| PE Compatibility | 15% | The carrier resin is compatible with the intended polyethylene grade, including HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, or recycled PE. | Technical data sheet, carrier-resin information, and application-specific trial results. | Does the masterbatch disperse consistently without reducing processing stability or finished-part performance? |
| Color Strength and Accuracy | 15% | The supplier maintains consistent shade, tinting strength, opacity, and batch-to-batch color reproducibility. | Color cards, laboratory color measurements, retained samples, and batch quality records. | Can the supplier meet the approved color standard across production batches? |
| Pigment Dispersion | 12% | The pigment is evenly dispersed, minimizing streaks, specks, die build-up, filter blockage, and surface defects. | Microscopy results, dispersion ratings, extrusion trial reports, and defect data. | Does the product provide stable dispersion at the intended let-down ratio and processing speed? |
| Thermal and Processing Stability | 10% | The formulation remains stable at the customer’s processing temperature and residence time without excessive degradation or color change. | Recommended processing-temperature range, heat-stability test data, and machine trial results. | Is the masterbatch suitable for the actual extrusion, injection, blow-molding, or film process? |
| Regulatory and Safety Compliance | 12% | The supplier provides documentation relevant to the final application, such as food-contact, toy, packaging, or general product-safety requirements. | Declaration of compliance, Safety Data Sheet, restricted-substance statement, and migration-test results where applicable. | Are the pigments, additives, and carrier materials permitted for the intended market and end use? |
| Application Expertise | 10% | The technical team understands the requirements of films, pipes, cables, containers, agricultural products, and other PE applications. | Application recommendations, troubleshooting procedures, sample formulations, and technical-support response times. | Can the supplier optimize dosage, processing conditions, and color performance for the finished product? |
| Quality-Control System | 10% | The supplier uses documented procedures for raw-material inspection, production control, laboratory testing, traceability, and nonconformance handling. | Quality certificates, inspection plans, certificate-of-analysis samples, audit reports, and corrective-action records. | Can every delivered batch be traced and compared with the approved specification? |
| Supply Reliability | 8% | The supplier has sufficient production capacity, dependable raw-material sourcing, realistic lead times, and contingency plans. | Capacity statement, delivery-performance records, inventory policy, and business-continuity plan. | Can the supplier maintain continuity during demand increases, raw-material shortages, or logistics disruptions? |
| Total Cost in Use | 5% | The evaluation considers dosage, pigment strength, scrap rate, processing efficiency, packaging, freight, and technical-support costs rather than price per kilogram alone. | Formal quotation, recommended let-down ratio, trial consumption data, and landed-cost calculation. | Does the product deliver the lowest verified cost per finished kilogram or per finished unit? |
| Sustainability and Circularity | 3% | The supplier can explain recycled-content compatibility, additive selection, packaging practices, and relevant environmental-management measures. | Recycled-content compatibility data, environmental certificates, sustainability policy, and product carbon information where available. | Will the color masterbatch support the customer’s recycled-PE or sustainability requirements without compromising quality? |