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
Discover trends, challenges, and innovations shaping the future of carbon fiber technology and applications.
News (Wednesday, 12 February 2025)
The 70-ft line consists of equipment contributed by Michelman and enables hands-on training for composite engineers.
News (Tuesday, 21 January 2025)
Collaboration with FibreCoat leads to basalt fiber for EMI, RFI shielding, and thermal management applications.
News (Thursday, 21 November 2024)
Wilma will direct Michelman’s people engagement, organizational design, and culture initiatives.
Our corporate values are a testimony of our highest priorities as individuals and as a company.
Our Board Members provide expert guidance to enable global success.
Michelman's thought leadership around sustainability and the circular economy.
A Legacy of Innovation
Supporting our local communities.
Collaborating with like-minded partners to move industries forward.
Whether you are a customer or supplier, Michelman Values are at the core of our business relations.
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.
Learn more about the people on our executive leadership team and board of directors.
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.
The packaging industry must adopt more sustainable practices to combat the significant and growing impact of packaging waste.
Improved end-of-life options must be considered from the outset of the package design process, prioritizing finding new ways to create susta…
Plastic is often the best option for packaging due to its light weight and high barrier, helping avoid food waste.
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