Lawter

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Lawter, Inc. is part of the Harima Chemicals family, a company strong in pine chemicals and built on products developed using pine chemical resources. Today, Lawter™ serves the adhesives, graphic arts, specialty coatings, aroma chemicals and the synthetic rubber industries. While our global headquarters is located in Chicago, IL we are a global organization with senior managers located in every region of the world. Lawter is a result of many highly successful businesses coming together over more than 60 years. Today, we are a highly successful global business operating in over 20 countries with 11 manufacturing and technology centers.

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Pineclear 4306

Chemical Family:Rosins, Esters
Features:Excellent Adhesion

Pineclear 4306 is used in Specialty coatings and Thermoplastic applications. Very low color, stabilized rosin for enhanced heat stability. It provides excellent adhesion and high bio-renewable content.

Filtrez™ 531A

Chemical Family:Modified Rosins
End Uses:Flexography Ink, Waterborne Ink, Gravure Ink, Solventborne Ink
Glass Transition Temperature (Tg):105.0 - 105.0 °C

Filtrez™ 531 A is an alcohol soluble fumaric acid modified rosin ester with a high softening point and moderately high acid value. Filtrez™ 531 A can be used in solvent and water-based flexographic and in gravure inks. This resin can also be used as a leveling and gloss-promoting agent in floor polishes.

FLEX-REZ™ 1074CS

Chemical Family:Polyamides
End Uses:Other Ink Types, Flexography Ink, Gravure Ink, Lacquers
Features:Water Resistance, Excellent Adhesion, Low Viscosity, High Gloss, Improved Flexibility

Co-solvent soluble polyamide resin 100% Solids

SETALIN™ V701 E

Chemical Family:Alkyds
End Uses:Offset Ink
Compatible Substrates & Surfaces:Metal

Bodied workhorse.

ECO-REZ™ 9715A

Chemical Family:Rosins
End Uses:Offset Ink

ECO-REZ™ 9715 A is a medium structured, low aliphatic soluble rosin resin suitable for all offset inks, including heatset, sheetfed and coldset applications. Unlike older generations of phenol free resins, ECO-REZ 9715 A provides a new level of performance enabling offset inks to be completely formulated with greener and more sustainable chemistry. The technical benefits equal the environmental enhancements. This new family of ECO-REZ products provides outstanding rheological stability, water balance stability, and sharp print image during high speed and long press runs.

Filtrez™ 530A

Functions:Gloss Enhancer, Binder & Resin, Leveling Agent
Chemical Family:Modified Rosins
Labeling Claims:Bio-based

Filtrez™ 530 A is an alcohol soluble fumaric acid modified rosin ester with a high softening point and high acid value. Filtrez 530 A has good solubility and low viscosity in alcohol and aqueous ammonia solutions, which contributes to high gloss in overprint varnishes. This resin is commonly used in solvent and water-based gravure and flexographic inks. Filtrez 530 A also be used as a leveling and gloss-promoting agent in floor polishes.

OPTILITH™ AM

End Uses:Solventless & High Solids Coating

Optilith™ AM A is an anti-mist compound. Optilith AM A is a 95% non-volatile, high solids paste. Optilith AM A gives maximum reduction in misting without adversely effecting gloss or ink rheology. Optilith AM A is effective at 0.5 to 3% use levels.

FLEX-REZ™ 1084AS

Applications:Other Packaging Coatings, Gravure Printing, Flexography
Product Families:Other Resins & Binders, Resins & Binders
Chemical Family:Polyamides
End Uses:Other Ink Types, Gravure Ink, Flexography Ink

Alcohol soluble non film forming polyamide resin 100% Solids.

OPTILITH™ TRG

Functions:Anti-Tack Agent

Optilith™ TRG A quickly reduces the initial tack without “destroying” the rheological properties of ink. Additionally, it flattens the tack curve through added solubility, providing greater tack stability and improved transfer. Optilith TRG A can be used in all oil based offset inks including heatset, sheetfed, web no-heat and other specialty lines.

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Product Families:Dispersing & Wetting Additives

ULTRAPOLY

End Uses:Offset Ink

SETAPRINT

Applications:Printing & Inks, Other Printing Applications, Offset & Lithographic Printing, Furniture Coatings, Furniture, Industrial Coatings
Product Families:Other Resins & Binders, Resins & Binders
Chemical Family:Modified Rosins, Rosin Esters
End Uses:Offset Ink, Other Ink Types, Varnishes

FLEX-REZ

Applications:Other Packaging Coatings

HYDRO-REZ

Applications:Gravure Printing, Flexography, Other Printing Applications, Furniture Coatings, Furniture, Industrial Coatings, Printing & Inks
Product Families:Other Resins & Binders, Resins & Binders
Chemical Family:Rosin Esters
End Uses:Waterborne Ink, Solventborne Ink, Other Ink Types, Gravure Ink, Flexography Ink, Varnishes

POLYSPERSE

Applications:Can Coatings

OPTILITH

End Uses:Offset Ink

Pinerez

Applications:Infrastructure, Roads & Paving, Building & Construction, Coatings & Markings
Product Families:Other Resins & Binders, Resins & Binders
Chemical Family:Esters, Rosins

Pinerez® tackifier resins are recommended to enhance the adhesive performance in Hot melt and solvent-based adhesive applications. They are stabilized, light-colored resins with excellent viscosity stability, and have excellent compatibility with a range of polymers that are widely used in packaging and pressure-sensitive adhesives.These polymers include EVA, SIS, and SBS block copolymers, natural and synthetic rubber, and acrylics. Low VOC Pinerez products provide performance value in water-based, solvent-free flooring adhesives.

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