Our History

The history of TOPAS Advanced Polymers begins with a revolution in catalyst chemistry. In the late 1980's, a new way of making plastics was launched: metallocene catalysis.

By the year 2000, the business had advanced beyond pilot scale and a manufacturing plant was operating in Germany. During the same era, Hoechst went through a 'demerger' which left the TOPAS venture in the possession of the Ticona unit of Celanese AG.

As part of a corporate transition, Celanese sold the TOPAS business to Daicel Corporation and Polyplastics Co., Ltd., two leading Japan-based chemicals and plastics firms, and the TOPAS Advanced Polymers business was launched in 2006.

As of 2018, TOPAS^® COC has been added to the Polyplastics portfolio of high performance plastic resins. With the strong business and technical support of Polyplastics and its owner Daicel, TOPAS^® COC sales are growing worldwide as this unique material helps our ever-increasing roster of customers reach their goals.

Today, TOPAS® COC is manufactured by TOPAS Advanced Polymers GmbH, which also markets TOPAS® COC in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In the Asia/Pacific region, TOPAS resins are sold by Polyplastics. Sales of TOPAS polymers in the Americas is the responsibility of Polyplastics USA.