SPONSOR INTERVIEW
Dr. Abolfazl Mohebbi, CTO at Moxietec
Can you tell us about your role and what your responsibilities entail?
As the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Moxietec, I oversee the technology development, team management, and daily operations. My role involves driving innovation, managing R&D efforts, and ensuring that our technologies align with customer needs and sustainability goals. Additionally, I work closely with our clients to understand their challenges and provide tailored, effective solutions that help them achieve success.
Can you explain what your company does and how it fits within the supply chain?
Moxietec is an American IP-driven company specializing in innovative technologies for manufacturing thermoplastic foamed parts. Our solutions focus on sustainability, light-weighting, and cost efficiency, enabling manufacturers to produce thicker, lighter, and more environmentally friendly components.
We serve a diverse range of industries, including automotive, aerospace, construction, and packaging, and offer turn-key solutions with end-to-end support. From formulation development and resin-specific additive customization to design, machining, and comprehensive testing (mechanical, morphological, thermal, rheological, and weathering), we deliver tailored solutions under one roof.
Our mission is to empower customers with cutting-edge technology and engineering expertise, enabling them to overcome industry challenges while reducing their environmental impact.
How does Moxietec provide tailored solutions for different industries?
One of our strengths lies in our ability to customize foaming additive packages based on each client’s specific resin source and application needs. Whether working with virgin or recycled materials, bio-based resins, or high-performance polymers, we design additive solutions that maximize performance while maintaining foamability and density reduction.
Our in-house resources include design, machining, formulation development, compounding, and comprehensive testing capabilities, enabling us to provide turn-key solutions with engineering support tailored to each customer’s requirements. This seamless integration ensures faster development cycles, reduced costs, and optimized product performance.
What recent innovations or achievements has Moxietec accomplished?
Over the past year, we’ve achieved several milestones:
• Tailored Foaming Additives: Successfully developed additive packages for various customers, enhancing impact strength, flow length, and foamability while reducing scrap rates.
• Sustainability Leadership: Supported businesses in transitioning from virgin polymers to recycled alternatives, helping them meet environmental goals.
• Bio-Based Resins: Partnered with a bio-resin producer to enhance flow length and foamability, expanding the usability of bio-based materials in high-performance applications.
• Patent-Pending Shut-Off Nozzle: Innovated a unique nozzle that improves formability, reduces cold slug formation, and minimizes scrap in injection molding.
• Turn-Key Solutions: Delivered comprehensive solutions across industries, leveraging our full range of in-house capabilities to meet diverse customer needs.
What trends or technologies are you most excited about?
I’m particularly inspired by the industry’s shift toward sustainability and circular economy practices. The demand for solutions that reduce material usage, energy consumption, and carbon footprints aligns with Moxietec’s mission.
Additionally, advancements in bio-based and recycled materials are opening new opportunities for innovation. At Moxietec, we’re exploring how these materials, combined with our proprietary additive packages and foaming technologies, can create high-performance products that are both environmentally and economically sustainable.
What makes Moxietec’s solutions unique in the market?
Our solutions stand out due to their combination of technical innovation and sustainability focus:
1. Resin-Specific Customization: Tailored additive packages optimized for each customer’s resin source and application.
2. Integrated Capabilities: In-house resources for design, machining, formulation development, compounding, and testing, ensuring seamless project execution.
3. Scalable Solutions: Technologies capable of producing parts with up to 80% weight reduction and thicknesses up to 9 inches.
4. Sustainability Leadership: Advanced solutions for recycled and bio-based materials, reducing environmental impact while maintaining performance.
What are you most excited about for Foam Expo 2025?
Foam Expo 2025 offers a fantastic opportunity to showcase our innovations, connect with
industry leaders, and explore new trends in foam technology. I’m excited to share Moxietec’s achievements, engage with potential collaborators, and discover emerging solutions that align with our vision for sustainable manufacturing.
This event is also a great platform to discuss the challenges faced by different industries and demonstrate how Moxietec can provide effective solutions through our technology and
expertise.
Why should attendees visit your booth?
Visitors to our booth can expect:
1. Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions: Explore technologies that reduce raw material usage and lower energy consumption, contributing to a smaller carbon footprint.
2. Tailored Additive Packages: Learn about our ability to customize foaming additives for a wide range of resins, including recycled and bio-based materials.
3. Turn-Key Services: Discover our comprehensive capabilities, from design and development to testing and engineering support, all under one roof.
4. Proven Results: See real-world examples of how Moxietec has helped customers improve performance, reduce scrap, and achieve their sustainability goals.
What are some challenges your team has overcome in the past year?
One challenge we’ve faced is helping customers optimize their processes while meeting sustainability targets. For instance, replacing virgin polymers with recycled alternatives often requires significant formulation and processing adjustments. Our team tackled these challenges by leveraging our in-house R&D and testing capabilities to develop customized solutions.
Another challenge was improving the flow length of high-performance resins, such as bio-based materials. Through innovation and collaboration, we developed additive packages that enhanced flowability without compromising foamability or density reduction.
If you could collaborate with one historical figure in your field, who would it be?
I would choose Herman Mark, often called the father of polymer science. His groundbreaking work laid the foundation for the modern plastics industry, and his insights into polymer chemistry and materials science would provide invaluable perspective for advancing sustainable manufacturing technologies
