K 2025 Preview: Specialization Takes Center Stage in the Race to Net Zero
DOMO Chemicals, a top-tier supplier of high-performance polyamide materials, will showcase how it is accelerating its march toward a more specialized, low-carbon portfolio, setting new standards in innovative and sustainable polyamides. With the motto “Building the Future Together,” DOMO invites customers and industry partners to discover how working together, innovation, and sustainability can create the future of performance materials.
Juha Jokinen, CCO of DOMO Engineered Materials, Photo Credit: Messe Düsseldorf
“We offer the broadest sustainable polyamide portfolio on the market, supported by local application expertise that helps customers integrate recycled materials into their specific applications,” says Juha Jokinen, CCO of DOMO Engineered Materials.
With 10 production sites, 14 sales offices, and a strong European base, DOMO focuses its progress on its Engineered Materials and Polymer & Intermediates businesses by combining global scale with local application expertise. “Backed by a robust sustainability strategy, we are increasing capacity in Asia, optimizing our European operations and focusing on renewable energy, partnerships and technological breakthroughs,” says Yves Bonte, CEO of DOMO Chemicals.
Technological innovation with post-consumer polyamide. Compound produced with 30% post-consumer PA66 from physical recycling (dissolution process) of end-of-life vehicles. Copyright: AUDI AG
DOMO’s fully digital and interactive booth will showcase its innovations across four key application pillars—each inspired by one of the four classical elements. Under “EARTH,” DOMO will present bio-based and recycled polyamide solutions. “AIR” represents lightweight materials enabling metal replacement and CO₂ reduction. “FIRE” focuses on flame-retardant and high-temperature-resistant materials for EVs, E&E, and performance fibers. “WATER” highlights safe, high-performance solutions for fluid handling and sanitation. “This insightful concept helps illustrate how our tailored polyamide solutions contribute to lighter, safer and more circular applications,” Bonte added.
Photo Credit: Messe Düsseldorf
DOMO’s leadership in sustainable polyamide recycling will also take center stage. Visitors will see applications developed using mechanical recycling, the patented MOVE 4EARTH process, chemical recycling with depolymerized polyamide-based solutions, mass balance bio-circular solutions (ISCC PLUS certified), and physical recycling (dissolution). At the stand, visitors will discover parts developed with a new physical recycling technology (dissolution), which is the result of a collaborative project between AUDI AG, the Fraunhofer Institute, and DOMO. In the pilot project, both PA6 and PA66-based applications have been successfully molded using a 30% recycled PCR from end-of-life vehicles, meeting OEM requirements.
In a milestone for climate-neutral innovation, they will present DOMAMID MBB—a mass-balanced, bio-attributed PA6 with up to 69% bio-attributed content and ISCC PLUS certification.
“These materials achieve a significant CO₂ reduction compared to fossil-based alternatives,” says Vedran Kujundzic, CCO of DOMO Polymers & Intermediates. “They are ideal for food and pharma packaging, textiles, and engineering plastics.”
Sustainable mobility begins with lighter components. DOMO’s booth will highlight a one-piece gas-molded bicycle handlebar using a TECHNYL compound in combination with UD tapes reinforcements for Canyon in collaboration with ENGEL, a child car seat that combines lightweight design, safety, and sustainability, and a hybrid bonding solution enabling optimal adhesion of polyamides to metals developed for Sogefi Air & Cooling.
Technological innovation with post-consumer polyamide. Compound produced with 30% post-consumer PA6 from physical recycling (dissolution process) of end-of-life vehicles. Copyright: AUDI AG
As electrification accelerates, so do safety demands. They will showcase for the first time new TECHNYL STAR halogen-free FR solutions for EV battery modules and busbars, a breakthrough material for battery housing applications, and advanced developments in halogen-free flame-retardant solutions for electrical and electronics applications under the TECHNYL PROTECT brand. In addition, Siemens Smart Infrastructure and DOMO Chemicals have recently introduced Siemens’ first residual current circuit breaker (RCCB) made with sustainable TECHNYL 4EARTH polyamide, which contains 50% chemically recycled content and delivers identical performance and quality to conventional materials. This UL-certified material, developed by DOMO, enables Siemens to significantly reduce the environmental impact of its SENTRON 5SV3 RCCBs while maintaining the highest safety and quality standards.
DOMO’s advanced polyamides also support smarter water management by helping to reduce costs, enhance system reliability, and promote sustainability in water infrastructure. At K 2025, DOMO will showcase TECHNYL SAFE, certified for food and drinking water contact—now available for use in household, water meter, and sanitary applications.
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DOMO’s progress toward its 2030 sustainability goals will soon be published in its Sustainability Report. Key highlights include receiving an EcoVadis Platinum rating in 2024, a leap from Silver to Platinum in just two years; generating more than 10% of Engineered Materials sales from circular and bio-based materials; and achieving significant gains in renewable energy use, water efficiency, and energy intensity improvement.
