Rubber

We manufacture a range of rosin resins and hydrocarbon derivatives which are well established and proven in the personal care market as adhesion promoters, skin conditioners and film formers.

Rosin resins are used in depilatories, makeup, and hair-grooming products, where they function as tackifiers, skin conditioners, or emulsifying agents. Our products help make mascara and lipstick wearable for longer, make lipstick glossy, and help deodorants hold their fragrance.

Our products come from multiple sources. For example, our gum rosin is harvested from live pine trees using a negative carbon process; our hydrocarbon resin is petroleum-based; and our plasticisers and fragrance fixatives are plant-based.

Performance Additives, through its state-of-the-art manufacturing plants, produces rubber process aids and dithiocarbamate accelerators. It is a global company, having production sites in Malaysia, Italy, and the United States. It is headquartered in Malaysia’s fast expanding capital, Kuala Lumpur. The Company is focused on renewable resources, such as the palm oil heavily used in its Malaysian-produced rubber process aids. It is also technology-driven, as illustrated by its substantial R&D laboratories and many technical staff.