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Michelman

Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Ohio, USA, Michelman is a global developer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly advanced materials. Michelman’s products provide excellent gloss, flexibility, good elasticity, and outstanding water and alcohol resistance.

Michelman actively works towards innovating a sustainable future. New product development efforts include a significant focus on optimizing production to reduce their carbon footprint, eliminate substances of concern (SoCs), reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and transition to the use of more sustainable raw materials. Their product portfolio consists of additives like waxes, water repellents, mar resistance agents, lubricants, flow agents, anti-blocking agents, and resins like polyolefins, acrylics, ethylene co-terpolymers, and polyamides.

Key brands of Michelman include:
  • Michem® range of waxes, scratch resistance agents, and anti-blocking agents
  • ProHere® range of waterborne polymer dispersions and emulsions
  • Licomer® range of water-based polymer dispersions and wax emulsions
  • NatureShield® range of bio-based surface modifiers

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Description
Polyolefin-acrylic hybrid dispersion (waterborne). Provides excellent water resistance, corrosion resistance, chemical resistance and adhesion. Compatible with acids, solvents and metallic... view more
Applications
  • Coatings
  • Coatings Markets>Marine /Anti-Corrosive / Protective
  • Coatings Markets>Metals>Primers
Solvent dispersion of paraffin wax. Wax Dispersion 40 acts as a water repellent aid and also has some slip and release properties in solvent applications. It is used in formulations for deck... view more
Applications
  • Coatings
  • Coatings Markets>Architectural / Decorative
  • Coatings Markets>General Industrial /Maintenance
Michem® Lube 723 by Michelman is a non-ionic, low viscosity paraffin emulsion. Provides excellent water repellency and block resistance. It is suitable for coatings, paint formulations, inks and... view more
Applications
  • Coatings
  • Inks
  • Inks>Varnishes / Over print varnish
  • Coatings Markets>Wood & Furniture Coatings
Michem® Emulsion 98040M1 by Michelman is a fischer-tropsch emulsion. It is used to provide superior slip, abrasion resistance and antiblock properties in paint, varnish, and wood applications. It... view more
Applications
  • Coatings
  • Inks
  • Inks>Varnishes / Over print varnish
  • Coatings Markets>Wood & Furniture Coatings
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Michem® Lube 743 by Michelman is a paraffin wax emulsion. Exhibits water-, block-and mar resistance. Offers increased water resistance to inks and overprint varnishes. Michem® Lube 743 is suitable... view more
Applications
  • Coatings>Waterborne
  • Inks
  • Inks>Varnishes / Over print varnish
  • Coatings Markets>Wood & Furniture Coatings
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