Products in Additives

Rheovis® HS 1332 is a rheology modifier. It is an excellent rheology-control agent for water-based coatings, increasing viscosity in the mid- to high-shear range. The polymer provides the rheology-control effect through extensive swelling of the high-molecular-weight polymer in combination with a hydrophobic component. This leads to superior rheology build and low spattering, making it ideal for a broad range of matte to semi-gloss interior and exterior coatings.

Dispex® Ultra FA 4488 is a dispersing agent recommended for all kinds of pigments in both water- and solvent-based paint systems, especially those developed for label-free colorants. In amber liquid form, Dispex® Ultra FA 4488 serves as a dispersing and wetting agent for the formulation of VOC-free systems, particularly universal colorants.

Rheovis® HS 1303 EB stands as a highly efficient, hydrophobically modified alkali swellable emulsion (HASE) rheology modifier renowned for its pronounced high-shear behavior in numerous aqueous paint and coating systems. It exists in a physical form as a white liquid and finds end uses primarily in waterborne coatings. This product boasts labeling claims of being APEO-free and VOC-free. Its key features in CASE (coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers) ingredients include anti-settling properties, good leveling, high shear viscosity, high gloss, resistance to sagging, matting effect, and spatter resistance.

Emuldur® 381 A, available in liquid form, is exclusively designed for industrial use. Its versatility is showcased in its compatibility with various materials such as polyethylenes (PE), polypropylenes (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), making it a valuable raw material in industrial processes.

Dispex® CX 4248 is a highly effective, low-viscosity dispersing agent for water-based coating systems. It is especially suitable for the dispersion of inorganic pigments and fillers, presented in a colorless to slightly yellowish-clear liquid. Dispex® CX 4248 is a high-performance polymeric dispersing agent that improves wet scrub resistance in highly filled interior wall paints.

Joncryl® 2560 is a polymer dispersion for architectural coatings. It is a rheology-controlled (RC) aqueous dispersion of an acrylic copolymer, suitable for transparent and opaque exterior wood coatings, wood primers, and emulsion gloss paints. It offers excellent elasticity, exterior durability, tack-freeness, and good blocking resistance.

Rheovis® HS 1162 is an outstanding rheology modifier for water-based coatings with an extremely low-shear to thixotropic flow behavior. It provides rheology control through extensive swelling of the high-molecular-weight polymer in combination with a hydrophobic component, resulting in an excellent balance between sag resistance and leveling, making it ideal for airless spray applications or non-dripping paints and stains.

Rheovis® AS 1125 is an efficient acrylic thickener (ASE) with pronounced pseudoplastic (low-shear) flow behavior. Its chemical nature involves an aqueous polymer dispersion. This thickener is suitable for many aqueous paint and coating systems, offering excellent thickening efficiency and pronounced pseudoplastic flow behavior.

Rheovis® HS 1152 functions as a rheology modifier and is an outstanding rheology-control agent for water-based coatings. It increases viscosity in the low-shear range and develops a pseudoplastic (shear-thinning) viscosity. The polymer achieves rheology control through extensive swelling of a high-molecular-weight polymer in combination with a hydrophobic component.

Dispex® Ultra FA 4483 is an excellent dispersing agent for inorganic pigments. In clear, viscous liquid form, Dispex® Ultra FA 4483 is well-suited for dispersing inorganic pigments like iron oxide, titanium dioxide, calcium sulfate (gypsum), etc.

Loxanol® OT 5853 is an additive designed to prolong the 'open time' and workability of latex-based plasters for exterior insulation and finishing systems (EIFS) with high active content and improved storage stability. It proves to be a highly effective additive for prolonging the 'open time' and workability of latex-based plasters, particularly suitable for EIFS, and offers significantly improved storage stability.

Hydropalat® WE 3437 ED is a versatile liquid that functions as an emulsifier, anionic surfactant, and wetting agent. Formulated with alkyl ether sulfates, sodium salts, and fatty alcohols, this product boasts features such as improved substrate wetting, good pigment wetting, and high gloss. With a commitment to environmental considerations, it is labeled as solvent-free and APEO-free, making it an ideal choice for applications where these qualities are crucial.

Dispex® Ultra PX 4525 is a universal dispersant for all kinds of pigments in both water- and solvent-based paint systems, especially developed for label-free colorants. Due to its chemical nature, it provides excellent compatibility and color development in polar and non-polar paint systems, resulting in excellent color development, higher pigment loading, and optimum color acceptance of colorants in base paints.

Basionics™ LQ 01 is an innovative anti-static agent designed for consumer goods, specifically footwear. This cutting-edge solution belongs to the chemical family of sulfates and imidazolium salts, with the key ingredient being 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethylsulfate. With a liquid physical form, it seamlessly integrates into various materials, including CASE ingredients, elastomers, industrial additives, and plastics.

Dispex® CX 4231 is an effective dispersing additive for inorganic fillers and pigments in exterior paints, gloss paints, and primers. Its pronounced hydrophobic character reduces snail trails and water uptake. This effective polymeric ammonium salt of a carboxylic acid copolymer is particularly effective for dispersing inorganic fillers and pigments in exterior paints, gloss paints, and primers, presented in yellowish liquid form.

Dispex® AA 4030 is an effective polymeric dispersing agent based on acrylic acid ammonium salt, characterized by its yellowish liquid form. It demonstrates excellent dispersing efficiency for inorganic pigments and extenders, high efficiency, and synergistic effects in combination with polyphosphates.

Dispex® Ultra FA 4420 is a dispersing agent that stabilizes inorganic and organic pigments in water and solvents. In addition, Dispex® Ultra FA 4420 makes the polar ingredients of universal colorants which are used in non-polar solvent-based paints more compatible.

Dispex® CX 4234 is a hydrophobic dispersant for interior and exterior architectural coatings, offering advantages such as excellent scrub resistance, early blister resistance at high humidities, excellent gloss development, good color acceptance, good dispersant efficiency, excellent associative thickener synergism, compatibility with all kinds of emulsions, and suitability for both interior and exterior architectural coatings.

Dispex® HIDE AA 4545 is an anionic dispersing agent based on polyacrylic acid, designed to maximize the utilization of titanium dioxide in combination with fillers and extenders in architectural coatings. This hydrophilic dispersing agent is specifically tailored for use in decorative coatings to optimize the performance of titanium dioxide, resulting in improved hiding power, spreading rates, and cost savings. Dispex® HIDE AA 4545 is recommended for use with other components of the opacity toolbox, such as Acronal® HIDE 6296 and Aqacell® HIDE 6299, to create economical high-quality paints.

Dispex® Ultra PA 4550 is a high-molecular-weight dispersing agent that stabilizes the pigment dispersion of inorganic and organic pigments. It improves gloss, color strength, flocculation stability, and anti-flooding behavior. In clear, slightly yellowish liquid form, Dispex® Ultra PA 4550 enhances various properties of pigment dispersions.

Dispex® Ultra FA 4431 is a dispersant for inorganic pigments and fillers in various systems. It reduces grinding and dispersion time, allows increased pigment loading, achieving low VOC levels in highly filled solvent-based systems, and improves gloss, leveling, and flow.

Dispex® Ultra PA 4580, belonging to the polyacrylates chemical family, is a liquid serving as both a dispersant and a surfactant. Its versatile applications span across multiple markets, including agriculture and feed, automotive and transportation, building and construction, consumer goods, and paints and coatings.

Dispex® Ultra FA 4430 is a nonionic surfactant used to improve the storage stability of emulsion paints and their compatibility with cement and lime. In liquid form, Dispex Ultra® FA 4430 serves as a nonionic surfactant for enhancing the storage stability of emulsion paints and their compatibility with cement and lime.

Dispex® AA 4140 is a derivative of a family of highly effective, low-viscosity dispersing agents for water-based coating systems, especially suitable for the dispersion of inorganic pigments and fillers. It is a solution of a sodium salt of an acrylic polymer in water and serves as an ideal dispersing agent for a wide range of water-based coatings. Offering improved storage stability for both pigment dispersion and formulated paint compared to inorganic dispersing agents, Dispex® AA 4140 exhibits little or no adverse reaction to high temperatures or pH changes.

Dispex® AA 4144 EB is a dispersing agent with key benefits such as superior gloss retention, suitability for water-borne coating systems, and exceptional compatibility with reactive pigments and solvents. It is a highly effective dispersing aid, even at low dosages, and does not require additional dispersants, wetting agents, or polyphosphates.

Dispex® Ultra FA 4437 is a color acceptance improver for aqueous coatings, functioning as a surface-active flow additive with good wetting properties on difficult-to-wet substrates. It effectively reduces color acceptance problems and prevents surface defects like craters, fisheyes, and pinholes. The product exhibits a strong affinity to pigment surfaces.

Dispex® CX 4230 is a clear, light yellow-to-amber liquid hydrophobic dispersant designed for use in architectural paints and coatings. It is utilized to disperse titanium dioxide and extender pigments effectively in these applications. This dispersant presents several advantages, including early blister resistance even at high humidity levels, excellent gloss development, superior color acceptance, good dispersant efficiency, and highly competitive cost performance compared to other hydrophobic dispersants.

Dispex® Ultra PA 4570 is a high-performance liquid solution designed for both dispersant and surfactant functions. This versatile formulation seamlessly integrates into various applications, enhancing dispersion and surfactant properties. In its convenient liquid form, this product facilitates easy incorporation into your processes, contributing to enhanced performance.

Dispex® Ultra PA 4513 is a high-performance liquid solution designed for dual functionality as a dispersant and surfactant. Tailored for coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE) applications, it distinguishes itself with the feature of improved coating hiding power. In its liquid form, Dispex® Ultra PA 4513 seamlessly integrates into various formulations, contributing to enhanced dispersion and surfactant functionality.

Dispex® AA 4935 is an effective polymeric dispersing agent based on acrylic acid sodium salt in powder form. It serves as an all-purpose polymeric dispersing agent for inorganic fillers and pigments, with an anionic property.

Dispex® AA 4080 is a versatile liquid solution serving as both a dispersant and surfactant. Tailored for various applications, this liquid formulation seamlessly integrates into diverse systems.

Dispex® CX 4240 is a highly efficient, low-viscosity, straw-colored liquid dispersing agent formulated for water-based coating systems. It is particularly suitable for dispersing inorganic pigments, enabling the creation of high-gloss coatings with low pigment volume concentration, in addition to standard matte formulations. Dispex® CX 4240 serves as an ideal dispersing agent across a broad spectrum of water-based coatings.

Dispex® Ultra CX 4452 is an aqueous, high-performance dispersant for inorganic pigments and fillers like transparent iron oxides and titanium dioxide. It stabilizes inorganic pigments through electro-steric stabilization and is particularly suitable for the preparation of aqueous resin-free pigment concentrates.

Dispex® Ultra PA 4501 is a high-performance liquid solution designed to function as both a dispersant and surfactant. Tailored for various applications, this versatile formulation seamlessly integrates into diverse systems.

Dispex® Ultra PA 4560 is a high-molecular-weight dispersing agent that stabilizes the pigment dispersion of inorganic and organic pigments, enhancing properties such as gloss, color strength, flocculation stability, and anti-flooding behavior. When combined with Dispex® Ultra PA 4503, it is suitable for formulating VOC-free tinting concentrates for both water- and solvent-based decorative paints, exhibiting excellent compatibility that allows incorporation with low shear forces.

Dispex® CX 4204, is a liquid solution renowned for its dual functionality as a dispersant and surfactant. This versatile formulation, designed for coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE) applications, stands out for its ability to enhance coating properties, offering high gloss and improved hiding power. In its convenient liquid form, Dispex® CX 4204 facilitates easy integration into various formulations, contributing to superior performance.