Bermocoll

Nouryon Brand

Supplier:Nouryon
Products:41
BERMOCOLL is used as a thickener, stabilizer and water-retaining agent for water-based decorative paints. It also controls consistency, providing easy workability, extended open time and enhanced adhesion in cement and gypsum based systems.
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Bermocoll® in Decorative Paint Applications

Bermocoll cellulose ethers are manufactured by a unique, solvent-free process, ensuring you a reliable product with a low carbon footprint.

Bermocoll makes a difference with reliable rheology

We have been serving the paint industry around the world for more than 60 years with our brand Bermocoll, a range of non-ionic cellulose ethers. Bermocoll is used as a rheology modifier, stabilizer and water retaining agent for water-based decorative paints. Bermocoll cellulose ethers are manufactured by a unique, solvent-free process, ensuring our customers a low carbon footprint. They are available in all required viscosities and a range of modifications to ensure we meet every customer’s needs.

Bermocoll – a sustainable choice

Sustainability is a cornerstone of Nouryon’s overall strategy. We focus on expanding our portfolio of eco-premium products, which have a significant sustainability benefit over common alternatives. Within a LCA (Life Cycle Analysis) study*, we have calculated the contribution from the thickener system to the carbon footprint of 1 ton of paint to be 40 % lower with Bermocoll FLOW compared to a corresponding paint using a synthetic HEUR** thickener system, showing that Bermocoll FLOW provides significant sustainability benefits.

Rheology of coatings

Rheology is the science of deformation and flow of materials. Every material is influenced by external forces. For paint, these forces can range from gravitational forces, which influence phenomena such as sedimentation, leveling and sagging, to the very high shear forces that act on the paint when it is brushed, rolled or sprayed. Viscosity is a measure of a material’s resistance to flow, which can be illustrated in a flow curve (figure 1).

Figure 1: Flow curve

  • The carbon footprint of the paint thickener system is 40 % lower for Bermocoll FLOW compared to a synthetic HEUR thickener system.

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  • *) available upon request
  • **)HEUR= Hydrophobically modified polyurethane