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Paints & Inks

Business fields

Paints & Inks

Helping to reduce the load on our environment with color.


“Color” plays a role in brightening our lives. At present, paints and inks are required not only to add beauty, but also functionality. Kao makes a significant contribution to reducing the environmental impact of its products by offering a wide range of chemicals that meet the wide range of functions required in the paint and ink fields, and by developing chemicals that comply with environmental regulations.

Solvent Based Dispersant
/Anti-Static Agents

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Improving the dispersion of pigments in solvents helps to prevent color separation and maintain beautiful colors forever. It can also be used as an antistatic agent.

Environmentally friendly type ethyl acetate/IPA-based dispersants
HOMOGENOL L-28E

Toluene based dispersants
HOMOGENOL L-1820

Ketone based dispersants
HOMOGENOL L-18

Anti-static agents
HOMOGENOL L-95

Water based dispersants

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Improves pigment dispersion in water. It is effective for various dispersoids, such as organic and inorganic materials.

DEMOL series
DEMOL NL
DEMOL RN-L
DEMOL EP

POIZ series
POIZ 520
POIZ 521
POIZ 530

Emulsifiers

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Has excellent stability in the emulsification and emulsion of monomers, namely acrylic and vinyl acetate.

Non-reactive emulsifiers
LATEMUL E-118B
LATEMUL E-108MB
LATEMUL E-1000A

Reactive emulsifiers
LATEMUL PD-104 (anionic type)
LATEMUL PD-420 (nonionic type)
LATEMUL PD-430 (nonionic type)

Wetting and penetrating agents

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It reduces the interfacial tension of pigments and improves wettability and dispersion.

EMULGEN series
EMULGEN A-60
EMULGEN A-90
EMULGEN B-66
EMULGEN LS-110

Thickeners

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The viscosity of paint and ink can be adjusted by changing the amount added.

EMANON series
EMANON 3199VB
EMANON 3299VB
EMANON 3299RV

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