Clariant, the world's leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals, will be unveiled at ChinaCoat with new additive solutions designed to meet the specific needs of the Asian coatings market.
Safety, UV protection and better environmental compatibility are of special significance to China. The newly launched solutions start from these aspects, helping China to achieve sustained and vigorous development in construction, infrastructure and maritime engineering. Last year, China built 84 skyscrapers over 200 meters high, and plans to build 66 new civil airports in the mainland within five years. In addition, the size of China's merchant shipping fleet has nearly tripled in the past three years. As the world's second largest economy, China attaches great importance to the construction industry and aims to ensure the safety and sustainability of buildings and cities.
"Our new innovations will enable companies involved in formula design to keep up with the continued shift from solvent-based coatings to more environmentally friendly and low-emission coatings," said Stephan Lynen, director of Clariant's Additives business unit. The new product can be used for water-based and powder coatings, as well as for various substrates indoors and outdoors. But we also realize and agree that in all cases, it is still impossible to completely escape from solvent-based coatings, so we continue to develop additives To improve these systems. "
The light stabilizer Hostavin® TB-03 is a typical example of Clariant's latest innovations. This product does not contain toluene and xylene, and has the high-performance synergistic effect of UV absorber and free radical scavenger, suitable for aqueous and solvent-based systems. Hostavin 3070 P and Hostavin 3070 Disp, two new light stabilizers, are currently used in solvent-based and water-based systems as replacements for traditional hindered amine light stabilizers.
Hostavin 3070 Disp has received Clariant's EcoTain® label certification for outstanding sustainability and best-in-class performance. This label is used to identify Clariant products with the best sustainability and superior performance.
New innovations can bring sustainable benefits to customers producing powder coatings and intumescent fire-resistant coatings. AddWorks® IBC 251 can improve the triboelectric charge effect, reduce the unnecessary paint mist of powder coating materials, and improve the thermal stability during baking. Exolit® AP 428 is a new flame retardant based on ammonium polyphosphate, which can greatly simplify the production process of water-based intumescent fire retardant coatings; the product can also be used in textile and plastic applications.
Exolit_ AP flame retardant series is based on ammonium polyphosphate and has become the industry standard for intumescent coating formulations
Clariant will also introduce several new Ceridust® wax-based additives for wood and powder coating systems. For example, Ceridust TP 2740 is a mixture of water-soluble and solvent-based systems in response to market trends for higher-definition coatings, while Ceridust 9322 F TP is a This product can provide high scratch resistance for solvent-based coatings, and at the same time bring a smooth surface feel; this product can also be used in powder coatings, which can greatly reduce surface friction and improve scratch resistance and scratch resistance.
Clariant announced earlier this year that two new additive facilities at Zhenjiang's existing base will be commissioned in the second half of next year. “These facilities allow us to provide innovative high-end solutions that meet the specific needs of the local coatings, inks and plastics markets and accelerate response times,” said Lu Ning. In addition to exhibiting new products at ChinaCoat, the locally produced product portfolio also includes Several important additives from Clariant's existing portfolio, these products already have a place in the Chinese and even Asian markets.