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Delivering results
[H4] Innovative services and technologies
Our bespoke technologies and engineering platforms support the development of every project from idea to prototype and onto global manufacturing, helping our customers get their products to market faster.
Our Services
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Advanced Engineering Materials
[H4] The widest range of advanced materials
With quick access to a comprehensive portfolio of specialist polymer solutions, thermoplastics and composites, our intuitive systems and technologies make finding the right materials easier.
Our Products
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Enhancing the world
[H4] A commitment to sustainability
By balancing our commitment to the circular economy with new possibilities in materials recycling, our KAITEKI philosophy allows our customers to deliver on their global sustainability commitments.
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Creating partnerships
[H4] Global expertise and collaboration
Our network of materials and industry experts across 46 global sites provides proactive support, insights and inspiration to help customers in industries from aeronautics to bio-science make their ideas possible.
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[H4] Innovation
From R&D of new, advanced materials, to partnering with innovators, and helping grow emerging ideas, our collaborative approach to finding the best solutions to today’s engineering challenges is driving our industry forward.
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[H4] Sustainability
Based on our KAITEKI philosophy – meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs – our commitment to sustainability goes much further than recycling our materials. We’re helping enhance the world.
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[H4] Services
Whether it’s rapid prototyping technology, new platforms or supply chain and distribution support, our bespoke services and high-tech systems offer industry-leading solutions.
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[H4] Products
From high performance injection moldable carbon fibre composites to biocompatible engineering plastics and a variety of recyclable solutions, we offer the widest range of advanced materials.
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[H4] Industries
Our established global partnerships, broad industry knowledge and range of materials expertise enables customers to find solutions that meet industry-specific requirements.
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Aerospace
Renewable Energy
Food & Pharma
Automotive
Semiconductor
Linings
CASE STUDY
[H3] Reducing costs and emissions through material expertise
Our experts produced a self-lubricating plastic solution that not only delivered to our customer’s needs, but also resulted in a lighter plane with a lower risk of failure and reduced maintenance requirements. This in turn led to better fuel efficiency and reduced CO₂ emissions, which helped create a more sustainable aircraft.
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CASE STUDY
[H3] Simplifying manufacturing and reducing costs in wind energy
Developing a plastic oil ring that is durable and easy to manufacture
Our experts partnered with our customer to develop an alternative to bronze oil distribution rings in gear boxes for use in wind turbines. The larger part size needs to withstand stress, be easy to manipulate, and reasonable to manufacture. Our alternative meets these requirements, while reducing machining time and cost.
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CASE STUDY
[H3] Reliable part replacement in just a few weeks
Seeing beyond typical material applications, led to an innovative solution.
Working quickly, under huge time pressure, we used our broad portfolio of high-performance thermoplastic materials and rapid prototyping capabilities to help a manufacturer of equipment for the beverage bottling industry find a replacement part solution that improved overall throughput.
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Case Study
[H3] Delivering savings and reliability through carbon fiber expertise
Our predictive mapping technologies and rigorous testing processes informed the final re-design of commercial vehicle brackets with carbon fiber composites in place of steel. Our KyronMAX™ materials’ unique mechanical properties and new mold filling design created a more sustainable, reliable, lightweight alternative.
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CASE STUDY
[H3] Future-proofing wafer production with an advanced new polyamide-imide
Developing new materials suitable for high-tech, high-spec applications
Working in partnership with the OEM, we refined a material already in development, to meet their specifications while actively beta testing its performance in real world applications. Our enhanced polyamide-imide provides longer-lasting protection against oxygen cleaning erosion than typical polyimides (PI).
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CASE STUDY
[H3] Eliminating costly installation for silo cone liners
A new lining solution with minimal assembly required
Our customer was facing prohibitively expensive installation costs for silo liners. We developed a new type of liner assembled via interlocking segments and pre-inserted fastening elements, helping the customer overcome this challenge and stay competitive.
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Our KAITEKI philosophy
Everything we do as a company, a partner and an industry leader is guided by our vision to achieve the sustainable well-being of people and the planet.
“The sustainable wellbeing of people and the planet.” - KAITEKI
More than ever before, we believe achieving excellence means taking decisive action in the present to lay the groundwork for an equally beneficial future. Realizing KAITEKI means achieving a balance between environment, society, technology, and business needs. It relates directly to sustainable development: we’re meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.
This is the commitment that drives us to address social and environmental demands while also creating new and sustainable value for our stakeholders.
[H4] Reduce
We avoid and reduce waste across our sites through optimized manufacturing and continuous innovations made possible by advanced materials and technologies. Our high-performance, lightweight material formulations also help reduce manufacturing footprints and improve fuel economy, energy use and longevity in diverse applications from aviation to robotics.
[H4] Reuse
As part of our commitment to the circular economy, we collect much of our manufacturing and processing scrap for immediate reuse. This enables us to further reduce waste throughout our manufacturing and processing operations.
[H4] Recycle
Wherever possible, we sort our own manufacturing waste and recycle it back into high-value products both internally and externally. We’ve also implemented production processes which allow us to collect our customers’ scrap, waste or unused products and recycle these without downcycling.
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Sustainability Certifications - Composites
Renewable Energy
[H3] Engineered Shapes & Solutions
Explore which of MCG's Engineered Shapes & Solutions global facilities are powered by renewable energy.
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Renewable Energy
[H3] Carbon Fiber & Composites
Explore which of MCG's Carbon Fiber & Composites global facilities are powered by renewable energy.
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Sustainability Certifications
[H3] Engineered Shapes & Solutions
Explore which of MCG's Engineered Shapes & Solutions global facilities are certified to international sustainability standards.
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Sustainability Certifications
[H3] Carbon Fiber & Composites
Explore which of MCG's Carbon Fiber & Composites global facilities are certified to international sustainability standards.
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Our initiatives
In addition to our own sustainability initiatives, we also support and are members of:
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Value Balancing Alliance
Alliance to End Plastic Waste
Global KAITEKI Center established at Arizona State University
Our MCG KAITEKI philosophy
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[H4] A commitment to our wider community
Our KAITEKI philosophy means we care about our employees and their families, our local communities, our customers, and our partners, which is why we always put safety first.
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[H4] An innovative approach to sustainability
Our unique recyclable materials, lightweight composites and advanced thermoplastics help our customers reduce waste, tighten production schedules and reduce their carbon footprints, enabling more sustainable solutions across many industries.
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Simplify disposal and transform material waste
We offer takeback programs for both scrap material and end-of-life parts that simplify disposal for our customers and contribute to more sustainable production across industries. Because we are committed to making a difference through the full lifecycle of our products, our partnerships go beyond just combining innovative materials with ambitious ideas. Our customers need a simple way to dispose of a variety of waste and out-of-service material, which is why we offer robust takeback programs for select materials – not just for production scrap, but for end-of-life parts as well. Our recycling services contribute to the circular lifecycle of our products. Through takeback programs, we transform waste from materials like UHMW-PE (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene), carbon fiber, and PEEK (Polyether Ether Ketone), and many other advanced polymers, enabling scrap and end-of-life parts to be processed and returned to the distribution channel as high-quality, high-performance products. Our comprehensive portfolio of engineering materials includes many such industry-leading materials.  From creation through to reuse and resale via our recycling programs, we are well-equipped to extend the lifecycle of thermoplastics and carbon fibers within our broad portfolio.
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OUR TAKEBACK PROGRAMS
Recycling across production scrap and end-of-life products
Beyond supporting the design and production of high-performing parts, we continue to support our customers throughout the lifecycle of our products with comprehensive disposal and recycling services. Our teams help develop custom scrap and end-of-life programs that meet our customers’ needs, while staying true to our KAITEKI philosophy – our responsibility for our products through their full lifecycle and commitment to reducing our environmental footprint; while helping our customers do the same.
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SIMPLIFYING PRODUCTION WASTE
Production scrap takeback
We offer takeback for scrap material, production waste, and defective parts, with in-house technologies that process streams of thermoplastic and carbon fiber material waste. Our comprehensive programs make it easy for you to responsibly dispose of production scrap, In some cases, we even have the capability to process scrap that contains materials from other producers.
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HIGH PERFORMANCE, LOW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Closing the loop with recycled materials
Our production scrap and end-of-life takeback programs allow us to create a continuous closed loop of sustainable products. Many of the products we make with recycled materials compete with virgin polymers in our portfolio in terms of their physical properties, like UHMW-PE. Others, like our recycled carbon fiber (rCF), can be recycled and returned to the distribution channel again and again at the end of part life, allowing us – and our customers – to greatly reduce environmental impact.
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SIMPLIFY YOUR DISPOSAL
Custom takeback services
We build long-term partnerships with our customers and distributors, developing custom takeback programs that meet your needs and reduce the volume of plastic waste that goes to landfill. For materials that we recycle into our portfolio, like UHMW-PE, the process can start as early as sales – we work to develop takeback and end-of-life solutions from day one to include disposal in the lifecycle of our products, as well as address waste concerns and special application needs. From independent machining and cutting, to collected scrap and end-of-life parts, we develop unique programs based on volume, material type, and frequency of collection. These services simplify the disposal process for you, and enable us to create a circular economy for our materials.
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Making a circular economy possible
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Processing techniques and shapes can impact physical properties, and physical properties define much of a material selection. Because of this, our material development capabilities are always shifting and growing, and it’s important that we directly discuss a problem to work out a material solution.
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HOW WE DO IT
Our plastic recycling technologies
Every type of plastic waste material needs a different treatment in order to be recycled. We have made, and continue to make, significant investments into the technologies necessary to build robust in-house recycling programs for UHMW-PE, PEEK, engineering polymers, and carbon fiber. Many recycled materials are first ground down, sometimes in multiple steps to account for any contaminants, like metals, that can’t be reprocessed by the same technologies. For example, our recycled UHMW-PE and PEEK begin as full scraps or parts and are reduced through technologies like shredders, granulators, extrusion machines, and pulverizers, depending on the material and its properties. Our recycled carbon fiber goes through entirely different processing using pyrolysis, which extracts carbon fiber and excludes other contaminating materials. The final stage for recycling is different for each material – UHMW-PE reaches a fine powder, while PEEK ends up as pellets and recycled carbon fiber as threads – and we store them in this state until they are ready to be reprocessed into the next generation of product.
OUR RECYCLING EXPERTS
The faces behind our takeback solutions
Business Manager, Recycling Solutions
Markus Wehinger
Having worked in the plastics business in different functions for almost 20 years, Markus is deeply knowledgeable about issues of plastic waste and motivated to support business partners, customers, and suppliers with sustainable, low-carbon footprint solutions, ideally in a closed-loop approach. The Polymer Recycling Team in Lenzburg is pleased to leverage their wide network in this industry.
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KAITEKI Manager, Americas
James Kohler
James has 35 years of experience in various roles ranging from engineering, operations, quality, and sustainability in the plastics industry and has a passion for waste reduction, alternatives, and recycling. He applies this knowledge and motivation to drive sustainability in the Americas region, supporting the global strategy for circular economy including process implementation to achieve the best sustainable solutions for customers, internal stakeholders, and society.
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Recycled Carbon Fiber
CASE STUDY
[H3] More carbon fiber, less carbon footprint
CarboNXT recycled carbon fiber products are made from reclaimed scrap materials in a pyrolysis process, offering the strength and lightness of virgin carbon fiber with lower emissions and greater circularity.
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[H4] Material selection
Whether you are replacing an existing material or pioneering a new application, we help you navigate our broad portfolio of advanced engineering plastics and composites to select the optimal material to meet your performance, compliance, supply chain, and sustainability needs.
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[H4] Statera™ circular solutions
Transition to sustainable engineering without interruption or compromise with our Statera™ offering. As a collaborative partner, we provide tailored solutions, industry-leading material innovation, and closed-loop recycling and takeback practices that make circular engineering possible.
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System TIVAR™ Lining Solutions
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Advanced lining materials for any application
In bulk materials handling, linings help reduce friction between the material being transported and the beds, chutes, and storage facilities that it comes into contact with.
Because of the amount of movement across shared surfaces, a lining material needs to minimize friction and resist damage. From parcel distribution to bulk raw materials handling, our custom lining offering helps enable and improve mass flow. Our advanced polymers are self-lubricating and abrasion resistant, improving performance and reducing blockages and downtime.
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CONVEYING & HANDLING SYSTEMS
Liners for distribution warehouse chutes
The challenge: An automated system transports merchandise to individual trucks via a loop tipper conveyor. The polished stainless-steel chutes were generating too much friction, causing boxes to get stuck in the chute or fail to make it across the roller conveyers and into the correct truck bays. This in turn required manual correction, leading to downtime, delays, and shipping errors.
The solution: A self-lubricating polymer lining with a low coefficient of friction that promotes bulk flow and allows the individual items to slide effectively.
The results: Our impact-resistant TIVAR™ DrySlide UHMW-PE lining resolves all blockage issues – including the need for an attendant to monitor operations. The new lining enables the conveyor system to operate fully automatically and eliminates the need to apply costly sprays or waxes.
PRODUCT: TIVAR™ DrySlide UHMW-PE
INDUSTRY: Logistics Industry
APPLICATION: Automated distribution chutes
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SELF-LOADING & UNLOADING TRANSLOADER
Turnkey installation of flow liners for cargo holds
The challenge: Self-loading and -unloading ships routinely require flow liners in their cargo holds to ensure material flow for continuous self-unloading operation. For two new ships built at a shipyard in China, the owner chose a turnkey liner installation.
The solution: TIVAR™ MarineGrade UHMW-PE lining system, 70% pre-engineered and prefabricated kits, and 30% full sheets for onsite installation with supervision.
The results: The turnkey installation of a custom-engineered lining system was the result of seamless global project management across three continents, involving engineering and design, manufacturing and fabrication, and local installation supervision. The 21,500 DWT vessel is operational in Vietnamese waters, serving a local thermal power plant where it transloads coal from a bulk carrier to the onshore coal terminal.
PRODUCT: TIVAR™ MarineGrade UHMW-PE
INDUSTRY: Maritime
APPLICATION: Ship cargo holds
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POWER GENERATION & TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
Powerplant coal silo liner & installation
The challenge: To permit lignite coal to discharge in a mass flow pattern, both the design of the coal silos as well as the lining material are taken into consideration. While geometry had been determined, traditional stainless-steel linings were not allowing sticky lignite coal to flow as required.
The solution: A low-friction advanced polymer lining that outperforms steel and enables improved mass flow.
The results: Our TIVAR™ 88-2 UHMW-PE improves the release of lignite coal, maximizing flow while also allowing for shallower hopper walls due to a lower coefficient of friction. Fully engineered and prefabricated lining kits were installed with onsite installation supervision in a total of 6 hoppers.
PRODUCT: TIVAR™ 88-2 UHMW-PE
INDUSTRY: Energy generation
APPLICATION: Coal silo liner
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DROP-IN LINER
Seamless liner installation for chemical transfer hopper
The challenge: A chemical processing factory needed a lining material for their transfer hopper that could withstand temperatures of 100°C, promote flow in sticky substances, and eliminate the risk of bulk material contamination through exposure to metallic elements like fasteners or edge protectors.
The solution: A polymer lining material with excellent release properties, service temperature up to 110°C. and a drop-in design without any metallic components
The results: The TIVAR™ H.O.T. UHMW-PE lining fulfilled the temperature requirements, promoted flow, and eliminated contamination risks. Furthermore, the fully engineered, prefabricated one-piece drop-in design made for an extremely low-effort installation, thereby avoiding the cost of a conventional, piece-by-piece installation.
PRODUCT: TIVAR™ H.O.T. UHMW-PE
INDUSTRY: Chemical Processing
APPLICATION: Transfer hopper liner
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DUMP TRUCK BED LINERS
Semi-trailer truck lining
The challenge: A semi-trailer was hauling typical construction materials with frequent tip-outs per day. Though the trailer was equipped with wear-resistant steel plates to protect the aluminum bed from abrasion, the downside was carry-back when hauling sticky materials. This lead to a reduced payload due to additional weight.
The solution: A lightweight plastic lining material with improved wear resistance that eliminates carry-back, saves cleaning time and weighs less than steel wear plates.
The results: Our QuickSilver™ HD UHMW-PE liner eliminates carry-back and has a longer service life than a standard polymer lining material, competing with that of the previous steel liner. The benefit of the time savings and additional payload due to weight made the plastic liner advantageous over previously installed steel liners.
PRODUCT: QuickSilver™ HD UHMW-PE
INDUSTRY: Construction
APPLICATION: Dump truck bed liner
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