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Cognis Corporation.


HEADQUARTERS:

Cognis Corporation 300 Brookside Avenue Ambler, PA 19002-3489 Tel: 215-628-1000 Web site: www.cognis.com

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

Cognis is a worldwide supplier of innovative specialty chemicals A Specialty chemical is a chemical produced for a specialized use. They are produced in lower volume than bulk chemicals, of which petrochemicals, made from oil feedstocks, are the most common. However, both are produced in a chemical plant.  and nutritional ingredients with almost 9100 employees worldwide.

Cognis develops complete solutions for the paints and varnish varnish, homogeneous solution of gum or of natural or synthetic resins in oil (oil varnish) or in a volatile solvent (spirit varnish), which dries on exposure to air, forming a thin, hard, usually glossy film.  industries globally, for both water-based and non-water based sectors. Wherever surfaces are protected and embellished by any type of coating--there is Cognis know-how.

Cognis is committed to improving the cost performance of coatings through new technology. We are also committed to providing the best technical service in the industry.

MARKETS SERVED:

We offer a broad range of solutions for your coating challenges for the architectural, civil engineering, automotive, industrial and wood markets. We conduct business in over 100 countries, have production or service centers in nearly fifty countries and provide the same high level of service all over the world.

TECHNOLOGIES:

Our FOAMSTAR[R] defoamers represent a major breakthrough in technology--offering superior performance, reduced formulator costs and enhanced coating properties. Cognis is a full line supplier of FOAMASTER[R] mineral oil based and DEHYDRAN[R] silicone-based defoamers.

PHOTOMER[R] products and additives provide unique benefits to every UV/EB coating application. Photomer[R] 6891 and Photomer[R] 6210 are urethane urethane (yoor´ithān´),
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 acrylates that provide outstanding weatherability and adhesion while maintaining good mechanical properties on multiple substrates. Cognis DSX DSX Digital Cross Connect
DSX Digital Signal Cross-Connect
DSX Data Service Cross-connect
DSX Digital Signal Level X
[R] associative thickeners enable solvent-based performance from water-based coatings. DSX[R] 3075 is 30% more efficient than competitive thickeners in building ICI (language) ICI - An extensible, interpretated language by Tim Long with syntax similar to C. ICI adds high-level garbage-collected associative data structures, exception handling, sets, regular expressions, and dynamic arrays.  viscosity while maintaining good flow and leveling and sag resistance.

Our G-CURE[R] acrylic polyols are chemical building blocks for producing high-performance, high-solids, two component polyurethane top coats, as well as industrial thermoset A polymer-based liquid or powder that becomes solid when heated, placed under pressure, treated with a chemical or via radiation. The curing process creates a chemical bond that, unlike a thermoplastic, prevents the material from being remelted. See thermoplastic.  baking enamels and finishes. Cognis is one of the world's largest suppliers of epoxy epoxy

Any of a class of thermosetting polymers, polyethers built up from monomers with an ether group that takes the form of a three-membered epoxide ring. The familiar two-part epoxy adhesives consist of a resin with epoxide rings at the ends of its molecules and a curing
 curing agents composed of three main product groups: VERSAMID[R], GENAMID[R], and VERSAMINE[R] for use in industrial, civil engineering, and adhesive applications.

TECHNICAL SERVICES:

For technical and product related questions about our products and services, or to request literature of samples, please contact our global technical support team at 1-800-445-2207.

MAJOR PRODUCTS:

Cognis Corporation offers a broad line of products for the Coatings industry:

* FOAMASTER[R], FOAMSTAR[R], DSX[R], HYDROPALAT[R] & TEXAPHOR[R] Additives for Architectural Coatings

* TEXAPHOR[R], DEHYDRAN[R], HYDROPALAT[R], PERENOL[R], RILANIT[R] & TEXAQUART[R] Additives for Industrial Coatings

* VERSAMID[R], GENAMID[R], VERSAMINE[R] and CAPCURE[R] Epoxy Curing Agents

* G-CURE[R] Acrylic Polyol Resins

* PHOTOMER[R] Products for UV/EB Curing

GOBAL CAPABILITIES:

Commercial Facilities--Asia-Pacific, Australia, Western Europe Western Europe

The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO).
, North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  Asian Sales and Technical Contacts Bangkok, Thailand--+66-38-743-613, extension 440 European Sales and Technical Contacts Duesseldorf, Germany--+49-211-7940 2022 North American North American

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 Sales and Technical Contacts Ambler PA--1-215-628-1000 South American Sales and Technical Contacts Sao Paulo, Brazil--+55-11-3848-2378
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