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Reducing water consumption

At Chem-Trend, we are committed to sustainable practices. Water conservation is a key focus across our global facilities. Our Norderstedt location has implemented several highly efficient solutions on-site to sustainably reduce our consumption of water.

Reduction of production waste

Discover the path to a smaller ecological footprint in our German production plant and find out how we want to achieve our goal by 2025: Minimise production waste to just 4% of the total production volume.

At our heart, we’ve always been a problem-solving company. From our humble beginnings as a kitchen-sink operation to our global expansion, finding new ways to help you improve your operation is our purpose.

The Chem-Trend Ultra Purge™ 3615 purging compound is designed for fast residue free cleaning and easy screw pulls. Users benefit from considerably less scrap, more consistent process quality finally resulting in higher production efficiency.

Chem-Trend’s experienced R&D team continuously works to develop advanced release agents, purging compounds, and mold maintenance products that allow thermoplastic processors to improve product quality, and reduce downtime and scrap rate.

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Release Agents are Part of Everyday Life.

We all know the problem…the problem of black spots. When it comes to processing plastics, they lead to challenges, reduce productivity and increase the defects in your products.

Just as there is a perfect top for every pot, there is a right purge compound to fit the Melt Flow Index (MFI) of your caps and closure production. Chem-Trend’s Ultra Purge™ brand of purging compounds are formulated to address the challenges of MFI issues and can help you find the right purge to meet the different requirements of your production process.

Ultra Purge™ brand purging compounds with the Ultra-X™ technology make purging of screw, cylinder and hot runner as easy as child’s play. Purging is done in three steps and is suitable for polyolefins and technical polymers.

Chem-Trend’s Ultra Purge™ brand of high-performance purging compounds and Lusin^® mould maintenance products deliver high-performance solutions for thermoplastics processors. It’s time…make the change for your operation!

Learn how to prepare and fill purging compounds for purging the screw and barrel in thermoplastics processing. Get the right technique for using purging compounds for smooth operations.

Learn how to use production of parts as a means of purging your injection molding machine. Get the right technique for preparing and filling purging compounds for smooth operations.

Learn about the viscosity/Melt Flow Index (MFI) of purging compounds used in thermoplastics operations.

Learn how to properly clean, degrease lubricate and protect a disassembled mould. Get the right technique for applying Chem-Trend’s Lusin® mould maintenance products for smooth operations.

Learn how to properly care for a built-in mold. Get the right technique for applying Chem-Trend’s Lusin® portfolio of products to clean, lubricate, release and protect for smooth operations.

Learn how to properly care for a built-in mold. Get the right technique for applying Chem-Trend’s Lusin® degreaser to clean wax- or oil-based products from your injection moulding machine for smooth operations.

Did you lose something? Lost money due to increased downtime, increased scrap rates, reduced quality, reduced productivity? Let Ultra Purge™ highly efficient purging compounds, brought to you by Chem-Trend, help you find it again with greater operational efficiency and increased profitability.

A Chem-Trend purging compound can purge all of your biggest frustrations and keep you moving forward. When compared to traditional cleaning methods, our purging products provide better cleaning, prevent unwanted stoppages, and save you money.

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Where innovation meets manufacturing and performance, you’ll find Chem-Trend.