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road-marking paints featuring high abrasion resistance
andgreatdryingperformance,”Teruyadescribes.
BRASCHEMICAL
Braschemical will be exhibiting several products at
Abrafati 2015. “From our effect pigments business, we
havea lineoffluorescentpigments fromDayglo.TheAX
line forwaterborne systemsand theGT line for solvent-
-borne systems are the industry standard. The ECO line
offormaldehyde-freeandbisphenol-freepigments isthe
option formore stringent environmental requirements.
Other effects for special applications areofferedby the
phosphorescent pigments fromour NG line and the in-
visiblepigments fromourDINV line. FromourNacreium
line, we provide pearlescent pigments featuring high
weatheringresistance.Metalliceffectsareavailablefrom
ourCrystalMetallics line,goldeffect fromourGoldRush
line, and chameleoneffect fromour Prismatic line. Also
to be highlighted are the Chromicolor thermochromic
pigments, the Photopia photochromic pigments and
the hydrochromic pigments fromMatsui,” says sales
managerEduardoMota.
A great new addition toBraschemical’s portfolio is the
Expancel density-reducing agent from the WET line,
which improves logisticcosts,accordingtoMota.“From
ourrangeofperformanceadditives,weareemphasizing
the EversorbAQ lineof UV absorbers andHALS, which
are highly compatible with water-based systems, the
matting, texturing and soft-touch agents from Deute-
ron, the AMPS specialty monomers, the Antarol and
Foam Blast defoamers, and hydrocolloids for rheology
control. Ourmost important launches are thewetting,
dispersingand levelingagentsfromTilo.FromHuntsman,
we are highlighting special titanium dioxide grades that are
the industry standard in theprinting inkmarket: Sachtleben
RDISandSachtlebenRDO; andBlancFixeMicro, anexcellent
extendingoption for liquidandpowder coatings.”
BRASEQ
Braseq transfers quality control, product development and
process monitoring solutions, according to technical sales
director Adriano Scilla. “With quality international partner-
ships and a skilled technical team tohandle the appropriate
applicationequipment,weprovidetrainingtomeetourclients’
needs.Weprovide serviceswithin the frameworkof the ISO
17025:2005 qualitymanagement system and the full version
of theREMESP (short inPortuguese for SãoPauloStateMe-
trologicalNetwork).”
The company specializes ingloss and color, particledistribu-
tion,flowandsize,Zetapotential,viscosity,rheology,dynamic
surface tensionmeasurements,mechanical compressionand
tensiontests,coatingthicknessmeasurements,andwaterand
effluentparameters.
BRASKEM
Braskem, the largestthermoplasticresinproducer intheAme-
ricas,with36 industrial plants spreadover Brazil, theUnited
States andGermany, producesmore than 16million tons of
thermoplastic resins andother petrochemicals annually, and
hasfiveauthorizeddistributors. The company is stressing its
PolymersandBasicPetrochemicalsbusinessunits.
Abrafati 2015will beBraskem’s launchpad for new solvents,
including itsnew isoparaffin, a lighter, colorlessandodorless
hydrogenated hydrocarbon solvent, andHS-100, a new aro-
matic solvent containing nine carbon atoms that is heavier
andshowspotential forapplications inthepaintandcoatings
industry.Thecompany isalsounderlining itsAB10+
heavyaromatic solvent for shorterdrying times.
Braskem is alsoexhibitingdifferent polypropylene
paintpails,whichcanbedeveloped indifferentiated
shapes andwith functionalities like transparence,
boast excellent finish with in-mold label, and are
100-percent recyclable.
Braskemwants to sign long-term business part-
nerships with its customers and end users. The
company remarks that to achieve that, it makes
