Coatings World - March 2013

Micro Powders, Inc. Hall 7, Booth 144 www.micropowders.com

Since 1971, Micro Powders, Inc. (MPI) has been supplying high performance wax additives to printing ink, paint and industrial coating manufacturers worldwide. Micro Powders specializes in developing innovative micronized wax technologies to meet the formulator’s needs, and our extensive product range brings the right solution to a vast array of applications. In addition to innovative chemistry, the particle size of our micronized waxes is carefully controlled using laser diffraction analysis in order to ensure consistent particle size uniformity from batch to batch. Our newest unique “stir-in” wax additive includes AquaMatte 31, which provides consistent matting, stability, scrubbability and burnish resistance in waterborne coatings.

Munzing Hall 1, Booth 446 www.munzing.com

Munzing Chemie combines long-standing quality reputation with modern technology and innovation. Munzing Chemie globally serves the following core industries with its additives: paints, coatings, printing inks, adhesives and construction chemicals;, metalworking and industrial fluids; and paper production and waste water treatment. The product range of the Paper & Coatings Additives includes a broad variety of additives, including emulsifiers, film modifiers, release agents and hydrophobing agents, designed primarily for use in water-based formulations.

Omnova Solutions Hall 7A, Booth 122 www.omnova.com

OMNOVA Solutions is an innovator of emulsion polymers in dry powder and latex forms, specialty chemicals and also decorative and functional surfaces for a variety of commercial, industrial and residential end uses. The combined OMNOVA/ ELIOKEM business has representative offices throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas and a network of more than 80 distributors and agents located globally.

Purac Hall 1, Booth 346 www.purac.com

Purac introduces new applications of its biobased building blocks at the European Coatings Show. Different types of polyester resins were synthesized and tested in various coating architectural and industrial coating formulations. The results show that the incorporation of PURALACT in alkyd (short, medium and long oil) and polyester resins reduces the resin viscosity and improves carbon footprint. It also improves other properties such as stiffness, balance of hardness and flexibility, drying time, gloss and gloss retention. Purac’s PURALACT is a commercially available ( co-)mono-mer that improves coating performance and increases the sustainability of the entire value chain.