Functional additives

Palsgaard was founded in 1919. With 500 employees worldwide, the company is of great importance to the food industry. With the invention of food emulsifiers, Palsgaard revolutionised the mass production of food and continues to play a leading role in research and development in this field, and recently the concentrated development of polymer additives with the same structure as found in food chemistry has resulted in a range of highly efficient and safe functional additives for a number of different polymer applications.

The main focus is on antistatic, antifog, demoulding and slip properties, as well as improved pigment dispersion for food packaging products.

Palsgaard has a dedicated team of developers and technicians with decades of experience both in the development of polymer additives and in providing technical application advice to our customers. Modern laboratory equipment supports the continuous development projects, through which new additive solutions and concepts are regularly introduced. The development centre is an important basis for ensuring that the best possible solution for the respective packaging application or technical problem solution is always developed for customers.

Palsgaard has five production sites - in Denmark, the Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil and Malaysia. Production in Denmark has been 100% carbon neutral since 2015, followed by Mexico in 2016 and the Netherlands in 2017. Palsgaard has set itself the goal of operating all production sites completely emission-free by 2020.