What SAX Polymers does

SAX Polymers is a privately held Austrian-Swiss technical plastics compounder that designs, produces, and color-matches customized engineering polymer compounds for industrial customers. Founded in 2005 and operating as two legal entities (SAX Polymers Industrie GmbH in Vienna, Austria and SAX Polymers Industrie AG in Oberriet, Switzerland), the company manufactures proprietary compound platforms including SAXAMID™ (PA6 and PA6.6 polyamides), SAXAFORM™ (POM-C polyoxymethylene), SAXAKETON™ (aliphatic polyketon), and SAXA-dry™ drying solutions, alongside a licensed SABIC® CYCOLAC™ ABS line available in 1,000+ colors from a 6,000-recipe library with 48-hour color adjustment. It also produces sustainable regranulates from industrial and consumer waste for circular-economy applications.

The underlying technology stack comprises twin-screw and single-screw compounding extrusion with gravimetric dosing, grinding and regranulation, masterbatch production, and in-house laboratory testing (tensile, impact, MVR/MFR, FTIR, DSC, color testing). Recent capacity investments include a 1,800 m² production hall with photovoltaic installation at the Vienna site and two new double-screw extruders that nearly doubled compound output, plus a new fully automatic packaging system. The company is part of the Hromatka Group and operates under ISO 9001:2015, REACH-SVHC, RoHS3, and ELV 2025 certifications.

SAX Polymers generates revenue through direct sales of compounded technical plastics (quote-based pricing, standard net prices from 100 kg), toll manufacturing ('Rent the Production' from 25 kg minimum), laboratory services ('Rent the Lab'), and engineering consulting ('Rent the Engineer'). It serves automotive (Škoda Auto/VW Group for door interior components), electrical/electronics (ABL for EV charging stations and circuit breakers), consumer goods (Schneider for sustainable ballpoint pens, and various consumer product manufacturers using CYCOLAC™), and industrial machinery customers through technically-versed direct sales teams and own-warehouse distribution in Austria and Switzerland.

Name

SAX Polymers

Legal name

SAX Polymers Industrie GmbH and SAX Polymers Industrie AG

Website

https://saxpolymers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SAX Polymers is a privately held Austrian-Swiss technical plastics compounder producing customized polymer compounds (PA6, PA6.6, POM-C, polyketone, ABS) for automotive, electrical, and consumer goods manufacturers via direct sales from facilities in Vienna and Oberriet.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Plastics Compounding

NAICS

All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing (326199)

SIC

Miscellaneous Plastics Products (3080), Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890)

akta.pro primary industry

Functional Additive Compounds (UV/Antioxidant/Slip/Antiblock/Processing Aids) (IMANABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medical & Food-Contact Specialty Compounds (IMANABAK)

Keywords

• Polymer compounding
• Engineering plastics
• Color masterbatches
• Plastic regranulation
• Toll compounding

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Technical Plastics Compounding: Production and sale of customized polymer compounds for industrial applications including automotive, machinery construction, and electrical components.
2. Masterbatch and Color Compounding: Production of colored masterbatches and color matching services for technical plastics under license agreements.
3. Toll Manufacturing / Rent the Production: Production services using company equipment including twin-screw extruders, single-screw extruders, and gravimetric dosing. Minimum order 25kg, from PE to PEEK.
4. Laboratory Services / Rent the Lab: Rental of testing laboratory equipment and services for product development and quality assurance including tensile testing, impact testing, MVR/MFR, FTIR, DSC, and color testing.
5. Engineering Consulting / Rent the Engineer: Technical consulting services including material selection, feasibility studies, recycling solutions, part design, tool consultation, and process optimization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SAX Polymers manufactures and sells custom-compounded engineering plastics (polyamides PA6/PA6.6, POM-C, aliphatic polyketon, ABS) under proprietary brands including SAXAMID™, SAXAFORM™, SAXAKETON™, and SAXA-dry™, plus SABIC®-licensed CYCOLAC™ ABS. The company also produces color masterbatches, regranulates from post-industrial/post-consumer waste, and provides toll compounding, laboratory testing ('Rent the Lab'), and engineering consulting ('Rent the Engineer') services from production facilities in Vienna, Austria and Oberriet, Switzerland.

Product overview

SAX Polymers operates as a plastics compounding company with a platform-plus-products architecture, offering technical plastic compounds, masterbatches, and regranulates manufactured at facilities in Vienna, Austria and Oberriet, Switzerland. The core product portfolio centers on proprietary branded compound lines including SAXAMID™ (PA6 and PA6.6 polyamides), SAXAFORM™ (POM-C polyoxymethylene), and SAXAKETON™ (aliphatic polyketon), complemented by the licensed CYCOLAC™ ABS line from SABIC®, sustainable fillers, and drying solutions under the SAXA-dry™ brand. The company also provides toll compounding and lab services including 'Rent the Lab', 'Rent the Engineer', and 'Rent the Production' offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SAXAMID: Polyamide compounds (PA6 and PA6.6) for technical applications
• SAXAFORM
• SAXAKETON
• SAXA-dry
• SAX Automotive
• Cycolac

Products and services

• SAXAMID™ – PA6 and PA6.6 Compounds Semi-crystalline polyamide (PA6 and PA6.6) compound products offering high processing comfort, excellent impact resistance, optimal thermal behavior, and outstanding electrical properties. Includes flame-retardant grades such as SAXAMID® 226F5RY01 (PA6.6 + 25% GF + ECO FR) with UL94 V0 rating. Used in automotive interiors (e.g., Škoda Auto door components), electrical equipment, and industrial applications.
• SAXAFORM™ – POM-C Compounds Versatile POM (polyoxymethylene) compounds that can be customer-specifically modified for applications in automotive and mechanical engineering, with tribologically optimized grades.
• SAXAKETON™ – Aliphatic Polyketone Semi-crystalline aliphatic polyketon compound with high hydrolysis resistance, excellent barrier properties against fuel and oxygen, low wear behavior with similar pairing, and high recovery capacity for tribological and flexible applications.
• CYCOLAC™ MG47F – Licensed ABS ABS plastic licensed from SABIC®, available in over 1,000 brilliant colors using 6,000 color recipes with 48-hour color adjustment. Suitable as housing material for coffee machines, automotive applications, sanitary products, electronics, diagnostics, and food-approved consumer goods.
• Regranulates High-quality regranulates produced from industrial and consumer waste streams, giving plastics new life cycles and supporting circular-economy applications such as Schneider ballpoint pens made from recycled PET.
• Masterbatches Color and additive masterbatches for polymer coloring and modification, supporting rapid color matching with 6,000+ color recipes.
• SAXA-dry™ Drying Solutions Drying solutions and supporting equipment for polymer processing applications.
• Toll Manufacturing – 'Rent the Production' Contract compounding services using SAX Polymers' twin-screw extruders, single-screw extruders, and gravimetric dosing equipment, with a minimum order of 25 kg and material range from PE to PEEK.
• Laboratory Services – 'Rent the Lab' Rental of in-house testing laboratory equipment and services for product development and quality assurance, including tensile testing, impact testing, MVR/MFR, FTIR, DSC, and color testing.
• Engineering Consulting – 'Rent the Engineer' Technical consulting services including material selection, feasibility studies, recycling solutions, part design, tool consultation, and process optimization.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• SABIC®coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerSAX Polymers operates under license from SABIC® for CYCOLAC™ MG47F ABS plastic coloring and distribution. SAX Polymers adapts the material to individual color requirements and offers it in 1000+ colors. SABIC® is the world's leading manufacturer of technical plastics.
• Škoda Auto (Volkswagen Group)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerŠkoda Auto uses SAXAMID™ 126F2K4 polyamide compound in door interior components. The Volkswagen Group subsidiary produces over 800,000 vehicles annually.
• ABLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development of SAXAMID® 226F5RY01 flame-retardant compound for circuit breakers and charging stations. Material developed for modern EV charging stations of leading automotive manufacturers. Collaboration included extensive testing of flame-retardant systems.
• Grässlin SüdsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGrässlin Süd provides delivery flexibility for ABL, supplying SAXAMID® 226F5RY01 compound as needed.
• ZHAW-SilacsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on packaging from secondary streams project (Verpackungen aus Nebenströmen). Research partnership with Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
• SchneidersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchneider uses sustainable plastic from PET bottles for ballpoint pen production. SAX Polymers provides regranulates giving plastic new life cycles.
• Hromatka GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSAX Polymers is part of the Hromatka Group, presenting together at trade shows like Fakuma 2017 (Hall B3, Stand 3123, over 250m²). The group is Europe-wide successful in the plastics industry.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lenorplastics AG / Lenorplastics Zug AG: Sibling entity under the Hromatka Group, co-exhibiting with SAX at trade shows and sharing terms-and-conditions. A direct compounder peer with overlapping technical plastics portfolio in the same Swiss/Austrian market.
• Gabriel-Chemie Group: Austrian masterbatch and specialty compounds producer of comparable size. Closely comparable in geography (Austrian DACH base), product category (color masterbatches and engineering polymer compounds) and customer verticals (consumer durables, automotive, packaging).
• Sukano: Swiss-based masterbatch and specialty compound producer. Same Swiss origin and comparable focus on PET/engineering-polymer masterbatches for film, packaging and consumer durables, making Sukano a tight geographic and product peer.
• GRAFE Polymer Solutions: German compounder of color and additive masterbatches plus engineering polymer compounds serving automotive and consumer durables. Closely comparable in product mix (masterbatches + functional compounds) and target verticals, with a wider DACH footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Envalior (formerly Albis Plastic): Large European distributor and compounder of engineering thermoplastics based in Hamburg. A much broader incumbent that competes head-on with SAX in PA, POM and ABS compounds for automotive and electrical customers across Europe.
• Velox GmbH: Hamburg-headquartered European plastics distributor and compounder with broad engineering-polymer portfolio. Overlaps with SAX in compound supply and direct sales to European OEMs, though Velox's portfolio is wider and its geographic reach larger.
• Avient Corporation (formerly PolyOne): Global specialty compounder with a dedicated 'Specialty Engineered Materials' segment producing PA, POM and other engineering compounds. A much larger incumbent competing for the same automotive/electrical OEMs but with global scale and broader polymer coverage.
• RTP Company: US-headquartered global compounder specializing in custom-engineered thermoplastic compounds including glass-filled, flame-retardant and lubricated grades. Direct overlap with SAX's glass-fiber reinforced and ECO-FR PA6.6 product families for automotive and electrical.
• Teknor Apex: Global specialty compounder of engineering thermoplastics, color masterbatches and other polymer materials. Competes with SAX in custom-engineered compounds and color masterbatches for similar consumer and industrial customers.

Emerging players

• Lifocolor Farbenwerke: German masterbatch specialist focusing on color masterbatches for plastics. Smaller and narrower in scope than SAX, but competing in the same color-matching and additive masterbatch space for plastics converters.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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