Products in Building Envelope & Roofing

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

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 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.

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.

Rheovis® AS 1920 is a solid rheology modifier meticulously designed for applications in the coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE) industry. With its primary function as a rheology modifier, this solid formulation offers versatility in optimizing viscosity and flow characteristics. Rheovis® AS 1920 is well-suited for enhancing performance in the Building and Construction and Paints and Coatings markets.

FoamStar® ED 2523 is an emulsion defoamer, a universal polymer-emulsion defoamer enhanced with a small amount of modified polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). It is an excellent defoamer for many flat to semi-gloss aqueous coatings, providing excellent foam suppression during grinding as well as application. It retains antifoam efficiency during extended storage of paint.

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.

Rheovis® AS 1135 is utilized in the building and construction as well as paints and coatings markets. Its applications span architectural coatings, wood coatings and finishes, and building envelope and roofing in the building and construction sector. Within architectural coatings, it serves in both paints and coatings and industrial coatings applications. Specifically formulated for compatibility with wood substrates and surfaces, Rheovis® AS 1135 is in liquid form, enhancing its versatility and ease of application in various industrial processes.

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.

Acronal® A 420 S is a plasticizer-free dispersion composed of thermally crosslinkable copolymers derived from acrylic acid esters. This dispersion possesses self-crosslinking properties and finds application in self-adhesive nonwovens, including carriers based on PET and glass fibers, filter nonwovens, materials for hygiene and medical purposes, as well as interlinings and high-loft waddings. It exists in liquid form with a faint odor in its dispersion.

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.

Foamaster® MO NDW is a defoamer based on mineral oil, known for its exceptional product stability. It retains defoaming efficiency even after months of storage, contributing to excellent brushability and avoiding fisheyes. Its chemical nature involves a blend of mineral oils and non-ionic surfactants, making it effective in all systems based on synthetic latex.

Loxanol® CA 5308 is a coalescing agent, highly efficient and based on dicarboxylic acids diisobutyl ester. It proves to be a highly efficient coalescing agent for various coatings, offering benefits such as no VOC, very low odor, and improved scrub resistance.

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.

Lupasol® HF is a liquid product with notable features, including improved color acceptance and serving as an adhesion promoter and coupling agent. Its applications in the paints and coatings industry are well-suited for building and construction architectural coatings.

Chimassorb® 81, featuring 2-Hydroxy-4-n-octoxybenzophenone as its chemical name, is an additive designed with a range of features that enhance the performance of various formulations. Chimassorb® 81 excels in providing crack resistance, good color stability, excellent gloss control, improved adhesion, and low yellowing.

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.

Acrodur® E 950 L is specifically designed for various applications such as door panels, automotive interior trim, and door components. Renowned for its exceptional dimensional stability, excellent compatibility, high-performance attributes, and lightweight composition, this product caters to both the automotive and transportation sectors as well as the building and construction industries. Its usage extends to automotive interiors, building envelopes, and roofing, including exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS) and insulation within construction. It is a preferred choice for building materials such as interior fixtures and wall panels, offering compatibility with natural materials and composites as reinforcements. Acrodur® E 950 L is available in a liquid physical form.

Lupasol® G 100 is a product with features emphasizing improved color acceptance. Its functions include acting as an adhesion promoter and coupling agent in architectural coatings within the paint and coatings industry.

Foamaster® WO 2390 is a defoamer for styrene-butadiene latex, with a chemical nature of a silicone-free formulation based on white oil, alkyl poly(alkoxy esters), and ethers. It is a defoamer/antifoam for styrene-butadiene polymerization, specifically during monomer stripping. Foamaster® WO 2390 is silicone-free and does not have adverse secondary effects during latex application.

Foamaster® MO 2114 is a defoamer based on mineral oil, a versatile defoamer for low- to highly pigmented emulsion paints. It eliminates microfoam even in critical applications, can be used in powder coatings, and modifies surface tension. It provides smooth, trouble-free film surfaces and improves gloss. The physical form is a clear, colorless liquid.

Foamaster® WO 2310 serves as a defoamer for paints and adhesives with broad food contact compliance. It is suitable for the manufacturing and application of emulsion paints and adhesives. Due to its broad food contact compliance, it is well-suited for processes and applications where such requirements are essential, such as emulsion polymerization and adhesive manufacturing.

Acrodur® 3558 E is a versatile material designed for a range of applications, including door panels, automotive interior trim, and door components. Recognized for its exceptional dimensional stability, excellent compatibility, high-performance characteristics, and lightweight properties, this product serves the automotive and transportation sectors as well as the building and construction industries. Its applications cover automotive interiors and building envelope and roofing materials, including exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS) and insulation for construction purposes. It is a preferred choice for building materials such as interior fixtures and wall panels, offering compatibility with natural materials and composites as reinforcements. Acrodur® 3558 E is available in a liquid physical form.

Acrodur® 3515 E is a raw material intended for industrial use only. It is a preparation based on modified polyacrylate, dispersed in water, and contains a crosslinker component. In liquid dispersion form, it exhibits a white color and is almost odorless.

Lupasol® WF is a liquid product with features emphasizing improved color acceptance. Its applications in the paints and coatings industry, specifically in building and construction architectural coatings, contribute to vibrant and visually appealing finishes.

Loxanol® OT 5840 serves as an open-time prolonger, supplied in the form of an easy-to-incorporate emulsion. It prolongs the open time and reduces cracking in emulsion paints, organo-silicate, and silicone resin-based mortars and plasters. Loxanol® OT 5840 provides improved storage stability with low emulsifier content, and its chemical nature involves an aqueous emulsion of fatty alcohol.

Foamaster® MO 2134 is a highly effective liquid defoamer that can be added at any stage in emulsion paint manufacture. It is especially effective in fine-particle resin emulsions, easily dispersible in paint, and based on mineral oil, a blend of mineral oils and non-ionic surfactants.

Lupasol® G 20 Waterfree is a liquid product renowned for its improved color acceptance. Functioning as both an adhesion promoter and coupling agent, it is well-suited for applications in the paints and coatings industry, specifically in building and construction architectural coatings.

Lupasol® P is a liquid product recognized for its improved color acceptance. Tailored for applications in the paints and coatings industry, especially in building and construction architectural coatings, it provides enhanced color vibrancy.

Acrodur® DS 3530 is a formaldehyde-free binder for wood fibers, natural fibers, synthetic fibers, and cork. It is a clear, slightly yellowish solution of a modified polycarboxylic acid and a polyol as the crosslinking component. This binder is employed independently as a formaldehyde-free binder for wood fibers and bast fibers such as flax, sisal, jute, etc. It can also be used to bond cork chips and finely divided inorganic substances. Acrodur® DS 3530 crosslinks to form a thermoset material.

Loxanol® OT 5846 acts as an open-time prolonger, providing excellent open time for latex-based decorative masonry finishes. This pumpable additive is easy to handle and offers high effectiveness based on a linear fatty alcohol dispersion. It provides elastification, preventing cracks in plasters.

Acrodur® Power 2850 serves as an ideal material for various end uses, including door panels and automotive interior trim. It is known for its exceptional dimensional stability, excellent compatibility, high-performance attributes, and lightweight nature. This product finds its primary markets in automotive and transportation as well as in building and construction applications. Specifically, it is used in automotive interior applications, building envelopes, and roofing within the construction industry, particularly in exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS) and insulation. Acrodur® Power 2850 is well-suited for interior fixtures and wall panels and is compatible with natural materials and composites as reinforcements. It is available in a solid physical form.

Acronal® 3710, an acrylic and acrylate-based binder and resin, falls under the CASE (Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants, and Elastomers) category. This liquid solution is designed for use in architectural and industrial coatings, specifically in building and construction applications. As a key ingredient, it contributes to the formulation of paints and coatings for both building envelopes and roofing systems. Acronal® 3710 showcases advanced technologies in the CASE sector, enhancing the performance of architectural coatings and industrial coatings alike. Its liquid form facilitates easy incorporation into coating formulations, ensuring efficiency and optimal results in various coating applications.

Acronal® HIDE 6296 is a polymer dispersion designed for architectural coatings, serving as a styrene acrylic binder for paints with exceptional titanium dioxide utilization. It is anionic in dispersion type, offering advantages such as outstanding titanium dioxide utilization, broad formulation latitude, and an exceptional cost-performance ratio. This polymer dispersion finds application in areas like façade paints and interior paints.

Acronal® PLUS 6727 is an aqueous, hydrophobic dispersion featuring a styrene acrylic copolymer. This formulation includes an active component specifically designed to block and lock tannins and nicotine. It serves as tannin and nicotine-blocking primers, offering universal application for both transparent and pigmented systems in decorative and industrial settings.