California Plastics

Custom Plastic Compounding & Additives – Fast, Reliable, Tailored Solutions

At California Plastics, we specialize in high-quality custom color compounds, color concentrates, and additives to meet your exact specifications. With low minimum order quantities (MOQs) and fast turnaround times, we provide cost-effective solutions without sacrificing quality. Our advanced state-of-the-art extrusion and blending equipment ensures precision, efficiency, and consistent production across a wide range of materials, including glass-filled nylons, polycarbonate, ABS, polypropylene, and more.

Why choose us? We offer 2-3 day turnaround on color matches, 2-week lead times on all custom productions, and multiple nationwide locations for faster delivery. Our expert technical services include UV stabilization, polymer modifications, flame retardant formulations, and material reprocessing, backed by over 40 years of industry expertise.

Partner with California Plastics for innovative, high-performance thermoplastic solutions.

Featured Calplas® Resins

Calplas® PC/ABS FR108

Flame-rated thermoplastic blend designed for high-performance components used in modern data centers and electronics infrastructure. It combines the structural strength of polycarbonate with the processability of ABS, delivering a dependable, UL-rated solution for enclosures, housings, brackets, and other precision-molded parts.

Calplas® PC11RUV Waterclear

UV-resistant, high-clarity polycarbonate resin designed for demanding applications where optical clarity, toughness, and weatherability are essential. It delivers excellent light transmission while maintaining strength and durability, even when exposed to sunlight or outdoor conditions over time.

Industries We Serve

At California Plastics, we supply high-performance thermoplastics and specialty compounds to manufacturers across a wide range of industries. Our materials are trusted for their consistency, compliance, and performance in demanding applications, helping innovators bring reliable, safe, and efficient products to market. With a national warehouse network and a responsive technical team, we help OEMs and manufacturers in every sector stay ahead of production schedules and performance requirements.

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Data Centers & AI Infrastructure

We supply engineering thermoplastics for AI data centers, liquid cooling systems, cooling distribution units (CDUs), fluid handling components, and thermal management applications. Our materials deliver the performance, reliability, and supply chain support needed to power next-generation computing infrastructure.


Industrial Automation

Industrial Automation & Robotics

From autonomous robots and warehouse automation to machine vision systems, drones, and smart sensors, California Plastics supplies high-performance engineering thermoplastics built for demanding automation applications. Our materials help manufacturers improve strength, reduce weight, manage heat, and accelerate production with reliable nationwide resin distribution and engineering support.

Medical & Healthcare

At California Plastics, we supply high-performance thermoplastics and specialty compounds to manufacturers across a wide range of industries. Our materials are trusted for their consistency, compliance, and performance in demanding applications—helping innovators bring reliable, safe, and efficient products to market.


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About us

Affordable Solutions To Meet Your Needs

California Plastics offers a comprehensive range of engineering, specialty, and commodity thermoplastics, as well as additives, color concentrates, and custom compounds.

We take pride in offering our customers an extensive range of value-added services, expertly delivered by our knowledgeable sales professionals and teams of skilled technical and application development engineers. Our dedicated experts are readily available to provide guidance and support throughout every stage of the customer journey, from material selection to application development and the manufacturing processes. Their wealth of expertise ensures that our customers receive a high level of committed assistance, allowing them to make informed decisions and achieve optimal outcomes. Additionally, our extensive network of distribution and sales locations throughout the United States provides blending, repacking, inventory management, and logistics services, all geared towards enhancing our customers bottom line.

OUR SERVICES

Whether you’re looking for ABS, POM, PC, PBT, PA6, PA66, PA46, PA11, PA12, POM (Acetal), PEI, PSU, PPS, PVC Rigid, PVC Flexible, PP, PMMA, HIPS, GPPS, LDPE, HDPE, LLDPE, UHMPE, PC+ABS, or any other thermoplastic, our engineering team can help you find the right solution for your application.

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Plastic Resin Distribution

As a trusted supplier of high-quality plastic materials, California Plastics is committed to providing excellent customer service and timely delivery of products to meet the unique needs of its clients.

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Plastic Compounding

California Plastics will work with you to create the desired plastic blend that changes the thermal, physical and aesthetic and electrical characteristics of the material.

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ATO Distribution

California Plastics is proud to introduce the distribution of Antimony Trioxide (ATO), a high-performance additive widely used in flame retardant systems, PET production, glass manufacturing, and specialty coatings.

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PCR & PIR Solutions

Explore our range of Post-Consumer Recycled plastics & Post-Industrial Resins. Divert waste from landfills while reducing your reliance on virgin materials.

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Recycling

California Plastics works with all companies in various industries to provide a source to process and recycle plastic pellets, floor sweeps, sheets and other forms of plastic for their projects.

OUR CUSTOMERS

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and we are committed to providing exceptional service and support tailored to their specific needs. Below are some of the industry leaders we work with to fulfill their needs for engineering, specialty, and commodity thermoplastics, as well as additives, color concentrates, and custom compounds.

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Let us share our expertise with you and find the right solution for your engineering resin needs.

California Plastics is here to guide you throughout the entire process from material selection to application and development.

Request a Quote

Looking for a reliable supplier of PPS, PSU, PPSU, PA66, or other engineering thermoplastics for data center liquid cooling applications?

California Plastics helps OEMs, injection molders, and component manufacturers source high-performance materials for cooling distribution units, fluid handling systems, thermal management equipment, and AI infrastructure applications.

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    Looking for high-quality thermoplastics for your engineering needs? Look no further than California Plastics! Our selection includes a wide range of engineering, specialty, and commodity thermoplastics, as well as additives, color concentrates, and custom compounds. We partner with top global suppliers to ensure that we provide you with the best engineering solution for your specific needs.

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    Our Warehouse Locations

    California Plastics maintains a national distribution system with warehouse locations across America. No matter where you are located in the world, California Plastics is happy to work with you and delivery quality materials at an affordable price!

    •  Irvine, CA (Head Quarters)
    • Dallas, TX
    • Chicago, IL
    • Ware, MA
    • Denver, CO
    • Carson, CA
    • Seattle, WA
    • South Bend, IN
    • Cleveland, OH
    • Charleston, SC
    • Compton, CA
    • Stockton, CA
    • Newark, NJ
    • El Paso, TX

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    1-833 (225 7527)

    8583 Irvine Center Dr # 394

    Irvine, CA 92618

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    California Plastics is a stocking distributor offering more than 20,000 varieties of specialty, engineering, and commodity thermoplastics from the industry’s leading manufacturers and global suppliers.