Songwon Broadens its Scope, Launches New Coating Stabilizers
Songwon Broadens its Scope, Launches New Coating Stabilizers
Songwon Broadens its Scope, Launches New Coating Stabilizers
Songwon at K 2016 rolled out a new range of stabilizers for the coatings industry, which can be used on a diverse range of end-use applications, including on trains such as this. Photo courtesy of Songwon
Songwon at K 2016 rolled out a new range of stabilizers for the coatings industry, which can be used on a diverse range of end-use applications, including on trains such as this. Photo courtesy of Songwon
South Korea’s Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. is diversifying and moving beyond its role as the world’s second-largest producer of polymer stabilizers, to become more of a specialty chemicals supplier, CEO Maurizio Butti told journalists at its K 2016 press conference. The firm used the occasion to launch new ranges of coating stabilizers and functional monomers, and showcase its Songstomer™ thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) resins and SongXtend® long-term thermal stabilizers (LTTS). It also introduced its new logo, meant to better reflect its changing business model.
Additionally, Butti said his firm expanded the manufacturing capability for its “one-pack systems” — products that combine a variety of complex additives into an integrated, dust-free pellet form that can be custom formulated. Earlier this year Songwon opened a new OPS facility in Abu Dhabi with a production capacity of 7,000 tonnes per year, and in November 2016 it planned to bring on stream in Qingdao, China, a plant with the capacity to produce 2,000 tonnes per year of its Songnox One Pack Systems.
The firm also said it will open a new technical excellence center this coming January in Maeam, South Korea, where it operates the world’s largest, fully backward-integrated antioxidants plant.
At K, Songwon showcased a broad range of products that encompassed antioxidants, ultraviolet light absorbers (UVAs) and hindered amine light stabilizers (HALS), which are light-stabilizing additives for polyolefins. HALS effectively protect coatings against the negative effects of light and heat in wood substrates for furniture and flooring, as well as applications such as automotive, transport, decorative, architectural and many others.
Songnox® CS is the company’s diversified offering of antioxidants, which ranges from primary phenolics to secondary thioethers and phosphites. It developed the products to prevent thermal degradation in various manufacturing conditions, including high-temperature processing, curing and stoving.
Songwon’s UVA portfolio Songsorb® CS is a comprehensive range of UV stabilizers that spans from the traditional benzophenones to the benzotriazoles – known for their extensive utilization scope and also includes the most recent, high-performing triazine UV absorbers.
As for its new range of functional monomers, Butti noted they find use in all epoxy resins, epoxy resin composites and polycarbonate applications. The range includes dicyclopentadiene, bisphenol monomers and fluorine monomers. The firm said it also plans to expand further into specialty polyimide and acryclate monomers. www.songwon.com