Creating Value in a World of Paper

Clariant to present functional chemicals for paper at Zellcheming Expo 2011 from June 28 to 30, 2011, in Wiesbaden in Hall 3, Booth 318

Muttenz, 23 May 2011 – Clariant presents new optical brightening agent Leucophor® XL at Zellcheming Expo 2011 (Booth 318, Hall 3) as part of the product’s global market launch. The novel tinted optical brightening agent for surface application gives a truer white and less red cast, providing high-white grades of paper with less OBA and accordingly less cost. The innovation is an excellent combination of cost-optimization and performance.

A further highlight at Zellcheming is Cartaspers® PSM, which reduces stickies and pitch on sieves and felts by passivation and thereby increases running time. At the same time exposure of both factory staff and the environment to volatile organic compounds is reduced. In acknowledgement of this, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Pollution Prevention Recognition Award to Cartaspers PSM.

The rapid boom in 2010 brought about shortage and an increase in price for energy, raw materials and intermediary products. This development is still ongoing and presents a great challenge to each link in the supply chain. Clariant sees its role as a supplier of specialty chemicals within this environment as being to provide customers with cost-effective solutions to enhance their products and processes. Higher cost pressure need not lead to quality limitations for paper and cardboard. In line with this Clariant will also present the product groups Cartabond®, Cartacol®, Cartacoat®, Cartafix®, Cartafluor® and Cartaseal®.

With the product groups Carta®, Cartasol®, Diresul®, Cartaren®, Flexonyl® Clariant presents colorants and pigments for nuancing white and highly white paper as well as for mass-coloring paper and surfaces to suit all demands, for every chromaticity coordinate and in any tinting strength.

 Cartabond® crosslinker for better moisture resistance of paper coating.

 Cartabond® surface strength improvers also increase drainage and save energy in paper production.

 Cartacol® surface treatment chemicals improve printability, and paper- and print gloss.

 The synthetic emulsion polymers for special papers, Cartacoat®, improve rheology for coating colors.

 Cartafix® provides better fixation of dyestuffs, improved retention as well as control of interfering substances.

 Cartafluor® fluorochemical grease barriers for high barrier demands.

 The barrier chemicals Cartaseal® can be used for a variety of purposes such as anti-slip coating, water and water vapor barriers, and temperature resistance.