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National Manufacturing Day: Interview with Anthony Leaves

At Zotefoams, we’re passionate about investing in young talent and the future leaders of tomorrow. To celebrate National Manufacturing Day, which is centred on encouraging the next generation of manufacturers, we interviewed our Head of Operations, Antony Leaves. Read on to discover how he first got into manufacturing, the best advice he’s ever received and

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Plastazote® sets the seal on Parmigiano-Reggiano

Following comprehensive testing to demonstrate compliance with the EU Commission Regulation No 10/2011 on plastic materials intended to come into contact with food, Plastazote from Zotefoams’ AZOTE® range has been selected as a lightweight alternative to traditional rubber protective seals for world-famous Parmesan cheese. Plastazote is a range of lightweight, crosslinked polyethylene block foams from

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Zotefoams leads in qualifying for new ISO 45001 Occupational Health & Safety standard

Zotefoams plc is pleased to announce that it has successfully qualified for the new ISO 45001 international safety standard, following an audit conducted remotely to maintain the company’s safe working practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. The certification applies to the company’s Croydon, UK headquarters and manufacturing site, where some 310 staff from a total global

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New extra-rigid ZOTEK® F OSU foam promises weight savings of up to 70% for aircraft interiors

Zotefoams, a world leader in cellular materials technology, premieres its latest closed cell OSU grade foam, ZOTEK® F OSU XR, promising huge weight savings for aircraft manufacturers, as the company extends its High-Performance Product (HPP) line. Zotefoams’ latest polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) foam, ZOTEK F XR, is an extra-rigid closed cell crosslinked foam available in densities

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Zotefoams drives pure performance at Foam Expo North America 2020

Zotefoams will present its unparalleled line-up of closed cell foams from the AZOTE® polyolefin range plus High-Performance Products (HPP) from ZOTEK®, including ZOTEK N and latest innovation ZOTEK T on booth 2208. In the heartland of North America’s automobile industry, Zotefoams will demonstrate how it can help manufacturers rise to the triple challenge of evolving

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AZOTE® Adapt premieres at Foam Expo Europe

Zotefoams demonstrates technological leadership with new crosslinked polyolefin block foam manufactured via a unique process that redefines chemical foaming.

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Zotefoams makes history at Foam Expo Europe 2019 as it unveils groundbreaking technologies

Zotefoams today premieres innovations in its AZOTE® polyolefin foams and ZOTEK® high-performance products (HPP) ranges, including a significant development in crosslinked polyethylene foams

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Zotefoams brings winning selection of foams for the automotive industry to Europe’s car capital

Zotefoams will be displaying its unique range of closed cell foams ideal for the automotive industry at this year’s Foam Expo Europe in Stuttgart, Germany – the birthplace of the automobile.

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Hitting the outdoor trail with Zotefoams

Outdoor enthusiasts and suppliers of outdoor gear are hitting the trail to Zotefoams Inc’s booth at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market to talk about AZOTE® – the most widely used closed cell foam in the outdoor clothing and equipment sector.

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All about nitrogen

2019 has been proclaimed the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements by the UN General Assembly. We’re delighted to see nitrogen right up there at atomic number 7 – after all, it’s the stuff we use to put the bubbles in our AZOTE® and ZOTEK® foam ranges. So today we’re sharing our

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CPhI and P-MEC China, 18-20 June

We will be back at Shanghai’s National Exhibition and Convention centre in June for CPhI and P-MEC China. The two simultaneous shows expose Zotefoams technology to two of the world’s largest pharma markets with over 70,000 visitors expected to walk or exhibit across the conventions. 

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Hitting the outdoor trail with Zotefoams

Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Denver, Colorado – July 23-26. Zotefoams booth #615-LL Outdoor enthusiasts and suppliers of outdoor gear are hitting the trail to Zotefoams Inc’s booth at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market to talk about AZOTE® – the most widely used closed cell foam in the outdoor clothing and equipment sector. On land, AZOTE

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Zotefoams announces commissioning of two new high-temperature foaming vessels at our Croydon, UK Facility.

This extra capacity has been created to fulfil the strong demand for the ZOTEK® range of High Performance Products (HPP). Zotefoams has seen significant growth within HPP over the past few years and we anticipate further demand increases particularly for our PEBA and Nylon foams, now being manufactured in larger volumes. Zotefoams’ HPP Business Unit delivered

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Unilever to use Zotefoams’s MuCell® Extrusion technology for its Dove Body Wash Bottles in Europe

Total Voting Rights and Share Capital In accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules (DTR 5.6), the Company makes the following disclosure with respect to the share capital and voting rights of the Company.

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Market introduction of ZOTEK®PEBA FOAM

We would like to inform you that Zotefoams plc is now marketing ZOTEK®PEBA foam using the polymer PEBAX® from ARKEMA FRANCE.

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New Euroclass B foams for the construction industry

Croydon, UK – October, 2013 – Zotefoams, the world’s leading manufacturer of closed-cell crosslinked polyolefin foams, is proud to launch a new range of Euroclass B rated products.

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PLASTAZOTE® Open Boat Project For Developing Countries

PLASTAZOTE®, the high performance closed cell cross linked polyolefin foam from Zotefoams, is the construction material of choice in the new ‘Open Boat Project’, which was established with the aim of building a basic self build, low cost boat for rowing, canoeing or sailing in developing countries.

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T-TUBES® chosen for Europe’s largest BioPharma facility

Zotefoams plc, the world’s leading manufacturer of closed-cell cross-linked polyolefin foams, has

been awarded a contract to supply their T-TUBES® high performance clean room insulation system

for Pfizer at its Grange Castle facility in Dublin.

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Zotefoams to Supply Ultra Light-weight, High Performance HydroZOTE™ for O’NEILL Competition Wakeboard and Water-ski Vests

San Diego, CA — Tecniq LLC and Zotefoams, Inc. announced today the commercial launch of a new breed of floatation foams branded HydroZOTE™.

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Zotek® N –The Future solution for Thermoplastic Composite

Zotefoams, the world leading supplier of closed cell, cross-linked block foams continues to develop the high temperature cross linked nylon based Zotek® N foam into new innovative applications with automotive and composite industries at the fore.

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PACCOR uses MuCell® Extrusion technology for its pioneering Neocell®and Neocell+®thin sheet technology

Woburn, MA, July 25, 2013 – PACCOR’s Neocell thin-sheet technology for form-fill-seal (FFS) applications in dairy, along with other markets gets its innovative, ecological and resource-saving performance with the help of the MuCell process, supplied by MuCell Extrusion LLC, of Woburn, MA.

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Joint Venture announcement

Zotefoams, which manufactures and sells high-performance foams, announces that it has entered into a joint venture with Inoac Corporation of Japan for the manufacture and exclusive sale of its Azote® polyolefin products in Asia and Australasia

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Red Bull Adventure – Tecniq Big Wave Life Vest

As big-wave surng gets pushed further and further (and deeper and deeper), the risks athletes are taking get bigger and bigger.

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ZOTEK F foam is leading the way into aircraft interior systems

Zotefoams plc, the leading manufacturer of closed-cell cross-linked foams, is proud to announce further adoption in the Aviation market segment of ZOTEK® F, the unique polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) foam.

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A Touch of Gold with microZOTE®

A Touch of Gold with microZOTE® The term “Luxury” has no clear definition but it refers to products and packaging of a very high quality and appearance with the perception of luxury being a very personal and sometimes emotional response.

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PEBAXFOAM®, ultra-lightweight high performance foam

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