Automotive

Enhance automotive polymer applications with high-quality calcium carbonate and engineered materials.

Engineered polymers are vital for automotive applications. They offer heat and chemical resistance for under-the-hood components and durability, UV protection, and aesthetic appeal for interiors.

Omya’s calcium carbonate solutions enhance polyolefin, engineering polymers, thermoset resins, and elastomer performance, streamline production, reduce costs, and open new application opportunities. Our high-quality minerals integrate seamlessly, lowering energy use and carbon footprints while supporting sustainable, efficient manufacturing.

SMC-BMC

Omya offers a series of innovative mineral products with fine-tuned particle size distribution for Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) and Bulk Molding Compound (BMC) applications.

Omyaset, with its specifically designed particle size distribution, improves particle packing and reduces viscosity which in turn can reduce resin demand, providing an excellent balance of total cost optimization and final compound properties.

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Engineered materials for automotive

Engineered polymers, or advanced or high-performance polymers, are synthetic materials specifically designed and formulated to meet specific performance requirements, with enhanced properties and tailored characteristics.

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Rubber and elastomers

Harness the benefits of our innovative solutions in rubber and elastomer applications. Omya’s calcium carbonate grades can be added as a non-reinforcing mineral in a broad range of formulations, providing cost optimization. In addition, we also offer elastomers, additives, and masterbatches, offering a complete solution for our customers.

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Molding

Omya calcium carbonates allow high mineral loadings without process impairment. As a result, they are widely used in automotive components, delivering process optimization for molded products, whether for injection-molding, sheet-extrusion or thermoforming.

Plastisols

We offer a range of tailor-made products that provide an excellent balance of total material cost optimization and final product properties. We achieve high mineral loadings in plastisols without affecting the process.

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