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October 2, 2017
By: KERRY PIANOFORTE
Editor, Coatings World
Active Minerals International, LLC Sparks, MD, USA Phone: 410-825-2920 info@activeminerals.com www.activeminerals.com Additives offered: Attapulgite and Purified Magnesium Aluminosilicate mineral products for Rheology Modification, Thickening, Stabilization, and Syneresis Control Product name: Min-U-Gel® 400 Attributes/comments: Active Minerals is the world’s largest producer of high-quality gellant attapulgite mineral products. Our Min-U-Gel® thixotropic thickening and suspension agentss have served the coatings and other markets for decades. They provide excellent flow & leveling, syneresis control, sag resistance, in-can stability, improved freeze-thaw and much more. Product name: Acti-Gel® 208 Attributes/comments: Acti-Gel® 208 purified magnesium aluminosilicate mineral product greatly improves stabilization and rheology of high solids systems. It allows an increase in solids, while maintaining viscosity and suspension. Acti-Gel 208 is popular as an “add-on-top” fix for formulations with syneresis and pigment float problems. Alexium International Greer, SC Phone: 864-254-9923 info@alexiuminternational.com www.alexiuminternational.com Additives offered: patent pending flame retardant Product name: Alexiflam FR Attributes/comments: Alexiflam FR is the complete flame retardant package, meeting additive requirements for paints, coatings and adhesives. The non-toxic product is hydrolysis resistant and formaldehyde free. Liquid product doesn’t impact viscosity like powders or intumescents. Use in exterior coatings for water resistance to eliminate the need for additional weather proofing. Arkema Inc. King of Prussia, PA 19406 Phone: 610-205-7000 or 800-225-7788 Fax: 610-205-7913 arkema.usph-general@arkema.com www.arkema-americas.com Additives offered: Eco-sustainable coatings In the coatings market, growing demand for environmentally sound products implies ever more stringent requirements in terms of durability and thermal insulation. With its high performance coatings range, in particular Kynar PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) resins, Orgasol polyamide powders, and Crayvallac waxes, we fully address these expectations. Solvent-free, water-based and powder paints are being developed and Arkema is supporting this trend by offering eco-sustainable products to its customers. These include: Waterborne ENCOR® acrylic emulsions and Synaqua alkyd resins, SNAP nanostructured polymers, Celocor opaque acrylic polymers and Ecodis, Coadis, Coapur, Rheotech rheology additives. BASF Corporation Charlotte, NC 800-962-7829 or 800-251-0612 Fax: 800-392-7429 or 800-971-1123 dpsolutions@basf.com www.basf.us/dpsolutions Additives offered: dispersants, wetting agents, surface modifiers, defoamers, rheology modifiers, film-forming agents, light stabilizers, stabilizers, suspension agents, thickening agents, UV absorbers, waxes, waxes-polyethylene. Product name: FoamStar SI 2240 Attributes/comments: FoamStar SI 2240 is a highly efficient, silicone-based defoamer with broad compatibility and exceptional long-term persistency. With extended food contact compliance and global registrations, it’s well-suited for printing ink and adhesive applications. Additionally, its minimal effect on gloss and excellent shear stability make it suitable for architectural or industrial coatings. Product name: Efka FA 4611 Attributes/comments: Efka FA 4611 is a solvent-free wetting and dispersing agent. Excellent pigment-grinding properties in white UV flexo and screen inks, and coatings based on TiO2; also suitable for high-gloss systems such as OEM/refinish and industrial. Allows for high pigment / filler loading, and strong reduction of mill base viscosity. Borchers OM Group Westlake, OH Phone: 440-899-2950 Fax: 440-808-7117 Cust.service.us@borchers.com www.borchers.com Additives offered: Cobalt replacement, wetting and dispersing, flow and leveling, surface tension modifiers, rheology modifiers, defoamers, anti-skinning agents, moisture scavengers, adhesion promoters, nano-silicia dispersions Product name: Borchi Gen 0851 Attributes/comments: Allows for enhance absorption to the sparsely functional, yet electron-rich surface of difficult to disperse organic pigments such as PR 179 (perylene), PB 15:1 (phthalo cyanine blue) and PBk 7 (high-jetness carbon black) in water-based systems, resulting in lower pigment particle size, stronger color development and lower viscosity. Brüggemann Chemical Newton Square, PA Phone: 610-353-9852 Fax: 610-353-9853 usa@brueggemann.com www.brueggemann.com Additives offered: Reducing agents for emulsion polymerization: SFS and advanced, formaldehyde free types; Antioxidants; High surface area zinc oxides and carbonates Product name: Advanced sulfinic acid reducing agents and antioxidants Attributes/comments: Brüggemann Chemical is the leading manufacturer and research organization in the area of redox chemistry for emulsion polymers. Our advanced, formaldehyde free sulfinic acid derivatives are more effective than conventional reducing agents and are also powerful antioxidants. Product name: High surface area zinc oxides and carbonates Attributes/comments: Zinc Oxides and Carbonates made via our wet process products offering more than 10x the specific surface area of thermal Zinc compounds. Particle size available down to 2.5 micron. Let us know your needs to improve your application performance. Croda New Castle, DE Phone: 302-429-5385 Fax: 302-429-5368 marc.chan@croda.com www.crodacoatingsandpolymers.com Types of additives offered: Bio-based building blocks and specialty surfactants for polyurethane, polyamide, polyester, epoxy, acrylate and vinyl acetate Product name: Multiwet Attributes/comments: Improved wetting capabilities on clean, unprepared and low energy substrates. Very low use rate and readily biodegradable. Low foaming, low VOC and APE, silicone and fluorine free. Dow Corning Midland, MI Phone: 989-496-4400 Fax: 989-496-4821 coatings@dowcorning.com www.dowcorning.com/coatings Types of additives offered: Adhesion Promoters, Anti-microbials, Biocides, Rheology Modifiers, Slip Additives, Lubricants, Surfactants, Dispersants, Emulsifiers, Leveling Agents, HEUR Thickeners, Wetting Agents, Foam Control Additives, Mar Resistance Additives, Hydrophobic Additives and Silicone Additives Product name: Dow Corning 210S Additive Attributes/comments: Dow Corning 210S Additive is an ultrahigh-molecular-weight silicone dispersion technology designed to improve the mar and abrasion resistance and anti-blocking performance of waterborne wood coatings, while reducing the tendency for surface cratering. The ability to be used alone or with wax emulsions makes this additive a cost-effective choice for formulations. Product name: Dow Corning 906H Additive Attributes/comments: Dow Corning 906H Additive is a waterborne siloxane emulsion that provides high water repellency and improved re-coatability in coatings for metal, wood and glass. This additive is solventless and can be used in combination with organic waterborne binders, in both clear and pigmented low VOC formulations. Elementis East Windsor, NJ Phone: 609-443-2000 contactus@elementis.com www.elementis.com Additives offered: Rheology additives, Thickeners, Wetting and Dispersing Agents, Defoamers, Wax Dispersions Product name: RHEOLATE HX 6050 Attributes/comments: RHEOLATE HX 6050 is a highly efficient ICI builder specifically developed to work in hydrophilic resin systems like VEOVa and PVA. It shows excellent flow and leveling resulting in an improved hide. Product name: THIXATROL PM 8056 Attributes/comments: The THIXATROL PM 8056 provides high viscosity, thixotropy, and thick layer sag control in high-build systems that contain little solvent or are solvent-free. It is 100% active and is seed-resistant, which allows low temperature activation and processing, making it easier to use than traditional technologies. Evonik Corporation Richmond, VA Phone: 804-727-0700 Fax: 804-727-0845 asktego@evonik.com www.coating-additives.com Additives offered: additives, co-binders, matting agents, rheology control additives, specialty resins, and nanoresins. Product name: AIRASE 5355 Attributes/comments: AIRASE 5355 is a strong siloxane-based defoamer designed to control and quickly eliminate foam without generating defects in water-based pigment grinds, inks, OPVs, and coatings. With no added mineral oils, HAPs, or APEs, AIRASE 5355 is suitable for water- based applications requiring broad food contact compliances, which include US FDA and Swiss Ordinance. Product name: TEGO Glide 492 Attributes/comments: TEGO Glide 492 provides slip and anti-blocking properties in water-based formulations. Being one of several new glide additives recently introduced by Evonik, TEGO Glide 492 is distinguished by its weathering resistance and Eco-Label compliance. Hexion Inc. Epoxy, Phenolic & Resins Division Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: 614-225-4000 or 888-443-9466 Fax: 614-986-2496 4information@hexion.com www.hexion.com Additives offered: Acids (non-fatty), Acrylates, Adhesion promoters, Anti-oxidants, Flow and leveling agents,Plasticizers, Plasticizers – epoxidized, Surfactants, Thickening agents, Water repellents, Waxes. Product name: High Molecular Weight (Global EPONOL) Attributes/comments: EPONOL Ultra High Molecular Weight resins are used primarily in the formulations of paint coatings. They provide enhanced epoxy resin flexibility thus reducing chipping and cracking, plus, they improve coating adhesion to polar substrates. They also can be used as plastic additives for promoting blends of incompatible polymers. Huber Engineered Materials Atlanta, GA Phone: 866-JMHUBER hubermaterials@huber.com www.hubermaterials.com Additives offered: Halogen-Free Fire Retardant Additives; Specialty Aluminas; Organic Matting and Effect Agents; Calcium Carbonate Extenders Product name: Pergopak Organic Matting Agents Attributes/comments: Huber’s Pergopak Organic Matting Agents allow for the creation of surface properties and visual and physical effects, which cannot be achieved by standard matting agents like silicas or waxes. Compared to silica, our Pergopak grades provide improved mar and abrasion resistance at lower viscosities. Jubilant Life Sciences, Ltd. Noida, India Phone: 01204361225 girish-gaur@jubl.com www.jubl.com Additives offered: Biocide, anti-microbials Product name: Jubithione ZBT Attributes/comments: Jubithione ZBT is developed as cost effective, efficacious, eco-friendly, non-VOC, regulatory and labelling compliant in-can and/or interior dry film preservatives for water based paint and hygienic coatings. The unique fine particulated, aqueous, CMIT/MIT and formaldehyde free synergistic composition is combination of two highly efficacious actives (ZPTO & BIT) with “Complimentary Dual Antimicrobial Action” and hence shows high biocidal efficacy at very low concentration against bacteria, yeast, fungi and molds and also protects from in-can discolouration.
Keim Additec Surface USA, LLC
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