At this year’s American Coatings Show, specialty chemicals group LANXESS presented material protection products as well as organic and inorganic pigments that fulfill the most exacting of requirements.
Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., is presenting a range of innovative application solutions for the coatings industry at Booth #823.
Ashland featured: Natrosol™ hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) thickener for waterborne architectural coatings; Aquaflow™ nonionic synthetic associative thickeners (NSATs), which are APEO-free liquid additives for the highest performance paint and coatings; Advantage™ and DrewPlus™ foam-control agents; Dextrol™ and Strodex™ specialty surfactants; Nuosept™ in-can preservatives; and Fungitrol™ dry-film fungicides.
Effective May 1, 2012, or as contracts allow, Troy Corp. will be increasing global prices for Polyphase® and other dry film preservatives, Mergal® wet-state preservatives and additives.