Polymer Additives Group is a leading manufacturer and supplier of high quality flame retardants and smoke suppressants.
We are headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and our ISO manufacturing facility is located in Brazil, Indiana, USA.
We offer an extensive line of traditional flame retardants as well as cutting-edge technologies that meet the industry’s evolving regulatory and performance demands.
Our Products
Polymer Additives Group manufactures and distributes a variety of traditional and proprietary flame retardant and smoke suppressants on a global basis.
Flame Retardants
PAG produces a variety of Flame Retardant additives that use different mechanisms to eliminate or reduce a fire.
FOSFLAM™
Low viscosity, phosphorus based flame retardants for use in PVC, PU, Epoxy and Phenolics.
BROFLAM™
Brominated Flame Retardants for use in a wide variety of applications. Can be ordered as individual components or custom blends.
HYDRAMAX™
Endothermic Magnesium based flame retardants and smoke suppressants for high temperature polymer systems.
HYDRAX™
ATH Hydrated Alumina – precipitated, free-flowing used as flame retardants and smoke suppressants .
CHARMAX NH/HF™
Intumescent based flame retardants and smoke suppressants.
Smoke Suppressants
PAG Smoke Suppressant additive products reduce smoke generation to allow products to pass some of the most stringent testing requirements.
CHARMAX LS™
Smoke Suppressants designed to meet stringent smoke requirements for a wide variety of applications.
CHARMAX FS™
Micro Flame Retardant and Smoke Suppressant coatings on hydrated and inert fillers. Higher surface are provides enhanced flame and smoke efficiency. AOM replacements.
CHARMAX FR/AR™
FR synergists designed for full or partial replacement of Antimony Trioxide.
CHARMAX Sb™
High Quality Antimony Trioxide for use in a wide variety of applications.
Quality You Can Count On
Polymer Additives Group is ISO 9001 Certified
ISO 9001 Certification
A quality management system where an organization demonstrates its ability to consistently provide product that meets customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, and aims to enhance customer satisfaction.
Providing Comprehensive Solutions
Poymer Additives Group flame retardants and smoke suppressants are used in the following applications:
Low-Smoke Flame Retardants
PAG offers products that are produced in a synergistic way to reduce smoke levels in a variety of applications. Utilizing Ammonium Octamolybdate, along with different Borate, Molybdate, Stannate and Hydrate Chemistries. PAG has an arsenal of off the shelf products that can be customized to meet the most stringent Flame and Smoke requirements.
Flame Retardant Plasticizers
PAG offers several Phosphorous based products (FosFlam series) and a Brominated based product (BroFlam) that can be used individually or in combination with other PAG FR and SS products to achieve specific performance requirements.
Char Formers
PAG offers a wide variety of products that work in the Char formation stage including the Charmax NH, FS and LS products series. While these products are off the shelf solutions, we have the ability to customize our products to meet your specific needs.
Non-Halogen Solutions
Charmax NH is an intumescent based FR and smoke suppressant series. This includes Phosphorous/Nitrogen based chemistries. Other Non Halogen based products are our FosFlam plasticizers, Hydrax (ATH), Hydramax (Magnesium Hydroxide). In addition, PAG offers several Antimony Free Charmax AR products (to replace Antimony) which work in the vapor and endothermic phases.
Wire / Cable
This is a major market for PAG where many of the traditional PAG products from the Charmax LS, FR, FS, and BroFlam series are used individually or in combination in PVC and Polyolefin based applications to meet the various tests including UL 94, ASTM E662 Smoke Density, ASTM E84, etc.
Adhesives / Coatings
PAG offers a wide variety of Flame Retardant and intumescent solutions in adhesives and coatings including automotive, Fabric, Energy, High Temperature Nylon, Electronics, General Industry, and Construction.