Active Minerals
Sparks, MD, USA
410-825-2920
info@activeminerals.com
www.activeminerals.com
Types of 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 thickeners and suspension agents have been a staple in coatings, sealants and many other liquid composites for decades. They provide excellent flow & leveling, syneresis control, sag resistance, in-can stability, and improve 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.

Product name: Acti-Min PG
Attributes/comments: Air-float hydrous kaolins are used in a variety of coatings for enamel holdout, sheen and gloss control, anti-settling, and sanding. In addition, high brightness Acti-Min PG can replace higher costs water-washed kaolin providing three distinct advantages: lower raw material cost, higher sheen & gloss control and greater TiO2 replacement.

Ashland
Wilmington, DE, USA
800-274-5263
www.ashland.com
Types of additives offered: Rheology modifiers, surfactants, foam control agents, surface modifiers, pH neutralizers.

Product name: Aquaflow XLS-535
Attributes/comments: Aquaflow XLS-535 is a new low shear effective synthetic associative thickener (NSAT) designed to impart the combined benefits of advanced synthetic rheology for applied hiding together with phosphate ester surfactant technology. The latter imparts numerous benefits to final architectural paint formulations including rapid equilibration, substrate wetting, color development
& stability.

Product name: Aquaflow NMS-460E
Attributes/comments: Aquaflow NMS-460E is a highly efficient mid-shear (KU + ICI) synthetic associative thickener (NSAT) designed for efficient thickening in architectural coatings with Newtonian flow properties. When used in combination with associative cellulosics such a Natrosol Plus 550, excellent application properties and hiding can be achieved at optimized total rheology cost.

BASF
800-231-7868
formulation-additives-nafta@basf.com
www.basf.com/?utm_campaign=COA/formulation-additives
www.insights.basf.com/?utm_campaign=COA
Types of additives offered: BASF is a premier provider of formulation and performance additives for the paints and coatings industry offering an extensive portfolio of dispersing agents, defoamers, rheology modifiers, wetting agents, surface modifiers, film-forming agents, light stabilizers, and antioxidants.

Product name: Efka PX 4787
Attributes/comments: A high-performance, reactive dispersant. When crosslinked with the main resin matrix,
it can achieve superior dispersing efficiency, and reduce the usual negative impact on
solvent resistance and hardness. Even tested in carbon black, quinacridone red and phthalo blue, it can deliver fantastic color development, transparency and gloss, while maintaining hardness.

Borchers Americas
Westlake, OH USA
440-899-2950
Cust.service.us@borchers.com
www.borchers.com
Types of additives offered: Cobalt replacement, wetting & dispersing, flow & leveling, surface tension modifiers, rheology modifiers, defoamers, anti-skinning agents, moisture scavengers, adhesion promoters, nano-silica dispersions.

Product name: Borchi Add Compatibilizers
Attributes/comments: Drastically reduces or eliminates rub-out of universal water-based concentrates in solvent-based alkyd bases. Ease of use as a post-additive. Improves compatibility. APEO- and VOC-free.

Product name: Borchi Boost Color Boosters
Attributes/comments: Stronger tints with organic pigment dispersions and carbon blacks.
Reduction or elimination of color rub-out. Maximizes color acceptance. APEO- and VOC-free.

Brenntag North America, Inc.
Reading, PA, USA
800-915-0026
contactus@brenntag.com
www.brenntagcoatings.com

Product name: ADD 3580, ADD 3585
Attributes/comments: They provide superior dispersing properties for aqueous systems while providing a powerful reduction in surface tension. This leads to excellent substrate wetting, leveling and anti-cratering properties, and is suited for a wide variety of applications.

Product name: ADD 4519
Attributes/comments: An economical and efficient dispersing agent that is solvent-free and VOC-free, yet imparts unmatched wetting and dispersing properties for paints, coatings, and adhesives of all kinds.

Burgess Pigment Co.
Sandersville, GA, USA
478-552-2544
sales@burgesspigment.com
www.burgesspigment.com
Types of additives offered: Hydrous, anhydrous and surface modified anhydrous aluminum silicates, kaolin clays.

Product name: OPTIWHITE UF
Attributes/comments: Burgess OPTIWHITE UF is a very high brightness, ultra-fine, flash calcined kaolin for maximum opacity, TIO2 extension and replacement of opaque polymer.

BYK USA Inc.
Wallingford, CT, USA
203-265-2086
www.byk.com

Product name: BYK-1786
Attributes/comments: BYK-1786 is a VOC-free silicone-containing defoamer for aqueous systems. BYK-1786 shows excellent performance with difficult application methods in eliminating micro-foam. The balanced silicone/polyether ratio leads to perfect compatibility in aqueous coating systems without negative impact on clarity, haze and cratering.

Product name: BYK-3456
Attributes/comments: BYK-3456 is a fluorine-free, silicone-containing additive that improves substrate wetting and leveling in aqueous systems and solvent-free UV coatings. BYK-3456 solves high surface tension issues presented by substrate wetting and leveling. This additive is active at the substrate’s interface as well as the surface, is compatible with various resins, stable to hydrolysis across broad pH ranges and doesn’t stabilize foam.

Coatex
Chester, SC, USA
803-377-1111
kyle.sass@coatex.com
www.coatex.com
Types of additives offered: Rheotech and Coapur thickeners for water-based coatings; Ecodis and Coadis dispersants for water-based coatings.

Product name: Coadis 790 Dispersant
Attributes/comments: Coadis 790 is a non-ionic, high molecular weight dispersant for use in industrial and architectural coatings.  Suitable for organic and inorganic pigments, it offers higher pigment loading, reduced grinding time, gloss and leveling enhancement and compatibility with a variety of binder types. Coadis 790 is APEO, heavy metal, and VOC-free.

Product name: Coapur 520W Thickener
Attributes/comments:  Coapur 520 W is a liquid polyurethane thickener, offering a balanced rheological profile for use in water-based coatings. It allows excellent film build, balance between gloss and leveling and improved spattering resistance. It is APEO and solvent-free and can be used alone or in combination with other rheology modifiers.

The Dow Chemical Company
Midland, MI, USA
989-496-4000
www.consumer.dow.com/en-us/industry/ind-paints-inks-coatings.html
Types of additives offered: Adhesion promoters, antimicrobials, biocides, rheology modifiers, slip additives, lubricants, surfactants, dispersants, emulsifiers, leveling agents, HEUR thickeners, wetting agents, foam control additives, mar resistance additives, hydrophobic additives, other silicone additives.

Product name: DOWSIL 210S Additive
Attributes/comments: DOWSIL 210S Additive is a new slip/mar resistance additive that offers improved abrasion, scratch and anti-blocking performance while enhancing compatibility with modern waterborne wood coating binders. The compatibility improvement results in a reduced tendency for cratering and – depending on the binder system – less impact on gloss.

Product name: DOWSIL 111F Additive
Attributes/comments: DOWSIL 111F Additive is a waterborne silicone-based antifoam designed for defoaming of acrylic and styrene-acrylic based formulations for mid-high PVC interior and exterior architectural coatings (45 PVC and above). It can be added in the grind (preferred) or let down stage and is effective at low concentrations such as 0,2%. It has a favorable environmental profile, allowing ecolabel compliant formulations in various regions.

Evonik Corporation
Richmond, VA USA
804-727-0700
Coating-additives-americas@evonik.com
www.coating-additives.com
Types of additives offered: Evonik’s Coating Additives business line offers specialty additives, co-binders, matting agents, rheology control additives, specialty resins, and nano resins for the coatings and
inks industries.

Product name: ACEMATT 3400
Attributes/comments: New surface-treated thermal silica with a medium-particle size of 7.5 μm. Improved grind performance results in a smooth finish with outstanding optical and haptic properties. Intended for use in clear coatings and water- and solvent-based coatings. Can be used in high-solids and low-VOC formulations. Application fields include plastic, wood, and automotive coatings.

Product name: TEGO Glide 496
Attributes/comments: New glide additive contributes to high-quality appearances and promotes perfects coating surfaces without compromising on recoatability and compatibility. Suitable for both solvent- and water-based formulations. Besides wood lacquers, there is a growing interest for such an additive in plastic, industrial, and transportation coatings and well as printing inks.

King Industries
Norwalk, CT, USA
203-866-5551
mktg@kingindustries.com
www.kingindustries.com
Types of additives offered: King Industries offers catalysts, tin-free catalysts, resin modifiers, rheology modifiers, dispersants, corrosion inhibitors and surface control additives.

Product name: DISPARLON AQ-001
Attributes/comments: DISPARLON AQ-001 is a new patented waterborne rheology modifier that improves sag control, enabling high film build in a wide variety of coatings applications. It is clear, post-addable and highly shear thinning.

Product name: K-FLEX XM-437
Attributes/comments: K-FLEX XM-437 is a new urethane diol for melamine crosslinked systems that facilitates lower VOC coatings by reducing co-solvent. K-FLEX XM-437 provides increased hardness while maintaining flexibility, enhanced moisture and corrosion resistance and improved heat-age stability in aqueous acrylic, alkyd, urethane and polyester resin systems.

MUNZING
Bloomfield, NJ, USA
973-279-1306
info@munzing.us
www.munzing.com
Types of additives offered: Defoamers, dispersants, rheology modifiers, emulsifiers, wetting and leveling agents, micronized and coated waxes, wax dispersions and emulsions.

Product name: EDAPLAN LA 414 and EDAPLAN LA 415
Attributes/comments: Modified organopolysiloxane based slip additives suitable for water-based and solvent-based systems that provide excellent slip properties and improve leveling and
scratch resistance.

Product name: CERETAN MX 2919
Attributes/comments: A proprietary blend of micronized wax, easy to incorporate with guaranteed maximum particle size and constant and narrow particle size distribution. Matting agent with clarity, improved slip and anti-blocking, improved sandability, improved scratch resistance, and nice haptic effect (soft-feel) in wood coatings.

Shamrock Technologies
Newark, NJ, USA
(973) 242-2999
marketing@shamrocktechnologies.com
www.shamrocktechnologies.com

Types of additives offered: PTFE, waxes, wax blends, compounds, dispersions and emulsions.

Product name: Hydrocer 135
Attributes/comments: Hydrocer 135 is a 35% amide wax dispersion recommended for water-based coating systems to improve slip, release and anti-blocking performance.

Product name: AquaFLON 60
Attributes/comments: AquaFLON 60 is a 60% PTFE dispersion in water. AquaFLON 60 is ideal for all water-borne coating and lubricant systems. Its small, uniformly-sized particles (1-3 μm) dispersed in an aqueous system, make it easy to incorporate into a wide range of applications to improve slip, rub and abrasion resistance, high-temperature resistance and ease of incorporation.

Sibelco
Charlotte, NC, USA
info@sibelco.com
www.sibelco.com
Types of additives offered: Mineral filler additives

Product name: Portafill A7 – for powder coatings
Attributes/comments: Portafill A7 is the finest available grade of ATH in Sibelco’s product portfolio, recommended for high gloss applications. Compared to fine barites, Portafill A7 shows improved water spotting resistance.

Product name: Portafill A25/10 – for powder coatings
Attributes/comments: Engineered particle size distribution for supporting matting efficiency in powder coatings. Narrow particle size distribution to enhance flow, leveling and UV resistance.

Sun Chemical
Parsippany, NJ, USA
973-404-6600
advancedmaterials@sunchemical.com
www.sunchemical.com 
Types of Additives offered: Fluorochemical surface modifiers

Product Name: MEGAFACE RS
Attributes/comments: MEGAFACE RS series for stain resistant UV curable hard coats.  A new family of reactive surface modifiers for UV curable systems for floor and stainless-steel coatings to provide permanent stain resistance, oil and water repellency, and easy clean attributes for both clear and pigmented coatings. 

Product name: DEFENSA TR
Attributes/comments: DEFENSA TR series for stain guard in 1K and 2K solvent coatings.  A family of film-forming resins that impart excellent stain guard and easy clean properties in 1K and 2K coatings.  These versatile resins can be applied to a variety of substrates, including PVC for decorative papers and artificial leather, rubber compounds used for home electronics and office equipment, as well as PET and other plastic films.