As growth in polymers continues to outstrip materials such as metals, ceramics and glass, our minerals are playing an increasingly important role in new innovations.
Whether you’re looking for reinforcement or insulation, transparency or IR absorption, opacity or durability, flame retardancy or anti-blocking, our unique range of mineral fillers and additives can help you to realise both cost and performance benefits.
Applications
We work with customers worldwide across a broad selection of polymer applications, including:
- construction: water pipes, membranes, composites, insulation, adhesives & sealants
- electrical: wire & cable, electric insulation and transformers
- packaging: films and containers
- transport: composites, friction materials
- others: including energy, agriculture, medical
Solutions
We’re continuously expanding and improving our polymers portfolio, working with customers worldwide in association with our Polymers Technical Centres in Europe, North America and Asia.
With internationally-recognised brand names such as MINBLOC® and SILVERBOND®, we offer a range of specialised materials, including:
- aluminium oxide
- ATH
- baryte
- brucite
- calcium carbonate (ground & precipitated)
- chromite
- colemanite
- cristobalite
- crystalline silica flour
- engineered silica dispersion
- hydromagnesite
- hydrous kaolin
- magnetite
- microcrystalline silica
- nepheline syenite
- quartz (high temperature modified)
- talc
- wollastonite
Sibelco Solutions Tool for Polymers
Browse the Sibelco Solutions Tool for Polymers to find the minerals you need for your polymer applications.
The Sibelco Solutions Tool for Polymers offers Sibelco’s entire range of performance minerals for polymers as well as guidance on recommended usage and technical information.