Resin floors and coatings for Africa's hardest-working spaces
Epoxy, polyurethane and vinyl ester flooring systems for food plants, hospitals, mines, hangars and warehouses. Formulated, manufactured and supported by African Specialist Polymers.
Where is your floor going?
- HACCP certified polyurethane range
- B-BBEE Level 1, 100% female owned
- Offices in Durban and Centurion
- Supplying South Africa and seven more African countries
Specified for your industry
When you specify a resin coating, durability, chemical resistance, environmental conditions and maintenance all matter. The right choice protects your facility for longer and costs less over its life.
Food & Beverage
The floor of a food & beverage processing facility is typically exposed to all sorts of foods and its by-products. This…
Manufacturing
The floor of a MANUFACTURING facility is typically exposed to a vast array of service criteria requirements including…
Warehousing
The floors in a warehouse facility are required to be durable and robust, being able to withstand the abuse of forklift…
Healthcare
The floor in a healthcare facility must project an environment that is safe and comfortable and induces a feeling of…
Pharmaceutical
The floor in a healthcare facility must project an environment that is safe and comfortable and induces a feeling of…
Mining
The floor of a mining facility is typically exposed to a vast array of service criteria requirements such as heavy…
Automotive
Automotive environments are highly demanding and often vast in area. The floors in an AUTOMOTIVE facility are required…
Airports
The floor of an AIRPORT is subject to constant and often heavy foot and wheel traffic. It is therefore essential that…
Aviation
The floors in an aviation facility must perform under rigorous conditions of frequent exposure to heavy loading…
Print & Packaging
The floors in a printing and packaging facility are required to be durable and robust, being able to withstand the…
What's under the surface
Every ASP floor is a system built up in layers. Pick a product to see its build-up and the coverage of each layer, taken from its technical data sheet.
The ASP range
Nineteen systems across epoxy, polyurethane and vinyl ester, from a 0.14 mm water-based seal to a 10 mm chemical-resistant screed.
African Specialist Polymers offers a vast range of epoxy coatings, from water-based and solvent-free epoxies to epoxy that offers exceptional chemical resistance.
All epoxy systems- ASP-primeStd ASP-primeStd is a low viscosity, solvent-free, versatile, high performance, chemical resistant epoxy primer for concrete substrates. 0.25 mm Primer
- ASP-coatWBE ASP-coatWBE is a pigmented, water-based seal coat typically applied as a two-coat vapour permeable system. 0.14 mm per coat Light duty
- ASP-coat500 ASP-coat500 is a pigmented, solvent-free, easily applied high build epoxy floor coating designed to protect concrete substrates. 0.5 mm Light to medium duty
- ASP-coat500 Flake ASP-coat500 Flake is a decorative, solvent-free, easily applied high-build epoxy floor coating, designed to protect concrete substrates. 0.8 mm Light to medium traffic
- ASP-coat1000 ASP-coat1000 is a pigmented, solvent-free, seamless system applied as a 1mm self-smoothing epoxy floor coating designed to protect concrete substrates. 1.0 mm Light to medium duty
- ASP-coatSL ASP-coatSL is a pigmented, solvent-free, seamless system applied as a 2mm self-smoothing epoxy floor coating, designed to protect concrete substrates. 2.0 mm Medium to heavy duty
- ASP-coatChem Laminate ASP-coatChem Laminate is a high chemical resistant, solvent-free system designed to provide protection of concrete substrates in harsh environments. 0.5 – 0.75 mm Aggressive chemical environments
- ASP-coatChem Roller Coat ASP-Chem VE Roller Coat is a high chemical resistant, vinyl ester coating designed to provide protection of concrete substrates in harsh environments. 0.75 mm Aggressive chemical environments
- ASP-screedPTS ASP-screedPTS is a power trowel applied natural quartz screed sealed with a pigmented top coat which offers excellent chemical, impact and wear resistance. 4.0 mm Medium to heavy duty
- ASP-screedSTB ASP-screedSTB is a power trowel applied decorative quartz system that offers excellent chemical impact and wear resistance. 3.0 – 4.0 mm Medium to heavy duty
When you need a hygienic, food safe facility, ASP's range of polyurethanes are all HACCP certified by HACCP International.
All polyurethane systems- ASP-creteSR ASP-creteSR is a HACCP certified heavy duty, trowel applied, lightly textured polyurethane concrete protective coating offering excellent chemical, thermal shock and wear resistance. 5.0 – 6.0 mm Heavy duty
- ASP-creteSL ASP-creteSL is a HACCP certified medium duty, easily applied, self-smoothing polyurethane concrete screed offering excellent chemical and wear resistance in food and beverage processing facilities. 2.0 mm Medium duty
- ASP-creteMD ASP-creteMD is a HACCP certified medium duty, easily applied, self-smoothing polyurethane concrete screed offering excellent chemical and wear resistance in food and beverage processing facilities. 3.5 – 4.0 mm Medium duty
- ASP-creteRT ASP-creteRT is a HACCP certified heavy duty, trowel applied, lightly textured polyurethane concrete protective coating offering excellent chemical, thermal shock and wear resistance. 6.0 – 9.0 mm Heavy duty
- ASP-creteVS ASP-creteVS is a HACCP certified heavy-duty, light weight trowel applied, polyurethane concrete mortar designed to form radius coves and for vertical render applications. 3.5 – 9.0 mm Heavy duty, coves and walls
- ASP-coatPU ASP-coatPU is a three component solvent free polyurethane floor coating system that provides a flexible, abrasion and impact resistant protective covering. 1.5 – 2.0 mm High traffic
Vinyl ester offers exceptional chemical and heat resistance in any harsh environment. This range resists the harshest chemicals out there.
All vinyl ester systems- ASP-Chem VE Laminate ASP-Chem VE Laminate is a high chemical resistant, vinyl ester system designed to provide protection of concrete substrates in harsh environments. 0.9 – 1.75 mm Aggressive chemical environments
- ASP-chemVE-H ASP-chemVE-H is a trowel applied vinyl ester screed which provides excellent chemical, mechanical and temperature resistance for the protection of concrete and steel horizontal substrates. 5.0 – 10.0 mm Medium to heavy duty
- ASP-chemVE-V ASP-chemVE-V is a trowel applied vinyl ester screed which provides excellent chemical, mechanical and temperature resistance for the protection of vertical concrete and steel substrates. 5.0 – 10.0 mm Vertical surfaces and coves
Need it back in service fast? When downtime is a luxury your facility can't afford, ASP offers a range of rapid cure systems that bring your facility back into operation in no time. Ask about the ASP-rapid range
Formulated, made and supported by one team
ASP excels in formulation, quality control, manufacturing and onsite technical support. Our sales and technical specialists work with specifiers, engineers, facility owners and applicators to make sure the right product is chosen for the conditions, and installed to last.
- Specification
- We understand our clients' needs and make sure the product selected is entirely suited to the installation.
- Technical support
- Flooring best practice, international standards and technically robust formulations, with onsite support.
- Service excellence
- Project deadlines come first, and we pride ourselves on being easy to do business with.
- Innovation
- Systems formulated for a wide variety of applications and to withstand many different conditions.
Tools for specifiers
Built from ASP's own data sheets, product selector and chemical resistance guides.
African Specialist Polymers is committed to
Service
ASP recognises the need for a purpose-inspired specialist coatings supplier that can serve both the South African and African markets. We provide specifications and solutions for industrial flooring, automotive, food and beverage, healthcare and general manufacturing, and we build long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with our supply chain and customers.
Quality
ASP offers quality, performance-orientated epoxy, polyurethane, methyl methacrylate and vinyl ester coatings for a vast range of applications. We partner with specialist applicators who share our commitment to service and quality across the flooring and coating market.
Best prices
Our expertise runs from understanding customers' needs and formulating products and systems to onsite technical support and commercial experience, so your project is fit for purpose. We keep developing relevant new products while improving the range we already make.
From the knowledge centre
Straight answers on choosing, installing and looking after resin floors, drawn from ASP's technical data and the FeRFA guidance we follow.
Installation
Joints, coves and drains: the details that make a resin floor last
Most resin floor failures start at joints, edges and drains. ASP recommends anchor grooves saw-cut at terminations and joints, a radius cove from…
Specifying
How to read a chemical resistance rating
ASP rates chemical resistance from 0 to 5: 5 means excellent, with no significant deterioration after long-term contact; 3 means unaffected after one…
Markets
Flooring for food and beverage processing
Food and beverage floors face foods and by-products that encourage bacteria, plus hot wash-downs, temperature swings and aggressive cleaning. ASP…
Questions we hear often
What does African Specialist Polymers do?
African Specialist Polymers (ASP) formulates, manufactures and supplies epoxy, polyurethane, vinyl ester and methyl methacrylate resin flooring and protective coatings for South Africa and the rest of Africa, backed by quality control and onsite technical support.
Where is ASP based?
ASP's head office is at 6 Moss Road, Westmead, Pinetown, Durban. The Johannesburg office is at Unit 2 Prosperity Park, Jurg Ave, Hennopspark, Centurion.
Which countries does ASP supply?
ASP serves South Africa and exports into Africa, with contacts for Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini, Lesotho and Zambia.
Does ASP install floors?
ASP manufactures the flooring systems and works with partner specialist applicators who share its commitment to service and quality. Contact us and we will put you in touch with an applicator for your project.
Is ASP B-BBEE certified?
Yes. ASP is a 100% female owned specialist polymer manufacturer and a B-BBEE Level 1 contributor.
Are ASP's floors HACCP certified?
ASP's polyurethane cement floors (ASP-creteSR, ASP-creteSL, ASP-creteMD, ASP-creteRT and ASP-creteVS) are HACCP certified by HACCP International.
Talk to our technical team
Tell us about the area, the traffic, the chemicals and the temperatures. We'll recommend a system and connect you with an applicator.