Agricultural Films Polymer Additives

Helping the Agricultural Market Grow Today, the agricultural industry is striving to produce more diverse crops and crops of higher quality using natural pesticides and fumigants for health, safety and environmental reasons. Greenhouse film covers and mulch films used in these applications must be formulated to withstand prolonged UV exposure, variable weather conditions and aggressive agrochemical environments which can adversely affect the stabilization systems in the films. Optimizing operational costs is also increasingly important to growers, and more durable films can lengthen the time between costly replacements.

We have been a global leader in the stabilization of plastics for agricultural applications for more than 35 years. We continue to focus on the development of innovative products that will help the agricultural market meet these challenges and grow.

CYASORB CYNERGY SOLUTIONS® A Series stabilizers

CYASORB CYNERGY SOLUTIONS® A series products provide the most advanced protection to polyethylene mulch film and greenhouse film covers during outdoor exposure even when exposed to aggressive agrochemicals like burning sulfur.

A series also protects the films during film extrusion and provides enhanced thermal protection to the films during their service life (4+ years for greenhouse film; 2 years for mulch).

CYASORB CYNERGY SOLUTIONS® A430 stabilizer

Provides outstanding UV protection and superior resistance to greenhouse film covers exposed to aggressive pesticides and fumigants (to 4+ yrs service); Also for mulch applications.

CYASORB CYNERGY SOLUTIONS® A400 stabilizer

Delivers excellent protection to mulch film and greenhouse film covers (to 2+ yrs service) in the presence of aggressive pesticides; Very high light transmission for better crop quality and growth.

CYASORB CYNERGY SOLUTIONS® A Series applications include:

High Light Transmission in the Lower PAR Region Will Enhance Crop Yield and Quality

Light Transmission (%) as a Function of Wavelength (nm) for 3 Year Greenhouse Films (200 μm)

50% 70% 80%

A430 373 380 388

A400/UV-531 375 383 392

THT6460 370 377 384

• Greenhouse Film Covers

• Mulch Film

• Tunnels

• Silage Wrap and Bags

• Bale Wrap

• Netting

• Geotextiles

• Shade Cloth

• Shrouds

• Twine

More Growers Are Using Burning Sulfur and Sulfur Sprays

Performance of LDPE (200 μm) After Accelerated UV Exposure with Pesticide Treatment

High Light Transmission and Superior Resistance to Pesticides are Important Factors in Film PerformancePerformance of LDPE (175 μm) Greenhouse Film Covering Roses After 14 Months of Very Heavy Pesticide and Fumigant Treatment in Colombia

Performance of White On Black (25 μm) 2 Year Mulch Film After 19 Months of Exposure in Mexico with Pesticide and Fumigant Treatment

Other Products For Agricultural FilmCYASORB THT® 6460 light stabilizer Market proven, superior UV protection for 2 and 3 year greenhouse film covers; highly resistant to agricultural chemicals.

CYASORB® UV-3529 and UV-3346 light stabilizers Hindered amine light stabilizers (HALS) for 1 and 2 year greenhouse film covers.

CYASORB® UV-531 light absorber UV absorber for greenhouse film covers; typically used with A400, UV-3529 or UV-3346.

CYANOX® 2777 antioxidant Excellent processing and thermal stability; discoloration resistant for all agricultural film applications.

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

0.95% A430 97%

% Retained Elongation

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

0.6% A400 91%

% Retained Elongation

Our stabilizers and/or their use may be protected by one or more issued patents or pending patent applications. See www.cytec.com/pa/patents for details.

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