Broadway to Showcase Performance Materials and Greener Solutions at Interplas 2026
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Leading UK manufacturer of masterbatches, compounds, and roto powders, Broadway, will be exhibiting at Interplas 2026 in a few days’ time. The UK’s flagship event for the plastics industry takes place from 2nd to 4th June 2026 at the NEC Birmingham. Broadway will be in Hall 10, Stand K81, showcasing material innovations designed to solve modern manufacturing and sustainability challenges, as well as colours and effects from its impressive library.
As the industry navigates increasingly stringent environmental legislation and higher performance requirements, Broadway is positioned as a key partner for customised performance materials and solutions to reduce environmental impact. Broadway’s stand will offer an interactive experience, allowing visitors to see, feel, and test what the trusted masterbatch specialist has to offer.
Advanced Performance Materials
A standout innovation in Broadway’s portfolio is GrapheneXcel™, a proprietary range of graphene-enhanced masterbatches. GrapheneXcel significantly improves tensile strength, impact resistance, and barrier properties across a wide variety of polymers. Broadway’s technical authority in this field was recently confirmed following a successful audit, making the company an approved HydroGraph Graphene compounding partner. Interplas visitors can view graphene-enhanced mouldings and associated performance data on the Broadway stand.
Broadway will also open discussions about NitrideXcel™, a brand-new innovation offering similar benefits to graphene but with a significantly broader colouring potential – enabling polymer enhancements without aesthetic compromise. Additionally, NitrideXcel provides a critical combination of thermal conductivity and electrical insulation, an essential requirement for applications such as telecommunications hardware, automotive battery modules, and electrical casings.
Lightweighting, Polymer Reductions, and Enhanced Productivity
Broadway will demonstrate how its endothermic blowing agent, MasterFoam™, facilitates weight reductions of up to 10% in injection-moulded parts. Unlike the volatile and hazardous exothermic chemistries of the past, MasterFoam relies on a safe, non-toxic, endothermic reaction that delivers impressive material savings and processing efficiencies. This allows plastic moulders to produce more parts while reducing polymer usage and costs.
Supporting Plastic Circularity
Broadway’s NIR-detectable black masterbatches are free from carbon black pigments, retaining the potential for black packaging to be accurately identified and sorted in near-infrared (NIR) recycling facilities. By testing mouldings with a detector on the stand, Interplas visitors can see how NIR detectability is safeguarded without compromising the rich, opaque black finish brands desire.
Supporting the move toward mono-material packaging, Broadway will showcase the results of using its laser marking additives with live laser marking demonstrations. These additives enable plastic surfaces to be marked via industrial laser etching, providing an alternative to traditional paper labels, inks, and adhesives. Labels can block signals during NIR recycling (reducing recyclability) and impact the purity of recycled plastics. While beneficial in packaging, laser marking is also ideal for long-life or high-touch components. Where essential information needs to remain intact, laser etching provides a far more robust solution than labels and inks.
Materials that improve the recyclability of plastic packaging are increasingly welcomed. Beyond the obvious environmental benefits, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation means recyclability now carries a financial incentive. Broadway will present an illustration demonstrating how its NIR-detectable masterbatches can deliver substantial overall cost reductions when modulated EPR fees are considered.
Biomaterials and End-of-Life Benefits
Broadway manufactures ThermoSea™, a red seaweed-based biopolymer developed by SymbioTex. This 100% bio-based and plastic-free resin is home-compostable and designed to work seamlessly with existing injection moulding infrastructure. Broadway will showcase composting samples demonstrating how mouldings manufactured using ThermoSea™ can biodegrade within 16 weeks. This material offers a sustainably sourced alternative to oil-derived polymers.
Broadway also offers other biomaterials based on wood pulp, agricultural pulp, and wheat straw pulp. Home-compostable materials are particularly beneficial for single-use and hard-to-recycle applications, as they break down completely without leaving microplastics.
Competition!
Visitors are invited to enter Broadway’s competition at Interplas. By reviewing a series of black plastic bottles, guests can guess which bottle is NIR detectable and complete an entry form to enter a prize draw. One lucky winner (to be announced after the show) will receive a £100 Amazon voucher.
“We can’t wait to share our material innovations with the plastics industry at Interplas. We’re bringing an interactive stand that we hope everyone will enjoy. Drop by and make sure you enter our competition for the chance to win a £100 voucher. See you there!” Alex Harvey, Sales Director at Broadway
Visit Broadway at Interplas 2026: Hall 10, Stand K81, or get in touch ahead of the show: +44 (0)1986 875 100 or sales@broadwaycolours.com.
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