Processing Aids

Omyasphere® 227-FQ is a lightweight filler made from closed-cell expanded perlite, featuring low apparent density and high, consistent brightness. It is used in industrial additives such as plaster, joint fillers, panels, and render, and serves as a filler and pigment. It is also applicable in cement manufacturing and adhesive & sealant applications. Available in bulk and bag packaging.

Campine PE 1105768ONA is a flame retardant and synergist, primarily used in resin manufacturing. Its chemical composition includes antimony trioxide and it is compatible with polyolefins. This product serves various functions such as a catalyst, clarifier, and flame retardant in plastics and elastomers. It is also utilized in textile coatings and pigment applications within industrial additives.

Plastistrength® 550 NA is made from 2-butenedioic acid (2Z)-, polymer with chloroethene and ethenyl acetate, belongs to the acrylics, acrylates, and methacrylates chemical family. It functions as a processing aid in industrial applications. The product is TSCA listed (USA) and compliant with chemical inventories in AICS (Australia), DSL (Canada), IECSC (China), KECI (Korea), PICCS (Philippines), and is not listed under California Proposition 65.

Campine PVC 1706518SNA EX is a flame retardant and synergist, primarily used in resin manufacturing. Composed of antimony trioxide, it functions as a catalyst, clarifier, and flame retardant in plastics and elastomers. The product is also used in textile coatings and pigment applications within industrial additives.

OMYA SYNCARB® S160-HV 20% is a liquid filler and pigment used in industrial applications. It enhances opacity, texture, and stability, making it suitable for various formulations.

BYK-W 996 is a wetting and dispersing additive for filled unsaturated polyester systems and epoxy systems.

DISPERBYK® 190 BF is a VOC- and solvent-free wetting and dispersing additive for aqueous printing inks, coating systems, and adhesives. It serves as a standard additive for resin-free pigment concentrates and is suitable for all pigments. It is the biocide-free version of DISPERBYK® 190.

BYK-4509 is an adhesion promoter for solvent-borne and aqueous systems designed for application on metallic substrates.

Omya Syncarb® S180-NE 24% is a liquid product within the carbonates and calcium salts chemical families, with calcium carbonate as its key component. It is utilized as a filler in industrial additives, offering the advantages of a liquid form for efficient incorporation into various applications.

Omya Syncarb® S240-HV 20% is a suspension-based product from the carbonates and calcium salts chemical families, with calcium carbonate as its primary component. It functions as a filler in industrial additives, offering the advantages of suspension form for easy application in various processes.

BYK-1818 is a PFAS-free, silicone-containing defoamer for solvent-borne and solvent-free coating systems.

BYK-1797 is a silicone-containing, highly effective defoamer and air release agent for solvent-borne, high-solid, and solvent-free 100% UV printing inks, overprint varnishes, and PUR-based thermosets. It also serves as a process additive for thermoset resin systems and polishes, including Pickering emulsions.

BYK-347 is a silicone surfactant for aqueous coatings, printing inks, and overprint varnishes. It significantly reduces surface tension, improving substrate wetting without increasing surface slip. It is suitable for systems without co-solvents and offers excellent recoatability in thin layers, particularly in automotive coatings.

DISPERBYK® 161 is a wetting and dispersing additive for solvent-borne automotive and industrial coatings and pigment concentrates. It is particularly effective in stabilizing fine particle size carbon blacks and organic pigments, especially in two-pack PU and baking systems. It offers outstanding reduction of millbase viscosity.

BYK-Synergist 2100 is a pigment synergist for solvent-borne and solvent-free coating systems. It enhances the performance of polymeric wetting and dispersing additives, particularly in stabilizing pigments like phthalocyanine blue, phthalocyanine green, organic violet pigments, and carbon blacks. It provides good wetting properties and functions as a synergist to improve pigment dispersion. The product is in powder form and is used in both solventborne and solventless & high solids coatings.