The Importance of Additives in the Polyurethane Industry
Polyurethane additives play a key role in optimizing the physical, mechanical, and aesthetic properties of PU foams and systems. They allow for fine-tuning of formulations, ensuring superior performance, stability, and customization for various industrial applications.
Amino, a reference in the development of chemical solutions for polyurethane, offers one of the most complete portfolios on the market, including catalysts, silicone surfactants, pigments, and performance additives. These products ensure greater reactive control, better process stability, and differentiated characteristics for each application.
Catalysts for Polyurethane
Catalysts are essential in the polyurethane formation process, as they control the speed and balance of the chemical reactions between polyols and isocyanates. Amino offers a complete line of catalysts to meet various needs, including:
✅ Gelling Catalysts – Promote the reaction between polyol and isocyanate, ensuring foam structure formation.
✅ Blowing Catalysts – Enhance the reaction between isocyanate and water, increasing gas formation and foam growth.
✅ Balanced Catalysts – Combine gelling and blowing actions, optimizing cream time, foam growth, and curing.
✅ Low Emission Catalysts (Low Fogging) – Ideal for automotive and mattress applications, they reduce volatile emissions and prevent unwanted odors.
🔹 Amino Advantage: Our catalysts are developed for greater reproducibility and process stability, ensuring precise foam control and excellent final foam quality.
Silicone Surfactants for Polyurethane
Silicone surfactants are crucial components in the cellular structure formation of PU foams. They stabilize the foaming reaction, controlling cell size and uniformity, which directly affects foam density, resilience, and feel.
Amino’s silicones are formulated to offer:
✔️ Cell Size Control – Foams with open or closed cells, according to the application needs.
✔️ Foam Stability – Reduced collapse and structural irregularities, ensuring uniformity and enhanced mechanical performance.
✔️ Compatibility with Various PU Systems – Suitable for flexible, rigid, HR, viscoelastic, and microcellular foams.
🔹 Amino Advantage: The AMISIL line was developed for high formulation stability, offering better process control and superior foam quality.
Pigments for Polyurethane
Amino’s organic liquid pigments ensure homogeneous coloration and chemical resistance for PU applications, enabling greater customization and aesthetic finish.
Main advantages of Amino pigments include:
🎨 Excellent Dispersion – Enables uniform coloration in foams, elastomers, and molded systems.
🎨 High Thermal and UV Stability – Resistant to fading and chemical degradation.
🎨 Compatibility with Different Systems – Applicable in flexible, rigid foams, CASE (Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants & Elastomers), and other PU systems.
🔹 Amino Advantage: We develop heavy metal-free pigments, ensuring safety and environmental compliance for various industrial applications.
Performance Additives for Polyurethane
Performance additives are innovative solutions that improve mechanical strength, durability, feel, and thermal properties of polyurethane.
Amino offers a full range of additives, including:
✅ Tear-Resistant Additives – Enhance mechanical strength, reducing crack propagation in HR and molded foams.
✅ Resilience Additives – Optimize foam elasticity, improving comfort and shape recovery.
✅ Flame Retardant Additives – Reduce flame spread in foams, ensuring compliance with safety standards.
✅ Deformation Control Additives – Maintain foam structural integrity over time, minimizing thickness loss and permanent deformation.
🔹 Amino Advantage: We develop custom solutions, allowing precise formulation adjustments to meet regulatory and technical requirements for each client.
Why Choose Amino Additives?
Amino stands out in the polyurethane additives market for its advanced technology and specialized technical support. Our products are developed with rigorous quality standards, ensuring:
✔️ High Performance – Formulations optimized for maximum performance and process stability.
✔️ Specialized Technical Support – Consulting for formulation adjustments and production optimization.
✔️ Sustainability and Regulatory Compliance – Products aligned with environmental and global market regulations.
✔️ Application Versatility – Additives developed for various PU industry segments, such as mattresses, automotive, furniture, soles, and CASE.
Amino’s additives are the ideal solution to boost polyurethane system performance, ensuring better process control, stability, and innovation. Whether in catalysts, silicones, pigments, or performance additives, Amino delivers high-quality technology for an increasingly demanding market.
📢 Get in touch with our specialists and discover how our additives can transform your production process!
About Amino
Flexible PU foams play a key role in various industries, and choosing the right system and additives is essential to achieve the desired performance. If you’d like to learn more about how to optimize your production processes and explore Amino’s full range of additives and solutions, get in touch with us. We’re ready to help you find the best solutions for your production needs!