
Raw materials
AIMPLAS provides solutions to the main challenges facing raw material companies.
Our solutions for the raw material sector

- Specialized synthesis of polymers and additives using reactors and extruders for reactive extrusion (REX).
- Custom polymers, scaled from 0.1 to 10 kg, (500 kg in REX).
- Repolymerization after chemical recycling.
- Process optimization, including purification processes.
- Synthesis and functionalization of nano- and microparticles, including capsules for controlled release of active substances.

- Development of materials with advanced properties (thermal and electrical conductors, flame-retardant, active, pest and insect repellents, anti-microbial…).
- Tailor-made compounds. Small batch production.
- Extensive experience in biopolymer compounding.
- Formulation optimization and adjustment.
- Ensuring plastic material compatibility.
- Polymer grafting.
- Inclusion of new additives and fillers in plastics, including bioadditives and bioplastics.
- Study of fibre and filler dispersion.
- Simulation of the extrusion process in a double-screw co-rotating extruder: optimization of the production and configuration of the screw. Upscaling from pilot plant to industrial extruder.

- Manufacture of prototypes, demonstrators and pre-series in pilot plants (film extrusion, lamination, profiles, thermoforming, injection, blowing, lamination, printing, 3D printing…).
- Final product characterization (mechanical, physical, chemical, thermal, optical properties, climate testing, etc.).
- Compliance with product regulations and legislation.

- Selection of reinforcements, resins, fillers and additives for different applications, including advice on formulation, processing tests and validation of the final product. Biomaterials.
- Mould design, process optimization and obtaining parts that conform to specifications in pultrusion and resin-transfer processes (RTM, RTM-Light and infusion).
- Obtaining prototypes from SMC and Prepregs, material selection to comply with specifications.
- Development of solid surface formulations to enhance the properties of products with high levels of inorganic fillers.
- Inclusion of nanomaterials in formulations and obtaining prototypes. Property characterization.