Additives Market Report
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ASP-100 is especially suitable for low-viscocity paint systems,
such as stains, pigment dispersions ,industrial coatings and inks
systems. Lastly, SIPOMER WAME MMA25, WAME MMA50
and WAME W50 are new monomers designed for improvement
of wet adhesion and scrub resistance of latex systems based on
acrylic, styrene acrylic and vinyl acrylics in architectural paints.
Coatex has launched Coapur 975 W – a breakthrough technology designed specifically for zero-VOC paints. It is a highly
efficient KU builder and brings excellent color acceptance to
waterborne formulations, an issue that the market has been facing when moving to zero-VOC formulations.
Another product Coatex recently launched is Coadis 144
A rutile TiO2 pigment dispersant is a universal, high performing hydrophilic copolymer, which provides outstanding
performance across a broad spectrum of waterborne coating
formulations. It is designed to enable maximized gloss potential,
while consistently providing ideal viscosity, flow and wet adhesion across a robust range of sheens.
DuPont recently launched DuPont Capstone fluorosurfactant
FS-87, which was designed to provide improved easy cleanabil-ity to interior flat paints.
A recent addition to Troy’s Z Line of performance additives is Troysol Z372, a high performance universal mar and
slip additive that also offers defoaming capability. Engineered
for solvent, solvent-free, and aqueous systems, Z372 improves
resistance properties, gloss, and surface appearance in most systems. Z372 is well-suited for coatings and related products in
which surface slip and/or resistance properties, such as block,
stain, or scrub resistance, are required. Like all Troy Z Line performance additives, Z372 is a zero-VOC, HAPS-free, APE-free
product formulated with renewable resources.
Troy also recently launched Troysol 382, a multifunctional,
silicone-free wetting additive that promotes strong dynamic surface tension reduction in aqueous systems, resulting in excellent
wetting and application characteristics. The use of Troysol 382
also promotes foam reduction and the elimination of surface
defects, such as cratering, crawling, and fisheyes. The new per-formance-wetting additive offers coatings, inks, and adhesives
formulators the ability to improve high speed application properties and gives them the flexibility to incorporate the product at
any stage of the production process.
Arkema Coating Resins has developed Crayvallac LV, a
new polyamide rheology modifier designed to help formulators of high solids and solvent-free epoxy and urethane coatings
achieve sag resistance and anti-settling properties.
“This product expands the formulation space for polyamide
rheology modifiers into higher solids systems and widens the
activation temperature window, allowing for easier in-plant use
in high solids systems,” Dumain said.
Ashland has launched Natrosol Performax hydroxyethylcel-lulose (HEC) provides Natrosol HEC performance in a form
that is easier to disperse and incorporate into paint. Customers
who use HEC to thicken their paint have found Natrosol
Performax enables more process flexibility and efficiency while
maintaining rheology performance in the finished paint.
OMG Americas Inc. launched several products recently.
Borchi Gen 1350 – which is a water-based dispersant for transparent oxides for wood and automotive applications. Borchi
Gen 1252, dispersing agent for TiO2 for both water and solvent
based systems for wood, industrial and architectural applications.
Borchi Gol 1375, a universal substrate wetter for water-and solvent-based clears, pigmented industrial, automotive, wood and
architectural applications. Borchers AF 1171, a new universal defoamer and air release additive for waterborne, solventborne and
solvent-free systems. Application is industrial, architectural and
automotive coatings as well as pigment concentrates.
BASF has launched several different additives recently.
Rheovis PU 1195 a VOC-free, low to mid-shear rheology modifier based on bunched hydrophobe technology that replaces
some of the most popular solvent containing NISAT KU builder
rheology modifiers used in acrylic, styrene-acrylic and vinyl
paints. Hydropalat WE 3111, an APEO-free, non-ionic wetting agent with very good color acceptance properties in base
paints. Hydropalat WE 3500 a fluoro-polymer based surfactant
designed for industrial and automotive paints where excellent
leveling in combination with wetting is desired. It offers improved leveling compared to benchmark fluoro surfactants and
improved wetting compared to benchmark silicone surfactants.
Hydropalat WE 3650 an APEO-free, VOC-free, 100% active
wetting agent for waterbased industrial, automotive and printing ink applications.
Phil Saglimbeni, technical sales support, said that BYK USA
Inc. has launched several new products.
“BYK USA Inc. launched BYK-081, fluorine-free defoamer
for solvent-based and amine-neutralized systems; for use in
architectural, industrial and wood coatings,” Saglimbeni said.
”We also launched, Ceraflour 917, a temperature stable wax additive with excellent shear stability for solvent-based and aqueous coating systems to achieve even surface textures; for use
in coil and industrial coatings. Disperbyk-2013 a solvent-free
wetting and dispersing additive for 100%, solvent-based and
aqueous UV systems was also recently launched for use in UV-curable printing inks as well as industrial and wood coatings.”
Croda has released Zephrym ColorFX, a novel amine functional dispersant for high performance pigments such as carbon
black, for solventborne automotive, refinish and high end industrial coatings.
Also from Croda is Crodacor OME FE, which is a novel additive that combines corrosion and flash rust protection for mild
steel coatings, simplifying aqueous formulations.
Siltech Corp.’s new products are Silicone reactive silicones,
which have been used in energy cured coatings for graphic arts
and paper release.
“We have been focusing applications work on moving
these into other coatings systems,” Ruckle said. “We have also
launched some Siltech branded effective defoamer components
used in waterborne coatings for a myriad of industrial coatings.
Our latest offerings are Silmer Q resins which give interesting
feel and appearance properties to coatings, but we haven’t finalized this applications work yet.” CW
