What D&L Polymer & Colours Incorporated does

D&L Polymer & Colours Incorporated (DLPC) is a Philippine specialty plastics compounder established in March 2006 as a wholly owned subsidiary of publicly listed D&L Industries Inc. (PSE: DNL). It operates an export processing facility at Carmelray Industrial Park, Canlubang, Calamba City, Laguna, organized around three business units: Polymer Colour Compounding, Plastic Compounds, and Plastic Colours & Additives. The company custom-designs and formulates dry colourants, colour masterbatches, additives, and engineered polymers for the plastics industry using locally and internationally sourced resins and compounds, with stated expertise in colour compounding for ABS, PS, PC, and PC/ABS blends, plus proprietary biodegradable additive mixtures (BIOmate, launched 2007) and licensed production of Bionolle Starcla biopolymer under an OEM agreement with Japan's Showa Denko K.K. (signed January 2013). Its primary technology differentiators are tight colour control, flexible multi-product production lines serving small-to-large orders, and a technical tie-up with Nippon Pigment (S) that provides access to advanced pigment dispersion methodologies. DLPC serves a broad enterprise customer base across automotive, food and beverage, electronics, packaging, consumer goods, energy, retail, wire and cable, and toys — with named accounts including Nestle, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, Honda, Panasonic, Colgate-Palmolive, Chevron, Jollibee, and Sharp. The company manufactures at scale (50,000 metric tons of annual plant capacity) and has demonstrated specialty formulation capability through its development of the proprietary Hatchimals toy egg material for Hong Kong-based TradeWalker Limited in 2016.

Name

D&L Polymer & Colours Incorporated

Legal name

D&L Polymer & Colours, Inc.

Website

https://dlpc.com.ph

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

D&L Polymer & Colours Incorporated (DLPC) is a Philippine-based custom compounder of colourants, masterbatches, additives, and engineered polymers for the plastics industry, operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of publicly listed D&L Industries Inc. (PSE: DNL).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Polymer Compounding and Specialty Plastics

NAICS

Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (325991), Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261), Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (32513)

SIC

Plastic Material, Synth Resin/Rubber, Cellulos (No Glass) (2820), Miscellaneous Plastics Products (3080)

akta.pro primary industry

Commodity Plastic Compounds (PE/PP/PS/PVC) (IMANABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Bioplastics Compounding & Masterbatch (bio-based additives, colorants, fillers) (IMANANAB)

Keywords

• Colour masterbatches
• Polymer compounding
• Engineered polymers
• Biodegradable plastics
• Plastic colourants

Headquarters

HQ city

Calamba City

HQ country

Philippines

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Polymer Compounds and Masterbatches: Manufacturing and sale of custom designed and formulated dry colourants, colour masterbatches, and additives for the plastics industry
2. Engineered Polymers: Custom designed and formulated engineered polymers using locally and internationally available resins and compounds
3. Bionolle Starcla Manufacturing (OEM): Original equipment manufacturing agreement with Showa Denko for compounding, manufacturing, and distribution of Bionolle Starcla biopolymer in the Philippines
4. Colour Compounding Services: Colour compounding services for various resins including ABS, PS, PC, PC/ABS with tight colour control

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

D&L Polymer & Colours (DLPC) manufactures custom-designed and formulated dry colourants, colour masterbatches, additives, and engineered polymers for the plastics industry. Operating as an export processing locator in Laguna, Philippines, the company produces colour compounding solutions for resins including ABS, PS, PC, and PC/ABS blends, and develops proprietary biodegradable plastic compounds including BIOmate and Bionolle Starcla.

Product overview

D&L Polymer & Colours (DLPC) is a manufacturer of custom-designed and formulated polymer and colour products for the plastics industry, established in March 2006 as part of D&L Group of Companies. The company operates three business units: Polymer Colour Compounding, Plastic Compounds, and Plastic Colours & Additives. The portfolio includes engineered polymers (custom designed and formulated using various resins, additives, fillers and compounding technologies), colour compounding services for resins such as ABS, PS, PC, PC/ABS with tight colour control, dry colourants and colour masterbatches for films, tapes, mouldings, wire and cable and fibers, biodegradable additive solutions (proprietary mixture making plastics biodegradable), and specialized products like Bionolle Starcla (biopolymer with Showa Denko) and Hatchimals material for toys. Manufacturing facilities are located in Carmelray Industrial Park, Canlubang, Calamba City, Laguna, Philippines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plastic Compounds (Engineered Polymers) Engineered polymers manufactured using a wide range of locally and internationally available resins, compounds, additives, fillers, and colourants with various compounding technologies to produce custom designed and formulated polymers for extruding, forming, or molding products.
• Plastic Colours & Additives Fully dispersed and highly concentrated pigment preparations and colour concentrates used by customers for films, tapes, mouldings, wire and cable, and high-end fibers. Also includes proprietary additive mixtures that make conventional plastics such as polyethylene and polypropylene biodegradable.
• Colour Compounding Services Colour compounding services for various resins including ABS, PS, PC, and PC/ABS blends, with tight colour control ensuring consistent colours from first approval. Features flexible production lines catering for small to large orders.
• BIOmate Environmentally friendly plastic compound used for shopping bags that partially decomposes over time. Part of DLPC's proprietary additive technology for making conventional plastics biodegradable.
• Bionolle Starcla Starch-based biopolymer manufactured under OEM agreement with Showa Denko K.K. that fully decomposes within one to two months of exposure to bacteria. Used for compost bags, garbage bags, shopping bags, and thin film laminates for paper bags and cups.
• Hatchimals Toy Egg Material Specially developed raw material used in the Hatchimals toy that allows plastic eggs to hatch without splintering; strong enough to withstand shipping and handling but fragile enough to hatch open, non-toxic, and designed to break without sharp edges.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hatchimals became the must-have toy for 2016 since its initial launch last October
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers26 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• TradeWalker LimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Hong Kong-based solution provider for the toy manufacturing industry. DLPC manufactured a key raw material (specially developed material for the Hatchimals toy egg) for TradeWalker Limited. The material needed to be both durable enough for shipping and handling but also fragile enough to hatch open, non-toxic, and designed to break without sharp edges.
• Showa Denko K.K.coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 1 January 2013D&L Polymer and Colours, Inc. (DLPC) signed an OEM agreement with Showa Denko covering the compounding, manufacturing, and distribution in the Philippines of Bionolle Starcla, a starch-based biopolymer that fully decomposes within 1-2 months. D&L manufactures Bionolle Starcla at its 50,000 metric ton-capacity plant in Canlubang, Laguna. D&L manufactures for local use while also supplying Showa Denko for overseas marketing and distribution.
• Nippon Pigment (S)coreTechnology or IntegrationTechnical tie-up with Nippon Pigment (S) that strengthens DLPC's colour compounding expertise. This partnership provides access to advanced pigmentation technology and methodologies patterned after the 'tinting system' used in paint and coating industries.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• OQ Chemicals (formerly Oxea) — Plasticizers: While DLPC is Philippines-based and these are global, OQ and other specialty additives producers serve Southeast Asian compounders with raw inputs. Adjacent supplier rather than direct compounder, but valuable ecosystem comp for understanding the regional additives supply chain DLPC depends on.

Direct peers

• Avient Corporation (formerly PolyOne): Avient's Color, Additives & Inks and Specialty Engineered Materials segments produce custom color masterbatches and engineered thermoplastic compounds globally. Closest direct competitor to DLPC's full stack of colour compounding, engineered polymers, and biodegradable additives.
• Ampacet Corporation: Ampacet is the world's largest independent masterbatch producer focused on color, additive, and specialty masterbatches for the plastics industry. Directly competes with DLPC's Polymer Colour Compounding and Plastic Colours & Additives businesses across packaging, film, and moulding applications.
• RTP Company: RTP engineers custom thermoplastic compounds including color, additive, and specialty engineered materials. Competes directly with DLPC's engineered polymers business unit for OEM-specified compounded resins.
• Americhem: Americhem specializes in custom color concentrates and performance additives for thermoplastics and fibers, mirroring DLPC's tight colour control and customer-specific formulations across film, fibre, and moulded applications.
• Plastics Color Corporation: Plastics Color Corporation produces color concentrates and additive masterbatches for plastics processors across packaging, consumer goods, and industrial applications — comparable mid-sized direct competitor to DLPC.
• Nippon Pigment Holdings: Nippon Pigment is both a DLPC technology partner and a peer, producing pigment preparations and color masterbatches used in paints, plastics, and coatings. Comparable for tinting-system dispersion technology underpinning DLPC's color compounding.

Broad incumbents

• Cabot Corporation: Cabot supplies specialty carbons and performance materials used as colorants and additives in plastics, rubber, and coatings. Larger materials-science incumbent overlapping with DLPC's color-additive range.

Emerging players

• Sukano Polymers: Sukano specializes in masterbatches for bioplastics including PLA and other biodegradable polymers. Directly comparable to DLPC's Bionolle Starcla and BIOmate bioplastic compounding lines.

Others

• Showa Denko (Resonac Holdings): Showa Denko (now Resonac) is the originator of Bionolle Starcla and DLPC's OEM partner for biopolymer manufacturing in the Philippines. Provides the technology backbone for DLPC's biodegradable plastics business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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