Products in Coatings & Finishes

Hydropalat® WE 3643 functions as a wetting agent primarily used in waterborne coatings. It finds application across various sectors such as automotive, building and construction, consumer goods, and in the paints, coatings, printing, and packaging industries. It typically comes in liquid form.

Loxanol® PL 5814 is a oligomer expertly created for the automotive and transportation, paints and coatings, and printing and packaging markets. With exceptional chemical resistance, it proves ideal for automotive OEM coatings, wood coatings and finishes, industrial coatings, and overprint varnishes. This liquid formulation seamlessly integrates with both paper and wood surfaces.

BTC Europe GmbH Tinopal NFW10 Liquid in its liquid form, serves as a corrosion inhibitor with a focus on industrial applications. With labeling claims such as allergen-free, voc-free, preservative-free, and non-toxic, it finds utility in various industrial applications, including home care, dish care, surface care, water treatment, detergents, glass cleaners, liquid dishwash, and metal cleaners. This liquid formulation ensures ease of incorporation into diverse industrial processes.

Efka® FL 3778 is a multifunctional product known for its diverse capabilities in various applications. Classified within the chemical family of acrylics and acrylates, this formulation serves as a wetting agent, surface modifier, slip agent, leveling agent, dispersant, and defoamer. Its features include excellent mineral filler loading capability, slip properties, exceptional wetting behavior, and outstanding flow properties. These characteristics make Efka® FL 3778 a versatile and effective solution in applications where these attributes are critical for performance.

Efka® FA 4654 serves as an effective low-molecular-weight dispersing agent with ideal characteristics for dispersing organophilic bentonites. It reduces sedimentation tendency, dispersing time, and prevents flooding, making it suitable for creating thixotropic, easy-to-process pastes.

Luwipal® 63 is a crosslinking agent used in markets including automotive and transportation, consumer goods, and paints and coatings. Its applications span various sectors such as automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, wood coatings and finishes, furniture coatings, and industrial coatings

Hydropalat® WE 3486 is a highly effective, concentrated wetting agent for aqueous formulations, providing strong reduction of surface tension, highly dynamic substrate wetting, ease of handling, and absence of flammable co-solvents. This wetting agent is particularly suitable for difficult-to-wet substrates such as plastics and metal surfaces, cellulose film, aluminum and plastic foils, silicone-treated papers, or glass.

Rheovis® HS 1169 is a rheology modifier. It is a highly efficient, hydrophobic modified acrylic thickener (HASE) with pronounced pseudoplastic (low-shear) flow behavior for many aqueous paint and coating systems. It is especially suited for interior paints, exterior paints, elastomeric coatings, textured finishes, and wood coatings for brush and spray applications. Rheovis® HS 1169 offers performance highlights such as outstanding thickening efficiency and pronounced pseudoplastic (low-shear) flow behavior.

Hydropalat® WE 3162, serving as a wetting agent, finds application in waterborne coatings such as automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, architectural coatings, roof coatings, wood coatings, and finishes. With a liquid physical form, it enhances the performance of coatings.

FoamStar® SI 2299 is a highly effective deaerator and defoamer suitable for spray coating, brush, and roller applications. It excels in airless/air mix spraying, preventing microfoam efficiently. The product exhibits remarkable and persistent defoaming properties over time. Particularly well-suited for airless/air mix spraying, it also performs admirably in brush applications and, to some extent, in roller applications, effectively knocking down the foam and eliminating microfoam. Its outstanding long-term defoaming persistency ensures reliable performance

Hydropalat® WE 3164 functions as a wetting agent primarily used in waterborne coatings. It finds application across various sectors such as automotive, building and construction, consumer goods, and in the paints, coatings, printing, and packaging industries. It typically comes in liquid form.

Efka® SL 3030 functions as a slip and leveling agent, universally compatible with various coating systems. It does not cause cratering even in high concentrations and offers benefits such as improved leveling, increased scratch and abrasion resistance, prevention of floating, improved antiblocking characteristics, and acts as a defoamer and de-aeration aid.

Irgafos® 168 FF is a hydrolytically stable organo-phosphite processing stabilizer, offering key features and benefits such as low volatility, resistance to hydrolysis, and protection for polymers prone to oxidation during processing. It effectively prevents discoloration and is presented as a white, free-flowing powder. Irgafos 168 FF is highly recommended for various applications, including powder coatings, solvent-based coatings, hot-melt adhesives, sealant systems, wood flooring adhesives, and roof coatings.

Loxanol® MI 6735 is an adhesion promoter with high effectiveness for bonding different materials. It can act as a physical or chemical crosslinking agent in coatings, paints, and adhesives. It is a multifunctional cationic polyethyleneimine with a high charge density, recommended as an adhesion promoter for bonding different materials.

Efka® RM 1900 serves as a rheology modifier for solvent-based systems. It acts as a thickening agent in micronized form for non-aqueous coatings, producing strong thixotropic effects in solvent-based coatings. Particularly recommended for paint manufacturing processes involving relatively high working temperatures, its chemical nature involves modified hydrogenated castor oil.

Hydropalat® WE 3910 functions as a wetting agent primarily used in waterborne coatings. It finds application across various sectors such as automotive, building and construction, consumer goods, and in the paints, coatings, printing, and packaging industries. It typically comes in solid form.

Tinuvin® 5100 is a liquid, non-basic aminoether (NOR) hindered amine light stabilizer (HALS), meticulously developed to impart high durability to exterior industrial and decorative coatings. Tailored for coatings requiring a low-basicity, non-interacting, and high-value stabilizer, Tinuvin® 5100 is designed based on amino-ether functionality. Its low basicity minimizes interactions with acidic paint components, such as curing catalysts. The high efficiency of Tinuvin® 5100 significantly enhances coating performance by reducing paint degradation that leads to issues like cracking, gloss reduction in clear coats, and chalking and fading in pigmented paints. Key features and benefits include being a liquid amino-ether (non-interacting) HALS, minimizing interaction with acidic materials like acid catalysts and acidic pigments, and improving coating resistance to cracking and loss of gloss by scavenging free radicals.

Tinuvin® 5050 is a solvent-free, liquid blend featuring a 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-benzotriazole UV absorber (UVA) and a basic hindered amine light stabilizer (HALS). This blend is meticulously designed to meet the demanding cost, performance, and durability requirements of exterior solvent-borne industrial and decorative coatings. Key features and benefits include a synergistic UVA/HALS combination for solvent-based systems, offering protection against cracking, loss of gloss, and color change. Tinuvin® 5050 is particularly recommended for non-acid-catalyzed systems.

Irganox® 1425 is a solid antioxidant belonging to the phosphonate class, with the chemical name calcium bis[monoethyl(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxylbenzyl)phosphonate]. Specifically designed for applications in paints and coatings within the automotive, transportation, and industrial sectors, this versatile antioxidant serves a crucial role in automotive OEM coatings, ensuring long-lasting protection. As a key ingredient in CASE formulations and plastics, Irganox® 1425 contributes to the longevity and stability of materials, making it an essential component in the coatings and finishes industry.

Efka® RM 1469 is a multifunctional additive designed to serve as a rheology modifier, anti-sagging agent, and thickener. This versatile product is compatible with various polymers and resins, including polyurethanes (PU), acrylics, melamines and melamine formaldehydes (MF), and cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB), along with polyesters. It boasts features such as good shear viscosity and high gloss, making it a valuable addition to formulations where these properties are crucial.

Efka® FL 3600 is a flow and leveling agent that offers a strong reduction of surface tension, good compatibility, and effective anti-cratering properties. In slightly yellowish liquid form, Efka® FL 3600 enhances the flow and leveling characteristics of coatings.

Loxanol® MI 6501 is a liquid coalescing agent and binder resin, is distinguished by its low VOC properties. Tailored for the automotive, transportation and paints, coatings markets, it excels in applications such as automotive OEM coatings and industrial coatings. With dual functionality as a binder resin and coalescing agent, Loxanol® MI 6501 provides versatile and effective solutions in a liquid form, ensuring compliance with low VOC standards.

Efka® PX 4350 is a liquid dispersant designed for use in industrial coatings and automotive finishes. Leveraging advanced CASE ingredient technologies, this formulation excels in dispersing various components, enhancing the performance of coatings in applications such as automotive OEM coatings, vehicle refinish, floor coatings, and industrial coatings for furniture. Its liquid form ensures easy integration into coating processes, providing efficiency and consistency. Ideal for the automotive and construction industries, Efka® PX 4350 contributes to superior finishes, making it a reliable choice for professionals seeking optimal dispersion capabilities.

Luwipal® 66 serves as a crosslinking agent compatible with wood surfaces. It finds application in various markets such as automotive and transportation, consumer goods, and paints and coatings. Its versatile uses include automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, wood coatings and finishes, furniture coatings, and industrial coatings. It comes in a liquid physical form.

Efka® FA 4601 is a multifunctional liquid marvel that serves as a rheology modifier, thickener, emulsifier, and dispersant. This versatile formulation seamlessly integrates with nitrocellulose, polyurethanes (PU), chlorinated rubbers, epoxies (EP), and alkyds, showcasing its compatibility with various polymers and resins. Efka® FA 4601, in its liquid form, ensures ease of application.

Loxanol® PL 5824 is a product designed with the function of a coalescing agent and binder, featuring the labeling claim of low VOC. With good film-forming properties, it caters to the automotive, transportation, and paints and coatings markets, including applications such as automotive OEM coatings and industrial coatings. In liquid form, it aids in the development of low-VOC formulations.

Foamaster® NO 2335 is a defoamer based on renewable raw materials. It proves excellent for mat to satin-finished aqueous coatings, serving as an environmentally sound alternative to defoamers based on mineral oil. It retains antifoaming properties even after prolonged storage of the finished paint and offers exceptional product stability.

Lignostab® 1198 serves as a photo-stabilizer developed specifically for wood pretreatments. It is highly effective for color stabilization of natural and tinted or stained wood, improving the durability of wood substrates coated with clear and transparent pigmented finishes. It prevents yellowing and darkening when exposed to diffused or direct sunlight.

Irganox® MD 1024 is available in solid form, is a multifunctional product with antioxidant, UV stabilization, light stabilization, secondary antioxidant, and stabilizing properties. Recognized for its contribution to good mechanical properties, high-temperature strength, and improved physical properties, it finds applications in various markets, including automotive and transportation, paints, and coatings. Specifically, it is used in automotive OEM coatings and industrial coatings and serves end uses in automotive applications, electrical/electronic applications, and textile applications.

Irganox® B 225 is a robust solution within the phosphites and Hindered Amine Light Stabilizer (HALS) chemical family. Compatible with polyolefins and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), it excels as a stabilizer in various applications. Particularly in coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE) formulations, Irganox® B 225 stands out for its good heat stability. Available in a versatile powder or solid form, it ensures easy incorporation into diverse compositions.

Irgafos® 126 is a solid solution classified under the phosphites and hindered amine light stabilizer (HALS) chemical family. This product is compatible with polyolefins and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). As part of Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants, and Elastomers (CASE) ingredients, Irgafos® 126 functions as both an antioxidant and stabilizer. In a convenient solid form, it ensures easy handling and integration into various formulations.

Laropal® LR 9008 is a liquid product that functions as a binder and resin, and it also serves as a grinding aid. Recognized for good pigment wetting, it finds applications in automotive OEM coatings within the paints and coatings industry.

Hydropalat® WE 3485 is a liquid solution meticulously crafted for varnishes. As part of the anionic chemical family, it guarantees compatibility with cellulose and cellulosics. This formulation boasts low surface tension, good compatibility, improved color acceptance, substrate wetting, high gloss, and low foaming for optimal performance. In a convenient liquid form, Hydropalat® WE 3485 seamlessly integrates into varnish formulations, ensuring ease of use.

Hydropalat® WE 3197 is a versatile addition to waterborne coatings. Belonging to the alcohol ethoxylates chemical family, this formulation is compatible with epoxies (EP) and alkyds. Boasting low surface tension, alkali resistance, high gloss, improved substrate wetting, and acid resistance, Hydropalat® WE 3197 ensures exceptional performance. Tailored for waterborne coatings, it proves ideal for various applications.

Laromin® C 260 is a product designed for applications in the automotive and transportation industries, specifically in coatings and finishes for marine coatings. It functions as a curing agent and is available in liquid form.

Laropal® A 81 P is a liquid product that functions as a binder and resin, as well as a grinding aid. It finds applications in the automotive and transportation industries, specifically in automotive OEM coatings.