Milliken Millad NX 8000 clarifying agent for polypropylene

Milliken's Millad NX 8000 clarifying agent for polypropylene (PP) increases the aesthetics of PP materials, allowing even thicker parts to approach the clarity of glass or amorphous polymers.

The clarifier can be used in a wide range of processing methods, including injection moulding, blow moulding and thermoforming, and is available in both masterbatch and powder forms.

Clarifying technology is expanding the use of ultraclear PP in thermoformed food and beverage packaging compared with traditional polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polystyrene (PS). Ultraclear PP provides high performance in thermoformed applications as a significantly lighter, less expensive, highly recyclable and more environmentally responsible solution than PET and PS for the food and beverage packaging sector.

The agent enables an average of 10% energy savings for production of clarified PP parts and the clarified PP materials have the lowest density and produce the lowest carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions when compared to PET and PS.