SULIS Polymers

Providing solutions to polymer materials challenges

Please consider joining the 3-days short course “Plastics and sustainability” offered by the University of Twente and Sulis Polymers BV in the Netherlands, between January 23-25, 2023. The program includes two days of presentations and a day of “hands-on” modules in biocomposite preparation/properties and lifecycle analysis. Interested? Please visit: www.plast-sus.org.

PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO POLYMER MATERIALS CHALLENGES

Sulis Polymers B.V. is a spin-off company associated with the University of Twente, the Netherlands’ prime entrepreneurial technical university. The profile of Sulis Polymers B.V. encompasses the development of new polymer formulations with focus on sustainability and enhanced properties, additives and functionalized nanoparticles for added value, polymer structure modifications and melt reaction engineering, barrier polymers, and polymer analysis and characterization.

Sulis’ staff has access to state of the art synthesis and characterization facilities either located at the University of Twente, or in Sulis’ own polymer laboratories. Based on over 30 years of experience of the funding Chair, we can assist clients in their problem solving needs in most areas of polymer science and technology.

Our expertise

EXPERTISE

Molecular analysis and composition
Polymer morphology and microstructure characterization
Nucleating agents, stabilizers, processing aids
Advanced microscopies: AFM, optical, SEM
Thermal analysis, stability and decomposition
Defect analysis
Coloring of polymers
Molar mass distributions
Surface engineering and characterization

CAPABILITIES

Preparation of complex formulations
Melt blending, compounding
Moulding
Optical microscopy
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR)
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
Universal testing machine
Impact testing
Rheology

VISION

“With our strategy performance polymers for quality life we set ambitious objectives for our startup company. We wish to increase the value of polymer based products by developing additives, offering state-of-the-art analysis and characterization support, and enhancing properties of designer engineering plastics in areas relevant for improving life for everyone.”

Professor G. Julius Vancso, CEO Sulis Polymers B.V.