Evonik has invested in the British company Interface Polymers Ltd., the producer of Polarfin® additives for use in the processing and recycling of plastics.
In addition to the investment, Evonik’s Coating Additives business line has agreed to an extensive development partnership with Interface Polymers with the aim of using its technology in paints and coatings.
“We are impressed by the speed with which Interface Polymers has developed in the past two years. With its help, we want to reduce or even eliminate the intensive pretreatment of surfaces,” said Elias Lacerda, head of Evonik’s Coating Additives business line.
According to the company, these Polarfin® additives simplify the processing of plastics such as mixtures with polyethylene or polypropylene and make it possible to recycle such plastics by making the surface of polyolefins compatible with other materials. Interface Polymer says that this technology also provides advantages in adhesion of paints inks and glues to plastic surfaces and dispersion of materials within molded plastics.