US alternatives to Chinese Materials & Components
43 non-Chinese options for buyers in the United States. The full Chinese Materials & Components catalogue is at /category/materials/.
Mountain Pass rare-earth mine and NdPr separation, plus NdFeB magnets in Fort Worth, Texas
- NdPr oxide and metal
- NdFeB magnets (ramping)
- ⚠ Limited availability
Opteon HFO refrigerants and blends plus Freon HFCs, made in Corpus Christi, TX among other sites
- HFC and HFO refrigerants
- R-32, R-134a, 1234yf
- ✓ Available in US
LLDPE, HDPE and LDPE resins from US Gulf Coast plants (Freeport, Texas) and European sites
- US Gulf Coast PE
- LLDPE/HDPE swing unit
- ✓ Available in US
Battery-grade lithium hydroxide and carbonate, lithium metal and lithium specialties
- LiOH, Li2CO3 and Li metal
- ✓ Available in US
- ✓ US-based vendor
High-nickel cathode materials and natural/artificial graphite anode materials
- High-nickel cathodes
- Graphite anode materials
- ✓ Available in US
MDI and TDI for polyurethanes plus Makrolon polycarbonate, made in Germany, Belgium and Texas
- MDI, TDI and PC
- Baytown, Texas plant
- ✓ Available in US
Engineering polymers and compounds (POM, PA66 Zytel, PBT, LFT) for auto and electrical
- Engineering compounds
- ✓ Available in US
- ✓ US-based vendor
Silicon metal and silicon alloys from plants in the US (Ohio, West Virginia, Alabama), France and Spain
- Silicon metal, US plants
- ✓ Available in US
Chloride-process TiO2 pigment from DeLisle (MS), New Johnsonville (TN) and Altamira, Mexico
- Chloride-process TiO2
- DeLisle and New Johnsonville
- ✓ Available in US
OLED panels for smartphones, foldables, laptops, monitors (QD-OLED) and cars
- Phone, IT and TV OLED
- ✓ Available in US
MLCCs, multilayer and wirewound chip inductors, EMI filters and RF components
- Chip inductors and MLCCs
- ✓ Available in US
VACODYM sintered NdFeB and SmCo magnets from Hanau, Germany and the eVAC plant in Sumter, SC
- Sintered NdFeB, SC plant
- ✓ Available in US
Sintered NdFeB magnets made in San Marcos, Texas, largely from recycled rare-earth feedstock
- US-made sintered NdFeB
- ✓ Available in US
- ✓ US-based vendor
Solstice HFO and Genetron HFC refrigerants; spun off from Honeywell in October 2025
- HFO refrigerants (Solstice)
- Genetron HFCs incl. R-32
- ✓ Available in US
Sintered NdFeB and SmCo magnets and assemblies, sold through US and German offices
- Sintered NdFeB and SmCo
- ✓ Available in US
Kynar PVDF resins made at Calvert City (KY) and Pierre-Bénite (France)
- Kynar PVDF
- Made in Calvert City, KY
- ✓ Available in US
Sintered NdFeB magnets in Stillwater, Oklahoma; rare-earth metals and alloys via Less Common Metals (UK)
- Oklahoma NdFeB line
- ⚠ Limited availability
- ✓ US-based vendor
Battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide from Chile's Salar de Atacama
- Battery-grade LiOH, Li2CO3
- ✓ Available in US
Lithium hydroxide, carbonate, lithium metal and butyllithium; US plant in Bessemer City, NC
- LiOH and lithium metal
- ✓ Available in US
MDI from Antwerp and Geismar, Louisiana; TDI from Geismar; polyols and PU systems
- MDI and TDI, Geismar
- ✓ Available in US
Specialty engineered polymer compounds, incl. flame-retardant PA, PBT and polyolefin grades
- FR and specialty compounds
- ✓ Available in US
- ✓ US-based vendor
Siloxanes, silicone fluids, LSR and silicone rubber from Carrollton (KY), Michigan and Seneffe (BE)
- Siloxanes and silicones
- LSR, Carrollton KY
- ✓ Available in US
PE from Mont Belvieu, Texas and Belgium (Zwijndrecht, Meerhout), plus polypropylene
- PE and PP resins
- Mont Belvieu PE plant
- ✓ Available in US
MDI-based polyurethanes from world-scale plants in Geismar, Louisiana and Rotterdam
- MDI, Geismar plant
- ✓ Available in US
- ✓ US-based vendor
PA6/PA66, PA46 and PBT compounds (Durethan, Akulon, Stanyl, Pocan) for auto and E&E
- PA and PBT compounds
- ✓ Available in US
Silicones, silicone rubber/LSR, fluids and silanes; plants in Waterford (NY) and Leverkusen (DE)
- Silicones, Waterford NY
- ✓ Available in US
- ✓ US-based vendor
Forane HFC/HFO refrigerants and blowing agents made at Calvert City, Kentucky
- Forane R-32 and blends
- Made in Calvert City, KY
- ✓ Available in US
PE and PP resins from US plants incl. La Porte (Hyperzone HDPE) and Lake Charles PP
- PE and PP resins
- Hyperzone HDPE, La Porte
- ✓ Available in US
Silanes, siloxanes, silicone rubber and fluids from Burghausen/Nünchritz (DE) and Adrian, Michigan
- Silicones, Adrian MI
- ✓ Available in US
Teflon PTFE, FEP and PFA resins from Washington Works (WV) and Dordrecht (NL)
- Teflon PTFE, FEP, PFA
- Made in West Virginia
- ✓ Available in US
Acrylic acid, acrylic esters and SAP from Ludwigshafen, Antwerp and Freeport, Texas
- Acrylic acid and esters
- Freeport, Texas
- ✓ Available in US
Mount Weld mine and Malaysian plant producing separated NdPr, dysprosium and terbium oxides
- NdPr, Dy and Tb oxides
- ⚠ Limited availability
PTFE, FEP, PFA, ETFE and DAI-EL fluoroelastomers plus refrigerants from Decatur, Alabama
- PTFE, FEP, PFA, FKM
- Made in Decatur, AL
- ✓ Available in US
Acrylic acid and acrylate esters from Carling, France and Clear Lake and Bayport, Texas
- Acrylic monomers
- Clear Lake, Texas
- ✓ Available in US
NdPr oxide and pilot dysprosium/terbium oxides from the White Mesa Mill in Utah
- NdPr oxide, Utah mill
- ⚠ Limited availability
- ✓ US-based vendor
Chloride TiO2 pigment from Hamilton (MS) and Stallingborough (UK); Botlek (NL) closed 2025
- Chloride-process TiO2
- Hamilton, MS plant
- ✓ Available in US
TiO2 pigment from Leverkusen, Nordenham, Langerbrugge, Fredrikstad and Lake Charles
- Chloride-process TiO2
- Lake Charles, LA plant
- ✓ Available in US
High-nickel NCM/NCMA cathode materials for EV batteries
- NCM/NCMA cathodes
- ✓ Available in US
Natural graphite active anode material from its Vidalia, Louisiana plant
- Natural graphite anode
- ⚠ Limited availability
OLED panels for TVs, monitors, laptops, phones and automotive cockpit displays
- TV, IT and auto OLED
- ✓ Available in US
LCD and microLED panels for monitors, notebooks, industrial and automotive displays
- IT, industrial, auto LCD
- ✓ Available in US
Chip and SMT power inductors, MLCCs, ferrites and EPCOS-line passives (TDK Electronics)
- Chip and power inductors
- ✓ Available in US
Wirewound RF chip inductors, SMD power inductors and EMI filters
- RF chip, power inductors
- ✓ Available in US
- ✓ US-based vendor