Inline & offline digital printing primers certified for use with HP Indigo presses.
Water-based overprint coatings increase durability and enhance the look & feel of inkjet-printed materials.
High-performance primers for inkjet that improve print quality & ink adhesion on film & paper.
Advanced materials designed to enhance the performance and processing of agricultural products.
Recyclable water-based coatings that confer high barrier to paper-based packaging and wraps.
Enhancing composite performance through optimized fiber-polymer interface adhesion
Water-based sizing solutions designed to optimize interfacial adhesion in composites using carbon fiber.
2030 Goals
Michelman is committed to sustaining our planet by continually reducing our footprint and bringing planet-positive solutions to the marketplace.
Sustainable Packaging
Future proofing, problem solving, and above all, collaborating. Our people, our planet, shaping the circular economy of tomorrow.
Thinking Ahead
Plastic is often the best option for packaging due to its light weight and high barrier, helping avoid food waste.
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Unleashing the full potential of digital, sustainable print practices, and regulatory considerations for flexible packaging.
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Michelman earns recognition, across the globe, for maintaining a nurturing workplace culture that supports personal growth and development.
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Michelman’s commitment to volunteerism and charitable giving results in multiple United Way Awards.
Our corporate values are a testimony of our highest priorities as individuals and as a company.
We view science as a force for positive change and central to our purpose of Innovating a Sustainable Future.
We are proud members of the following industry trade associations and organizations.
Michelman is a global company with offices in the Americas, Asia and Europe.
Located all over the world, Michelman distribution partners have the expertise to help you win.
Motivated by unwavering values, and ingrained with a passion for environmentally conscious innovation, we help companies around the globe succeed. Michelman's compelling combination of world-class talent and specialty chemistries helps our customers excel in the diverse range of markets they serve with sustainable and responsible solutions.
As a global developer and manufacturer of environmentally-friendly advanced materials for industry, we offer solutions for the coatings, printing & packaging, and fibers & composites markets. Our innovative surface additives and polymeric binders are used by leading manufacturers around the world to enhance performance attributes and add value in applications including wood and floor care products, metal and industrial coatings, paints, varnishes, inks, and fiber sizings for composites. Our global network of technology and business professionals anticipates industry trends and engages with our customers to discuss how they can apply them for their future success.
Michelman is well known as an expert in the development of barrier and functional coatings, as well as digital printing-press primers and OPVs that are used in the production of consumer and industrial packaging, paper products, labels, and commercially printed materials. We offer industry-leading solutions that allow our customers to apply these products in a broad array of end-use applications.
We maintain production facilities in North America, Europe, and Asia, product development and technical service centers in several major global markets, and a worldwide team of highly-trained business development personnel.
Whether you are a customer or supplier, Michelman Values are at the core of our business relations.
We take active roles in many industry trade associations and organizations.
As Michelman works on innovating a sustainable future, we continue to push towards solutions that benefit both people and the planet. Read about some of the ways Michelman is Thinking Ahead.
Improved end-of-life options must be considered from the outset of the package design process, prioritizing finding new ways to create susta…
Developing end-of-life solutions to prevent cups from either ending up in a landfill or turning into litter is vitally important.
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