Experts in Specialty Polymers, Coatings, Adhesives, Deformulation

Formulation chemistry plays a critical role in translating raw polymer materials into high-performance, application-specific products. While base polymer selection provides the foundation, it is the formulation that ultimately defines performance characteristics. Understanding formulation chemistry is essential for optimizing material properties, improving manufacturability, and ensuring long-ter…

Introduction The transition from laboratory-scale formulation to full-scale manufacturing presents a critical challenge in polymer and coating system development. While laboratory testing provides insight into material performance, it does not fully capture the complexities of industrial processing. Pilot coating processes serve as an essential intermediary step, enabling the evaluation of coatin…

Introduction As polymer systems grow increasingly complex, understanding their precise chemical composition becomes critical for quality assurance, competitive benchmarking, regulatory compliance, and failure analysis. Polymer deformulation, sometimes referred to as reverse engineering of polymer materials, is the analytical process of deconstructing a polymer product to identify its constituent …

This post is intended to provide a basic overview of membrane roll-to-roll coating processes commonly used in research, development, and manufacturing. We welcome your feedback and hope this overview is helpful to you and your associates. Membrane roll-to-roll coating is a continuous manufacturing process in which functional coating layers are applied to flexible membrane substrates as the materi…

National Polymer custom designs, develops and produces UV curing adhesives to meet our clients needs and goals. Our UV Curable Adhesive technology platform has created unique B-Stage-able adhesive solutions for industrial and consumable product applications. In additional to adhesives, we have designed a variety of cure on demand coatings for the protection of surfaces in restaurants, hospitals, …

This post is intended to provide a basic overview of polymer synthesis processes commonly used in research, development, and manufacturing. We welcome your feedback and hope this overview is helpful to you and your associates. Polymer synthesis is the process by which small molecular building blocks, known as monomers, are chemically reacted to form polymer chains with specific molecular weights,…

Polymer Deformulation National Polymer is a leader in the field of polymer deformulation. For over 15 years, we have been providing polymer deformulation services, also known as "reverse engineering," to a wide array of industries across the globe. Our senior level team of PhD and Master-degreed chemists have performed deformulation coupled with reformulation on hundreds of products and have the …

In the field of custom polymers, toll coating and contract coating are two distinct manufacturing arrangements often used to apply coatings to substrates, but they differ in terms of 3 main things: - Ownership - Responsibility - Operational scope Let’s first look at the main differences between toll coating and contract coating. Toll coating refers to a service where a company (the toller) provid…

Contact Us National Polymer specializes in custom polymer-based products along with related research, deformulation, optimization, scale-up, and production solutions and services. We look forward to learning more about your specific requirements which you can share with us below. Please do not use this form to submit a general RFP or RFQ for stock, off-the-shelf items. Send Us A Message

Roll-to-Roll Coating National Polymer provides expert roll-to-roll coating scale-up capabilities from product development to commercial scale, including: - Technology development collaboration - Fluid and coating engineering for manufacturing - Process design and implementation - Evaluation of coating performance on a particular substrate under variety of conditions Our team of highly experienced…

Formulation Chemistry Polymer Formulation Chemistry Our formulation chemistry services are delivered to a wide array of consumer and industrial products companies across the globe. We take the time to listen to you and understand our customer's overall end product objectives in terms of performance, price and function and then put in the effort required to design the highest performing and compet…

Polymer Synthesis Bring Your Material Concept to Life Need a polymer with highly specific performance characteristics? National Polymer’s polymer synthesis services are designed to help you create and commercialize custom polymers tailored to your exact application. From selecting the right monomers to optimizing molecular architecture, we help you develop materials that perform — and scale. As a…

Many R&D teams face frustrating delays when coating process development happens in silos — formulation in the lab, pilot testing elsewhere, scale-up as a separate phase. Each handoff creates bottlenecks, requiring meetings, approvals, and costly iterations between client labs and production facilities. This traditional approach can stretch development timelines from weeks to months — even as much…

For deformulation purposes, the analysis of polymers is crucial to ensure a solid understanding of the components and properties of your polymeric material. We can take either the polymer itself or a polymeric-based material and analyze it for deformulatory purposes, allowing us to determine every aspect of the polymeric-based system. Here, we will review the process of polymer analysis, particul…

Polymer characterization allows manufacturers to understand and evaluate the various properties of your polymers. In doing so, we can ensure your product has all of the properties needed to succeed. But, how does polymer characterization improve your Product Development process and performance of your final formulation? In this blog, we will explain the process and how it can benefit your busines…

Contract coating services can benefit many industries and applications, from consumer products to medical applications to energy storage. These services are tailored specifically to the needs of your application, allowing for better functionality. At National Polymer, our team are experts in the contract coating industry. Let’s explore the process, benefits, and applications. What Are Contract Co…

Roll coating technology is used in a wide range of applications, including batteries, energy creation, and more. While developing your roll coating solutions, it is important to be sure they meet all of your needs while also being able to scale up production rapidly.  At National Polymer, our team can help you develop the roll coating technology you need and ... Read More The post Maximizing Effi…

Many commercial polymer manufacturers do not have the capabilities needed to create polymers that meet certain specialty requirements. Some applications use relatively small quantities of specialty polymers which precludes supply by larger companies. Luckily, contract polymer synthesis may be the solution you need. These processes can provide many benefits, including meeting the needs of your spe…

Hydrophobic coatings are water-resistant, meaning water beads up when it comes into contact with them. Superhydrophobic coatings take this one step further. They are even more water-resistant, so when water comes into contact with them, the droplets form a sphere and roll off of the surface with very little interaction.  These coatings are sometimes lumped together into the same category ... Read…

Polymer Processing National Polymer is highly skilled at various polymer processing methods. As a custom polymer development and manufacturing company, after synthesizing and/or and formulating a custom polymer, custom adhesive, custom coatings, etc., we help our customers take this newly created polymeric material and process it into a finished product, component, or application. Polymer Process…