Additives belong to a broad and diffuse category of key components in a coating formulation. The following is a brief description of many coating additives, along with some examples.
New products are being developed to meet the challenge of delivering low- and zero-VOC offerings, including specialty resins, coalescents/plasticizers, water-based and energy curable colorants, foam control and silicone products.
Ashland offers a unique range of innovative products for the coatings industry, featuring rheology modifiers, defoamers and biocides. In Hall 4A, Stand 422, Ashland presents its unique range of products and services to the worldwide coatings industry.
A series of modified siloxane defoamers has been developed that offers a controlled range of defoaming strength and compatibility relative to each other.
Dow Corning® 100F Additive utilizes the low surface tension of fluorosilicone technology to give excellent foam control in solvent-based and radiation-cured coating formulations, including challenging high-solids systems.
Emerald has focused on developing new technology for the coatings industry to meet the need for more environmentally friendly and high-performance materials.
Elementis is highlighting new additives, including VOC-free associative thickeners, HASE acrylic thickeners, colorants and high-performance dispersants for solventborne systems at Booth #1611.
