Products in Leather & Textiles

ZELEC® 887 is a thermally stable lubricant base suitable for textile and metalworking applications. This trimethylolpropane tricaprylate caprate polyol ester provides high and low-temperature performance characteristics and is biodegradable, serving construction and industrial product markets in metal treatment, metal working applications, plastic lubricants, and textile applications.

STEOL® CS-230 PCK is a low-active, 2-mol sodium laureth sulfate preserved with cit or mit. It delivers mildness alongside excellent foaming and viscosity responses. This surfactant is readily utilized in formulations ranging from shampoos and body washes to bath products and hand soaps, especially when enhanced viscosities are sought.

BIO-SOFT® N91-8 is a c9-11 linear alcohol ethoxylate with an hlb of 13.9, suitable for oil-in-water formulations. It offers fast wetting and high foam, even in high-temperature cleaning, due to its elevated cloud point. With applications spanning laundry detergents, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning, it complies with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

STEPOSOL® MET-10U is a unique unsaturated di-substituted amide crafted from renewable sources through nobel prize-winning metathesis technology. With attributes like rapid soil-penetrating kinetics, excellent solvency, heat and hydrolytic stability, and low voc content, it finds its place in various applications, including agriculture and coatings.

MAKON® L61 is a nonionic eo/po block copolymer known for its low foaming, defoaming, and water-in-oil emulsification attributes. Its versatility spans markets like household, industrial, institutional, agriculture, paints and coatings, metalworking, and textiles. It finds usage in areas such as defoaming, metal cleaning, spray washing, warewashing, general-purpose cleaning, textile wetting and scouring, agricultural adjuvants, and non-foaming emulsions. It is another product within the makon® line, featuring low ash content.

STEPOSOL® C-25 is a methyl ester of fatty acids derived from vegetable oils, presenting as a biodegradable solvent with outstanding solvency and a low freeze point. These attributes make it well-suited for various household, industrial, and institutional applications. An added benefit is its potential to replace mineral oils in textile applications.

ZELEC® NK is a neutralized alcohol phosphate used in the pultrusion manufacturing process and is an effective, non-durable antistat for textiles, plastics, and films. It is an effective, non-durable antistatic agent for use in textiles, plastics, and films. It is dispersible in aqueous systems but is preferred in solvent systems. Zelec nk can be formulated with a variety of organic solvents, oils, and surfactants to make useful water-emulsifiable concentrates.

BIO-SOFT® N1-3 is a c11 linear alcohol ethoxylate with a low hlb value, offering emulsification, low foam, detergency, and wetting properties. Its versatility shines in oil-in-water formulations, making it suitable for textiles, automatic dishwashing detergents, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning.

STEOL® CS-330 HA is a low-active, 3-mole sodium laureth sulfate offering skin compatibility, foaming, and viscosity characteristics. It finds application in a range of personal care and cleaning products, including shampoos, body washes, liquid hand wash, dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, car wash, and industrial cleaning applications. Its excess alkalinity-based preservation provides flexibility for preservative selection.

STEPANOL® WA-EXTRA is an anionic surfactant notable for its excellent foaming and viscosity characteristics. It's utilized in personal care and detergent formulations, spanning shampoo, hand soap, bath products, light-duty liquids, and fine fabric wash. It's also employed as a textile scouring and foaming additive in industrial contexts.

DREWPLAST® 154 is a nonionic surfactant that serves as a release agent and antistatic agent for plastics and films. Its chemical group aligns with lauramide dea, and it functions as a textile antistatic agent. Notably, the product is derived from plants and is bio-based.

BIO-SOFT® N-900 is a nonionic surfactant blend renowned for its cleaning, degreasing, and detergent properties. It can serve as a replacement for np-9 and be formulated into both concentrates and ready-to-use products. This versatile product remains stable in aqueous acidic and alkaline solutions. It also aligns with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.Org.

STEPFAC™ 8170 is an acid phosphate ester serving as a hydrotrope for nonionic surfactants in alkali cleaners. Its efficacy extends to high-electrolyte systems, making it an asset in applications like agriculture, metalworking, and textiles. This versatile product finds utility in diverse markets, including home care, industrial products, institutional cleaning, and industrial cleaning.

STEPFAC™ 8175 functions as an acid phosphate ester hydrotrope in nonionic surfactant-based alkali cleaners and excels in high-electrolyte systems. STEPFAC™ 8175's applications span agriculture, metalworking, and textiles, with roles encompassing dispersing, emulsifying, adjuvant functions, and acting as a wetting agent.

STEPFAC™ 8181 PT3 is an ethoxylated phosphate ester widely used in various agricultural applications. Its functions span agrochemical emulsifiers, dispersants, adjuvants, and wetting agents. With applications in concentrated emulsions (ew), emulsifiable concentrates (ec), fumigants, metalworking cleaners, microemulsions (me), oil dispersants (od), soluble concentrates (sl), soluble liquids (sl), suspension concentrates (sc), suspoemulsions (se), and tank mix adjuvants, it caters to home care and industrial products.

BIO-SOFT® N1-73B is a c11 linear alcohol ethoxylate with a low pour point, providing rapid wetting, emulsification, and detergency. Its hlb of 11.6 makes it suitable for oil-in-water formulations. It's applicable to laundry detergents, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning.

MAKON® L101 is a nonionic eo/po block copolymer distinguished for water-in-oil emulsification, low foaming, defoaming, and fast wetting attributes. Its usage spans metalworking, paints and coatings, agriculture, and industrial applications. Its core applications include anti-foaming, defoaming, oil cutting, dispersants, water-in-oil emulsifiers, emulsion polymerization, and textiles. It is a low-ash product.

NINOL® COMF-N is available in a flaked form of coconut MEA amide, providing properties such as foam boosting, stabilization, and viscosity enhancement. This nonionic surfactant holds value in personal care applications such as shampoos, personal cleansers, liquid dish detergents, and laundry detergents.

STEPANTEX® CO-36 is a castor oil ethoxylate that functions as a lubricating and emulsifying agent within the scope of metalworking applications. Its chemical group is linked to castor oil ethoxylates, and it fulfills the functions of an emulsifier and solubilizer.

POLYSTEP® LAS-40 is a linear sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate that acts as an emulsifier. Its versatility extends to applications in paints and coatings, adhesives and sealants, paper, and nonwoven textiles. Importantly, it is kosher certified. This product caters to the industrial market, with relevance in processes such as emulsion polymerization and latex manufacturing.\

BIO-SOFT® D-40 is a sodium salt of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid with approximately 38% active content. Its addition of hydrotrope gives it a clear and fluid consistency at room temperature. This high-foaming surfactant excels in fast wetting and emulsification, making it suitable for cleaning formulations desiring foam. It is compliant with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and listed on cleangredients.Org.

STEPANOL® ALS 25 serves as an anionic surfactant with remarkable foam and viscosity traits. Its applications span liquid hand soaps, bath products, carpet and upholstery cleaners, and textile scouring. Being bio-based, kosher certified, naturally derived, and plant-derived, it's an environmentally friendly choice.

BIO-TERGE® AS-40 CG-K is an anionic surfactant produced through continuous sulfonation of alpha-olefins using stepan's falling film process. It's an ideal ingredient for personal care formulations like hand soap, shampoo, facial cleanser, and body wash. Additionally, it's found in hard surface all-purpose cleaning and textile scouring products.

MAKON® L62 is a nonionic eo/po block copolymer with properties like low foaming and good oil-in-water emulsification. Its versatility covers an array of markets, including household, industrial, institutional, agriculture, paints and coatings, pulp and paper, and textiles. It finds its niche in metal cleaning, spray washing, warewashing, rinse aids, general-purpose cleaning, textile wetting, and agricultural pesticide formulations. As with other makon® products, it maintains the characteristic of being a low-ash product.

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.

NINOL® C-5 is a liquid nonionic surfactant categorized as a peg-6 coconut dea amide with properties that enhance foam and viscosity. It plays a role in personal care products like shampoos and bath products and extends its utility to industrial applications, including composite processing.

BIO-SOFT® S-120 is a c12.0 linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid. Its anionic surfactant attributes include excellent detergency and compatibility with other anionic, amphoteric, and nonionic surfactants. Its high 2-phenyl content aids in maintaining clarity in liquid formulations with higher salt and active levels. Designed for a variety of hi&i cleaners, including acidic formulations, it extends its application to emulsifiable concentrates, concentrated emulsions, and suspoemulsions within the agricultural sphere.

STEPANTEX® DA-6 is a highly active nonionic surfactant that provides emulsification, moderate foam, detergency, and excellent wetting. This product finds application in laundry, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, carpet cleaning, hand dishwashing, and institutional and industrial cleaning applications. The product is kosher-certified.

BIO-SOFT® N91-2.5 is a c9-11 linear alcohol ethoxylate featuring a low hlb. This versatile product offers rapid wetting, low foam, emulsification, and detergency. Its applications span laundry, textiles, hard surface cleaning, machine-based cleaning, paints, carpet cleaning, and institutional and industrial cleaning contexts.

STEOL® CS-230 K is a low-active, 2-mole sodium laureth sulfate preserved with cit or mit. This anionic surfactant is prized for its excellent foam properties, irrespective of water hardness, making it suitable for mild cleansing and baby products. Additionally, it serves as a scouring agent in textile processing.

AMMONYX® LO SPECIAL is a naturally derived lauramine oxide surfactant that plays diverse roles across personal care, household, and industrial products. It serves as a foam enhancer, viscosity builder, and emulsifier in personal care formulations. Moreover, it functions as a lubricant in textile applications.

STEPANOL® ME-DRY is 93% active sodium lauryl sulfate powder. It can be used in powdered or tablet form on hard surfaces, carpet cleaners, bubble baths, and cleansing products. It can also be used as a scouring and foaming agent in textile and industrial applications.

BIO-SOFT® N25-12 is a c12-15 linear alcohol ethoxylate with moderate wetting and moderate foam. It also provides emulsification, detergency, and excellent wetting. It can be used in laundry detergents, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial applications. The product is kosher-certified and preservative-free.

STEOL® KA-460 emerges as an anionic surfactant recognized for its impressive wetting, foaming, and detergency attributes. It's a suitable candidate for incorporation into liquid dishwashing detergents, laundry detergents, textile detergents, industrial cleaners, and car and truck wash applications. The product bears kosher certification.

MAKON® DA-9 is a nonionic surfactant celebrated for its effectiveness as an emulsifier and as a crucial component in emulsifier blends for agricultural formulations. It plays a pivotal role as an hlb variable across various formulations. Belonging to the chemical group of decyl alcohol ethoxylates and nonylphenol ethoxylates, its functions encompass serving as an emulsifier, a versatile multifunctional wetting agent, and an adjuvant. It's noteworthy that this product carries kosher certification.

STEPANTEX® CO-40 is a castor oil ethoxylate renowned for its utility as a lubricating and emulsifying agent in metalworking applications. It finds application in various sectors, including body scrubs, body washes, dilutable and ready-to-use hard surface cleaners, kitchen cleaners, and textile applications, across markets such as home care, industrial products, institutional and industrial cleaning, and personal care.