HECOPLAST Kunststoffadditive GmbH
About us
Reliable values for the world of plastics
It is connections with people that shape our lives. As a medium-sized family business, we also rely on connections entrepreneurially. Since 1996, we have been developing and producing plastic additives with special value. Through innovative addition, we influence the values and properties of plastics. However, there are values that are so important to us that we live them unchanged in our work: Honesty, flexibility, humanity, quality, and reliability. We love to address the individual issues of our customers and partners in the plastics processing industry and to find the perfect solution for every application. No matter what the connection, we are there for you!
Products & services
Grow your green mind with our HECO®GREEN
Sustainability and recycling are the major topics of our time. We are also rising to the challenge. Come to our stand and get to know the HECO®GREEN product world.
HECO®STAT antistatic agents reduce the electrostatic charge of plastic products and thus their attraction to dust.
HECO®STAT Antistatic agents for the plastics industry. When plastics discharge, it can really crackle. In film production, our antistatic additives ensure that the finished films do not stick together when they are unrolled and do not even start to crackle. Any electrostatic charge is prevented by our antistatic antistatic agents. In the case of plastic bottles, the antistatic effect is reflected in the fact that no dust is attracted. HECO®STAT antistatic agents reduce the electrical surface resistance of polymers. Available as long-term antistatic agents and as short-term antistatic agents – and in combination-, they have exactly the antistatic properties you need for your plastics. Lightning fast – short term antistatic agents act immediately by gradually migrating to the plastics surface. In contact with atmospheric moisture, a dissipative hydrophilic film is formed. The electrostatic charge can thus be dissipated more quickly, but does not last forever. Whip smart – long-term antistatic agents have an antistatic effect that remains on the plastic’s surface for a very long time. Due to the dissipative structure of the additives the static charge of the plastics is discharged. Our HECO®STAT antistatic agents strike like lightning. HECO®STAT 210 PE is used everywhere as a short-term antistatic agent for packaging, even for food. HECO®STAT 290 can be sprayed on as a long-term antistatic agent in the form of a self-prepared aqueous solution during film production. If you want to rely on the highly effective combination of short-term and long-term antistatic agents, choose between HECO®STAT 223 PE oder HECO®STAT 224 PP. We won’t let you and your plastics down!
HECO®FLAM flame retardants, your plastics can withstand fire and flame.
HECO®FLAM flame retardant for the plastics industry. When customers burn for our product, which is very positive. What must not burn, however, is the customers’ product itself. To ensure that the finished plastic products only catch fire with difficulty or not at all, our flame retardants have a flame-retardant effect. Our HECO®FLAM 575 PE and HECO®FLAM 581 PE flame retardants contain halogens that form radicals. Since halogens are very reactive, they bind to the hydrogen in the air and act as hydrogen halides like a diluting agent. The result: a flame-retardant effect for the polymer. Halogen-containing flame retardants work very efficiently and effectively. They contain chlorine, bromine and fluorine, but can be used in a very targeted way and in small dosages. Our new HECO®FLAM 590 PP is the first in a series of halogen-free flame retardants. Due to better environmental compatibility and the fulfillment of common fire protection standards, it can be used in applications that prohibit the use of halogen-containing flame retardants Our flame retardants can be used for both polyethylene and polypropylene. As flame-retardant additives, they don’t let anything burn and protect your polymers from fire and flames.
HECO®NUK nucleating agents bring order to the crystal structure of your plastics and improve their strength.
HECO®NUK nucleating agents for the plastics industry. A diamond is the ordered structure of carbon. It is only through high pressure that the ordered structure is achieved, bringing with it the purity and strength of the diamond. Our HECO®NUK nucleating agents also achieve an ordered crystalline structure in plastics – completely without pressure, but with equally high strength. With our HECO®NUK nucleating agents, we increase the nucleation number in the crystallisation of polymers. The reduced crystallite size improves the transparency and mechanical properties of the polymer. The plastic raw diamond is polished by our HECO®NUK additives in order to shine with its new strength. Our HECO®NUK additives act as organic and inorganic nucleating agents. They can be used pure or in combination with a demoulding agent. Depending on the polymer, we will work with you to select the right additive for your processing workflow. These three nucleating agents stand out in our portfolio: HECO®NUK 425 PE is an inorganic nucleating agent that is used in combination with a demoulding agent that also supports demoulding in the processing stage and increases the output in the injection moulding machine. HECO®NUK 484 PP shines as an organic nucleating agent in combination with a demoulding agent. HECO®NUK 487 PP iis our pure organic nucleating agent without the demoulding agent. Both additives ensure freedom from distortion and stabilisation of opening forces in the closure industry. We would also be pleased to provide the special finishing touch for your plastics. Let us boost your plastic together.
HECO®SLIP - Slip agents for the plastics industry
HECO®SLIP - Slip agents for the plastics industry. With our HECO®SLIP additives, we set the course for your plastics to move through any processing procedure as if by themselves, always staying on track. As internal and external slip and demoulding agents, they have precisely the desired properties required for your production processes. As internal slip agents, our HECO®SLIP additives, which are easily soluble in the plastic, influence the flow properties of the polymer melt by reducing its viscosity – with no influence on the processing temperature. The increased slip properties improve the demoulding of the polymers in production. At the same time, internal slip agents reduce shear forces and temperature peaks so that the plastic is not pre-damaged during processing. As external slip agents, our HECO®SLIP additives act on the surface of the plastic, where they migrate out of the polymer during and after processing. Migrating to the surface, they create an invisible, permanent slip film. The SLIP effect obtained – the special sliding properties of the plastic – either reduces friction or improves the separation of surfaces . HECO®SLIP 114 PP migrates slowly as an external slip agent and creates a permanent slip film on the polymer. Our customers in the packaging industry in particular stick to the anti-block properties. HECO®SLIP 103 PO is our sliding all-rounder for the closure industry. A universal slip and release agent that also has an antistatic effect. HECO®SLIP 150 PE convinces our customers in the medical products sector with outstanding anti-blocking properties for smooth production processes. We are just waiting for your signal to start with your plastics processing.