Emerald Performance Materials has appointed Cemsac Corp., Ellisville, MO, as its distributor in the central United States for the Nychem™ specialty nitrile and butadiene emulsion product lines.
Michelman, a developer of water-based functional coatings, surface modifiers and polymers, has formed a new Engineered Wood business unit and has made four personnel changes to better align its resources with customer needs.
Celanese Emulsions is presenting a range of technologies at Booth #1200 to help paint and coating manufacturers more easily formulate low-VOC and low-odor products and introduced a “drop-in” alternative emulsion for vinyl acrylic formulations with high-scrub resistance.
Celanese Corp. announced it will increase the price of all emulsions - vinyl acetate/ethylene (VAE), vinyl acrylic, pure acrylic, PVAc homopolymers and other copolymers - sold in the Americas by $0.03/wet pound effective May 14, 2012, or as contracts allow.
Hydro PLIOLITE® 010 is a very suitable emulsion for anti-carbonation paints, giving the coating a penetrative adhesion to the substrate, a secure film formation, excellent ageing characteristics and a long-term barrier against carbon dioxide, water and oxygen.
Effective March 1, 2012, or as contracts allow, the synthetic polymers group of Forbo Adhesives LLC will increase the price for all emulsion polymer products.