Milliken to highlight next-gen polymer solutions at Plastindia

At this year's show, the company will feature new product innovations, including the next advancement in enhancing polymers and shaping the future of the plastics industry.

For more than 60 years, Milliken has leveraged material science to deliver solutions that maximise resource efficiency and minimise resource use. At Plastindia, the company will spotlight product breakthroughs designed to help customers meet manufacturing goals through enhanced product quality and improved operational productivity.

“Plastindia 2026 reflects the momentum of India’s plastics industry,” said Wim Van De Velde, SVP and managing director for Milliken’s plastic additives business. “We look forward to showcasing Milliken innovations that help converters use fewer resources and increase operational efficiency.”

Some of the featured innovations at Plastindia include: Millad ClearX 9000. This next-generation clarification technology for PP delivers transparency at reduced additive loading levels. Millad ClearX 9000 enhances additive compatibility to help resin producers and converters experience less downtime, less waste, and quicker changeovers—delivering improvements in manufacturing efficiency.

Ideal for food packaging, home storage, and medical applications, it sets a new standard for value, aesthetics, and operational efficiency in transparent PP applications.

Hyperform HPN: Milliken’s nucleating agents that transform PP performance. They deliver crisper aesthetics, faster cycle times, and food-contact confidence—all while improving optical clarity, reducing haze, and ensuring isotropic shrinkage. Perfect for injection molding and thin-wall applications, these solutions work across homopolymer, impact, and block copolymer PP.

LeneXTM UGN-52: Milliken’s latest barrier improvement technology enhances the performance of HDPE and LLDPE films, containers, pouches, and pharmaceutical bottles. These solutions enable downgauging to reduce material usage and part weight while also improving barrier properties in PE, allowing designers to create more mono-material products, thus improving recycling compatibility.

DeltaMax: Performance modifiers that maximise the physical properties and processability of virgin and recycled PP. This product balances melt flow and impact strength, to increase overall performance for PP. It also helps converters reduce energy by running machines with faster cycle times or lower temperatures.

KeyPlast: Dyes for transparency and brightness across polymer systems, including PET, PS, PC, polylactic acid, and acrylic.

Explaz: A laser marking additive that optimises laser marketing in polyamides. Explaz’s naturally white appearance optimises laser marking in polyamides making it suitable for white or brightly coloured polyamide compounds, ensuring minimal visual impact on the base polymer.

With effective performance using loadings as low as 0.2% LDR, Explaz delivers both optimised processing and uncompromised aesthetics.

Milliken’s team will be on hand throughout Plastindia 2026 to provide in-depth consultations and discuss how these innovations can be adapted to enhance manufacturing processes and end products.

Visitors can meet the Milliken team in hall 4F, booth 09.