Markets & Applications

Oshenite® offers valuable benefits in biobased plastics, natural, eco-friendly and sustainable packaging applications. Please take a look at the below benefits as they apply to your industry needs (click on list below to go directly to your area of interest), whether they be for sourcing bio-based or natural resins, resin additives or resin enhancers. To further analyze Oshenite® benefits for your application we encourage you to order samples.

 

 

Bottles & Caps

• Blow Molded, Compression Molded, Injection Molded
• Cosmetic, Household Cleaning, Milk & Juice Bottles
• Reduced processing temperatures
• Faster cycle times
• Improved dimensional stability
• Higher loads of Oshenite® provides possible down gauging because of increased stiffness
• Improved stress cracking
• Same or improved drop impact resistance
• FDA approved
• Colors Available

 

 

Manufacturing Benefits

• Purity allows for significantly higher percentages of Oshenite® carriers to be used compared with mined calcium carbonate replacing higher cost plastic resins
• Homogeneous dispersion improves processing, product performance and quality
• Sustainable Naturally Renewable Resource with lower carbon footprint offers environmental benefits
• Material offers consistency of color, quality and performance from order to order
• Unlimited supply with stable pricing
• FDA approved for food contact

 

 

Film, Sheet, Extrusion Coatings (LLDPE, LDPE, HDPE, CO‐EX)

• High purity and excellent dispersion allows increased percentages to be used replacing high cost resins
• Lower processing temperatures compared to calcium carbonate
• Excellent dispersion improves product consistency
• Improves impact strength and stiffness
• Increases production output and line speed
• Improves thermal stability
• Improved dart, tear resistance and stiffness allow for possible down gauging
• Provides faster heating and cooling
• Reduces material costs

 

 

Thermoformed Sheeting and Products (PE, PP, PS, EPS)

• High purity and excellent dispersion allows increased percentages to be used replacing high cost resin
• Excellent dispersion improves product consistency
• Lower processing temperatures versus calcium carbonate
• Increased extruder output
• Faster cooling time on chill roll
• Reduced cooling time in molds
• Faster cycle times
• Lower shrinkage and distortion
• Improved forming accuracy
• Very good heat deflection

 

 

Blow Molding

• Extremely high purity and homogeneous dispersion allows for increased % to replace more costly resins
• Excellent dispersion improves product consistency
• Increased flexural modulus
• Sustained top load and drop impact
• Increased stiffness and impact resistance
• Reduced cycle times
• Lower melt temps
• Improved printability and adhesive adhesion

 

 

Injection Molding (PP, PS, LDPE, HDPE)

• High purity and excellent dispersion allows increased percentages to be used replacing high cost resins
• Excellent dispersion improves product consistency
• Increased stiffness
• Improved impact resistance
• Decreased shrinkage
• Improved dimensional stability
• Higher heat distortion temperature under load (compared to plastic resin)
• Reduced cycle times due to faster cooling

 

 

Oshenite® with recycled resins & films Benefits

Benefits during Extrusion

 

• Increased film output
• Faster upstream rates
• More homogeneous film
• Overall improved film quality
• Extruder remains cleaner especially running printed films
• Ability to use higher percentages compared to mined CACO3 offer increased cost reductions
• Extruder can produce and promote their products as “made with recycled and renewable materials”

 

Benefits to finished Bags and Films

• Higher stiffness
• Improved dart drop
• Improved tear resistance
• Improved production output
• Faster heating and cooling of seals
• Higher concentration compared to mined CACO3 offers increased cost savings
• Film and bag end user can promote their product as “made with recycled and renewable materials”