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Functional Additives Engineered for Your Polymer Process

Formulated for Performance. Built Around Your Application.

Custom functional additive solutions delivered as masterbatch systems or engineered compounds, matched to your resin, process, performance requirements, and end-use application.

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Solve Real Production Challenges with Functional Additives

Americhem’s additive technologies improve product performance, reduce production risk, and support application-specific performance requirements.

Functional additives influence how polymers process, perform, and hold up in use. Americhem develops customized additive solutions for challenges ranging from UV degradation, flame risk, microbial growth, and long cycle times to PFAS-free performance, odor management, moisture management, and surface modification.

Each formulation is developed around the resin, processing conditions, performance target, and end-use environment. Solutions can be delivered as standalone additive masterbatches, combined with color, or engineered into fully compounded materials for applications across healthcare, building and construction, transportation, fibers, and other demanding markets.

Americhem functional additive solutions can help you:

  • Improve durability and long-term material performance
  • Improve processing consistency and efficiency
  • Address flame, environmental, microbial, odor, and surface-performance requirements
  • Maintain appearance and functional performance
  • Support application-specific regulatory, safety, and validation requirements

Featured Technical Webinar

Beyond the Base Resin: Engineering Performance with Functional Additives

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | 9:00 a.m. ET

Functional performance depends on more than the additive itself.

Join Americhem for a technical webinar hosted by UL Prospector exploring how additive chemistry, formulation compatibility, delivery method, processing conditions, and application-specific testing influence performance within the complete material system.

The discussion will explore PFAS-free performance, durability and stabilization, microbial and odor management, and surface and interface engineering.

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How Functional Additives Influence Material Performance

Different performance requirements call for different material strategies. Americhem works across functional areas to help match additive technology to the polymer, process, end-use environment, and intended performance target.

PFAS-Free Performance

Evaluate alternative approaches to fluid repellency, lubrication, friction reduction, and wear based on the function required by the application, polymer system, and processing conditions.

Flame Retardancy & Safety

Support defined flame, smoke, and safety performance requirements through additive systems developed around the polymer, processing conditions, application, and applicable test requirements.

Durability & Stabilization

Address UV exposure, heat, and environmental stresses that can affect color, appearance, and physical performance over time.

Microbial & Odor Management

Microbial control and odor management address different material challenges. The appropriate technology depends on the intended function, material system, application environment, and validation requirements.

Moisture Management

Support wetting, wicking, and absorbency performance through additive technologies designed around the polymer, fiber-forming process, fabric construction, and end-use requirements.

Surface & Interface Performance

Modify softness, friction, wear, slip, feel, repellency, and other surface characteristics based on the material, processing method, and end-use requirements.

Explore Our Additive Technologies

Americhem develops functional additive solutions for specific performance, safety, and processing requirements. Formulations are matched to the resin, application, manufacturing process, and target outcome, whether the need is long-term stability, microbial control, surface modification, fluid management, or processing performance.

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nDryve™ | PFAS-Free Repellency

In-melt technology designed to support fluid repellency by integrating functionality into the material during processing.

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EcoLube™ | Friction & Wear Performance

Internally lubricated compounds engineered to reduce friction and wear, including PFAS-free formulations for demanding moving-plastic applications.

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nDuramax® | UV Stabilization

UV stabilizer technologies developed to support weatherability, color stability, and material performance under defined exposure conditions.

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nShield® | Antimicrobial Technologies

Antimicrobial technologies designed to inhibit microbial growth on treated polymer surfaces.

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mBrace™ | Softening Additive

Additive technology designed to modify softness and tactile properties in fibers and nonwovens while maintaining required material performance.

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nPure™ | Odor Management

Odor-management technologies developed around specific odor sources, polymer systems, and application requirements.

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nZorb™ | Moisture Management

Hydrophilic additive technology designed to support wetting, wicking, and absorbency performance in fibers and nonwovens.

Technical Resources for Better Material Decisions

Explore selected technical content on PFAS-free technologies, material performance, formulation considerations, and application development.

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The PFAS-Free Future: Engineering Performance Under Evolving Regulation

Performance alone is no longer enough. As PFAS regulations evolve across global markets, manufacturers face increasing pressure to balance performance with compliance. This whitepaper examines why PFAS replacement is not a simple material substitution and how engineered compound and masterbatch platforms can rebuild critical performance across molded plastics and fiber applications.
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FibersHealthcare
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Functional Additives for Medical Nonwovens

This whitepaper explores how functional additives elevate medical nonwoven performance and why incorporating them directly into the polymer matrix—via an in-melt approach—offers long-term advantages.
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Fibers
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EcoLube™: The PFAS-Free Future of High-Performance Lubricated Polymers

Regulatory pressure around PFAS is mounting—but performance demands haven’t changed. In this webinar, Americhem expert Raphael Delgado and Robert Krieger introduce EcoLube™: a line of internally lubricated compounds that reduce friction and wear without fluorinated additives. Learn how it compares to PTFE and where it’s making an impact.
Webinars
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3 Must Have Functional Additives, Part 1: Nonwovens

Equip your team with the right tools to meet emergent customer demands for functional nonwoven materials. Learn about today’s most in-demand in-melt additives that will transform the way customers interact with your materials.
Webinars
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Performance Depends on the Complete Material System

Functional additive performance depends on how the chemistry works within the complete formulation and application. Resin compatibility, carrier selection, dispersion, processing conditions, interactions within the formulation, and end-use requirements can all influence processing and final performance.

Americhem develops solutions that can be delivered as an additive masterbatch or a fully compounded material, depending on the formulation, processing requirements, and intended application.

Application-specific testing helps evaluate whether formulation choices are meeting intended performance requirements before scale-up.

See Functional Performance in Practice

Material performance becomes easier to understand when you can see the testing, formulation decisions, and application requirements behind the result.

Explore practical demonstrations and technical conversations from Americhem specialists working with real material challenges, testing methods, and performance requirements.

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Dig Deeper into Additive Performance and Application

Explore recent application stories, technology developments, and technical discussions that show how Americhem approaches performance challenges across materials and end-use applications.

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Thermal Stability Meets Tactile Precision: A Hygiene Case Study with mBrace™

A global hygiene brand was losing production time and material due to a softening additive that failed under high heat. Americhem developed a customized mBrace™ masterbatch that maintained stability, improved line efficiency, and preserved the desired tactile feel. The new formulation also allowed flexibility for future functional enhancements. all without altering the customer’s existing process.
Case Studies
Fibers
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Americhem Launches nDryve™: PFAS-Free In-Melt Technology Platform for Functional Fibers

Americhem launches nDryve™, a PFAS-free in-melt technology platform for functional fibers that delivers durable multi-fluid repellency and stain resistance.
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FibersHealthcare
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Weathering Testing for Polymer Durability

Learn how Americhem’s weathering experts use accelerated testing, outdoor exposure, and material analysis to help manufacturers evaluate UV resistance, color retention, durability, and long-term polymer performance.
Webinars
Building & ConstructionFibersHealthcareTransportation
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Americhem Recognized Among Top 5% Globally for Sustainability Performance with EcoVadis Gold Rating

Americhem has earned the EcoVadis Gold rating, placing the company among the top 5% of organizations assessed globally for sustainability performance. The recognition reflects strengthened governance structures, operational controls, and supply chain accountability across its global operations.
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Get Answers About Additive Selection and Performance

From formulation compatibility to regulatory support, here are questions teams often ask when specifying Americhem functional additives. We disperse additives with precision and consistency, ensuring performance in polymers like polyolefins, PET, nylon, TPU, and more.

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Yes. We regularly combine additive technologies with custom color to reduce handling, streamline dosing, and simplify your production workflow.

We formulate for a wide range of base resins, including polyolefins, PET, nylon, and more. Every additive is tailored to your exact processing and end-use requirements.

All formulations undergo application-specific testing for consistency, process compatibility, durability, and compliance with industry standards.

Yes. We provide technical data sheets, regulatory certifications, and can support your compliance needs based on geography and application.

The right technology depends on the function you need to achieve, your resin system, processing conditions, end-use environment, and performance requirements. Americhem evaluates these factors together to help identify an additive chemistry, delivery method, and validation approach suited to the application.

Yes. Depending on the application and formulation compatibility, Americhem can combine functional additives with color or incorporate multiple performance requirements into a custom masterbatch or fully compounded material. The formulation is developed around the resin, processing conditions, end-use requirements, and intended performance targets.

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Have a Question About Functional Additives?

Share your polymer, processing method, application environment, and performance requirements with Americhem’s technical team.

Whether you are evaluating a new additive technology, troubleshooting an existing formulation, or preparing for scale-up, we can help identify the formulation, delivery, and testing considerations that should be evaluated next.

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