Non reactive bio plasticizers

Choose your bio-plasticizer family

Use the routes below to navigate the collection by water-solubility profile, lipophilic character and viscosity behaviour.

• Non-reactive bio-based plasticizers for controlled softness and flexibility tuning.
• Improved toughness and impact behaviour depending on use case and formulation strategy.
• Renewable-content positioning with property balancing without reactive dilution.
• Suitable for custom formulation development in medical and healthcare-oriented resin systems.

Typical use scenarios across the collection

This collection is relevant for formulation projects where non-reactive plasticising logic is preferred over reactive dilution.

• Flexibility tuning of resin systems: adjusting bendability and compliant behaviour in otherwise stiffer formulations.
• Softness adjustment in elastomeric grades: reducing hardness or altering feel in softer resin systems.
• Toughness improvement strategies: balancing flexibility and resistance to brittle failure.
• Custom formulation development: creating project-specific property profiles for demanding applications.
• Property balancing: tuning softness, flexibility and processability while keeping a non-reactive additive route.

How to choose the right bio-plasticizer

Select the most suitable route according to polarity, water-solubility profile and viscosity logic in the target formulation.

• Need low water-solubility plasticising behaviour → choose MF1 MHP
• Need high water-solubility plasticising behaviour → choose MF2 HHP
• Need a lipophilic route → choose MF3 LP
• Need a lipophilic route with high viscosity → choose MF3 HV LP

• Prioritise lower water affinity → start with MF1 MHP
• Prioritise higher water affinity → start with MF2 HHP
• Prioritise lipophilic plasticising behaviour → start with MF3 LP
• Prioritise high-viscosity lipophilic tuning → start with MF3 HV LP

Decision tree summary

Use this simplified formulation logic before detailed validation.

• Need low water-solubility route → MF1 MHP
• Need high water-solubility route → MF2 HHP
• Need lipophilic route → MF3 LP
• Need high-viscosity lipophilic route → MF3 HV LP

Then validate the final route under the intended resin chemistry, additive loading, printer process window and post-curing protocol.

Low water-solubility bioplasticizer

For formulations requiring non-reactive plasticising behaviour with lower water-solubility positioning.

High water-solubility bioplasticizer

For formulations requiring a non-reactive plasticizer with higher water-solubility behaviour.

Lipophilic bioplasticizer options

For formulations where a lipophilic non-reactive plasticising route is more suitable for the target balance of flexibility and compatibility.

High-viscosity lipophilic bioplasticizer

For formulations where a lipophilic route is needed together with higher-viscosity additive behaviour.

A non-reactive property-balancing platform rather than a single softener

This collection is structured around distinct polarity and water-affinity routes, helping users choose a non-reactive plasticizer according to how the additive should behave inside the target resin system.

• MF1 MHP covers the low water-solubility route.
• MF2 HHP covers the high water-solubility route.
• MF3 LP covers the lipophilic route.
• MF3 HV LP extends the lipophilic route into a high-viscosity class.

The right bioplasticizer depends on compatibility and target balance, not only on softness

These materials are most useful when the formulation objective is clearly defined first: whether the target is softness, flexibility, toughness, water-affinity behavior or lipophilic compatibility.

In practice, the most effective path is to define the target property balance first, then validate the selected plasticizer under the intended resin chemistry, additive loading and process conditions.

Documentation, technical selection help and custom formulation support

Use the resources below to move from bioplasticizer preselection to formulation planning, technical discussion or project-specific development support.

Select the right non-reactive plasticizer and validate the final formulation workflow

Use the route-based navigation above to identify the most relevant bioplasticizer, compare candidates in the technical overview table, and move forward with formulation-specific validation for flexibility, softness and toughness tuning.