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Cashew Nut Resin / Friction Particles
For over 50 years Palmer International has been an innovative chemical manufacturer and supplier to the friction material industry. Palmer International offers a wide portfolio of products based on core strengths in Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL). Current manufacturing facilities location in US and UK.
Some of Palmer International's milestones:
| 1959 | Began supplying friction particles, rubber and resins to automotive industry. |
| 1981 | Established Palmer (UK) Ltd. reflecting company's evolution into a global supplier. |
| 1990 | Established Advanced Composite Technologies (ACT) Division supplying damping laminates and insulators to eliminate noise and vibration in automotive brake systems. |
| 1998 | Commissioned the most advanced distillation plant in the world for separating fractions of Cashew Nutshell Liquids. |
Products
Friction Particles |
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| · | Palmer International is the world leader in the production of friction particles for automotive and heavy duty industrial brake applications. Manufacturing sites in the United States and England provide a wide range of additives that are custom formulated for use in asbestos, semi-metallic and NAO brake formulas |
(ACT) Advanced Composite Technologies |
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| · | This division of Palmer International develops sound damping materials used in the reduction of automotive brake squeal. A constrained layer technology is provided to the marketplace as laminated coil or stamped insulators. ACT materials are used worldwide on passenger car and light truck applications. |
| Resins | |
| · | The unique functionality of our cardanol and cardol molecules makes them candidates for developing innovative resins and resin modifiers. |