EMS-CHEMIE (Business Unit EMS-GRILTECH) Employee Directory
Plastics ManufacturingGrisons, Switzerland51-200 Employees
EMS-CHEMIE’s Business Unit EMS-GRILTECH manufactures a range of polymer fibers and specialty chemicals, including Grilon, Nexylon and Nexylene fibers; Griltex hotmelt adhesives; Grilbond adhesion promoters; Primid crosslinkers for powder coatings; and Grilonit reactive dilutents. It is a worldwide market leader for fibers in the paper-machine clothing industry, supported by a proprietary spinning process that enables the creation of new GRILON fibers and variants such as flat, fusible, coarse and bi-component fibers. Its customer base covers sectors such as automotive production, filtration, color printing, sport, packaging and medicine, where Griltex copolyamides and copolyesters are used for technical bonding. The company also focuses on adhesion promoters and Primid crosslinkers to support powder coatings and related markets, with opportunities for growth in tire manufacturing and lightweight construction as new products are introduced. Based in Domat/ems, Grisons, Switzerland, EMS-GRILTECH operates as a mid-sized plastics manufacturer with a worldwide footprint. A notable recent development is the 2022 strategic partnership with 3D Systems to develop new 3D printing materials, including the nylon copolymer DuraForm PAx Natural.