Back Home // Products // Polymer Additives // Visual Enhancement Effects // Cesa™ Mat Additives Cesa™ Mat masterbatch are added to polymers to modify surface properties to reduce gloss and develop a matte or frost-like effect in PET polyester sheet and bottles, polyolefin films and other products.

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