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New plants. New product applications. New technical information and regulatory updates. There’s a lot new going on in the Versatics Business Unit of Hexion Specialty Chemicals. Versatic Inside will provide updates on what we’re doing to enhance capacity, assure supply and improve your utilization of our versatile and innovative monomers. Expect to see a new issue every quarter or so. If you’re not interested in receiving Versatic Inside, click here.
New Cardura™ Monomer Capacity Coming on Line in Asia
Hexion recently announced construction of a manufacturing plant in Onsan, Korea, to produce Cardura monomer. Cardura-containing resins are a high solid, low viscosity option for improving the appearance, hydrophobicity and durability of automotive clear coats, coil coatings, and plastic coatings. The Onsan investment will help Hexion meet current global demand and assure supply of this key ingredient for environmentally advanced coatings.
Read Hexion news release.
Learn more about Cardura.
Hexion to Produce VeoVa™ Monomer in ChinaIn March, Hexion signed a joint venture with Shanxi Sanwei Group Co., Ltd. to build a plant in China to significantly increase VeoVa monomer capacity. VeoVa monomer is a key building block ingredient used in water-based acrylic and vinyl coatings, redispersible powdered mortar admixtures and adhesives. It is known for adding alkali, water and UV resistance. The facility, which will increase global VeoVa capacity by 30 percent, is expected to be completed during the third quarter of 2011. |
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Hexion to Highlight Versatic Technology
for Paint and Resin Makers at American Coatings Show
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Ever more restrictive VOC regulations are placing challenges on coating formulators to maintain the performance of existing products while complying with new rules. In many cases, they’re turning to additives for answers. At ACS 2010, Hexion will showcase the advantages of polymerically building a wide range of properties into their coatings via Versatic monomers. Visit us at Booth #1542. |
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VeoCryl Versus Conventional Acrylic Coatings
Sometimes a picture tells a thousand words. VeoVa-containing acrylic binders are simply more water-repellant than standard acrylic emulsions… along with having lots of other high-performance properties.
View the video.
Read how VeoVa can upgrade the performance properties of acrylic coating systems.
Cardura Monomer: The Route to Low Viscosity, Low VOC Acrylic ResinsUsing Cardura monomer as a reactive solvent in the preparation of acrylic resins allows for reduced solvent and higher solid resins. Cardura monomer also produces lower viscosity acrylic resins because its bulky structure limits the chain interactions of hydrogen bonding. |
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Wood Stains Based on VeoVa/Acrylic Polymer Outperform Other Systems in CATAS Testing
Who says you have to sacrifice performance for compliance to stricter emission levels? Waterborne exterior wood stains and masonry paints that utilize VeoVa monomer deliver greater durability and resistance to weathering than traditional systems in recent EN 927-6 tests conducted by the CATAS Institute.
Read our technical article.
Download our brochure on VeoVa and wood stains.
Read more about CATAS.
First Versatic Derivatives Products Registered under REACH
Hexion’s Product Safety and Regulatory Compliance team is hard at work preparing and submitting REACH dossiers. As of today, we have already received registration numbers for VeoVa Monomer 10, VeoVa Monomer 9, Cardura Glycidyl Ester and Versatic Acid 5.
Find out more.