Polynt

Polynt operates in the chemical industry through an integrated business model that ensures efficiency, quality, and sustainability, delivering tailor-made solutions to industries worldwide. Its product portfolio includes essential materials for thousands of everyday applications, developed in laboratories and with universities and research centres. The company reports 35 plants worldwide, 2,891 employees, €1.898 billion turnover in 2025, and 680 kton volume sold in 2025. Its solutions span coatings, composites, and specialty additives & building blocks, and it states more than 70 years of experience in the production, sales, research and development of organic anhydrides and their derivatives.

Polynt states it has been active for over 70 years in the production, sales, research and development of organic anhydrides and their derivatives. According to its corporate history, the FTALITAL complex opened in 1955, mainly dedicated to the production of Phthalic Anhydride used for synthetic materials. In 1965 Alusuisse S.A. acquired FTALITAL. Over the mid-1970s the company, renamed Lonza S.p.A., expanded production capacity through acquisitions and construction of new industrial sites. In 1979 it acquired Distillerie Italiane S.p.A., and over the 1980s it continued to grow through acquisitions. A Maleic Anhydride plant opened in Ravenna in 1990. In 1999 Lonza Group separated from Alusuisse and was listed on the Zurich Stock Exchange. Between 2001 and 2005, it acquired two Lonza companies based in Miehlen, Germany (2001), merged with two Lonza Group companies based in Italy and opened a Polish site (2003). The history entry then references 2006 and Polynt.

A strategic partner for advanced chemical solutions, emphasizing an integrated business model, tailor-made products, innovation, and sustainability.

• Coatings

  Surface treatments that protect substrates from wear and external agents, improving durability, functionality, and aesthetics; includes alkyds, latex, specialty oils/alkyds, polyesters, powder and powder curatives, solution acrylics, epoxies and epoxy curing agents, urethanes, and 2K NISO systems.

• Composites

  Materials combining reinforcements such as carbon or glass fibers with a protective polymer matrix; offerings include bonding pastes, gelcoats, unsaturated polyester resins (UPR), vinyl ester resins, and low profile/low shrink additives.

1. 1Polynt | Specialty Polymers & Intermediatespolynt.com
2. 2About | Polyntpolynt.com
3. 3Coatings | Polyntpolynt.com
4. 4Composites | Polyntpolynt.com
5. 5Polyntwikidata.org