Many niches
Polymeric foams are materials with broad applications. But traditionally manufactured foams have fatal flaws, including a short useful life, toxicity, and a lack of recyclability. Mega Master has solved all three problems by developing foams that are ecofriendly, noncarcinogenic, and sustainable. “The market for foams is huge. Their applications are limited only by the producer’s manufacturing capabilities, imagination and grasp of the market,” says Sean Yu. “If you’re dealing with a customer from a different field and can meet their demands, you have the potential to create a brand-new market.”
“Whether upstream, downstream or end-product client, once they’ve worked with Mega Master, they almost always continue to use our eFoam materials.” Sean Yu explains the reasons that they’ve been able to win customers’ loyalty and become their go-to replacement for other brands: “First, there’s our integrity. Next, we [make the effort to] understand our customers’ needs, aren’t afraid of difficult demands, and don’t skimp to produce exactly the materials they want. When a customer wants another product with a new capability, they immediately think, ‘Let’s have Mega Master develop it.’ It pushes our partnerships into a virtuous cycle.” Yu is committed to making high cost-performance products, and Mega Master has earned the loyalty of customers from around the world by developing tailor-made products for them. As a result, the company’s client list includes the likes of Samsung, LG, Shimano, Nissan, Bauer, and Great Wall Motors. Mega Master even makes the foam used for the best-known brand of picture hanging strips.
The Palace Museum in Beijing also uses Mega Master materials to pack the items from its collection when it ships them abroad for exhibitions. “Our materials are being used to pack items that are thousands of years old, so they have to be completely clean, nontoxic, and free of volatile organic compounds,” says Sean Yu. “If they weren’t, they could damage the artifacts.” The company’s primary customers for eFoam packing materials are in the European Union, which has strict environmental regulations. The products are used to transport precision instruments, as well as valuable items made from ceramic or metal.
Revisions to the Building Technical Regulations implemented on January 1, 2021 by Taiwan’s Construction and Planning Agency require the walls of new buildings to include soundproofing. Mega Master has developed an eFoam construction material that is not only lightweight, odorless, and water resistant, but also increases sound insulation by 20 decibels, provides temperature insulation, and will last for decades. As Sean Yu says, the company does its utmost to develop products for every niche in which eFoams might have an application, in order to create safer living spaces.
Polymer foams are made from plastic pellets. These foams used to be unrecyclable and their disposal via burning released toxins. However, Mega Master has developed products that can be recycled into new pellets, creating a truly circular use cycle.