BLOG
AI in research and development
For an innovative company, it is crucial to remain curious and open to new developments. Therefore, the trending topic of Artificial Intelligence, or "AI" for short, has naturally not passed by Polytives unnoticed. We have read reports, examined use cases, and even...
Expanding processing options with bio-based polymer composites
In the world of the plastics processing industry, innovative ideas and sustainability in product design are emerging as a guarantee for long-term economic success. We recently met this dual requirement in collaboration with Holzmühle Westerkamp: our flow improver bFI...
Replacing virgin material with recycled material: It’s not that simple
The use of recycled materials is an issue for manufacturers of a wide range of products, and not just in the context of the need to reduce CO2 emissions. Replacing virgin material with recycled material wherever possible and, above all, wherever it makes sense, is the...
Bio-based, biocompatible, biodegradable: PHAs as a sustainable alternative
To open more and more polymer systems based on Polytives' platform technology, development, trials and sometimes adaptations at molecular level are required. Polytives would like to take these steps, especially for sustainable polymers, to offer an answer to the...
The outstanding properties of PMMA
It is impossible to imagine our everyday life without PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate). The material, also known as acrylic glass or Plexiglas, is versatile and is used in a wide variety of areas - from the construction industry to the automotive industry to medical...
Customized solutions for the plastics industry
As a company with expertise in offering development steps from a single source, Polytives is looking for new ways to meet the challenges of the plastics industry. In doing so, we draw on a combination of scaling expertise and synthesis know-how. In addition to our...
Our Polytives bFI A 3745 in action
Polytives is a young company that develops and distributes polymer additives for the plastics industry. The first product family we are entering the market with includes polymer flow improvers (bFI) to improve the flow behavior of different plastic systems. In...
Operational experience with Polytives
Mutual learning motivates and creates innovation Three clever heads and three pairs of helping hands support us from the background. The work that comes to the usually small team of a young company does not become less as time goes on. It only becomes...
Polytives at the K trade fair 2022 in Düsseldorf
3,037 exhibitors and 176,000 trade visitors gathered in Düsseldorf from October 19 to 26, 2022, after a three-year break. And we were there too: Polytives exhibited at the K trade fair for the first time. As the central innovation driver of the international plastics...
New Sales Director of Polytives GmbH
Jena-based start-up brings expertise from the plastics industry into the team with Steffen Felzer The team of Polytives welcomes Steffen Felzer as new Sales Director. Since the beginning of September, the engineering graduate has been supporting the further...
An internship at Polytives
For six weeks, Anton and Yannik completed an internship at Polytives as part of their training as chemical-technical assistants. They were able to put into practice the theoretical knowledge they had already acquired in their school lessons. This brings a professional...
East German economic forum – our management uses personal networking
Face-to-face networking has been lacking - that's why we currently value on-site events very highly. In May and June of this year, personal networking picked up again. We at Polytives not only perceived this positively but also made active use of it at a number of...
