Due to growing consumer pressure over phthalate plasticizers, many manufacturers are challenged with the problem of reformulating a phthalate-free product while maintaining the same cost and performance. Although there are now a growing number of drop-in phthalate replacement plasticizers on the market for all types of polymer applications, especially polyvinyl chloride (PVC), they often come at a price premium or lower performance trade-off. So what is a formulator to do?
Customized Plasticizer Blends from ChemCeed
ChemCeed offers a solution in the form of customized plasticizer blends specifically tailored to each unique customer’s application. For example, if you are looking for a plasticizer with good solvating properties, a blend can be made using a cost-effective plasticizer backbone for the blend such as Dioctyl Terephthalate, (DOTP) and adding higher-solvating non-phthalates such as acetyl tributyl citrate (ATBC), benzoate plasticizers, or phosphate esters.
With growing environmental concerns about petroleum-based products and carbon footprints, perhaps it is a more eco-friendly and sustainable plasticizer you are looking for. ChemCeed offers plasticizers with reduced carbon-footprint, certified by ISCC-Plus and ISCC-EU (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification). For a phthalate-free solution in PVC, a 3:1 blend of 1,2-Cyclohexanedicarboxylic Acid, Diisononyl Ester (DHIN) and Di-isopentyl Terephthalate (DPT) will give you efficiency, cold flexibility, and gelation behavior properties close to that of Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP).
Not sure where to start? Consult with our technical team who brings the knowledge and experience of decades in PVC technology, resin, compounding and plasticizer industrial applications.
For more information on custom blends or formulation help, please contact ChemCeed directly at 715-726-2300 or Inquire online.