2022 Sponsors & Exhibitors
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Diamond Sponsor
National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD)
NACD delivers. In an era of continuous change and regulation, we deliver the stewardship, knowledge, and connections that move our members’ businesses and the entire industry forward. NACD provides the business practices, educational resources, and industry representation that ensure the chemicals so vital to modern life arrive safely, securely, and where they are needed. NACD members are leaders in health, safety, security, and environmental performance through implementation of Responsible Distribution, established in 1991 as a third-party verification program, and considered the standard for EHS&S practices across the industry. For more information on NACD, visit Website.
Platinum Sponsor
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.
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.
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.
Hexion’s Versatic business is the global leader in specialty building blocks for coatings. Resins based on Hexion’s VeoVa™ vinyl esters and Cardura™ glycidyl ester lend unique performance properties to architectural, automotive, and industrial coatings. Hexion Versatic new application development focuses on supporting our customers’ sustainability goals and on delivering more sustainable solutions to make this world better, safer, and cleaner.
Additional information about Hexion’s Versatic business and its products is available at www.hexion.com/versatics.
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.
Sun Polymers International started in 1994 as a small plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana with two small reactors. Today we have our manufacturing for Polyesters for Powder in Mooresville, IN. We are a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Chansieh Enterprises.
We seek to provide polyester resin to powder coating manufacturers in a manner that is:
- Wide ranging
- Consistent in quality
- Environmentally friendly
In 2020 we added a solid acrylic bead, and waterborne resin product lines which can be used in the following applications
- Inks
- Paints
- Adhesives
- Coating
Exhibitors
Aalchem is one of the largest privately held chemical distribution companies in America. For the past twenty years, we have been providing a comprehensive portfolio of chemical products to satisfy the unique needs of our customers. We proudly serve the following industries: Paints & coatings, graphic artists, adhesives & sealants, construction, composites, color concentrates, and plastics compounding.
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.
American Colors, Inc. specializes in customer-focused solutions with industry-driven products. Since beginning manufacturing in 1975 we have expanded product lines within our existing markets and have continually grown by fulfilling the demands of new markets. American Colors utilizes experienced professionals, premium processing equipment, and state-of-the-art laboratory instruments. Our experience covers a wide range of industries. We are committed to meeting the needs of our customers through product development, toll manufacturing, and private labeling and packaging.
Applied Graphene Materials UK Ltd.
Applied Graphene Materials UK Ltd. is a leading innovator in graphene dispersion and application technology. Our stable, safe to handle and easy to incorporate Genable graphene dispersions are based on two-dimensional graphene nanoplatelets that significantly enhance the properties of industrial coatings, such as anti-corrosion and barrier performance. We pride ourselves on understanding how graphene works so that we can develop dispersions that deliver outstanding performance benefits in new and existing industrial products. Working with AGM’s chemists you can utilise our expertise to bring your graphene-based innovation quickly and safely to market.
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.
Birla Carbon is one of the leading global suppliers of carbon black. As one of the flagship businesses of the leading Indian multinational conglomerate, the Aditya Birla Group, Birla Carbon provides innovative sustainable carbon black solutions that enhance the performance of paints and coatings, inks and toners, plastics, adhesives, sealants, textile fibers, mechanical rubber goods, and tires, Energy Systems, and Sustainable Carbonaceous Materials. The company’s footprint extends across 12 countries with 16 manufacturing facilities and two state-of-the-art technology centers in Marietta (USA) and Taloja (India), providing industry-leading innovation. Its Sustainable Operational Excellence (SOE) strategy focuses on employee safety, environmental stewardship, efficient use of carbon sources, and operating in a socially and ethically responsible manner.
For more information, visit https://www.birlacarbon.com / or follow us on Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
As one of the world’s leading brands of coating additives, Borchers is committed to the continuous development and improvement of coatings systems across the spectrum of chemistries, applications, and end markets. Borchers’ products and services make the world safer and more colorful, and enhance quality of life every day. Key products include Borchi® OXY-Coat and Borchi® Dragon cobalt-free high-performance catalysts, Borchi® Burst defoamers, Borchi® Gen wetting and dispersing agents, Borchi® Gel rheology modifiers, and more.
Brenntag Coatings & Construction is building a brighter world with a broad specialty product offering. Whether you’re looking for additives, crosslinkers and catalysts, minerals and extenders, pigments, resins/intermediates, solvents, or more, we have you covered with a broad specialty product offering. Our experts work directly with customers to choose the right raw materials for their specific needs. Through strong supplier partnerships, we ensure we keep up with the latest trends, applications and products across the adhesive, coating, construction, elastomer, and sealant markets. To learn more about our specialty product offering, contact your local account executive or visit our website.
BYK-Gardner (BYK Instruments) is a leading supplier quality control and process control instruments for analyzing solid, metallic, visual, and liquid color as well solutions to measure appearance such as gloss, orange peel, DOI and haze. New instruments include the spectro2profiler to measure color and texture, the spectro2guide pro spectrophotometer to control jetness with digital standards and the color2view, a benchtop spectrophotometer. We also have a wide selection of instruments and gages to test the physical properties of coatings including a new line of rotational viscometers.
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.
The Chidley & Peto Company is a manufacturers’ agent and distributor focused on the coatings, printing and packaging, construction, adhesives and plastics industries. Our geographical territory includes the North Central States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Companies represented include: EverZinc USA Inc., Fuji Silysia Chemical Ltd., Huntsman Polyurethanes, IMI FABI LLC., Keim Additec Surface USA,LLC., Mayzo ,Inc., MiniFIBERS, Inc., Neomat Distribution ,Omya, Inc., StanChem Polymers, Venator.
Chitec Technology Co., Ltd., has 2 plants located in Taiwan along with their headquarters. With sales offices located in China and the USA, Chitec is a leading global manufacturer of specialty Antioxidants, UV Absorbers, Light Stabilizers, and Photoinitiators. Chitec promotes their line of products under the tradenames Deox, Revonox®, Chiguard®, Chivacure®, and R-gen®. Chitec has been committed to providing state of the art technical service support and new product development since 1998. Our Research & Development team is dedicated in providing next generation sustainable chemistries for the advancement of tomorrows technology. Information about Chitec can be found at www.chitec.com
A leading manufacturer of specialty surfactants and additives with a focus on developing products that are environmentally safe and derived from all-natural and renewable ingredients. For almost thirty years, Colonial Chemical has pushed the boundaries and explored revolutionary processes for making environmentally safe and high-performing chemicals from all-natural and renewable ingredients. Colonial manufactures cosmetic and industrial surfactants, performance additives and other key building-block ingredients for use in personal care, household and industrial, lubricants, oilfield, CASE & EP applications. We are a global supplier of surfactants and other chemistries to all of continental North America as well as over 25 countries internationally.
Since 1962, Coim has been a global leader in the development and manufacturing of polyesters polyols, polyurethanes, and specialty resins. With international support, local attention, and a vision for sustainable development, Coim is the ideal partner to help you reach your goals.
Coim’s innovative Hydroexter resins are clear, single-phase liquid polyols designed for water-based coatings, offering excellent mechanical properties, flexibility and impact resistance, adhesion, solvent, oil, fuel and oxidation resistance, abrasion and chip resistance, weatherability, and UV resistance. Hydroexter resins are especially suitable for formulating near zero-VOC water-based 2-component urethanes using standard hydrophobic isocyanates.
CQV Co. Ltd., a South Korean based manufacturer and global supplier of high-quality effect pigments. CQV has five technology platforms composed of natural mica, synthetic mica, glass flake, platy alumina, and colored silver dollar aluminum flake. Individual pigments using these various substrates are supplied to the automotive OEM, general industrial coatings, plastics, inks, and cosmetics industries.
Dromont Group is an internationally established, family-owned company, based in Italy and operating in over 50 countries worldwide in the Coating, Chemical, Food, Pharma and Cosmetics sectors. Comec Company, since 1970, is the Italian foremost designer and manufacturer of milling, dispersing and filling equipment. Dromont for 30 years has been producing Inplant dispensing systems for factory applications and Retail tinting machines. 1000 factory Inplant and lab installations and many thousands of Retail machines world-wide make us one of the foremost suppliers.
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.
The Enterprise Specialty Products
With over 175 years combined experience in foam control products, the Enterprise Specialty Products, Inc. staff is committed to providing customers with the highest-quality products and customer service. We’re able to make it happen better than our competitors, because defoamers and anti-foams are the only thing we do. We’re driven to develop the very best foam control technologies, and we take pride in using materials and selling products that always meet our clients’ needs, always at an affordable price. And when your needs change, so too will our processes and products, because customer satisfaction is our number one goal.
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.
IMCD is a global leader in the sales, marketing and distribution of speciality chemicals and ingredients. The IMCD Coatings & Construction business group features a world-class product portfolio that delivers a wide range of solutions to add color and optimize the performance and durability of adhesives, paints, coatings, inks, construction materials, sealants, inks and graphic arts. Through the innovative thinking of our coast-to-coast technical sales team and our global network of formulatory experts, IMCD fosters a collaborative environment to drive evolution and co-create for success. Think Coatings & Construction. Think IMCD.
KH Neochem is a Japanese chemical company that produces raw materials for the coatings industry and other related industries. We make solvents, branched alcohols (surfactant and plasticizer), branched acids (esters and metal carboxylates), and a monomer package for self-crosslinking waterborne resins. We have a family of branched diols that include: 2-Ethyl-1,3-Hexanediol, 2-Butyl-2-Ethyl-1,3-Propanediol, and 2,4-Diethyl-1,5-Pentanediol. Our branched diols make polyester resins with improved flexibility and hydrolytic stability. They can also be used as reactive diluents in 2 package polyurethane coatings. Our monomer package for self-crosslinking waterborne resins is based on Diacetone Acrylamide and Adipic Dihydrazide.
King Industries, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of additives for the paint and coatings industry and a global supplier of specialty chemicals. Our dedication to technical service and our commitment to global compliance allows us to provide high performance, innovative products worldwide including a broad range of catalysts, corrosion inhibitors, rheology modifiers, resin modifiers and surface control additives used in a variety of applications including automotive, aerospace and general industrial.
LEHVOSS North America has hired Marcelo Herszenhaut as Commercial Manager for the Surface Technology Business Unit.
The LEHVOSS Group under the management of Lehmann&Voss&Co. (LuV) is a group of companies in the chemicals sector that develops, produces and markets chemical and mineral specialties for various industrial clients. Lehmann&Voss&Co. has been selling for more than 120 years chemical and mineral specialties to industrial customers. Established in 1894 as a trading Company in Hamburg (Germany), we have developed into a high performance technical sales organization with our own manufacturing facilities and contacts spanning over many years to mainly foreign suppliers.
Marcelo is responsible for LEHVOSS’s rheology modifiers (Luvogel®, Luvotix®, Wollatrop®), functional fillers (Omega-Bubbles®, Litho-Bubbles®, Omega-Spheres®, Tri-Spheres®, Thermo-Spheres®, Omega-Sil®) and polyester resins (Luvores®) for the paints & coatings, inks, construction, adhesives & sealants, as well as other industrial markets.
Lintech International LLC is a leading, woman owned, national specialty chemical distributor of resins, monomers, additives, pigments and performance minerals. Since 1983, Lintech has partnered with world-class suppliers to meet the needs of customers in a wide variety of markets including coatings, inks, plastics, rubber, adhesives and composites. Lintech is ISO 9001:2015 certified, a proud member of NACD Responsible Distribution®, and C-TPAT verified through U.S. Customs for a secure international supply chain. With thirteen regional warehouses, Lintech provides excellent service to customers nationwide.
Lubrizol Performance Coatings is a market-driven innovator of specialty chemicals for coatings, inks and composites that help the world move cleaner, create smarter and live better. Our portfolio of resin, binder, dispersant, wax additive, and specialty additive technologies solve challenges across a wide range of markets and applications. Formulators choose Lubrizol to take advantage of our innovative technologies, customer collaboration, and reliability. More than just a supplier, we are a collaborator with extensive experience in surface protection, dispersion, adhesion, and barrier properties – working closely with customers to explore and develop differentiated products.
Mallard Creek Polymers is a name synonymous with a decades-long commitment to excellence in the manufacturing of emulsion polymer products for a variety of industry sectors and applications. We have earned our industry standing not alone, but in collaboration with a steadily growing customer base. Our people, coming from diverse backgrounds of experience in virtually every market we serve, understand our customers’ needs and have the expertise to make their ideas come alive. Together, we focus on creating quality products and custom solutions--all delivered with an unwavering commitment to customer service.
Micro Powders is the global technology leader in small particle technologies. Our fine and coarse powder additives can satisfy every surface coating performance challenge, including surface durability, gloss reduction, anticorrosion, texture and haptic effects. Our most innovative products are based on composite/nanocomposite manufacturing technology, where materials are extruded, and micronized to bring improved efficiency and performance.
What can we do for you?
- Irregular and spherical particles
- Synthetic, natural, and bio-fermentation chemistries
- Nanocomposites based on alumina, ceramic and graphene
- Industrial, personal care, agricultural and pharmaceutical grades
- Coated and colored particle technologies
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.
Prox-Chem America a specialty additive group for liquid coatings (adhesives, ink & paint). Powder coatings. Includes scavengers of aldehydes & formaldehyde along with fire retardants. Catalyst. Chartwell adhesion promotors facilitate abrasive, adhesive, ink, plastic and rubber adhesion without the negative attributes of silane. A proprietary organo functional metallic compound is used. Mace Polyurethane Dispersions enhance water based acrylic/styrene coatings, adhesive & lamination systems. The PUD’s are used on automotive, flooring, wood and textile systems that include Fire Retardency. Prox-Chem, Chartwell & Mace are a part of Protex International Company.
Quantum Analytics is a distributor of analytical instruments. We offer rental, leasing or financing on both new and refurbished GC, GC/MS, HPLC, LC/MS, Pyrolysis, Thermal Desorption, XRF, XRD, XRM, FTIR, FTNIR, Organic CHNS, and Inorganic CS & ONH. Our services include multi-vendor integration, financing/leasing, online parts ordering, training, installation, and familiarization. We are an authorized channel partner for Agilent Technologies, Bruker Corp, Frontier Lab, Markes, Activated Research Company, Diablo Analytical, Czitek, and Elementar Americas.
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.
Rianlon is a global leading manufacturer and solution provider of anti-aging and UV stabilizer additives for coating and painting industry. We have a full product portfolio to cover customers’ different applications in automotive coating, decorative coating, industrial coating, powder coating, wood coating and water based coating. Rianlon has been proudly working with most of the global top coating and painting companies in different countries and regions and will continue to provide best products and excellent services.
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.
Welcome to Schold. We are a Chicago-based manufacturer of industrial dispersing and mixing equipment. Our product line includes high-speed, low-speed, bench-top and rotor stator style mixers, plus a variety of media mills, press-outs, blade types, tanks, controls, and complete systems.
Since 1949, we have manufactured over 15,000 machines for 1,800 customers across 90 different industries. Connect with our team to get your custom project started today!
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.
Tosoh Corporation is a leading international producer of advanced chemical intermediates for the pharmaceutical, electronic and specialty chemicals. Emphasis on research keeps Tosoh in the development forefront with the continued introduction of new chemical products and processes. With over 130 affiliated companies in 18 countries and worldwide marketing and warehousing capabilities Tosoh, through its specialty group, offers a wide variety of specialty coating products.
Halogenated compounds: Tosoh offers a wide variety of halogenated compounds. Monomers include fluoro-monomers, methacrylates and styrene sulfonate derivatives.
Silica/Matting agents: Tosoh Silica is a leading Asian manufacturer and it’s specialty silica’s are available in the USA
Set a Course for More Solutions and visit Troy at Table 8 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.
Trust Chem is an independent, privately owned company and the biggest producer and exporter of organic pigment from China to the world market. Trust Chem is one of the top important suppliers of organic pigment in the world, with headquarters located in Hangzhou China. Subsidiaries in Netherlands, USA, Canada, Australia, India, Turkey and South Africa make Trust Chem a true global supplier to the color industry. Trust Chem globally just announced the opening of a new 10,000 ton production plant for Organic Pigments in Jinzhou, China.
The United Soybean Board (USB) will exhibit soy chemistry for a multitude of coating applications including alkyd, polyurethane, and low-temperature cure powder coating resins in addition to soy-based solvents and additives. Today, more manufacturers are turning to renewable resources for raw materials. U.S. Soy offers a number of benefits including performance, water resistance, quality, and sustainability from a renewable resource. USB-funded successes include alkyd binders, polyurethane dispersions and epoxy modifiers, and low VOC coalescents. USB is a farmer-led organization that funds research to develop and commercialize industrial applications using chemical derivatives from U.S. Soy. Visit www.soynewuses.org.
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.
Hexion Coatings & Composites is now WESTLAKE EPOXY. We remain the same friendly team, offer the same services and supply the same trusted products. Westlake Epoxy’s brands include EPON™ and EPIKOTE™ resins that have been a global standard since the mid-1940’s. EPI-REZ™ waterborne epoxy resins are globally recognized for higher performance. EPIKURE™ curing agents offer a variety of options for formulators to meet their customers' needs. The Westlake Epoxy experts look forward to meeting you at Table #53. By working together, we can create a more sustainable world.