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2/17tradetrends TRADE FAIR SPECIAL

4–6 AprilNuremberg

Please visit us:Hall 4, Stand 4-640

Strong partnerships at the 2017 ECS!

The NRC Group is pleased to have a great number of long-standing and successful partnerships with suppliers and customers alike, which is expressed in its ECS slogan: “Strong partnerships are made together”. This is the catch-phrase under which the distributor and its co-exhibitors will be presenting at a completely re-designed booth. “Strong partnerships can only be formed when each party trusts the capabilities of the other,” explained Heidi Hinrichs, General Manager of Coatings & Construction at Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH. “At The NRC Group, we are extremely fortunate to have so many successful strategic alliances.”

The NRC Group’s co-exhibitors can also promise exciting new innovations: “With Albemarle, Arakawa, Honeywell, ICAP-SIRA, Kamin, Nyacol, Reaxis, Aramco, Stepan and SNCZ, we have strong and groundbreaking partners on our side – and many of these have been with us for several years now. Together, we offer customers efficient, customized and cutting-edge solutions.

In keeping with the international character of the fair, The NRC Group will be presenting at the exhibition with the help of staff from its 16 European subsidiaries. Heidi Hinrichs outlined the strengths of The NRC Group: “We represent Europe at its best – a network of global know-

how combined with regional presence as well as modern, high- performance products and close connections to our business partners. Customer orientation is something we bring to life each and every day – and especially at a trade show like the ECS, where you have all of the industry’s key decision-makers on-site.”

What can guests expect when they visit The NRC Group’s booth? First and foremost, to meet a large number of pro-duct specialists who can provide information about The NRC Group’s extensive product range as well as innovative new trends and efficient solutions. “Our concept of strong partnerships is reflected not only in successful business dealings and growth targets,” said Hinrichs. “Encircling and unifying the look of our booth is also a winding blue ribbon – or so-called “swoosh” – that signifies community and above all serves to express one thing: as The NRC Group, we live a strong European partnership.”

STRONG PARTNERSHIPS ARE MADE TOGETHER.

Things are about to get colorful: from 4-6 April, the European Coatings Show (ECS) will once again be opening its doors to make Nuremberg a pre-eminent meeting point for the international world of coatings. Throughout the ECS’s seven halls, over a thousand exhibitors will be presenting the latest trends and innovations in the production of paints, coatings, sealants and construction chemicals, in addition to adhesives. A vast number of international visitors are expected, all wanting to come away with a comprehensive overview of the raw materials and services these industries have to offer. In fact, the fair most recently estimated a turnout of 28,500 visitors for this year from over 100 different countries. The NRC Group will again be in attendance at the ECS, where it will showcase exciting new developments and customized services together with its co-exhibitors at Stand 4-640 in Hall 4.

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C O A T I N G S & C O N S T R U C T I O N

Supplier: Albemarle Corp.

Head office: Charlotte (USA)

Key products: Ethacure® crosslinkers

Countries of distribution:Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden, and Switzerland.

The NRC Group‘s co-exibitors

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Supplier: Arakawa Europe GmbH

Head office: Eschborn (Germany)

Key products: water-white hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins (ARKONTM)

Countries of distribution:Austria and Germany.

Supplier: Aramco Performance Materials

Head office: Ithaca (USA)

Key products: CO2-based PPC polyols (Converge®)

Countries of distribution:Germany.

Supplier: Honeywell Belgium N.V.

Head office: Heverlee (Belgium)

Key products: PE and PP wax additives and copolymers (A-C®, ACumist®, Cohesa®)

Countries of distribution:Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia and Sweden.

Supplier: ICAP-SIRA S.p.A.

Head office: Parabiago (Italy)

Key products: water-based and solvent-based polymers

Countries of distribution:Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Switzerland.

Supplier: KaMin Performance Minerals LLC.

Head office: Macon (USA)

Key products: Kaolin clays

Countries of distribution:Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland.

Supplier: NYACOL® Nano Technologies Inc.

Head office: Ashland (USA)

Key products: colloidal materials (most diverse range on the market)

Countries of distribution:Austria, Bulgaria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Den-mark, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland.

Supplier: REAXIS

Head office: McDonald (USA)

Key products: catalysts

Countries of distribution: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

Supplier: SNCZ – Société Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques

Head office: Beauchamp (France)

Key products: anti-corrosive pigments

Countries of distribution:Austria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.

Supplier: Stepan Co.

Head office: Northfield (USA)

Key products: Stepanpol® aliphatic and aromatic polyester polyols

Countries of distribution:Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, and Sweden.

Achieving the best performance in high gloss enamels often

means using a large amount of solvents. Together with its partner ICAP-SIRA, The NRC Group will be presenting an innovative development that makes formulating high gloss coatings with low VOC content possible.

Unlike traditional water-based wall paints, each indivi dual ingredient plays an important role in obtaining the best pro-duct performance when formulating water-based high gloss enamels. Their faster drying properties also require a signi-ficant change to application methods.

Conventional dispersions with medium-high film formation temperatures (MFFT) necessitate relatively large amounts of solvents to be added that nowadays are subject to restric-tive regulations. This poses a problem for manufacturers of high gloss enamels.

Researchers at ICAP-SIRA CHEMICALS & POLYMERS have created an ideal solution: the new acrylic copolymer ACRILEM® IC 337 AG. This is a core-shell dispersion which gives high-gloss, water-based enamels excellent resistance to both light and aging. Furthermore, paints based on ACRILEM® IC 337 AG demonstrate good blocking resistance at temperatures of 45° C or higher.

ACRILEM® IC 337 AG is a self-crosslinking acrylic polymer with heterogeneous morphology and low average MFFT that can be used to create high gloss enamels with a VOC content that is lower than the limits set for this product category.

This new development that The NRC Group distributes is thus a superb binder with which to formulate high-quality coating products for both the DIY market and professional use.

ACRILEM® IC 337 AG

Good for the environment, good for the paint

Distributed in Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro,

Norway, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland.

Use the attached fax sheet to request further details concerning articles marked with this information symbol.

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Saudi Aramco acquired the Converge® product line and its associated ope-rations and technologies from USA-based Novomer Inc. in late 2016. The transaction was valued at up to US $100 million.

Saudi Aramco manufactures and markets Converge® and its associated products through its sub sidiary Aramco Performance Materials LLC (APM), and the company is planning for full-scale production facilities in Saudi Arabia to support the production of specialty and intermediate chemical products to supply a wide variety of industries.

Converge® is manufactured from carbon dioxide (CO2) and provides a high-performance, cost competitive and more

Distributed in Germany.

sustainable alternative to conventio-nal, petroleum-based polyols that are used in coating, adhesive, sealant and elastomer (CASE) applications which feature in high-value, high-demand end products included within the flexible and rigid foam manufacturing segments. From automobile seats to building insu-lation panels, applications cover a broad spectrum. When incorpora-

ted into polyurethane formulations, Converge® products demonstrate su-

perior material performance, including increased strength; increased abrasion,

chemical and weathering resistance; in-creased adhesion, hardness and tear-strength;

greater load-bearing capacity and reduced heat of combustion – all properties that are particularly sought-after in safe and high-quality end products.

Those interested in further details should contact Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH’s team of experts at any time, or visit The NRC Group and APM’s shared exhibition stand at the 2017 ECS.

Converge®

Saudi Aramco acquires Novomer’s Converge® business

Starting in June 2014, Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH began selling Novomer Inc.’s Converge® series of CO2-based polyols in Germany. Aramco Performance Materials LLC (APM)’s recent acquisition of this

line is an important milestone for the growth of these pioneering products on a global level. Distribution in Germany will continue to be handled by Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH.

Reaxis, co-exhibitor to The NRC Group at the 2017 ECS, offers an alternative to dibutyltin dilaurate catalysts in two-component polyurethane coatings: REAXIS® C218.

Due to increasing regulations regarding the use of butyl-based organotin catalysts, formulators are looking for alter native options. Substitutes for dibutyltin dilaurate are

REAXIS® C218

Alternatives to organotin catalysts in two-component polyurethane coatings

Distributed in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

of particular interest, since this catalyst is widely used in polyurethane formulations. Reaxis can offer an outstanding solution with REAXIS® C218.

Catalyst

Pencil Hardness Catalyst

Pencil Hardness

1 Day 7 Days 1 Day 7 Days

Control B H C321 HB F

C125 HB F C325 F F

C214 F H C416 F H

C216 F H C423 HB F

C218 (DBTL) H 4H+ C616 F H

C226 H H C620 F F

C228 H H C708 F H

C233 HB F C716 HB H

C314 F H C717 HB H

C320 H 2H C726 H 4H+

Pencil hardness after one day and after seven days

Presented below is data comparing the physical properties of catalysts based on bismuth, zinc, octyl and methyl tin. The chart shows dry time data while the table presents the results of tests on pencil hardness after one day and after seven days. The model formulation used is a solvent-borne coating system that consists of a hydroxyl-functional polyacrylate polyol (supplied 70% in butyl acetate), ethyl acetate and an aliphatic isocyanate trimer based on hexa-methylene diisocyanate (HDI). An NCO/OH index of 1:1 was used with a catalyst loading of 0.2 w/w% based on resin solids. The films were each drawn at a wet thickness of 100 microns.

Dry time data of REAXIS® catalysts

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Lumilux®

Expanded color range of Lumilux® afterglow pigments

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Honeywell, long-standing partner to The NRC Group, has further expanded its range of phosphores-cent pigments. White and orange shades are now available on the European market.

For more than 20 years now, the Lumilux® Green SN and Blue SN range of highly efficient phosphorescent pigments has been successfully used in a wide variety of applica-tions. These pigments play a life-saving role in emergency situations, e.g. when used to create luminous signposts that are visible in the dark and during power outages. When the

electrical source fails, the pigments continue to emit light because of their phosphorescence.

The tried and tested, cost-effective products of the Green N series are available and used for eye-catching effects in toys and coatings.

Distributed in Bulgaria, Germany and Romania.

Honeywell’s Lumilux® Red N-WS and White N phosphorescent pigments glow in the dark (left); in daylight conditions (right).

Honeywell has now expanded the color palette of the Lumilux® series: in addition to the well-known green and blue afterglow products, white and orange luminescent pigments are available on the European market. Both 50025 Lumilux®White N and 50035 Lumilux® Red N-WS can also be processed in water-based formulations. Due to a grain size in the range of 30 μm, screen printing is usually the most suitable application method. With the friendlier after glow colors of white and orange, it’s possible to achieve completely different color effects than those common-ly known using the established green pigments. For new developments, this means the sky is the limit.

Most commonly utilized in screen printing, the fragile and shear-sensitive afterglow pigments can also be used in other processing technologies. In the production of extru sion and injection molding parts, for instance, desired effects can be achieved with a suitable loading quantity. Luminescent toy figures can help in the darker seasons of the year.

Honeywell has expanded its successful A-C® product range to include ethylene acrylic copolymers and emulsions from the Cohesa® series. Together with Honeywell, The NRC Group will be presenting these new products at the 2017 ECS.

Honeywell is a global leader in high value-added polymers to enhance the performance of paint, coating, ink and adhesive formulations. Its range of polymer additives pro-vides functionalities such as im-proved adhesion, rheology control, anti-settling, modified coefficient of friction, dispersion and abrasion resistance.

Honeywell’s portfolio includes seve-ral families of copolymers such as ethylene maleic acid, ethylene vinyl acetate and ethylene acrylic acid copolymers. Such copolymers faci-litate the formulation of incompati-ble materials and bring unique end-use performance benefits. Ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) copolymers pos-sess both polyethylene units, promoting strong interaction with apolar materials such as polyolefins and acrylic acid units that ensure strong interaction with polar substrates such as engineering thermoplastics and metals.

This year Honeywell has expanded its range of ethylene acrylic acid copolymers to meet customer demand for high-er acrylic acid content, giving formulators the options pre-sented in the table on the right.

Honeywell is also continuing to expand its Cohesa® emul-sion offerings. These innovative additives are high-solids

A-C®, Cohesa®

Wider range of ethylene acrylic copolymers

Distributed in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark*, Finland*, France*, Germany, Hungary, Norway*, Poland, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Sweden*. *only A-C®.

Product Product form Drop point (°C) Hardness25°C (dmm)

Acid no. (mg KOH/g)

A-C® 540 Prill 105 2 40

A-C® 580 Prill 95 4 75

A-C® 5120 Prill 92 8 120

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A-C® 5135 Prill 92 7 135

A-C® 5150 Non-tacky solid 90 10 150

A-C® 5180 Tacky solid 76 50 185

copolymer-in-water emulsions formulated with low or zero surfactant content for use in a broad range of waterborne formulations to improve their technical characteristics. Key benefits include improved adhesion, especially to low surface energy substrates, improved resistance of an adhesive to shear, and improved abrasion resistance in inks and coatings.

In addition to the existing Cohesa® 0001, 0002 and 3050 emulsions, Honeywell will now bring to market two new surfactant-free emulsions of ethylene acrylic acid copoly-mers: Cohesa® 3055 Emulsion and Cohesa® 3060 Emulsion. These emulsions are supplied as 45% copolymer solids to minimize the demand on formulation space and drying of the formulated products in which they are included, while offering broad compliance with both European and US food contact norms.

Honeywell’s performance additives can help improve the performance of your products, simplify their manufac-turing processes and maintain cost effectiveness. With a versatile product line of polyethylene, polypropylene, co-polymer, micronized polyolefin waxes and emulsions, Honeywell provides formulators with a set of flexible material options that serve an extensive range of appli-cation requirements in inks, coatings and adhesives.

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Arakawa Europe and The NRC Group will be showcasing high-quality hydrocarbon resins at the 2017 European Coatings Show.

ARKONTM

Water-white hydrocarbon resins for sophisticated adhesive applications

The ARKONTM brand stands for water-white hydrocarbon resins of premium quality. Developed by Arakawa Chemi-cal Industries Ltd. in Japan, these have been produced in Böhlen, Germany for over a decade. Colorless and trans-parent in nature, this makes ARKON™ resins especially suitable for use in light-colored products. The excellent UV and thermal stability they provide also mean long-term high performance. In order to ensure the successful use of ARKON™ products in a wide range of applications,

Properties ARKON® P-100 DCPD resin C5 resin

Resin softening point (°C) 100 105 100

Viscosity at 180 °C (mPas) 1530 1703 1640

180° peel strength at 23 °C aluminum/aluminum (N/20mm) 10.5 13 11.5

Holding strength / failure time at 62 °C, 1kg load aluminum/aluminum (minutes) 192 31 68

Peel strength aluminum kraft paper (N/20mm) 9 12 11

Holding strength / failure time at 62 °C, 1kg load aluminum kraft paper (minutes) 280 39 76

SAFT (°C) 82 80 81

PAFT (°C) 43 44 44 Distributed in Austria and Germany.

Arakawa fulfills the newest and most state-of-the-art require ments in production and quality control.

High temperature stability and compatibilityFor years now, ARKONTM resins have been used success-fully to make hotmelt adhesives and hotmelt pressure sen-sitive adhesives. In today’s adhesives market, solvent-free systems represent a significant sector and hotmelt adhe-sives frequently serve as substitutes for solvent formula-

tions. In this respect, the hydroginated resins that make up the ARKONTM series are often selected as the tackifiers of choice due to their high temperature stability and extensive compatibility. Typical applications include sanitary articles such as diapers and feminine hygiene products. The out-standing performance of ARKONTM products is also due to their broad-ranging compatibility with various elastomers, transparency and neutral odor.

As shown in the table on the left (here taking the example of a metallocene hotmelt formulation), the selection of resin is decisive for the adhesive’s performance level.

On 22 November 2017, MOCA (3,3’-Dichloro-4,4’-diaminodiphenylmethane) will reach its “sunset dateˮ and all remaining users in the EU will be challenged to find alternatives. With the liquid

chain extenders and amine curatives ETHACURE® 100 Plus, ETHACURE® 100-LC and ETHACURE® 300 from Albemarle, The NRC Group can provide the perfect options for use in polyurea, polyurethane and epoxy resin systems.

ETHACURE® 100 Plus, ETHACURE® 100-LC, ETHACURE® 300

Amine chain extenders and curatives for polyurea, polyurethane and epoxy resin applications

Compared to customary, solid curatives, Albemarle’s ETHACURE® series offers much in the way of processing benefits: all of the products are highly pure, have low vis-cosity and, as liquids, are easy to work with – without any kind of dust pollution. The end products manufactured with ETHACURE® have high reactivity, exceptional abrasion resistance, very good elasticity, high temperature resis-tance and very good chemical and weathering resistance. Importantly, and in contrast to most other aromatic amines, all products from the ETHACURE® series can also be used at room temperature.

Based on Diethyltoluenediamine (DETDA), ETHACURE® 100 Plus is an effective curative and chain extender for se-veral different types of polyurea, polyurethane und epoxy resin coatings, particularly in spray applications. Despite its high reactivity, it is also possible to adjust longer proces-sing times and formulate systems which are manufactured by hot injection or RIM (reaction injection molding). This curative can be used, for example, to replace MDA (4,4-diaminodiphenylmethane). Application at winter tem-peratures is also entirely possible with coatings based on ETHACURE® 100 Plus – simply by adjusting the curing para-meters accordingly. ETHACURE® 100 Plus is used in poly-urea spray coatings for the surface protection of concrete

or steel, e.g. in swimming pools, sewage treatment plants, industrial flooring, tunnel building, bridge construction and two-component industrial adhesives. Due to their good abrasion resistance and elasticity, the aminic ETHACURE® curatives are used to produce cast elastomers based on polyurethane elastomers – such as wheels for inline skates.

ETHACURE® 100 Plus has the same properties as ETHACURE® 100 but is lighter and offers better color stabi-lity. This improved version will replace ETHACURE® 100.

Based on ETHACURE® 100, ETHACURE® 100-LC is the lowest- colored aromatic diamine commercially available and also has increased color stability. Albemarle achieves this through a special production process and the use of a patented stabilizer system. Using ETHACURE® 100-LC, poly-urea, polyurethane or epoxy spray applications can also be formulated with reduced fill levels or transparent cast elastomers.

ETHACURE® 300 is based on Dimethylthiotoluene-diamine (DMTDA) and while it has a lower reactivity level than ETHACURE® 100 Plus, it can also be processed at room temperature using brush and roller techniques and/or in hot spray applications. This versatile and easy-to-use cura-tive offers the same level of performance as the other pro-ducts in the series but has substantially less odor. It can be used e.g. as a replacement for MOCA (3,3’-dichloro-4,4’-diaminodiphenylmethane)-based chain extenders.

Products manufactured with ETHACURE® 300 are characte-rized by their excellent physical properties. In addition to low moisture absorption and strong abrasion, tensile and tear strength, they also show impressive elasticity and ex-cellent resilience after compression. ETHACURE® 300 can be incorporated into nearly any available pre-polymer, in-cluding polyether and polyester systems. ETHACURE® 300 is also suitable for use in a variety of polyurea, polyurethane and epoxy coatings, two-component industrial adhesives and RIM systems.

Distributed in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland.

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NOVINOX® ACE 24

Eco-friendly anticorrosive pigments from SNCZ The NRC Group and SNCZ, the world’s leading manufacturer of anticorrosive pigments, have been working together

for over twenty-five years now. SNCZ’s entire product portfolio, which was recently expanded to include a new

range of innovative and eco-friendly products, is distributed in Europe by The NRC Group.

Société Nouvelle de Couleurs Zinciques (SNCZ), the world’s

leading manufacturer of anticorrosive pigments, has used

its patented ACE technology to develop an environmentally-

friendly zinc aluminium phosphate: NOVINOX® ACE 24.

NOVINOX® ACE 24’s anticorrosive effects are equal to those

of PHOSPHINAL PZ 04, SCNZ’s standard zinc aluminium phos-

phate.

Using NOVINOX® ACE 24 allows for the formulation of coatings

and primers that have good anticorrisive properties but which

do not require an “environmentally hazardous” label. Because

the H 400/410 marking does not apply, the product is also not

subject to the Seveso Directive concerning storage volumes of

hazardous substances.

NOVINOX® ACE 24 is suitable for both solvent and water-

based formulations. Compared to the modified zinc phos-

phate PHOSPHINAL PZ 04, the innovative NOVINOX® ACE 24

achieves the same corrosion-inhibiting effects in epoxy, alkyd

and acrylate resins. In this regard, however, it is even more

efficient than standard zinc phosphates.

A quick look at NOVINOX® ACE 24’s key benefits:

• Highly compatible with solvent-borne and waterborne for-

mulations

• Allows the formulation of high-performance and eco-friendly

paints and coatings

• Non-hazardous and therefore not subject to regulations on

transportation or storage

Distributed in Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary and Poland.

ACE-Technology

Novinox® ACE 24Eco-friendly

Standard Zinc Aluminium Phosphate

Phosphinal PZ04Standard Zinc Aluminium Phosphate

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STEPANPOL® PC-5130-160

Hydrophobic polyester polyol for floor coatings

NYACOL® SN902, SN902W, SN902SD, SN902-PM, SN903, SN903W, SN903SD, SN903-PM, ITO-EG

Transparent IR absorbers and antistatic additivesThe American producer NYACOL® specializes in the development and manufacture of colloidal materials

with diverse applications. The NRC Group distributes NYACOL®’s products throughout many European

countries. As one of The NRC Group’s co-exhibitors at the 2017 ECS, NYACOL® will be showcasing its

portfolio there.

NYACOL® offers two different types of materials as trans-

parent IR absorbers and antistatic additives: antimony doped

tin oxide and indium tin oxide. These materials are supplied as

50-80 nm dispersions in several types of carriers and provide

high visible transparency, IR absorption and conductive/anti-

static performance in films.

NYACOL® has also developed masterbatches from SN902 in PE

and PP. They are used in agricultural films for controlling solar

radiation and heat loss at night. In addition, the masterbatches

provide for quicker heating in thermoformed films and for im-

proved laser marking of polyolefin-based materials.

Distributed in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland.

Product Wt. % oxide Particle size Carrier Potential applications

NYACOL® SN902 20 50-90 nm EG

PET polymerization and coatings. Added during polymer synthesis, it provides outstanding reheat properties in PET bottle resin and excellent IR absorption in films and fibers.

NYACOL® SN902W 20 50-90 nm Water -

NYACOL® SN902SD 100 N/A Powder -

NYACOL® SN902-PM 16 PGMME PGMME -

NYACOL® SN903 20 50-90 nm EG -

NYACOL® SN903W 20 50-90 nm Water -

NYACOL® SN903SD 100 N/A Powder -

NYACOL® SN903-PM 16 50-90 nm PGMME -

NYACOL® ITO-EG 64 64 nm EGInfrared reflective coatings (hot mirrors, low-e windows), transparent conductors, antistatic coatings and solar panels.

STEPANPOL® PC-5130-160 is a

hydrophobic polyester polyol used

for polyurethane floor coatings and developed by STEPAN.

This product is now part of The NRC Group‘s portfolio.

A branched polyester polyol, STEPANPOL® PC-5130-160 is compatible with a number of different polyol grades as well as aromatic and aliphatic diisocyanates.

Distributed in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway and Sweden.

STEPANPOL® PC-5130-160

Chemistry Polyester polyether polyol

Appearance Amber yellow polyol

Solid content 100%

Hydroxyl value 158 mg KOH/g

Viscosity at 23 °C 3500 mPas

Acidity Max. 2.0 mg KOH/g

Moisture content Max. 0.1%

Combined with other polyols and cured MDI or HDI polymers,

STEPANPOL® PC-5130-160 is ideal for two-component coa-

tings on concrete floors and steel surfaces. It is easily diluted

with solvents such as n-butyl acetate or other non-reactive

substances, although the stability of each compound should

always be tested. Should STEPANPOL® PC-5130-160 however

be used as a sole binding agent and combined with polymers

(i.e. aromatic MDIs or aliphatic HDIs, it is great for formula-

ting hard and flexible polymers with both excep tional abrasion

resistance and shine.

STEPANPOL® PC-5130-160’s extremely hydrophobic nature in-

creases tolerance to residual moisture appearing in the sub-

strate, forming coatings with excellent water, acid and alkali

resistance that can be relied on to provide the required perfor-

mance characteristics long-term and even under demanding

conditions.

Thanks to its unique chemical structure, STEPANPOL®

PC-5130-160 can be combined very efficiently with alipha-

tic and aromatic diisocyanates. Open times and curing pro-

files are both very easy to adjust when using STEPANPOL®

PC-5130-160. It also allows for extremely good processing

capabilities in floor coatings, which in turn leads to faster

production speeds and therefore shorter downtimes. Depen-

ding on the overall formulation and diisocyanates chosen,

STEPANPOL® PC-5130-160 can be used in two-component

coatings, floor coatings, primers and adhesives.

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Polygloss® 90

Polygloss® 90: resin and colorant extender in coatings with low PVC

Polygloss® 90 is produced using KaMin’s proprietary process, yielding the highest brightness premium ultrafine kaolin on the market today. The unique process produces a product with exceptional consistency, purity and ease of dispersion for use in the most demanding coating applica-tions.

The data below show the dispersion difference of Polygloss® 90 and a standard unmilled ultrafine kaolin pro-duct. Full dispersion is achieved with Polygloss® 90 in less

KaMin Performance Minerals is a longstanding partner to The NRC Group and a global leader in the production of a broad range of fine to ultrafine kaolin clays. At this year’s ECS, KaMin will be co-exhibiting at The NRC Group’s booth and showcasing the company’s latest developments.

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than 1/10 the time it takes to disperse the standard product. The differences in the dispersion – even versus a standard milled product – are significant and can be seen in the pictures.

Polygloss® 90 is most effective when used in low PVC for-mulations where its unique properties allow higher resin extension than competitive products. The graph below shows the superior resin extension properties of Polygloss® 90 in a two-component polyurethane system.

Sales in Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland.

Polygloss® 90 can be loaded at double the level of a con-ventional ultrafine kaolin while yielding the same gloss level. And in clear films where tensile flexibility is often a key property, ultrafine well-dispersed products like Polygloss® 90 provide the highest performance in terms of flexibility.

In addition to its ability to extend resin, Polygloss® 90 also extends organic colorant – allowing colorant to be reduced by up to 10% – and is an effective TiO2 extender in low PVC coatings having a TiO2 of 12% or greater. At the 2017 ECS, KaMin and The NRC Group look forward to explaining how Polygloss® 90 can help formulators improve the per-formance of their coatings while at the same time reducing overall costs.

As well as The NRC Group, partner AkzoNobel will also be presenting its products at the 2017 ECS trade fair in Nuremberg.

BERMOCOLL®, ELOTEX®

Focusing on sustainability in construction

AkzoNobel is a leading global paints and coatings company and major producer of specialty chemicals, raw materials for paints, and performance additives for the construction industry. At this year‘s ECS, AkzoNobel Performance Addi-tives, Building & Construction will also be highlighting the following:

• the new ELOTEX® redispersible polymer powder for the ETICS market.

• the use of gypsum in combination with ELOTEX® redisper-sible polymer powder, ELOTEX® specialty additives and Bermocoll® cellulose ethers as an alternative to cement in the construction drymix mortar industry. Primarily this is because of gypsum’s low carbon footprint and greater availability, allowing builders and architects to achieve green building objectives. Modified with AkzoNobel pro-ducts, gypsum-based drymix mortars can present a real alternative to cement-based systems.

• AkzoNobel’s approach to more sustainability in building and the construction industry.

Distributed in Germany and Switzerland.

In addition to the product lines used in drymix mortars, Akzo will showcase its BERMOCOLL® cellulose ethers for reliable rheology control in waterborne latex paints. Its portfolio of carboxymethyl cellulose for the same market segment will also be presented.

At the ECS, visitors are welcome to come learn more about these products and their potential applications directly from AkzoNobel’s experts (Hall 1, Stand 1-444) and The NRC Group (Hall 4, Stand 4-640).

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Due to its high Stormer viscosity, anti-settling properties and biostability, AkzoNobel’s Bermocoll® EBM 10 000 cellulose ether is a product that truly

de livers. In Germany, the Bermocoll® series is being distributed by Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH with great success.

Bermocoll® EBM 10 000

The highest viscosity for the highest standards

A manufacturer of specialty chemicals, AkzoNobel deve-lops innovative products and sustainable technologies for a broad range of industries. Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH is the company’s distribution partner for the Bermocoll® pro-duct series, a range of non-ionic cellulose ethers that are produced in various granularities and viscosities.

One of the biggest highlights from the Bermocoll® series is EBM 10 000: the most powerful viscosity-boosting cellu-lose ether that is commercially available. The high-viscosity


product is used in formulations with high pigment volume concentrations (PVC), e.g. joint compounds, distempers, putties and textured paints. EBM 10 000 is also highly com-patible with different kinds of binders, and paints formulated with EBM 10 000 are stable even when stored at elevated temperatures.

Efficient thickening and good stabilityBermocoll® EBM 10 000 achieves higher Stormer than customary, high-viscosity HEC products in the same dosage amounts (see chart on left). By using EBM 10 000, the amount of thickener can therefore be reduced by 10-15%.

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SILRES® REN 70-M, SILRES® IC 235

Sustainable silicone resins for weather and heat-resistant coatings

The ideal combination of hardness and flexibilitySILRES® REN 70-M is a highly heat-resistant binder. Com-bined with suitable pigments and fillers, the phenyl methyl silicone resin offers extreme thermal stability of up to 600 °C in coatings that are stable at high temperatures, and make the product especially suitable for formulating coatings for industrial plants, engine parts, stoves or incinerators. SILRES® REN 70-M is virtually free of aromatic solvents (<0.1%), thus providing an alternative to conventional bin-ders for extremely heat and weather-resistant industrial coatings. Instead, SILRES® REN 70-M uses biodegradable 1-methoxy-2-propyl acetate as a solvent.

As a binder in heat-resistant coatings, WACKER’s SILRES® REN 70-M effectively protects metal surfaces from corro-sion even at high operating temperatures or rapid tempera-ture fluctuations.

The binder dries tack-free even at room temperature. SILRES® REN 70-M is also characterized by full chemical curability, which takes place via reactive silanol groups.

SILRES® REN 70-M, a new binder for heat-resistant coatings, and SILRES® IC 235, a new silicone intermediate for weather-resistant coatings, will both be officially presented by WACKER for the first time at the 2017 ECS. Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH congratulates WACKER on these innova-tions and is handling the distribution of both products.

Catalytic support makes it possible to achieve complete chemical cure in just 20 minutes at 180 °C, which means the sili cone resin cures faster than comparable products. The cured binder easily passes solvent rub tests. This makes SILRES® REN 70-M ideally suited to use as a binder for coatings for industrial plants, pipework or engine parts. SILRES® REN 70-M also provides the heat-resistant coating needed for barbecues, chimneys, wood-burning stoves or gas-fired incinerators.

Aromatic-free, liquid silicone intermediateIndustrial coatings essentially consist of a binder, pigments, fillers, additives and solvents. The individual ingredients play a key role in a coating’s performance. However, adding fully crosslinked polysiloxanes makes it possible to improve the chemical and physical properties of the binder.

At this year’s ECS, WACKER will be presenting a new polysiloxane-based intermediate to optimize organic binders. SILRES® IC 235 consists of a methoxy-functional phenyl methyl polysiloxane with a low molecular weight distribution. The intermediate SILRES® IC 235 does not require any aromatics.

The new silicone resin has been designed so that an addition of only 15% is sufficient to improve the UV and weathering resistance of the organic binder in a coating system – without detracting from its mechanical properties. Weathering and lab tests have shown that SILRES® IC 235 provides for substantially improved gloss retention, greater protection against weathering and an extended useful life.

Additionally, a higher percentage of silicone in the binder improves the heat resistance of the coating system up to 300 °C. SILRES® IC 235 is used, for example, in coatings for static metal structures such as bridges or railings and in industrial plants.


EBM 10 000’s anti-settling properties are attractive for many manufacturers, as these have a direct influence on the sto-rage stability of paints. In a series of tests, Bermocoll® EBM 10 000 and a competitor’s product were each added to the binders Mowilith LDM 2383 and 1871 and stored for two weeks at 60 °C. The findings are clear: in both studies, EBM 10 000 showed a significantly lower level of syneresis than the rival products.

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Daikin Chemical Europe offers high-performance fluoro-chemical products for paints, varnishes, automotive appli-cations, textiles and nonwovens. In addition to expanding its three existing application labs for fluoro elastomers/ fluoroplastics, textiles/paper and process aids, Daikin also set up a new laboratory at CHEMPARK Leverkusen last year to strengthen its technical services in Europe. The laboratory, put into operation in September 2016, primarily deals with problems related to application and technology for color and paints but is also equipped to do further re-search in the field of surface refinement.

DAIKIN: New lab with artificial weathering system

Daikin Chemical Europe, a longstanding partner to The NRC Group, has opened a new laboratory in Leverkusen that focuses on solving application-related problems in paints and varnishes.

Special paints based on Daikin’s ZEFFLE fluoropoly-mer are predominantly used in applications where high weather resis tance is required, e.g. in façade cladding, bridge construction and wind power plants. The labora-tory, in collaboration with paint manufacturers, supports the further development of such products in order to increase their longevity, corrosion protection on metallic surfaces and also weather resistance. In addition, the global net-work of the Daikin Group simplifies weathering tests over longer periods of time at international benchmark sites for exposure testing such as Okinawa or Florida. Thanks to its

location in an extremely sunny, warm and humid climatic zone, Florida is an ideal location for the investigation of varnishes for color changes, blistering and mold formation as well as corrosion behavior. An outdoor exposure test conducted over a period of ten years resulted, for exam-ple, in the clear yellowing of an aluminum plate coated with a 3F-based lacquer. An aluminum plate coated with ZEFFLE 4F-based varnish, on the other hand, showed only minimal changes. Since such long study periods are rarely feasible in actual practice, Daikin‘s Leverkusen laboratory is equipped with a facility for artificial weathering. In addition, a contact angle measuring device and a climate change chamber are available for stress tests.

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HDK® H30LM, HDK® H30RM, HDK® H20RH, HDK® H30RY

Wacker presents pyrogenic silica grades for paint, coating and adhesive applications at the 2017 ECS

HDK® pyrogenic silicas are white, amorphous powders of low densi-ty and large specific surface area. This high surface-area-to-mass ratio is responsible for the out-standing rheology effect of HDK® products.

The hydrophobic HDK® H30RM and HDK® H30LM grades feature high specific surface areas and silane modification with pronounced water repellency, which is grea-ter in HDK® H30RM. The two pro-ducts are particularly suitable for binder systems of high polarity, whereby more pronounced rheological effects can be achieved with HDK® H30RM. Both grades exhibit excellent transparency in clear coats.

At the 2017 ECS, Munich-based chemical group WACKER will be presenting four specialty grades of HDK® pyrogenic silica for paint, coating and adhesive applications.

Furthermore, they are entirely free from polydimethyl-siloxane (PDMS) and thus enable crater-free surfaces during coating application. Accordingly, their main applica-


tions include surface coatings for the automotive industry and high-quality industrial paints.

HDK® H30RY is a hydrophobic, methacrylic-functional silica. The reactive product can be chemically incorporated into resin networks, enhancing the mechanical properties of systems based on vinyl esters, polyesters or acrylates. This yields a broad range of applications – from coatings and adhesives to sealants. Moreover, the properties of dental fillings and nail gels can be optimized with HDK® H30RY.

HDK® H20RH is a hydrophobic silica that has been trea-ted with alkylsilane. The silicone-fluid-free additive features exceptional rheological activity in polar systems and pro-longs the shelf life, even at high pH values. It is thus suitable for use in amine hardeners of two-component adhesives. Further application fields include automotive adhesives and half-shell bonding in wind turbines and chemical anchors. In addition, HDK® H20RH can give jointing compounds favorable pull-off characteristics. It also features good wetting properties. Products formulated with this silica can thus generally be painted over very well after curing.

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Under the brand name POLYCOL®, a variety of vegetable hydrocolloids are now being sold worldwide for use in a diverse range of applications. Because the interest in alternative and above all natural raw materials is growing due to ecological and economic reasons, natural products such as guar, tamarind, starch and/or cassia are fulfilling an

POLYCOL®

Innovative thickening agent for construction, plaster and paint applications

Based in Switzerland, POLYGAL AG produces and supplies vegetable hydrocolloids that can be utilized as alternatives to other established raw materials. Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH has been a distribution partner to POLYGAL AG for several years now.

important role. With the help of various chemical processes, these are modified and standardized according to the specific needs of customers.

In addition to customer-specific solutions, POLYGAL AG also offers a range of innovative products specially devel-


oped for their respective fields of application. For example, various hydroxypropyl guar products are marketed under the brand names POLYCOL WP and POLYCOL T as rheolo-gical additives with which to formulate building materials, plasters and paints.

POLYCOL WP products are rheology additives developed for water-based wall paints and other ready-mix applications. • POLYCOL WP-001 approx. 70-120 mPas• POLYCOL WP-004 approx. 400-500 mPas• POLYCOL WP-05 approx. 4,500-6,000 mPas• POLYCOL WP-10 approx. 9,900-12,100 mPas• POLYCOL WP-15 approx. 13,500-16,500 mPas• POLYCOL WP-20 approx. 18,000-22,000 mPas (Viscosity: 2% in aqueous solution at 20 °C, Brookfield

RVT, 20rpm)

Above all, very low-viscosity products such as WP-001 and WP-004 provide good stabilizing properties in waterborne formulations. They also offer very high water retention without decisively influencing a formulation’s final viscosity.

POLYCOL T products are water-retention and rheology additives that were developed to achieve optimal processing properties in cement and gypsum-based construction buil-ding materials such as plasters, adhesives, putties and thermal insulation systems. On top of an exceptionally attractive price-performance ratio, the targeted application of these products makes it possible to process e.g. gypsum or lime-cement plasters more simply and/or easily.

At the 2017 ECS, Huntsman Pigments & Additives will be promoting the vast portfolio of products it has on offer for the paints and coatings industries.

From architecture to industry – including automotive, aero-space, marine and coil coating applications – Huntsman’s pigments and additives can add brilliance, opacity, gloss and color to paints, stains, lacquers, primers, color concen-trates, tint systems, solvent-free and clear coatings.

With a kaleidoscope of options available that span more than a thousand different shades, Huntsman can help coa-tings formulators find the right color – whether that’s an off-the-shelf, non-blended pigment or a custom-made solution created using the company’s color combination know-how.

Huntsman’s pigments palette for the paint and coatings industries features opaque and transparent synthetic iron oxides, complex inorganic pigments (CICP), carbon black, chromium oxides, ultramarine pigments and dispersions, as well as titanium dioxide. Some of the most well-known pig-ment brands include ALTIRIS®, COLOURPLEX®, FERROXIDE®, SOLAPLEX®, TINTERSOL®, TRANS-OXIDE®, TIOXIDE® and ULTRAMARINE.

For more information about the titanium dioxide or pigments available, please visit the Huntsman team at the 2017 ECS (Hall 7, Stand 7-567) or The NRC Group (Hall 4, Stand 4-640).

ALTIRIS®, COLOURPLEX®, FERROXIDE®, SOLAPLEX®, TINTERSOL®, TRANS-OXIDE®, TIOXIDE® and ULTRAMARINE

Creating colorful coatings

Distribution in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. For color pigments, distribution also in Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.

Huntsman Pigments & Additives, partner to The NRC Group, will be presenting its diverse offering of products at this year’s ECS – in the form of a color wheel.

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NECOWEL 700 und 720

Improved hardening due to novel designNECOWEL 900er-Serie

Ecolabel for coatings made easy

The catalyzed drying of water-based two-component PUR lacquers is a complex problem, since the polyol isocyanate reaction is accelerated not only by commercially-available catalysts but also in parallel to the competing secondary reaction of the respective isocyanate with water. This undesirable side reaction leads to the formation of CO2 bubbles.

Two-component PUR varnishes that contain the patented NECOWEL 700 from ASK Chemicals GmbH as a binder have a high tolerance to the formation of CO2 and can be applied in thicker coats without having bubbles form.

ASK Chemicals has now developed a novel polyester polyol emulsion called NECOWEL 720 which, together with suitable hydrophilized hardeners, has a markedly improved drying rate. This was achieved by the covalent incorporation of catalytically active and highly cross-linked elements, whereby the curing speed could be significantly reduced from six to three hours by means of the NECOWEL dry-time recorder.

Lacquers made and applied on the basis of NECOWEL 720 show good adhesion on a wide variety of substrates as well as an optimal hardness/flexibility ratio. In addi-tion, the new product offers the usual pro-perties of coatings: high gloss, excellent hardness, and excellent scratch, chemical and weather resistance.

Suitable cross-linking agents are oligo-meric isocyanates based on HDI or IPDI. In particular, hydrophilically-modified iso-cyanates are easy to incorporate. The specifications of NECOWEL 720 and some selected results are listed in the table.

ASK Chemicals is now offering an innovative new product with which to significantly reduce the drying time of water-based paints: NEWCOWEL 720. This new product can now be found in The NRC Group‘s portfolio.

Distributed in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.

Specifications NECOWEL 720

Solid content / weight % 38-41

Viscosity / mPas 1000-3000

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Blister formation limit / μm ~100-150

The issue of environmental impact concerns not only manufacturers, but above all consumers. When selecting a binder system for end products, the percentage of vola-tile organic solvents used in pre-servatives and other hazardous substances plays an important role with regard to eco-labeling. The NECOWEL alkyd emulsions are completely free of organic solvents and contain neither VOC nor SVOC substances, thus providing an excellent basis for ecological formulations.

In order to prevent bacterial contamination, water-based products generally contain biocides. These active substances must be listed accordingly as they can cause allergic reactions. Usually, NECOWEL alkyd emulsions contain methyl isothiazolinone (MIT) and benzisothiazolinone (BIT), but this can be adapted to customer requirements. The new NECOWEL 900 series, on the other hand, is completely free from MIT and is produced without the addition of p-tert-butylbenzoic acid (PTBBA). These may not exceed the limit of 0.01% if the product is to be marked as environmentally friendly.

In addition, the NECOWEL 900 series is solvent-free and does not contain an external emulsifier. The emulsions are usually shear-stable, storage-stable, low-odor, fast-drying, yellowing-free, high in gloss, and also show good flow properties. Together with The NRC Group, ASK Chemicals offers a broad range of high-quality NECOWEL alkyd emulsions that enable the eco-labeling of such coatings.

The demand for environmentally friendly pro-ducts is increasing. Together with its partner

ASK Chemicals, The NRC Group now offers the new NECOWEL 900 series that allows for ecolabel marking.

Distributed in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.

All of Trinseo’s polymers for ready-to-use water-resistant barriers can be used to produce the features required of one-component systems, i.e. fast drying, high flexibility and crack bridging. When incorporated into a liquid-applied formulation, these low-odor and low VOC dispersions from Trinseo comply with both European and US regulations.

XZ 97275.01

Styrene-butadiene latex for optimized barrier systemsBarrier membranes based on synthetic latex polymers play an ever more decisive role in optimi-zing and extending a structure’s functionality, value and usable life. Trinseo, partner to The NRC Group, has extensive experience in developing liquid applied latex polymers for barrier membranes. The manufacturer’s newest innovation is XZ 97275.01, a styrene-butadiene dispersion for ammonia-free membranes.

Distributed in Albania, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Switzerland.

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XZ 92069.01 Carboxylate SB -9 50 8.5 Waterproof and EIFS 4.0X10-5 2.0

XZ 94445.00 Carboxylate SB 1 51 6.5 Waterproof 4.8X10-5 2.1

They meet the standards of the ETAG 022 issued by the EOTA (European Organization for Technical Approvals) and the American National Standard Specifications for load- bearing, bonded, waterproof membranes (ANSI A118.10) and crack isolation membranes (ANSI A118.12).

By collaborating with customers and with the help of in-house testing, Trinseo has identified latex technology that stands as the key between polymer design and ideal performance for barrier membranes.

Both the Trinseo team and The NRC Group’s staff will be happy to help ECS visitors find the right solutions (Hall 4, Stand 4-242).

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Mineral oil-based process oils are used in many different applications and fields, from the paint and coatings indus-try to adhesives to construction chemicals, and can be in-corporated as solvents, fillers, release agents and/or dust binding agents.

More and more, customers in the aforementioned fields are asking for higher quality standards to be met with regard to purity and performance – and mineral oil-based process oils can’t always satisfy these. Risella X (technical white oil) and Ondina X (medical white oil) from Shell provide an innovative alternative. Shell produces both from natural gas rather than crude oil, based on Fischer-Tropsch technology.

Process oils are used in several different types of appli-cations, e.g. coatings, adhesives and inks. Manufacturers use surfactants to emulsify, disperse and improve surface qualities in their formulations. Only by means of the surfac-tants can hydrophobic substances such as binding agents, pigments and fillers be stabilized. However, due to the un-avoidable presence of air, these tend to produce foam in aqueous systems. This can lead to problems both during the production process as well as when the end product is used. The use of GTL oil-based defoamers provides for excellent

Shell Risella X and Ondina X

Innovative gas to liquid process oils

Process oils can be used in a wide variety of applications, e.g. in paints, coatings, adhesives and construction chemicals. With Risella X and Ondina X, both produced from natural gas, Shell meets the highest quality standards for process oils for each of these industries. The NRC Group is distributing the innovative white oils.

distribution and thus up to 50 percent more efficiency than conven-tional defoamers. In this way, manufacturers of paints and varnishes can reduce the amount of defoamers used and thereby reduce costs.

In adhesive applications, Risella X and Ondina X are used to control viscosity. When manufacturing sealants, process oils can be used as fillers in the final formulation. Concrete parting or formwork release agents consist of a carrier liquid, which in many cases is also a type of process oil. It is the task of the oil to ensure the residue-free separation of mold and concrete. Process oils can also serve as dust binders and, in addition to their high level of performance, GTL oils are well-known in this respect for their stability, environmental friendliness and compliance with strict health and safety standards.

Shell’s Risella X and Ondina X process oils can offer numerous technical advantages in a range of applications.

Their appeal is rooted in the extreme high purity levels that result from the gas to liquid technology used to produce them, in addition to their being colorless and having very low PAH levels. These process oils also show very little evaporation loss while also having a low pour point, a high flash point and viscosity index as well as very good oxida-tion, UV and thermal stability.

Risella X and Ondina X are produced in Qatar and are available globally in consistently high quality.

Distributed in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland and Sweden.

Capa™ 4101 is a unique tetra-functional polyol. Due to its aliphatic nature and carefully-selected composition, it makes the perfect complement to two-component polyurethane systems. The polyol has an equivalent weight of 250, total molecular weight of 1000 and a truly defined functionality of 4.0 that results from the special polymerization method used to produce it.

Capa™ 4101

Perstorp offers high-performance, tetra-functional polycaprolactone

Swedish specialty chemical producer Perstorp AB will showcase a high-performance tetra-functio-nal polycaprolactone at the 2017 European Coatings Show: Capa™ 4101. Application-specific testing

was able to show significant increases in performance at even low to medium addition rates of Capa™ 4101 in solvent-based polyurethane coatings.

The polyol was tested mainly in an acrylic-based formula-tion, the viscosity of which was set for spray application (22-26s, Ford # 4). The amount of Capa™ 4101 was then gradually increased. The image below shows that as the addition rate of the liquid Capa™ 4101 was raised, the need for solvent dropped and thereby total VOC was reduced. Only the loading amount of 11.5% showed an impact on overall pot life.

The effects of Capa™ 4101 make it an excellent high-per-formance polyol for two-component polyurethane coatings. Whether it is reducing environmental impact or improving appearance, mechanical properties or chemical resistance, it can be used either to modify resins or as a reactive diluent in high-performance coatings.

Experts from both Perstorp and The NRC Group will be presenting this innovative tetra-functional polycaprolactone at the 2017 ECS in Hall 7A at Stand 7A-603, as well as in Hall 4 at Stand 4-640.

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Distributed in Austria, Bosnia and Herze go vina, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland.

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