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Slabstock Foam Polyurethane Additives

Innovative Additives For Highest Reliability In Slabstock Foam

Momentive offers high-performance additives for flexible polyurethane slabstock foams, that can help achieve superior mechanical properties, optimize cell size and morphology control, and ensure lower emissions and odor for exceptional comfort throughout bedding, furniture, and automotive applications.
We also provide tailor-made solutions for specialty applications, enabling foam producers to achieve top-quality standards across diverse foam grades, including conventional, high-resilience, viscoelastic, polyester, and flame-laminated products.

Under the Niax™ brand, we deliver a wide range of trusted surfactants, catalysts, and process modifiers for high-performance, environmentally compliant products.

GeoCell™, our latest innovation for slabstock foams, ensures exceptional durability, recovery, and comfort, particularly in Mattress in a Box applications. Recent advancements include solutions designed for recycled polyol formulations.

Geolite™ modifiers enhance the physical properties of polyurethane foam through various means, enabling effective overall processing control, improved dimensional block stability, and the manufacturing of soft foam grades at a very low ISO index. 

Silicone Surfactants

Momentive's silicone surfactants deliver advanced solutions for enhancing polymer performance across diverse applications. Engineered for excellence, they optimize foam quality, mechanical properties, and sustainability while addressing modern industry needs.

Our latest advancements have significantly reduced emissions and improved mechanical performance, particularly in specialty products and "mattress-in-a-box" applications. These innovations ensure enhanced durability, recovery, and comfort while maintaining superior foam quality.

Sustainability is at the core of our developments, enabling foam producers to meet industry demands with environmentally responsible solutions.

Close-up of slabstock silicone surfactant bubbles illustrating advanced polyurethane foam solutions for sustainability and comfort.

Catalysts

Momentive’s Niax™ and GeoCell™ catalysts provide selective control over reaction kinetics, enhancing process efficiency and productivity. Our wide range of amine- and metal-based catalysts meets diverse needs, offering rapid reaction, lower emission and odor properties, ideal for automotive interiors, quality bedding, and furniture foam. These catalysts enable foam producers to meet evolving emission regulations, eco-labels and regulatory changes, while delivering balanced blow and gel reactions, smooth profiles, and excellent foam properties, suitable for both polyether and polyester applications.

Laboratory experiment with amber solution in flask demonstrating Niax and GeoCell catalysts for efficient, low-emission polyurethane foam manufacturing.

Process and Foam Modifiers

Our process and foam modifiers provide significant benefits that enhance both the processing and the properties of existing formulations. These advantages include improved adhesion, reduced discoloration, and increased load-bearing capabilities. Momentive's process and foam modifiers can be seamlessly integrated into current manufacturing processes, leading to enhanced performance and superior results in your products.

Close-up of blue foam cells illustrating process and foam modifiers for improved adhesion and load-bearing in polyurethane applications.

Flame Lamination Additives

Niax™ flame lamination additives offer a superior solution even for the most demanding automotive interiors applications. Our innovative products provide low fogging properties, stronger bonding characteristics, and efficient usage. The ideal combination of silicone surfactant and flame lamination additive is further supporting the manufacturing of high-quality flame-laminated polyether foams. We offer customizable solutions to meet your specific needs, and our decades of experience make us a trusted leader in the chemical industry.​

Graphic of flame lamination rollers and heat flow representing  Niax silicone surfactant and additive solutions for polyether foams.

Polyester Foam and Specialty Additives

Momentive offers a range of advanced solutions to enhance polyester foam quality in specialized applications, such as automotive interiors, cosmetic pads, filters, and more. Our portfolio of tailored specialty additives is designed to reduce electrostatic charge in anti-static foam, improve durability and water resistance in sea sponge foam, and lower air and water permeability in gasket applications. These innovations ensure tight seals and enhanced performance across various industries.

Polyester foam pads and specialty gaskets illustrating additives for enhanced durability and anti-static performance.