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Mowilith Emulsions
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Mowilith Emulsions

Welcome to the World of Emulsions

Market Segments

Paints and Coatings

Construction

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Adhesives

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Specialties

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Textile, Leather and Paper

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Our Commitment to the Environment

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Mowilith Emulsions, a Leader

in Performance and Innovation

Why choose Clariant

Mowilith Emulsions?
The reasons are many, so
you can choose the one
that makes the difference
to your products market
performance. Literally
thousands of satisfied
customers have been
witness to the outstanding
success of Clariants
Mowilith Emulsions since
its first patent was obtained

in 1912. This tradition

remains Clariants driving
force for the future, thanks
to continuous investment in
research and development
to provide state-of-the-art,
environmentally responsible
and sustainable product
options. Waterbased and
tailor made for your needs,
Mowilith Emulsions
can greatly contribute
to successful product

formulations and offer

competitive advantages
in a variety of industries.
The world of emulsions is
extremely wide: the paints
and coatings, construction,
adhesives, textile, leather
and paper industries
are some which greatly
benefit from their use.

Welcome to the World

of Emulsions

Thanks to our commitment

Headquartered in Brazil,

to innovation in polymer

Sao Paulo, we are a Global

emulsions and our technical

Business Unit with production

expertise in application

facilities and operations in

and development, Clariant

more than 12 countries. Our

has supplied industries and

local expertise around the

consumers worldwide for

world is market orientated

more than 90 years with

to respond to your needs.

tailor-made solutions and

sustainable answers.

Discover below how our

remarkable technologies
in emulsions for paints and
coatings, construction,

Mexico
Santa Clara

Venezuela

adhesives, textiles, leather

Maracay

and paper can also help you to

achieve value-added effects
to your final products.

Brazil
So Paulo
Suzano

Chile
Maipu

Argentina
Zarate

FOCUS ON THE CUSTOMER IN OUR APPLICATION LABORATORIES

We continuously strive to achieve innovative solutions
for our customers with our wide range of copolymer and
terpolymer emulsions, using our local expertise along with
our global network and its intensive exchange of know-how.
Our local application laboratories work together with our
global Research and Development Department to provide
a quick response to the market and customer needs.

RESEARCH AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Clariants global emulsions Research & Development facilities
are located in Suzano, Brazil, and are part of Clariants global
Research & Development organization, with several sites
in Europe. We are a world leader in the field of specialty
chemicals and provide global solutions for our customers.

Headquarters
Production Site
Global R&D

Turkey

China

Gebze

Morocco

Egypt

Casablanca

Ameriya

Tianjin

Pakistan
Jamshoro

Thailand

India

Bangpoo

Roha

Indonesia
Cilegon

South Africa
Chamdor

MONOMER SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Our products and services are based on specialty chemicals
which play a crucial role in our customers manufacturing and
processing operations and give their finished products new,
value-enhancing properties. We employ a wide range of monomer
systems for our copolymer and terpolymer emulsions. In this way
we are able to respond equally directly to our customers needs
and the different market requirements in the regions worldwide.
The major monomer systems used are Polyvinylacetate (PVA),
Vinylacrylate (VAC), VeoVaTM Copolymers and Terpolymers,
Acrylates, Styrene-Acrylates and other specialties .

Market Segments

PAINTS AND COATINGS

Clariant is one of the most experienced
suppliers of Polymer Emulsion technology for
waterborne coatings and paints in the world.
With our brand Mowilith we have been an
active leader for decades and understand the
market needs for interior and exterior paints,
high and semi-gloss paints, metal coating,
decorative paints, road marking paints,
wood varnishes and industrial paints.

CONSTRUCTION
Our commitment to technology development for
the construction industry has brought constant
innovations for industrial flooring, primers,
mortar modification, paste tile adhesives,
elastic sealants, elastomeric wall coatings,
waterproofing, joint fillers, roofing, wall
insulation systems and soil consolidation.

ADHESIVES
The Mowilith product line and Mowicoll for
our ready-to-use adhesives are the perfect
choice for wood glues, finger joints, paper and
packaging applications, lamination, pressure
sensitive adhesives, flooring, industrial adhesives,
book binding and adhesives for textiles.

TEXTILE, LEATHER AND PAPER

Water-based dispersions are used in textiles, clothing,
non-wovens and technical textiles as a binder or
coating to obtain properties such as dimensional
stability, durability, wash resistance or as a handle
modifier. Leather fiber, insoles, bags, belts, lacquers
and coatings are typical of the leather industry.
Coating binders for labels, barrier coatings for paper,
board and packaging represent the paper industry.

SPECIALTIES
High performance products, application expertise
and Research & Development services for special
market niches are offered by Clariant Mowilith
Emulsions to enhance value to our customers
end products. Nanotechnology and two-stage
polymerisation are in our daily projects.

Paints and Coatings

Clariants Mowilith Emulsions
are still a proven choice in paints
and coatings. Whether for interior
or exterior paints, coatings, wood
lacquers, varnishes, or decorative
applications, you will find stateof-the-art and environmentally
friendly products in our range.
We have an ongoing commitment
to optimise processes and give
you technical assistance to
improve your final product.

For decades Mowilith Emulsions

have presented high performance
in the paint industry. Our binder
technology and know-how guarantee
our customers advantages and
improved quality in many applications.
For interior paints, for example, we
set new standards in solvent- and
plasticizer-free formulations, low-VOC
is a high priority in our developments.
For exterior paints, we apply
advanced technology for acrylic
dispersions to improve specific
properties like exterior durability,
water resistance, UV and blocking
resistance. With our know-how in
polymerisation, we offer copolymers

and terpolymers of Vinylacetate

VeoVa dispersions to achieve
unequalled performance in terms of
alkali, abrasion and UV resistance and
improved pigment binding power.
Our global approach permits us
to constantly provide ideas to our
customers for the development of
special products, like our readyto-use range and their high quality
effects in decorative paints.
Just ask us for a solution and we
will provide you with a ready made
response to meet your requirement.

MowilithEmulsions for
Paints and Coatings
INDUSTRIAL

INTERIOR PAINTS

With our emulsions we are

For decades our Mowilith

making a contribution to

Emulsions have been

protect our environment.

demonstrating high performance

Our dispersions for

and set new standards in

industrial coatings exhibit

use and are state-of-the-art

high performance.

in environmental terms.

EXTERIOR PAINTS

WOOD

Our know-how in applications

Our range of acrylic Emulsions

together with our knowledge

for wood varnishes for furniture,

of binder technology guarantee

parquet floors and exterior uses

our customers the latest

provide properties like high

products with outstanding

gloss and blocking resistance,

properties and high quality.

abrasion and water resistance.

Applications

Our range offers

Interior paints

APEO-free products

Exterior paints

Low-VOC

High and semi gloss

Eco-Friendly products

paints

Waterbased emulsions

Metal coatings

Solvent-free

Texture and plasters

Ready-to-use

Decorative paints

Nanodispersions

Road marking paints

Low-Formaldehyde

Roof coatings
Primers
Deep Shade paints
Intumescent paints

Construction
Clariant strives to be the preferred
partner and solutions provider in the
construction industry. We have an
ongoing commitment to technology
development and support our
customers with regional technical
expertise, providing high quality for
their end products. Our product line
includes binders to modify cement
systems as well as emulsions for
formulating building products and
elastomeric coating compounds.

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Clariants worldwide experience in

the construction area enables us
to offer new concepts in specific
markets, such as micro-floor coating
and industrial flooring. In roof coating
and elastomeric wall coatings our
Mowilith range offers high elasticity,
weatherability, good adhesion and
a high degree of waterproofing.
Concrete modified with Mowilith
Emulsions brings a further
improvement in floors, buildings
and underground structures,
insulation walls, elastic joint fillers,
underground tunnels, runways
and railways. Building products
formulated with Mowilith have

higher compression resistance and

tensile strength, and concrete is more
flexible, therefore more resistant
to weight. Developments based on
nanodispersions with extremely
small particles for penetrating
primers are appropriate for wood
and concrete substrates with a good
setting performance, high alkali
resistance and impermeability.
Clariant Mowilith emulsions
deliver more than products to
the construction industry: we
provide technical support and
give you tailor-made solutions
for your specific application.

Mowilith Emulsions
for Construction
CONCRETE ADDITIVES

INDUSTRIAL AND

Mortar and concrete can

DECORATIVE FLOORS

become more impermeable

and durable with our Mowilith

Mowilith Emulsions are used

to improve the performance

Emulsions, improving the

of all cement based-systems.

bonding and compressive

We offer new concepts for

strength and flexural properties.

industrial and decorative floors.

PRIMERS

ELASTIC COMPOUNDS

A wide experience in the area

Elastic sealants, wall or roof-

of penetrating primers with

coatings based on Mowilith

extremely small particles is

building emulsions are

reflected in our products for

characterised by good adhesion,

wood and concrete substrates.

elasticity and durability.

Applications

Our range offers

Industrial flooring

APEO-free products

Primers

Waterbased emulsions

Mortar modification

Solvent-free

Paste tile adhesives

Ready-to-use

Elastic sealants

Nanodispersions

Elastomeric Wall

Tailor-made solutions

Coatings (EWC)

Special additives

Waterproofing
Joint fillers
Roofing
Wall insulation systems
Soil consolidation

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Adhesives
Clariant is the perfect partner
for the adhesives industry. Our
Mowilith environmentally friendly
waterbased emulsions comprises
a wide range of products which
offer high performance for all
types of adhesives, such as wood
glues, paper and packaging
applications, as well as lamination
and industrial adhesives.

Adhesives made with Clariant

Mowilith Emulsions are
characterised by an excellent
adhesion to a wide variety of
substrates offering high strength
after setting. Depending on the
application, they may present
good water resistance, or
inversely, re-emulsification.
For many requirements, waterbased
wood glues, for instance, also need
to form a waterproof film. This is
where Mowilith as a one-pack or
two-pack formulation can provide
the answer and enable adhesives
to meet the requirements of DIN
EN 204 for D3 and D4. In the area

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of adhesives for the paper and

packaging industry, waterbased
emulsions are highly suitable for an
extremely wide range of applications.
Besides packaging manufacture
and sealing, they are widely used
in adhesives for book binding,
for laminating printed sheets,
winding paper tubes and various
other applications in the flexible
packaging and printing industry.

Mowilith Emulsions
for Adhesives
PAPER AND PACKAGING

BOOK BINDING AND

In the area of adhesives,

LAMINATION

waterbased emulsions are

Apart from the manufacture and

suitable for an extremely wide

sealing of packaging, Mowilith

range of applications, like

Emulsions are used for book

winding paper tubes, scholar

binding and applications in

glues and corrugated board.

the lamination industry.

WOOD ADHESIVES

INDUSTRIAL ADHESIVES

For many applications,

AND PSA

waterbased wood glues also

Clariant offers a wide range of

need to meet requirements

adhesives including industrial

like DIN EN 204 for D3 and

adhesives and Pressure

D4. Mowilith Emulsions for

Sensitive Adhesives (PSA)

wood adhesives as a one-

to meet such properties

pack or two-pack formulation

as high cohesion, adhesion

meet these requirements.

or high speed setting.

Applications

Our range offers

Wood adhesives

APEO-free products

Paper

Eco-Friendly products

Packaging

Tailor-made solutions

Scholar

Water resistance

Lamination

Solvent-free

Pressure Sensitive

Ready-to-use

Adhesives (PSA)
Floor
Industrial adhesives
Book binding
Finger joints
Adhesives for textiles

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Specialties
Under specialties Clariant offers high
technology products, application
know-how and Research &
Development services for specific
niche markets which play a crucial
role in our customers manufacturing
and processing operations, giving
their finished products new
value-enhanced properties.

Take a look in our portfolio and you

will find state-of-the-art emulsions
for primers with a nanoparticles that
guarantee good penetration in wood
and concrete substrates. On the other
hand our experience in one-stage and
two-stage polymerisation like CoreShell technology, brings you closer to
previously undiscovered and attractive
opportunities, such as special
coatings for outdoors, or high abrasion
resistance for parquet lacquers.
We have a wide range of products
for the carpet industry, anti-dust
and ground protection, road marking
paints, insulating systems and other

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special coatings for the cheese,

food, textile, paper and leather.
With these specialty innovative
products we enable our customers
to participate in new niche markets
with enhanced performance.
Keep in touch with our experts
so we can grow together in this
valuable world of emulsions.

Mowilith Emulsions for

Special Applications
Applications

Technologies

ANTI-DUST, SOIL AND

APEO-FREE
Meeting todays ecological

GROUND PROTECTION

challenges, our Mowilith

Clariant offers a range of

range of products are all

products for anti-dust,

waterbased and solvent-free.

ground protection and

In our portfolio you can find

soil consolidation.

APEO-free (free of Alkyl phenol

ethoxylates) dispersions
CORE-SHELL

AGRICULTURE

Mowilith Emulsions produced

For protecting the seedling,

on a two stage polymerisation

a polymer solution is applied

process have special properties

during germination and early

like high blocking resistance,

growth, and to facilitate

good out-door behaviour and

plantability seeds can also be

excellent UV resistance.

treated with a speciality coating.

NANOTECHNOLOGY

FOOD

For high performance

Mowilith Dispersions have long

applications, Clariant is able to

been proven in the use of diverse

offer Nanotechnology in many

hard cheese coating varieties.

sectors, in textile, coatings and

An aqueous vinyl acetate

industrial applications using

dibutyl maleate dispersion

nano emulsions and additives to

can be used in this coating.

improve performance.
LOW-EMISSION

CARPETS

We are proactively committed

Clariant offers a wide range

to considering environmental

of Emulsions for the back

protection and safety in all

coating of all kind of carpets.

of our R&D activities.

Clariant contributes to
environmental protection
with an effective Dispersion
with low-VOC properties.

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Textile, Leather and Paper

Clariant Emulsions perform important
tasks in the textile, leather and
paper industries. In textiles, for
example, they guarantee wash
fastness, modify the handle from
soft to hard or give dimensional
stability. In leather they help in the
dye fixation and can be applied as a
coating to increase properties like
brightness, handle and flexibility. In
paper they are present in the printing,
coating, binding and lamination.

Lets take a closer look at the

textile industry. Garments require
wash fastness and firm handling
properties, dimensional stability or
water resistance. Our emulsions are
present in outdoor coatings, home
textiles, vertical blinds, blackout ,
sports articles, protective clothing,
work wear and all kinds of technical
textiles. For the Denim coating,
the use of Dispersions can modify
the handle, the visual effects or
increase the wash resistance.
For the back coating of nonwoven
carpets, tufted carpets and synthetic
grass providing long term durability
and protection. We have the right

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dispersion for the manufacturing

of fashion garments, military and
protective clothes or for the complete
construction of sport shoes.
Moving on to the leather industry,
emulsions with different properties
may be used in the manufacture of
leather fiber according to where the
end product will be used: insoles,
ground contact soles, belts or bags.
The uses of emulsions in the
paper industry include coating
for cartons and special papers,
the finishing of filter papers and
decorative, corrugated, wallpaper
and packaging applications.

TEXTILE CHEMICALS
Clariants Business Unit Textile
Chemicals provides special
chemicals for pretreatment,

Applications

Applications

Handle Modifier

Paper and board

Lamination

coatings

Non-wovens, wadding,

Barrier Coatings

interlining

Wall decoration paper

Mattress thicking

Inkjet paper

Carpets
Glass grid, glass wall
covering
Outdoor coatings,

PAPER SPECIALTIES
Business Unit Paper Specialties
provides expertise in the

Banners
Labels
Tea bags material

management of whiteness,

dyeing, printing and finishing of

awnings, tents

textiles. Their product packages

Back coatings,

strength for all kinds of paper.

enhance the properties of

upholstery

The Dispersions Cartaseal ,

apparel and other textiles in

Vertical blinds,

Cartacoat and Cartacol are

applications as diverse as

black-out

used in many applications such

high fashion, home textiles

Industrial filters,

as barriers, coatings, laminates

and special technical textiles,

filters for automotive

and other specialities.

coloration, special coatings and

including a wide range of

synthetic dispersions under
the brand name of Appretan .

Applications
Leather fiber (LEFA)
Insoles
Belts
Bags
Book binders
LEATHER SERVICES
Business Unit Leather Services

Laquers
Coatings

is a leading supplier of leather

chemicals and services
offering chemical and technical
solutions for the complete
leather manufacturing process.
With the product range they
provide environmentally-friendly
value-added solutions for
specific needs. You can also
find Acrylic and Polyurethane
Dispersions with the brand
name Melio for finishing
and coating applications.

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Our Commitment to
the Environment
Sustainability and

Meeting todays ecological

friendly products, such

Volatile Organic Compounds

environmental considerations

challenges Clariant offers

as all our waterbased

(VOC) could be hazardous and

are becoming increasingly

sustainable products,

Mowilith emulsions, free of

contribute to the depletion of

important for consumers

solutions and processes and

plasticizers and solvents.

the earths ozone layer (EU

and producers. For Clariant

participates actively in voluntary

Emulsion Business these

programs such as the Global

APEO (Alkyl Phenol Ethoxylates)

EUA, Canada, Japan , Korea

considerations have been

Charter Responsible Care

and specially Nonyl Phenol

and Malaysia are countries

incorporated in daily practice

and Global Product Strategy

ethoxylates are considered

with VOC regulations. One of

offering intelligent chemistry.

(GPS) initiatives, which are

to be very toxic for aquatic

the requirements for low-

focused on the continuous

life. In many countries these

VOC paints is a very good film

improvement of our performance

emulsifiers / surfactants

formation in paints without

in the critical areas of health,

are no longer allowed. In

solvents or plasticizers

safety and environment.

our portfolio you can find

even at low temperatures

APEO-free dispersions.

(e.g. +5 C). Clariant have

Directive 2004 / 42 / EC). Europe,

developed a dispersion

At the core of these initiatives

is the development of enhanced

The Ultra-Low Formaldehyde

appropriate for low-VOC to

safety and environmentally

Concept for textile emulsions

meet the increasing demand

has been developed to follow the

for an ecologically responsible

ecological necessity to reduce

corporate commitment.

Formaldehyde content, meeting

the requirements of Oekotex ,

Together with our customers

Euro Ecolabel and other related

Clariant experts optimise

standards. Appretan E-Serie

processes with regards to water

dispersions for textile, non-

and energy consumption, waste

wovens and coatings fulfill the

and costs. All these efforts

requirements of non-detectable

result in reliable, state-of-the-

free formaldehyde = < 20 ppm

art products and solutions.

on the substrate according

to Japanese Law 112.

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Clariant Exactly your chemistry

We are a world leader in the

Headquartered in Muttenz

our responsibilities to the

field of specialty chemicals.

near Basel, Switzerland, we

environment, the communities

Our products enhance every

generated sales of nearly

in which we operate, and our

aspect of modern life by

CHF 7 billion in 2009. We

employees. Our innovative

providing color and a vast

are represented by more

technologies provide

array of functional effects. Our

than 100 group companies,

environmentally friendly

outstanding application know-

employing approximately

solutions for products used in

how, world-class research and

17,500 people globally.

applications ranging from

face creams and cleaning

manufacturing capabilities
make us a preferred partner,

Clariant has ten Business Units:

fluids to the production of

wherever our customers are.

Additives; Detergents &

textiles and leather.

Intermediates; Emulsions;
Industrial & Consumer

Our world-class solutions

Specialties; Leather Services;

add value to our customers

Masterbatches; Oil & Mining

products. Our success is

Services; Paper Specialties;

based on the know-how of

Pigments; and Textile Chemicals.

our people and their ability to

develop innovative and efficient

We are committed to

solutions to meet our

sustainable growth, which

customers needs.

means we are serious about

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