Flooring, carpet and artificial turf
ExxonMobil has developed a wide range of market leading solutions for today’s demanding resilient flooring and carpet backing applications using our newest performance polymers and plasticizers.
Key benefits
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Wide range of flooring solutions
Provide a variety of materials and technologies to fit different flooring applications
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Technical expertise
Customized technical solutions for different flooring production processes
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Supply reliability
Global manufacturing sites ensure stable supply and consistent quality
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Cost competitiveness
Filler can be used to offer potential cost savings
Polyolefin resilient flooring
- Ability to customize formulation to meet performance requirements
- Can help prevent breakage by reducing brittleness compared to highly filled polyolefinic formulations without Vistamaxx™ polymers
- Enables the potential for flooring recyclability* and incorporation of recycled content
- Allows high levels of filler loading while maintaining flexibility which can offer potential cost savings
PVC based resilient flooring
- Low specific gravity and low volatility
- Good permanence and resistance to soapy water extraction
- Secondary plasticizers can offer potential cost savings and contribute to the viscosity and processability of your plastisol blends
- Opportunity for partial reduction or total elimination of traditional solvents that could otherwise contribute to volatile organic compounds
- Opportunity to replace low molecular weight phthalate plasticizer
- Filler can be used to offer potential cost savings
Secondary backing of carpet tiles
Builder ambitions to obtain green building certifications have contributed to the success of polyolefin-based carpet tile backings, which can offer recyclability* and help to protect indoor air quality through low VOCs.
- Potential cost savings due to high filler loading capability
- Offer recyclable* backing: scrap produced during carpet tile manufacturing offer the potential to be recycled back into the manufacturing process, end of life backings offer the potential to be recycled and incorporated into new tile production
- Carpet tiles offer the potential to achieve various sustainability certifications for flooring
- Excellent flexibility for low doming and curling
- Excellent extrusion processability
- Offer recyclable* backing: scrap produced during carpet tile manufacturing offer the potential to be recycled back into the manufacturing process, end of life backings offer the potential to be recycled and incorporated into new tile production
- Help to achieve indoor air quality certifications through low VOCs
- Filler can be used to offer potential cost savings
- Carpet tiles offer the potential to achieve various sustainability certifications for flooring
- Processing polyolefins may require adjustments to your existing process
Carpet precoat (latex alternative)
- Applied in hot molten state: no curing oven or post-drying required
- High flow enabling good tuft and fiber binding
- Potential to develop low VOC pre-coat systems
- No addition of biocides required
- Moisture & crumbling resistant
Household and industrial dirt mats
- Offer recyclable* backing: scrap produced during carpet tile manufacturing offer the potential to be recycled back into the manufacturing process
- Filler can be used to offer potential cost savings
- Formulations can be customized to deliver antislip properties
- Processing polyolefins may require adjustments to your existing process
Automotive sound deadening mats
- Support to achieve requirements for low fogging, odor and VOCs
- Highly filled formulations which can help to balance performance and cost
- Improves flexibility to enhance crack resistance
- Wide range of viscosities available for a wide processing
- Excellent adhesion to nonwoven or tufted carpets
Artificial grass yarn and artificial turf precoat
Product solutions
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DINP plasticizer
Jayflex™ DINP plasticizer is the largest-volume and preferred general-purpose high-molecular-weight plasticizer for PVC, providing the opportunity for cost savings with a good balance of properties.
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MB10 plasticizer
Jayflex™ MB10 plasticizer is a monoester of benzoic acid and isodecyl alcohol. It features good compatibility with thermoplastic resins, particularly polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
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Introducing Exceed™ S performance polyethylene for so much, so simply
When your applications demand the ultimate in stiffness and toughness, and easy processing is essential, the Exceed™ S resin portfolio is a solution that can elevate performance, while simplifying operations.
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Exceed™ XP performance polyethylene for eXtreme Performance
If your applications are highly demanding, the Exceed™ XP portfolio of resins offers the extreme toughness needed to deliver truly differentiated solutions.
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Exceed™ performance polyethylene for sealability and optical performance
For your applications that need a combination of outstanding sealing and best-in-class optical properties, Exceed™ PE resins are the answer.
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Dearomatized hydrocarbon solvents
Exxsol™ fluids maintain good solvency characteristics for a wide variety of applications.
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Synthetic isoparaffins
Isopar™ solvents are high-purity synthetic isoparaffins with consistent and uniform quality, thanks to selected feedstocks and controlled manufacturing processes. They deliver the narrowest boiling ranges for hydrocarbon fluids.
Featured resources
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Fact sheet: Adjust PVC plastisol viscosity in your application with Isopar and Exxsol fluids
Hydrocarbon fluids may be used to adjust initial viscosity of plastisol when manufacturing vinyl flooring. ExxonMobil’s hydrocarbon fluids stabilize the plastisol viscosity, leading to manufacturing efficiency without odor.
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Enhanced flooring applications
Jayflex™ DINP offers the optimal balance of processability and performance for your flooring applications.
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Lower total cost and improved performance for carpet tiles
Vistamaxx™ performance polymers are providing manufacturers of carpet tiles with new backing material possibilities for lower overall cost and improved performance.
