Polyols & Derivatives
PCC Rokita SA is Eastern Europe’s most significant and Poland’s only producer of polyether polyols for the production of PU foams, a segment with clearly growing sales fields. Our polyols are equally the basis for soft and hard foams, as well as for CASE applications (Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants, Elastomers).
What are polyols?
“Polyols” is a generic term for multivalent alcohols, organic compounds that contain at least two hydroxyl groups in the molecule. PCC Rokita SA focuses particularly on the manufacture of polyether polyols. These polyols react, for example, with isocyanates to produce polyurethane (PU).
Polyurethane has a large number of applications, and it is the polyols employed that determine its properties. Under the brand name Rokopol®, PCC Rokita SA offers more than 30 different polyols and polyol formulations. In addition, our Warsaw affiliate PCC Prodex Sp. z o.o. and its subsidiary PCC Prodex GmbH in Essen also develop, manufacture and market PU systems.
Our polyether polyols are used, for example, to produce flexible PU foams, which form the basis of comfortable cold foam mattresses or cushions with high rebound elasticity. Car seats and bicycle saddles are also made of PU foam, as is the molded foam of dashboards. PU is found in sports field floor coverings and in the soles of comfortable sports shoes. Products based on our polyether polyols also ensure thermal insulation in refrigerated vehicles. And assembly foams are also made from polyols. Our specialty polyols are used in coatings, adhesives, impregnations, and sealants. Special polyols are used to develop PU elastomers, rubber-like materials that are used, for example, as textile fibers. This group of applications is summarized under the term CASE: Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants and Elastomers. Even artificial leather is manufactured based on polyols from PU.
The applications of our PU systems are likewise widely varied. They extend from thermal insulation products, as used in pipelines for example, to specialty PU adhesives applied in mining to consolidate crumbling rock strata and provide a reliable seal against inflowing water. We have also developed a PU foam spray system for roof insulation applications in the construction industry. This enables rigid foam to be sprayed in liquid form as a roof coating to enhance the thermal insulation of buildings. The reaction mixture begins to foam within a few seconds, producing a seamless and jointless layer that offers outstanding insulation values.
Application spectrum
- Automotive industry (interior parts, seats, partitions, roof lining, interior sound insulation)
- Furniture industry (furniture components, office furniture)
- Various types of mattresses
- Protective packaging
- Household goods such as cleaning sponges
- Upholstery and cushions
- Sound insulation systems
- Flooring products (mats, floor coverings)
- Refrigeration industry (refrigerators, industrial cold rooms, refrigerated vehicles)
- Construction industry (panels, showers, sprayed foam insulation, single-component foam sealants e.g. for window installation)
- Thermal insulation (pipe-in-pipe systems)
- PU system components (various applications)
- Manufacture of elastomers
- Hydraulic fluids
- Adhesives, waterproofing systems
- Shoe industry (soles)
- Imitation leather
- Construction industry (insulation of buildings through PU spray foam, block and modular systems, injection fillings)
- Industrial insulation (including wall and roof panels, insulation of refrigerated counters, chill systems for food storage, insulation of pipes and transmission lines)
- Transport and automotive (two-component foams, e.g. for steering wheels, gear levers, arm rests, seats, head rests and insulation elements, dashboards, sunroof mouldings, filters for engines, insulation systems)
- Mining (including two-component polyurethane adhesives for sealing and consolidating cracked and crumbling rock and coal strata)
- Sport and leisure (including resilient two-layer floor coverings for sports halls and children’s playgrounds, two-component foams e.g. for bicycle saddles, boxing gloves, life belts and for the manufacture of sports boats)
- Shoe industry (PU systems for resilient, light, flexible and hard-wearing shoe soles)
Alkylphenols of PCC and its applications
Alkylphenole sind eine Familie organisch chemischer Verbindungen, die durch die Alkylierung von Phenolen hergestellt werden. Die PCC Synteza S.A. produziert Nonylphenol und Dodecylphenol an ihrem Produktionsstandort im polnischen Kędzierzyn-Koźle.
Nonylphenol is used in the manufacture of surfactants for industrial cleaning products, for charging ink cartridges and for coating paper, and also as a rubber additive. Dodecylphenol serves, for example, as an additive in hydraulic fluids and lubricating greases. PCC Synteza S.A. also manufactures fuel additives.
Specialties
PolyU GmbH represents the important link between our customers and the group’s production facilities. As we also have our own laboratory capacities at our Oberhausen site, we can not only implement specific customer requests but also develop our own concepts and solutions for novel applications based on general market knowledge and current trends. As part of the PCC Group, PolyU GmbH can draw on the resources of the entire group of companies, allowing us to serve our customers in every respect from a single source.
Our products
For more information on our products, please visit PCC’s extensive product portal on www.products.pcc.eu containing more than 1,300 products and chemical formulations for numerous industrial applications.
Our sites / Contact details
Production site: Brzeg Dolny (PL)
Polyols business unit
ul. Sienkiewicza 4
56-120 Brzeg Dolny
Production sites: Żółwin (PL), Mysłowice (PL), Mińsk (BY)
Business unit PU systems
ul. Sienkiewicza 4
56-120 Brzeg Dolny
Production site: Essen (DE)
Hilgerstraße 20
45141 Essen
PCC PU Sp. z o.o.
ul. Sienkiewicza 4
56-120 Brzeg Dolny
Poland
Production site: Kędzierzyn-Koźle (PL)
ul. Szkolna 15
47-225 Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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With our innovative foam technology iPoltec®, the high-comfort upholstery from the laboratories of PCC Rokita, several million mattress cores have already been produced to date. Mattresses made from iPoltec® foam have outstanding comfort properties and are exceptionally durable. The basis for this foam technology is our ‘Rokopol iPol®’ polyols, which are also used in the production of foams for armchairs or upholstered furniture sets – specifically where extremely high rebound elasticity is required.
