Products in Laundry & Fabric Care: Surfactant (Cationic)

STEPANTEX® VT-90 is a diester fabric softener quaternary, providing excellent softening, cold water dispersibility, and good rewetting properties. This cationic surfactant paste can be used to produce up to 25% solid dispersions in household and industrial fabric softeners. The product is biobased.

STEPANTEX® VM 85 G is a cationic surfactant suited for the formulation of household and industrial fabric softeners from 3% viscous to 20% fluid-active concentrations. This ester quat can also be used in many other applications, such as metal cleaning and polishing compounds, cutting oils, textile auxiliaries, leather conditioners, water repellents, shoe polishes, emulsifiers, paper treatment, and clays.

STEPANQUAT® ML is a quaternary compound intended for use in hair conditioners, hair styling aids, creams, and lotions. Its functions include conditioning, static control, and emulsification for both oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions. It finds application across various markets including Food & Nutrition, Household, Industrial & Institutional Care, and Personal Care.

AMMONYX® 4B is a substantive ammonium quaternary used in applications such as hair conditioners, rinses, mousses, creams, and lotions. It fulfills the functions of enhancing skin feel and acting as a textile antistatic agent. It finds relevance in the personal care and industrial product markets.

STEPANTEX® VK 90 is a diester fabric softener quaternary with commendable softening, cold water dispersibility, and rewetting properties. This cationic surfactant paste finds its place in household and industrial fabric softeners and is capable of producing dispersions with solids ranging from 3% to 20%.

STEPANTEX® VL 90 A stands as a diester fabric softener quaternary, delivering excellent softening, antistatic, and rewetting properties. This cationic surfactant paste is applicable in household and industrial cleaners and finds a diverse range of applications, including metal cleaning and polishing compounds, cutting oils, textile auxiliaries, leather conditioners, water repellents, shoe polishes, emulsifiers, paper treatment, and clays.

STEPANTEX® CA-88E presents itself as a top-tier fabric softener featuring a quaternary esterquat formulation derived from vegetable canola sources. Tailored for household and industrial fabric softeners. Notably, it delivers superior softening effects while avoiding any greasy residue, ensuring a luxuriously soft feel without compromising quality. Its versatility extends to effortlessly creating aqueous dispersions at room temperature, enhancing convenience in various formulations. Beyond fabric softening, it serves diverse applications, including polish compounds, textile auxiliaries, leather conditioners, and water repellents.

STEPANTEX® 162 represents an innovative biodegradable ester quat, carefully crafted from vegetable feedstock. This liquid formulation not only ensures ease of handling but also delivers exceptional softness with remarkable versatility. With its robust stability and wide concentration range, STEPANTEX® 162 stands as a reliable choice for various applications, promising consistent performance and optimal results.

ACCOSOFT® 501 is a diamidoamine fabric softener quaternary tailored for household and commercial fabric softeners. This cationic surfactant paste boasts excellent storage stability. It can be easily formulated into dispersions with varying concentrations (2.5% to 25% solids) that exhibit instant cold water dispersibility and favorable rewetting characteristics.

STEPANTEX® ST-90 is a diester fabric softener quaternary that excels in providing softening, antistatic, and rewetting properties. It's suitable for household and institutional fabric softeners, as well as textile softening additives, with the capacity to create formulations ranging from 3% to 20% solid dispersions.

STEPANTEX® DC 90 is a diester fabric softener quaternary that offers commendable softening, antistatic, and rewetting properties. As a liquid cationic surfactant, it is particularly well-suited for creating formulations of fabric softeners intended for both household and industrial use. It falls within the chemical group of dialkyl quaternary esters and functions as a textile antistatic agent. Notably, this product is kosher-certified, can be cold-mixed, and does not necessitate heating during the formulation process.

STEPANTEX® ELS88-E is a mild cationic surfactant suitable for formulating household and industrial fabric softeners, ranging from 3% viscous to 18% fluid active concentrations. Sourced from rapeseeds and containing a naturally derived solvent, it can be utilized in naturally derived formulations. This product delivers excellent softening without a greasy feel, along with good antistatic and rewetting properties.

STEPANTEX® HTS-100 is a diester fabric softener quaternary in a nonionic system for use in the coating of household and commercial fabric softener sheets. This solid cationic surfactant offers excellent controlled release, good rewetting, and static reduction. The product is biobased.

AMMONYX® 4 operates as a substantive cationic quaternary, commonly employed in conditioners, cream rinses, mousses, and lotions. Its primary functions are enhancing skin feel and serving as a textile antistatic agent. It finds applications in 2-in-1 shampoos, body washes, detanglers, facial cleansers, hair conditioners, hair styling, and hair and scalp treatments. Its presence spans across the industrial products and personal care markets.

ACCOSOFT® 550-90% HF is a high-flash-point diamidoamine fabric softener quaternary primarily used in household and commercial fabric softeners. With its cationic surfactant paste nature, it achieves instant cold water dispersibility, leading to dispersions with solid concentrations ranging from 2.5% to 25%.

ACCOSOFT® 780 PG is a canola-based diamidoamine fabric softener quaternary with a high flash point. Engineered for use in wash and rinse cycle detergents and softeners in the household and textile industries, it can be combined with nonionic surfactants to create stable detergent and softener formulations. Its application extends to a variety of rinse-cycle fabric softener concentrations.

ACCOSOFT® 550-90% HHV is a cationic surfactant, a diamidoamine fabric softener quaternary, commonly employed in household and commercial liquid fabric softeners. It enables the creation of high-viscosity dispersions with solid concentrations of up to 20%, all while maintaining excellent rewetting characteristics.

ACCOSOFT® 808-90% presents a highly concentrated imidazoline fabric softener quaternary with 90% solids content. Designed for household and industrial liquid fabric softeners, its liquid form eases handling and formulation. By incorporating this cationic surfactant, stable dispersions with solid concentrations of up to 18% can be achieved, imparting softness and reducing static cling to fabrics.

ACCOSOFT® 808 is a liquid cationic surfactant with an 80% solids content. Tailored for use in household and industrial liquid fabric softeners, its versatility lies in creating stable dispersions with solid concentrations of up to 20%. Known for its ease of handling, it delivers softness to fabrics while reducing static cling, thereby enhancing the overall quality and comfort of laundered textiles.

Dehyquart CSP is a biodegradable cationic surfactant, ideal for vehicle polish, shine, and protection in wax-type formulations. It provides a quick and easy drying effect that can be easily observed in wind tunnel installations, making the vehicle surface more hydrophobic. It also leaves a long-lasting gloss effect on vehicles, resulting from water and spot-repelling agents.

Berol 226 is all purpose cleaner and degreaser which is ready to formulate with builders and water with high efficiency.

Ethomeen C/25 is a tertiary amine ethoxylate, based on a primary coco amine.

Ethomeen O/12LC is a tertiary amine ethoxylate, based on a primary oleyl amine.

Armosoft DEQ is a new generation esterquats for fabric softening. The high efficiency chemistry can be used as the core fabric softening active ingredient or as a booster for conventional formulations to improve storage stability and softness.

Arquad HTL8-MS is a hydrogenated tallowalkyl (2-ethylhexyl) dimethyl ammonium methylsulfate, 82% actives in water.

Ethomeen T/12 LC is a tallow amine ethoxylate.

Aromox 14D-W970 is an amine oxide, based on a distilled C14-amine.

Ethomeen T/15 is a tallow amine ethoxylate.

Arquad 2HT-75 PG is a Di(hydrogenated tallowalkyl)dimethyl ammonium chloride.

Armosoft L is a quaternary ammonium compound in iso paraffin solvent.

Ethoquad C/25 is a cocoalkylmethyl[polyoxyethylene (15)] ammonium chloride

ARMOCARE 750 is a fabric softening agent.

Berol 302 is a tertiary amine ethoxylate, based on primary oleyl amine.

Berol 398 is a tertiary amine ethoxylate, based on a primary coco amine.

Berol ENV226 Plus is an optimized surfactant blend intended for use in water based alkaline and acid cleaners.

Barquat® BAC-50 Antimicrobial contains the active substance C12-C16 Alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride (ADBAC). The active is a cationic molecule offering good surfactant properties and can be formulated together with non-ionic and/or amphoteric surfactants. This “first” generation quaternary ammonium compound has antimicrobial efficacy against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, yeast, and enveloped viruses.