Coatings World - April 2013

expanded to include the use of bio-
based materials as a polymer building
block,”Cooley said. “Reichhold has a
developed an alkyd latex technology
platform that is comprised largely of bio-
based materials and is low VOC. Many of
our alkyd latex resins were submitted to
the USDA BioPreferred program and car-
ry the USDA Certified Biobased Product
Label. These products are sold under the
BECKOSOL AQ trade name.”
“In all product development efforts,
we strive to meet market needs, which
more often need to meet environmental
regulations,” Snider said. “New water-
based resins developed are targeted to
meet the lower VOC requirements of
their specific market and be APEO-free.
In addition, our biobased Sovermol
polyols are 100% solids offering a
range of properties for various SB 2K
coating applications.”
“Alberdingk Boley is backward inte-
grated in castor and linseed oils; we have
launched sustainable polyurethane dis-
persions based on these two oils for vari-
ous substrates,”Sayed-Sweet said. “We
have also developed multi-phase acrylic
emulsions, which can be formulated to
meet low to zero VOC requirements.
These products are also APEO-free and
contain self-crosslinking technologies
that allow for a one-component system
with high end performance.”
“One of our strengths is the ability
to reformulate products, whether to
meet customer or regulatory require-
ments,” Boyer said. “For instance, we
are providing our customers with prod-
ucts with higher solids and water-based
offerings. Our successes include, for
example, product reformulations that
have helped our customers adapt to the
need for lower VOCs.”
“Our product platform lends itself to
low VOC coatings applications,” Zarnitz
said. “We manufacture a range of low
viscosity, 100% solids resins, reactive di-
luents and modifiers that allow for high
solids, low VOC formulations. We also
supply a variety of epoxides that are
manufactured from ‘green’ renewable re-
sources, such as ERISYS GE60, which is
based from sorbitol/sugar.”
Schierlmann said that Specialty
Polymers has developed a line of resins
that can be formulated into high perfor-
mance coatings and meet the ever increas-
ing demand for lower VOCs.

“These new core shell resins have a much lower solvent demand than resins traditional used in a high performance application. Meeting the demand for low VOC coatings, without sacrificing performance, has been a challenge for customers. Specialty Polymers’ goal with this new line of resins is to meet this customer need.” CW