2022 Sponsors & Exhibitor
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Platinum Sponsor
Hockmeyer Equipment Corporation
Hockmeyer Equipment Corporation has been providing process solutions for over 80 years. We are a leader in the wet grinding and dispersion industry and offer custom-designed process equipment for mixing, blending, dispersing, vessel washing, and particle size reduction. The Hockmeyer team is dedicated to building and designing processing equipment that is of the highest quality available. We are committed to learning our customers’ processes to provide the best possible equipment for the application. In addition, Hockmeyer offers a state-of-the-art customer service laboratory for product testing and process development.
Gold Sponsors
Alberdingk Boley, Inc. (ABI) is a global supplier of innovative water-based acrylic emulsions, NMP-free & solvent-free polyurethane dispersions, UV-curable dispersions, castor oil and linseed oil polyols and acrylic polyurethane copolymers. With a legacy of more than 185 years in castor and linseed oils, driven by tradition and innovative technology, ABI is a proud, responsive supplier of environmentally friendly water-based emulsions and dispersions to the paint and coatings, adhesives, and graphic arts industries. Our US headquarters is based in Greensboro, North Carolina.
BYK is a leading supplier of additives and measuring instruments. Additives are chemical substances, used in small quantities to improve product properties and optimize manufacturing processes. Coatings, printing inks, and plastics are some of the traditional application areas, but BYK additives are also used in the manufacture of care products, adhesives and sealants, paper surface finishing, construction chemistry, as well as oil and gas.
Silver Sponsors
ANGUS Chemical Company is a leading global manufacturer of specialty additives, intermediates, performance enhancers and process aids that help paints, coatings and inks—and the companies that manufacture them—perform better. Our unique, multifunctional chemistries, such as AMP™, AEPD™ VOX 1000, DMAMP™-80, and TRIS AMINO™ Crystals, enable formulators and manufacturers to maximize the performance and value of their paints and coatings across a wide variety of applications, at all stages of a formulation’s lifecycle. In addition, ANGUS offers a range of other unique chemistries, including NIKANE™ and NIPAR™ solvents; ALKATERGE™ corrosion inhibitors, emulsifiers and dispersants; and ZOLDINE™ MS-Plus, a fast-reacting, low-viscosity oxazolidine-based water scavenger. Visit angus.com to Discover A Better Way™ for your paints and coatings formulations.
Dependable, experienced, and solid as a rock. As the #1 distributor of specialty chemicals to the US CASE market, Azelis Americas CASE is uniquely positioned to provide dependability of products and technical assistance to our customers. We have forged strong partnerships with best in class suppliers – giving us the ability to help you reduce lead times and improve inventory management, while ensuring a secure source of product availability. Back this up with our experienced technical sales team and industry-leading application labs, we consistently turn your challenges of today into solutions for the future. Let us help grow your business by putting the power of Azelis Americas CASE to work for you today.
The Coating Additives business line of Evonik provides specialty additives to help your coatings and inks look and perform their best. From defoamers and dispersants to matting agents and rheology modifiers (and more!), we are confident that we have the right solutions for your needs.
The Shepherd Color Company is a leading global producer of Complex Inorganic Color Pigments (CICPs) used in a variety of industries and applications where performance is critical under the most extreme conditions. Our main products include Arctic® Infrared Reflective Pigments, that mitigates solar induced heat build-up; Dynamix® Easy Dispersible Pigments, with ‘just stir it in’ technology, creating 100% pure color dispersions; and StarLight® Special Effect Pigments that create brilliant sparkle and luster. Supplied to customers around the world, these pigments are highly-engineered ceramic colorants, meaning they are more durable, more consistent, and more functional. Shepherd Color, we brighten lives.
Bronze Sponsors
Hall Technologies, Inc. thinks differently about specialty chemical distribution. With a technical focus, we understand our customers’ process of determining which product best fits their formulation needs. We are collaborators, partners, and leaders who strive to meet the demanding needs of the next generation of industry chemists and lab technicians. With headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, Hall Technologies, Inc.’s territory extends through the Midwest, Upper Midwest, Southwest, Southeast, and the Ohio Valley. We supply answers.
Ravago Chemicals represents market-leading specialty chemical and ingredient producers that allow us to deliver creative technical solutions along with the highest level of service to more than 15,000 active customers across more than 24 countries worldwide. We are a family company and place a high value on our long-standing relationships with our suppliers, customers, and our colleagues.
In North America, Ravago Chemicals (RCNA) has been providing quality, innovation, and sustainability to the specialty chemical and ingredient markets through its family of companies for more than 50 years.
Siltech develops and manufactures a full line of organo-modified silicone materials for a wide range of industrial and personal care applications. Siltech owns and operates two manufacturing plants in the Greater Toronto Area. These plants are equipped with efficient, large scale reactors with a wide range of capabilities. We strive to create new materials with unique performance attributes.
Specialty Polymers is a manufacturer of water-based polymers and adhesives. Our products are designed with our customers in every application to provide the best solution possible. We’ve built a staff of outstanding chemists and sales associates, with at least one of each working together and collaborating with customers on every project. Innovation, responsiveness, and flexibility are our commitments and our promises to you.
Set a Course for More Solutions and visit Troy at Table 98 to learn about the company’s full portfolio of advanced dry-film and wet-state preservatives, performance additives, driers, and powder coating additives. See how Troy further adds value through world-class services, including microbiology laboratories, worldwide field testing, and the unique consultative TMMA microbial management program.
Exhibitors
Admix manufacturers industrial dispersion and agitation equipment for the chemical industry. Compared to conventional dispersion prior to media milling, high shear mixers from Admix will improve your process, wetting out powders 100% and eliminating agglomerates in less than 10 minutes. The results are reduced energy consumption, reduced batch times, less maintenance on your media mills, and reduced media mill screen clogging. On-site equipment trials are available for our Rotosolver high shear in-tan mixer and inline dispersion equipment as well.
Agilent Technologies leads the industry with robust, reliable instruments that provide the ability to analyze, confirm and quantify substances of interest. Our workflow solutions enable you to maintain stringent practices from sample preparation, through analysis, to final report. When combined with our informatics architecture, large quantities of data can be managed while preserving the integrity and security of the results. Agilent offers a complete line of GC, LC, MS and Spectroscopy instruments and technologies, as well as the related consumables, support and services. For more information visit our website.
Barentz is a leading global life science ingredients and specialty chemicals distributor for the Human Nutrition, Pharmaceutical, Personal Care, Household Care, Specialty Industrial, and Animal Nutrition markets. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Barentz distributes ingredients for products to small- and medium-sized enterprises and large customers globally. The Group sources branded specialty ingredients from leading manufacturers worldwide and its ingredients experts provide value-added technical support (including pre-mixing, blending, customized formulation and testing) from its state-of-the-art, customized formulation centers and application laboratories in EMEA, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.
Established in 1953, Barentz has operations in more than 60 countries with a strong presence in Europe and Asia, and a growing presence in North America and Latin America. With a turnover of 1.5 billion the company employs around 1,500 people worldwide and serves over 21,000 customers.
BYK-Gardner is a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of quality control and process control instruments. We partner with customers and provide instrument solutions to test, measure and analyze: solid colormetallic colorcolor, gloss & grain controlliquid colorvisual colorglosstransmission hazereflection hazeDOI & orange peelmottlingPlus instruments to test physical properties such as abrasion, adhesion, density, dispersion, drying time, flexibility, film thickness, hardness, impact, temperature, and viscosity. We also offer a wide variety of applicators and draw down cards.BYK-Gardner is a member of the BYK Additives & Instruments division of ALTANA.
Cardolite is a privately held producer of the world's largest variety of specialty chemical products originating from Cashew Nutshell Liquid (CNSL). CNSL is a non-edible, renewable chemical having a unique structure suitable for use as a building block of advanced materials. With over 35 years of experience, Cardolite's lines of epoxy curing agents (phenalkamines and phenalkamides), reactive and non-reactive diluents as well as polyol resins are widely used in marine, protective, and industrial coatings, concrete and construction, structural adhesives and foam markets.
The ChemQuest Group Inc., a global business strategy and external technology development firm with focus and expertise specific to the specialty chemicals markets, is widely recognized among raw material suppliers, formulators and financial investors for its value creation. ChemQuest’s four service pillars include Business Strategy & Transformation; Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures; Commercial & Operational Efficiencies; as well as Technology & Application Development through the ChemQuest Technology Institute. ChemQuest services extend across eleven formulated product categories and over thirteen end-use markets within the specialty chemicals value chain. Our team includes former senior managers from major manufacturers, business owners, and senior technical managers including Ph.D. chemists, with a minimum of 25 years of experience in specialty chemicals.
Clariant offers a complete range of multifunctional additives such as wetting and dispersing agents, stabilizers and neutralizers. Additionally our product portfolio ranges from surfactants for emulsion polymerization to low-VOC additives for colorants and coatings. It also includes biocides, intermediates and process aids for various industrial applications.
The DyStar Group is a leading dyestuff & chemical manufacturer and solution provider, offering customers across the globe a broad portfolio of colorants, specialty chemicals, and services. With a heritage of more than a century in product development and innovation for the textile industry, DyStar also caters to multiple sectors including the paints, coatings, paper and packaging industries. DyStar’s current portfolio for the paints and coatings industry includes Hilton Davis® pigment dispersions, Foam Blast® defoamers, and Masil® functionalized silicones and hydrophobic additives. Our R&D team is actively working on solutions to problems stemming from the low VOC regulatory requirements. We are flexible and willing to customize innovative solutions for our customers.
The ECKART Group is a worldwide leading manufacturer of metallic effect and pearlescent pigments. With about 1,850 employees globally, the ECKART group develops, produces and distributes metallic effect and pearlescent pigments in powder, paste and pellet-form, and in concentrates and dispersions. ECKART products are used in several industries including graphics, coatings, plastics, cosmetics and lightweight concrete. The company is a member of ALTANA AG. We attach particular importance to personal service and expert applications consulting. Intensive research and development activities create special products and innovative solutions.
Elé Corporation is a global manufacturer of specialty chemicals and intermediates used in coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers and many other applications. We strive to develop sustainable, environmentally friendly solutions, with higher renewable content, without compromising cost, functionality, or performance. Our broad range of process capabilities along with technical expertise allows us to partner with our customers from design inception through scale-up and production for commercial success. Our central US location near Chicago, heighten our ability to ship products globally. All our products are manufactured in the USA at our ISO 9001-2015 certified facility.
Elementis is a global specialty chemicals company that provides high-value functional additives to many markets including architectural/ industrial coatings and adhesives and sealants. These additives improve the flow characteristics and performance of our customers’ products or production processes. We offer a comprehensive product portfolio that includes rheology modifiers for aqueous and solvent systems, defoamers, waxes, dispersing and wetting agents, adhesion promoters and surface active additives. Our products include BENTONE® organoclays, RHEOLATE® rheological additives, DAPRO® specialty additives and defoamers, M-P-A® anti-settling agents, NALZIN® corrosion and rust inhibitors, THIXATROL® rheology additives, NUOSPERSE® wetting and dispersing agents, SLIP-AYD® waxes and slip additives. These products enhance the feel, flow and finish of coatings.
EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc.
EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc. is one of the largest chemical distributors and contract packagers in North America. With over 2 million gallons of bulk storage capacity and over 1 million square feet of storage, EMCO has the breadth of products you need for the home and personal care markets, when you need them. With distribution warehouses spread throughout the Midwest (Pleasant Prairie, WI, Minneapolis, MN, Columbia, IL, Elkhart, IN and Cincinnati, OH), EMCO focuses on having the products you need at competitive prices, while also adding the technical assistance for those who are looking for the newest in technology.
Talk with Heraeus Noblelight to explore the possibilities for using the latest UV curing equipment and testing facilities to develop leading edge UV-curable coatings. Coatings formulators, chemists, and R&D specialists can learn about the many ways we help UV formulators. In addition to Application Competence Center testing facilities and loaner UV equipment, we offer broad UV applications expertise and the ability to guide and support your lab and R&D work to reach commercial success faster. We offer flexible and easy-to-use UV curing systems and conveyors ideal for your laboratory development needs. Whether you need to test using microwave-powered UV or the latest UV LED technology, Heraeus Noblelight offers the broadest product line to meet your needs. Talk to our UV curing application experts to understand the best UV curing system solutions for your lab and how to best utilize testing facilities to meet your UV coatings research and development goals faster. Schedule a meeting now.
Specializing in innovative anti-corrosion solutions, HALOX is the global leader in inorganic, organic, flash rust, and tannin stain corrosion inhibitors for the paint and coatings industry. Our unique and on-trend advancements provide cutting-edge coatings solutions for an ever-changing world. Let our team of applications experts show you how to extend the life of your projects with multi-faceted solutions for a wide range of application needs.
Micro Powders is the innovation leader in the specialty wax additives market, with a portfolio of over 250 fine and coarse powders, composites and nanocomposites that improve performance in all types of paints, coatings and graphic arts products. Our natural and synthetic powders, aqueous dispersions and emulsions provide surface protection, gloss reduction, water repellency, texturing and haptic effects. Headquartered in Tarrytown New York, we solve formulation problems for customers around the world through our network of highly experienced agents and distributors. At Micro Powders, it’s all about Small Particles and Big Ideas.
MÜNZING is a global specialty additive supplier with highly experienced R&D and technical service personnel in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Our manufacturing plants in Europe and America have broad synthesis and formulation capabilities to best serve our global customer base.MÜNZING's product portfolio is comprised of defoamers, wetting agents, dispersants, emulsifiers, rheology modifiers, flow control additives, micronized and coated waxes as well as wax dispersions and emulsions.MÜNZING offers technical service testing to focus on solving customer issues by duplicating the customer process and not by the generalization of formulation characteristics. We employ a wide range of test methods to reproduce the conditions that a coating experiences during manufacturing, packaging and application.
NAGASE Specialty Materials aims to drive value for market innovators as a leading distributor of specialty chemicals and manufacturer of chemical products. NSM serves industries impacting everyday life around the world: coatings; inks; plastics; packaging; 3D printing, and more.
Established in 1925 as Palmer Supplies Company, today Palmer Holland is an employee-owned, North American specialty chemical and ingredient distributor of raw materials headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with 40+ account managers and ingredient consultants stationed across the United States. We're more than just a sales organization; we are your all-in-one, combination sales, marketing, and market intelligence partner. Our sales team, driven by market vertical business team leadership, uses in-depth market analysis to help customers and principals make more efficient use of their internal resources. We bring unparalleled industry knowledge right to where it counts – your reputation, and your bottom line.
Patcham is a global manufacturer of specialty additives for a Paints and Coatings, Inks, Composites, Plastics, and Oilfield. We provide a range of specialty additives to augment the properties of a Coatings systems. These include additives for Wetting and Dispersing, Defoamers, Slip & Levelling additives, Flow Modifiers, and rheology modifiers. American operations are handled by Patcham USA based in Fairfield NJ, which is also the US technical service location. Our products are available from 5 stock points across the country as well as in Canada and across Latin America. For more information, please come and visit us during CTT at Booth#13.
PerkinElmer enables scientists, researchers, and clinicians to address their most critical challenges across science and healthcare. With a mission focused on innovating for a healthier world, we deliver unique solutions to serve the diagnostics, life sciences, food and applied markets. We strategically partner with customers to enable earlier and more accurate insights supported by deep market knowledge and technical expertise. Our dedicated team of about 13,000 employees worldwide is passionate about helping customers work to create healthier families, improve the quality of life, and sustain the well-being and longevity of people globally.
R.E. Carroll Inc. is a 93-year-old distributor of specialty chemicals and petroleum products to the coatings industry as well as related industries in adhesives, elastomers and plastics. We supply pigments, additives, process aids, fillers, defoamers and plasticizers as well as many other raw materials in quantities as small as 5-gal (liquid) or bags (varies). Please contact us at 800-257-9365, or view our website.
Sappi Netherlands Services B.V.
Sappi is a diversified woodfibre group with manufacturing operations in three continents. With sales in over 150 countries and continued investments in R&D to meet growing market demands for high quality functional biomaterials, Sappi has established a leadership position when it comes to woodfibre solutions. As a global supplier of woodfibre technologies, we consider sustainability as a moral and business imperative that affects each and every decision we make across all processes and products. We are a responsible partner innovating with integrity and speed and acting boldly for people, planet and prosperity.
Sensory Analytics (SpecMetrix Systems)
Sensory Analytics supplies patented SpecMetrix coating and layer thickness measurement systems for industrial use within diverse global markets. SpecMetrix systems exclusively measure the absolute thickness of applied wet or dry coatings in real-time, and deliver unprecedented levels of actionable real-time data to process engineering or quality team personnel on production lines, quality stations or R&D labs. Applicable coatings range from clear coats, pretreatments, finishes, primers, paints and topcoats to adhesives, sealants and powder coatings. Configurations include traversing and fixed probe in-line systems, lab systems and OEM units that bring immediate added impacts to new existing automation and coating process lines.
Founded in January of 1995, Specialty Chemical Sales is a strong, dependable, customer-focused, pioneer and industry innovator offering comprehensive, sustainable product formulation solutions for many industries. We are technology driven and innovation oriented. Our reputation will only by surpassed by the quality of the service we provide. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, the experienced Specialty Chemical Sales team sales force brings direct service to the industry. Maintaining its own warehousing throughout the continental United States, we are able to deliver timely, innovative formulation solutions for customers.
Synthomer is one of the world’s foremost suppliers of aqueous polymers and has leadership positions in many markets. Our polymers help customers create new products and enhance the performance of existing products in key industries such as coatings, construction, textiles, paper and synthetic latex gloves. With the acquisition of Omnova Solutions in 2020, Synthomer grew its global manufacturing network, expanded its product portfolio and boosted its geographical presence, allowing it to better serve new and existing customers around the world. Discover how our products enhance our customers’ products and processes.
Univar Solutions is a leading supplier of chemicals and raw materials for coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomer (CASE) applications that serve markets such as aerospace, building and construction, furniture, industrial, marine, packaging, roads, and more. Whether additives, binders, extenders, pigments, or solvents, Univar Solutions offers the broadest product line in the industry, plus an experienced technical staff ready to support your endeavors. From concept to finished, market-ready products, our labs and staff of experienced CASE formulators and applications specialists can help you create innovative solutions for your challenge.
Van Horn, Metz & Co., Inc. is a specialty raw material distributor based outside of Philadelphia, PA. Since 1950, we’ve been committed to growing your business and promoting innovation by staying abreast of industry standards. We offer the latest global technology, high-quality products, superior customer service, and convenient stocking locations. Whether it a resin, additive, pigment, or extender, we have you covered. Our goal is to bring global suppliers to your doorstep and keep you ahead of your competitors. We are your global supply chain partner.
Established in Italy in the 1920s, VINAVIL S.p.A. is globally headquartered in Milan, Italy, and is one of the world’s most important manufacturers of polymers. Founded in 1994, the North American subsidiary VINAVIL Americas has production sites in West Chicago and Montreal. With over 100 years of experience in the field of research and development of specialty chemicals, VINAVIL is a truly global company and a known leader in the chemical industry.The growth of the company is based on intensive research and development, an effective and empowered commercial sales team, and state-of-the-art customer service geared toward achieving total customer satisfaction. VINAVIL Americas has a core strategy that encompasses continuous improvement of existing products and the development of new polymers for coatings, adhesives, textiles, construction and other specialty applications. VINAVIL reinvests 5% of its revenue into and employs over 10% of its workforce in research and development.
X-Rite Incorporated is a global leader in the science and technology of color and appearance. With Pantone, X-Rite employs more than 800 people in 11 countries. Corporate headquarters are in Grand Rapids, MI., with regional headquarters in Europe and Asia and service centers across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas. X-Rite offers a full range of solutions used by manufacturers, retailers, printers, and graphic design houses to achieve precise management and communication of color and appearance throughout their processes. X-Rite products and services are recognized standards in printing, packaging, graphic design, photography, automotive, paints, plastics, and textiles.