Licocare® RBW, Clariant’s Innovative Lubricants and Dispersing Agents based on renewable feedstock

Sustainability has become a major focus in the plastics industry, driven by society’s growing environmental awareness and consumers’ demand for more environmentally compatible plastics and additives. But a certain skepticism in regards to the performance level has kept some compounders and masterbatch manufacturers’ from using sustainable alternatives. Now, with the newly developed Licocare® RBW, Clariant offers sustainable solutions that come with leading performance levels.

Licocare® RBW solutions are developed for demanding, high-heat applications. They are “rice bran waxes” meaning that the aliphatic acids which make up their structures are extracted from discarded rice bran hulls, which were historically composted. By using the discarded rice bran as a source, we assure a clean, natural, non-petroleum raw material source, which does not compete with food supplies.

Licocare® RBW’s offer outstanding internal and external lubrication for a more lamellar flow. The solutions exhibit excellent resistance to yellowing in high heat polymers and improve pigment dispersions in critical applications such as, polycarbonate light cover molding, polyester (PBT) electrical connector molding, polyamide, under-the-hood parts molding, polyurethane film and sheet calendaring, and other high-temperature polymers.