance in properties between stiffness and impact resistance while reducing energy use. Excellent for packaging applications such as beverage, meat, microwaveable food, and electronics.
- LeneX™ UGN-52: Latest barrier improvement technology enhances the performance of HDPE and LLDPE films, containers, pouches, and pharmaceutical bottles. These solutions enable downgauging to reduce material usage and part weight while also improving barrier properties in polyethylene (PE), allowing designers to create more mono-material products, thus improving recycling compatibility.
- EXPLAZ™: Optimized laser marking in polyamides. A naturally white appearance makes EXPLAZ uniquely suitable for white or brightly colored polyamide compounds, ensuring minimal visual impact on the base polymer. With effective performance using loadings as low as 0.2% LDR, EXPLAZ delivers both optimized processing and uncompromised aesthetics.
- Next-generation additive: As the industry increasingly demands polypropylene products with clarity levels approaching those of ultra-clear (UC) materials, Milliken is set to unveil the next chapter in its innovation journey with the introduction of a next-generation additive at the K Show. Designed to optimize performance at lower additive concentrations, the company's latest offering will provide solutions that enhance aesthetics and reduce extraction rates, making it an excellent choice for food contact applications and intermaterial replacement opportunities.
