Products in Building & Construction

Polyfill® 30 is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

Polyfill® 402SM is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

Polyfill® 403 is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

Polyfill® 405SM is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

Polyfill® 301SM is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

Polyfill® 407 Alumina Trihydrate is a specialized product meticulously designed for wire/cable-elastomers, coatings, and thermoset/plastic applications. Engineered with precision, it boasts a controlled particle size distribution and essential physical properties, empowering compounders to achieve elevated loading levels and superior overall performance. The enhanced surface area enables exceptional surface finish and impact characteristics, while meticulous particle distribution control allows for maximum loading levels.

Polyfill® 302 Alumina Trihydrate is meticulously crafted for thermoset plastic and CASE applications necessitating heightened loading levels. This medium grind series enhances surface area, promoting improved flow and surface finish properties. By incorporating Polyfill® 302, you amplify flame retardancy and smoke suppression, bolstered by increased H2O molecule availability.

PolyJet® 502SM is a versatile additive specifically designed for enhancing fire safety in various applications. As a flame retardant and smoke suppressant, it serves both plastics and elastomers, including cables, carpet backing, and flooring. With compatibility in processing methods like extrusion, pultrusion, and resin transfer molding, it guarantees fire resistance in composite materials.

Polyfill® 301 Alumina Trihydrate is meticulously crafted for thermoset plastic and CASE applications necessitating heightened loading levels. This medium grind series enhances surface area, promoting improved flow and surface finish properties. By incorporating Polyfill® 301, you amplify flame retardancy and smoke suppression, bolstered by increased H2O molecule availability.

Polyfill® 407SM is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

Polyfill® 203 Alumina Trihydrate is expertly tailored for thermoset plastic and CASE applications demanding high loading levels. This intermediate product empowers compounders to attain maximal loading while maintaining acceptable physical properties. The heightened loading levels facilitated by Polyfill® 203 amplify flame retardancy and smoke suppression, leveraging increased H2O molecule availability.

Polyfill® 403SM is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

Polyfill® 402 is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

Polyfill® 110 Alumina Trihydrate is meticulously engineered for industrial applications requiring peak loading levels. With a low surface area, the coarse grind of Polyfill® 110 empowers maximum loading levels, enhancing flame retardancy and smoke suppression through increased H2O molecule availability.

Polyfill® 204 Alumina Trihydrate, expertly tailored for thermoset plastic and CASE applications demanding high loading levels. This intermediate product empowers compounders to attain maximal loading while maintaining acceptable physical properties. The heightened loading levels facilitated by Polyfill® 204 amplify flame retardancy and smoke suppression, leveraging increased H2O molecule availability. Rest assured, Polyfill® 204 alumina trihydrate adheres to the exacting standards of Cimbar Performance Minerals' ISO 9001:2015 quality program.

Polyfill® 405 Alumina Trihydrate is a specialized product meticulously designed for wire/cable-elastomers, coatings, and thermoset/plastic applications. Engineered with precision, it boasts a controlled particle size distribution and essential physical properties, empowering compounders to achieve elevated loading levels and superior overall performance. The enhanced surface area enables exceptional surface finish and impact characteristics, while meticulous particle distribution control allows for maximum loading levels.

Esschem MMA - HPMA Bead Copolymers are a versatile range of copolymers combining methyl methacrylate (MMA) with hydroxypropyl methacrylate (HPMA). These bead copolymers offer exceptional performance and customizable properties for various applications. With increased MMA content, these copolymers exhibit elevated glass transition temperatures, melting points, and tensile strengths, providing enhanced strength and durability. Conversely, higher HPMA content improves adhesion and reduces glass transition temperatures, melting points, and tensile strengths, offering flexibility and tailored characteristics. Esschem further enhances the molecular weight of these copolymers, resulting in more rigid and durable materials. By manipulating the particle size, solubility, dispersion properties, and transparency can be optimized, making them ideal for applications that demand transparency, strength, and toughness.

Esschem incorporates sustainable plant-based plasticizers into methyl methacrylate MMA bead polymers. These innovative additives are designed to enhance the flexibility and workability of methacrylate-based polymers. By incorporating bio-plasticizers into MMA bead copolymers, the resulting materials exhibit increased flexibility and reduced glass transition temperature, melting points, and tensile strengths.The inclusion of higher molecular weight components contributes to stronger and more heat-resistant materials.Furthermore, the particle size plays a crucial role in surface properties, where smaller particles enhance adhesion while larger particles contribute to robustness and rigidity.

Esschem MMA - IBOMA Bead Copolymers are a range of copolymers that combine methyl methacrylate (MMA) with isobornyl methacrylate (IBOMA).These bead copolymers offer exceptional strength and performance for a wide range of industries. With their high glass transition temperature, melting point, and tensile strength, they provide incredibly strong polymers that meet demanding application requirements.By controlling the molecular weight, Esschem ensures that the copolymer beads exhibit enhanced strength and rigidity. Furthermore, the performance characteristics, including adhesion, can be tailored by optimizing the particle size.

Flyeva 101 is a high-quality VAE emulsion, with excellent initial adhesion ability and mechanical stability. This product is generally applied to porous or non-porous materials. It has been widely used in industries like wood processing, paper cartons or tubes, packing, plastics, and metal membranes.

Esschem MMA - Styrene Bead Copolymers are a versatile range of copolymers combining methyl methacrylate (MMA) and styrene. These bead copolymers offer a wide array of properties and applications. With increased MMA content, the resulting materials exhibit remarkable strength and transparency. Conversely, a higher proportion of styrene enhances hydrophobicity, hardness, and impact resistance. The molecular weight plays a crucial role in determining the characteristics of the copolymers. Higher molecular weights, often associated with increased styrene content, yield stronger and more heat-resistant materials. Esschem's ability to manipulate the molecular weight distribution allows for customized properties such as durability, elasticity, and processing ease. Additionally, the particle size of the copolymers influences surface properties and rigidity.

Esschem EMA - EHMA Bead Copolymers are a unique combination of ethyl methacrylate (EMA) and 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate (EHMA) that offers exceptional properties.The incorporation of 2-EHMA disrupts the polymer chain packing, resulting in lower glass transition temperatures and enhanced low-temperature flexibility, while significantly improving transparency.With variations in molecular weight, Esschem can further enhance the strength and flexibility of these bead copolymers. The smaller particle size of the beads improves processability and has the potential to enhance transparency, while larger particles contribute to a more rigid material.

Esschem MMA - BMA Bead Copolymers are a range of copolymers combining methyl methacrylate (MMA) with butyl methacrylate (BMA).These copolymers offer a versatile solution with varying properties based on the MMA and BMA content. Higher MMA content results in copolymers with elevated glass transition temperatures, melting points, and tensile strengths, making them suitable for applications that require strength and rigidity. Conversely, increased BMA content lowers these properties while enhancing processability and potential flexibility.By adjusting the molecular weight, Esschem can tailor the copolymer structure to achieve specific rigidity requirements. Additionally, controlling the particle size allows for improvements in mechanical strength, with smaller particles offering larger surface area to volume ratios.

Esschem MMA - AMA Bead Copolymers are a versatile range of copolymers combining methyl methacrylate (MMA) with allyl methacrylate (AMA). These copolymers showcase the unique characteristics of AMA as a crosslinker in polymers. With varying MMA and AMA concentrations, Esschem offers a wide range of copolymer beads with different properties. Higher MMA content in the copolymer results in elevated glass transition temperatures, melting points, and tensile strengths, making them ideal for applications requiring high strength and rigidity. On the other hand, increasing the AMA content lowers these properties while enhancing crosslinking and hardness. By adjusting the molecular weight, Esschem can further customize the copolymer's rigidity and crosslinking behavior. The particle size of the beads can also be modified to optimize processing and surface properties, including adhesion characteristics.

Esschem EMA Bead Copolymers are a range of bead polymers synthesized from ethyl methacrylate (EMA) that offers the strength of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) with slightly different properties.The copolymers exhibit a slightly lower glass transition temperature, resulting in a softer and more flexible final product compared to PMMA.By controlling the molecular weight, Esschem can customize the heat resistance and strength of the polymer, making it suitable for various applications across multiple industries.The smaller particle size of the beads enhances surface properties like adhesion, while larger particles contribute to a more robust and rigid material.

ARCOR® Arcthane is a high elongation, elastomeric hybridized epoxy/urethane compound. This versatile product is specifically designed for expansion joint sealing and crack repair applications, offering excellent compatibility with epoxy coatings. The urethane component imparts toughness and flexibility, allowing for resilience in demanding conditions. Meanwhile, the epoxy aspect enhances water and chemical resistance, as well as shelf stability. ARCOR® Arcthane's unique formulation eliminates the moisture sensitivity and toxicity commonly associated with traditional urethanes, thanks to its epoxy reactivity. With its light paste consistency, this product can be easily applied using a squeegee or caulk gun, with the added benefit of being able to achieve thicknesses of up to 500 mils without slumping. Choose ARCOR® Arcthane for its outstanding sealing and repair capabilities, compatibility with epoxy coatings, and the enhanced properties of both epoxy and urethane components, ensuring durable and reliable performance in expansion joint and crack repair applications. ARCOR Epoxy Technologies can tailor make or reformulate the product to suit customer needs. Please reach out if you need a custom formulated product!

Esschem MMA - EMA Bead Copolymers are a range of bead copolymers combining methyl methacrylate (MMA) with ethyl methacrylate (EMA). These copolymers exhibit high glass transition temperatures, melting points, and tensile strengths, making them ideal for industries that demand strength and rigidity. By increasing the EMA content, the copolymers offer greater flexibility and the potential for enhanced optical properties. This results in lower glass transition temperatures, melting points, and tensile strengths, providing desired flexibility and transparency. Esschem provides control over the molecular weight to further enhance these properties, allowing for a more rigid and robust copolymer or targeting flexibility and transparency as needed. Particle size control enables fine-tuning of processability and adjustment of surface properties, leading to better performance in applications that prioritize transparency.

Esschem EMA - EGDMA Bead Copolymers are a versatile combination of ethyl methacrylate (EMA) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA). With a higher proportion of EMA, these copolymers exhibit enhanced flexibility due to the less bulky ethyl group present in EMA. Conversely, increasing the EGDMA content results in a more crosslinked structure, leading to greater rigidity. The glass transition temperature remains relatively stable regardless of the percentage of each constituent. By precisely controlling the molecular weight, Esschem can optimize the level of crosslinking, resulting in superior mechanical properties such as hardness and tensile strength. Additionally, the particle size can be tailored to influence surface area and reactivity, allowing for further adjustment of the physical properties.

Esschem MMA Bead Copolymers are a collection of methyl methacrylate (MMA) bead polymers renowned for their exceptional properties.These polymers exhibit impressive features such as high glass transition temperature, melting point, tensile strength, and impact resistance.Esschem meticulously controls the reaction conditions to create polymers with specific molecular weight distributions, allowing for a wide range of desired properties. This precise control enhances the inherent strength, rigidity, and impact resistance of MMA polymers.Moreover, by carefully manipulating the particle size, Esschem offers the flexibility to customize properties such as hardness, toughness, and processability.

Tylac 873 is a carboxylated acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer emulsion. Addition of 2 to 10 % (dry/dry solids) in anionic asphalt emulsions improves low temperature flexibility and reduces high temperature tack. Tylac 873 also improves strength and chemical resistance. Features Good resistance to oil, grease and solvents Compatible with anionic asphalt emulsions Broadens the temperature range where the asphalt film is flexible but not tacky Good mechanical stability Good tensile strength

MIN-U-GEL 400 is a hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate with gelling and rheological properties used to thicken and stabilize aqueous systems. MIN-U-GEL® 400 can be used alone or in conjunction with associative thickeners where a low shear thixotrope is needed to support the high shear thixotropy of the associative thickener. MIN-U-GEL® 400 was developed especially with controlled properties specifically to function as a binder during the production of molecular sieves.

KBB Menhaden Fish Oils are used as an additive in caulking, glazing, marine lubricants, sealants, paints, inks, soaps, and greases.

Rovene 4220 is a non-carboxylated styrene-butadiene emulsion recommended for use in formulations directed at contact or cold seal applications. Rovene 4220 can also be used in architectural adhesives including many types of flooring adhesives and special contact adhesives. Rovene 4220 can be used as a polychloroprene and natural latex extender if properly formulated. When working with Rovene 4220, it is important to remember that it may be tackified, thickened and blended with other non- carboxylated and carboxylated emulsions. This flexibility allows for the formulation of a wide variety of adhesives with custom performance properties.

Rovene 4310 is a medium soft carboxylated styrene-butadiene emulsion designed for formulation of general purpose labels and construction adhesives. It is used in the formulation of general purpose labels and construction adhesives which provide excellent adhesion to a variety of substrates. Rovene 4310 has compatibility with a wide variety of commercial tackifier resins and has excellent filler tolerance.

Rovene 4111 is a high glass transition temperature styrene-butadiene emulsion designed to provide additional opacity in inks, specifically inks formulated with titanium dioxide. Rovene 4111 was designed with a specific particle size that greatly improves the spacing between titanium dioxide particles resulting in increased opacity. Additionally, using Rovene 4111 may allow a formulator to reduce the level of titanium dioxide in an ink formulation.

Rovene 9423 is a very soft carboxylated styrene-butadiene emulsion specifically designed for formulation of pressure sensitive permanent adhesives. This polymer emulsion allows formulation of pressure sensitive adhesives which are high in peel and tack yet require a minimum mount of tackifier. Rovene 9423 can also be blended with natural latex for high shear tape adhesives. This emulsion was designed to give excellent performance and compatibility with a wide variety of dispersed tackifiers.