Paints, Coatings & Pigments
Dai-ichi offers a comprehensive portfolio of specialty chemicals tailored for the paint manufacturing industry, helping to enhance the performance of various market offerings. Our customized nonionic and anionic surfactants are specifically designed to serve as specialty additives during both mill base production and emulsion polymerization. These surfactants play a crucial role in improving the water-borne latex used in paints, adhesives, textile printing, lamination, and inks. They effectively reduce pigment load and batch cycle time, particularly during mill base production. Our products add significant value to paints by increasing color acceptance, enhancing hiding power, reducing particle size, and improving scrub resistance.
Emulsifiers for Emulsion Polymerization
Dai-ichi offers a diverse range of nonionic and anionic surfactants, including both APEO-based and APEO-free options. Our nonionic surfactants are available in various forms, including those made from ethoxylated fatty and synthetic alcohols. We also provide anionic surfactants, with choices ranging from APEO-based types derived from sulfated and phosphated compounds to APEO-free alternatives based on sulfates, sulfonates, phosphate esters, and sulfosuccinates. This comprehensive selection is designed to meet the needs of various industrial applications.
These surfactants serve as primary emulsifiers in emulsion polymerization processes, playing a crucial role in stabilizing synthetic lattices. They are widely used in systems involving vinyl acetate, vinyl acetate-acrylates, acrylics, styrene-acrylics, and styrene-butadiene. The applications for these surfactants extend across a variety of industries, including paints, adhesives, coatings, binders, and construction chemicals, providing essential stability and performance enhancement in these products.
These surfactants serve as primary emulsifiers in emulsion polymerization processes, playing a crucial role in stabilizing synthetic lattices. They are widely used in systems involving vinyl acetate, vinyl acetate-acrylates, acrylics, styrene-acrylics, and styrene-butadiene. The applications for these surfactants extend across a variety of industries, including paints, adhesives, coatings, binders, and construction chemicals, providing essential stability and performance enhancement in these products.
Wetting Agents
Dai-ichi provides a wide range of nonionic surfactants, each tailored to meet the needs of various industrial applications.
These surfactants are formulated from different types of ethoxylates, including those derived from alkyl phenols, natural fatty alcohols, synthetic alcohols, and block copolymers. Each formulation is designed to deliver optimal performance in specific uses.
Our nonionic surfactants are known for their excellent wetting properties, which help reduce surface tension and improve the dispersion of pigments in emulsion paints. They also enhance color acceptance, promote uniform wetting of hydrophobic surfaces, and improve the storage stability of formulations. In addition, these surfactants are biodegradable and can be used both during and after the emulsification process to achieve the desired results.
These surfactants are formulated from different types of ethoxylates, including those derived from alkyl phenols, natural fatty alcohols, synthetic alcohols, and block copolymers. Each formulation is designed to deliver optimal performance in specific uses.
Our nonionic surfactants are known for their excellent wetting properties, which help reduce surface tension and improve the dispersion of pigments in emulsion paints. They also enhance color acceptance, promote uniform wetting of hydrophobic surfaces, and improve the storage stability of formulations. In addition, these surfactants are biodegradable and can be used both during and after the emulsification process to achieve the desired results.
Acrylic Copolymers
Hydrophobically modified alkali swellable thickeners are used to instantly thicken various formulations, including paint formulations, latex emulsions, pigment emulsions, and textile printing pastes. These thickeners are effective in enhancing the viscosity of different systems, and they require neutralization to a pH above 7.5 for optimal performance.
Antifoams
Non-silicone antifoams based on alkoxylates are efficient foam control agents specifically designed for aqueous systems. These antifoams are formulated using low HLB surfactants and block copolymers, providing effective foam reduction and control in a variety of industrial applications.
Surfactants for Pigment Purification
Our surfactants, based on various alkoxylates and their blends, are specifically designed for use in pigment powder manufacturing. They are used to process crude pigment slurry through purification, making them suitable for producing pigment yellow, pigment blue, pigment green, and other pigments. These surfactants play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and consistency of the final pigment products, facilitating efficient purification and enhancing the overall manufacturing process.
Dispersing Agents for Pigment Pastes
Our dispersing agents, formulated from various alkoxylates and their blends, offer enhanced grinding efficiency. These agents are ideal for the manufacture of pigment pastes and emulsions, whether based on organic or inorganic pigments. They play a crucial role in improving the consistency and quality of the final pigment products, ensuring optimal performance in various applications.
