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Prisma Rubber Additives’ range of products are commonly referred to as powdered oils or dry blends. They are high activity concentrates of liquids widely used throughout the polymer industry.

Prisma's Latest Members! With the new factory move completed in 2020, Prisma Colour has brought in a number of new colleagues in the past few months to assist with the further growth of the business. We send a warm welcome to each of them and wish them well in their...

Supply to Key Industries During the Pandemic With the good news announced that the UK will continue to ease back to normality, it is worth a moment to pause and reflect upon how our company supported key industry sectors such as food packaging and healthcare during...

The use of rubber accelerators, with the potential to produce high levels of mutagenic and carcinogenic substances (nitrosamines), are a high concern to a rubber compounder. Nitrosamines are a family of chemical compounds discovered over 100 years ago. However, it was...

The market conditions post Brexit have been most unusual.  Global demand for materials, combined with shortages of C2 feedstock, have challenged most businesses. Combined also with a variety of shipping issues and cost pressures it has been a perfect storm in which...

In this second of the series examining considerations for formulating thermoplastic masterbatches, compounds and dispersions, the technical team at Prisma Colour explain the differences between lightfasness and weathering (also known as weatherfastness or durability...

Prisma Rubber Additives’ range of treated sulphur dispersions are produced with the specific aim of aiding rubber compounders to achieve rapid dispersion, while maintaining high levels of physical properties in their compounds. ‘Sulphur Bloom’ is a major problem...

Colourant formulations are often complex in order to meet the varied requirements of the players in the supply chain. However, in general we as consumers take colour for granted. What are the main considerations when correctly identifying colours and additives for a...

Let us work with you to develop the exact colours you require in your specific rubber compound. Prisma Colour has an extensive range of colour dispersions developed for most rubber polymer types – EPR, EPDM, SBR, Nitrile, FKM and others - all based on the appropriate...

Alongside our facility expansion programme we welcome our new Technical Director Ian Carroll to the team. With a career of 30 years in the thermoplastic and allied industries, Ian brings a wealth of formulating, processing, new product development and commercial...