Ashland Demonstrates High Performance Green Coatings

In order to meet the growing demand for environmentally friendly products in the Chinese market, on September 28th, Ashland Translong Functional Materials under the Ashland Group of the United States exhibited a series of natural materials at the 2010 China International Coatings Exhibition. Or high-performance products with renewable raw materials.

Ashland’s flagship brand products in the paints and coatings industry include Natrosol Hydroxyethyl Cellulose, Aquaflow Synthetic Thickeners, Drewplus and Advantage Antifoams, Dextrol and Strodex Phosphate Surfactants. Among them, hydroxyethyl cellulose is a cellulose polymer used in various industrial products and consumer goods additives, including latex paint, paper, paint and shampoo, bath lotion and other personal care products.

Ashland Translong Functional Materials is a global leader in the production of cellulose ethers, producing specialty additives and functional materials that can be used to change and control the physical properties of aqueous and non-aqueous systems, and are widely used in paints and coatings. , construction, food, personal care, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas field production, and special industrial products. Many sub-Telong products come from renewable natural raw materials.

Scott Dautel, global market manager for Ashland Translong Functional Coating Additives, said that before the end of this year, Ashland's Natrosol Hydroxyethyl Cellulose production facility to be built in China will be put into production. This world-class factory is located in Nanjing Chemical Industry Park, and is the fourth hydroxyethyl cellulose production base in North America and the Netherlands after Ashland. With the launch of the new plant in Nanjing, Ashland will provide better services to customers in the rapidly expanding China and Asia Pacific markets through localized production. According to reports, this investment also covers the construction of product application laboratories and training facilities.