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BASF adds value to paper.

BASF Coating Binders

ACRONAL® BASONAL® STYRONAL®

We offer rapid and individual solutions to optimise your production and quality:

» A broad range of different standard binders to achieve differentiated

performance characteristics

» Tailor made binders with a specifi c spectrum of performance features

» Worldwide technical service on the spot based on expert knowledge

» Superior product quality based on most modern production technology

BASF –

Your partner for coating paper and board

BASF, as a leading worldwide supplier

of paper chemicals, has a great tradi-

tion as a binder supplier for paper coat-

ing. As a result of many years of good

relations with the paper industry, we

have a deep understanding of the rela-

tionships between chemistry and appli-

cation technology of paper coating.

Our range of binders comprises the

Acronal® and Styronal® grades, which

have become well known all over the

world by virtue of their outstanding

properties. The Acronal® grades are

dispersions based on acrylic ester and

styrene copolymers, the Styronal® grades

are dispersions based on styrene-buta-

diene copolymers. We developed sever-

al products with different performance

characteristics for a broad range of

applications in coating of graphic papers

and board.

With the new Basonal® binder concept

we are able to supply tailor-made prod-

ucts deriving form an in-depth analysis

of your system by our technical experts

based on a wide variety of monomers

within a short period of time.

Combined with our sophisticated port-

folio of additives, as for example our

thickeners Sterocoll® or cobinders

Acrosol®, we offer the optimum combi-

nation of price and product performance.

Due to our most modern production

technology realized with our Basonal

plant in Ludwigshafen and our new

plant in Hamina (FIN) we deliver prod-

ucts with superior and constant product

quality.

Dispersion plant,Hamina, Finland

Basonal® plant,Ludwigshafen, Germany

The Acronal® portfolio

Acronal® grades are aqueous dispersi-

ons of acrylic ester and styrene copoly-

mers with a solid content of approx.

50%. Advantages of these dispersions

are excellent print evenness in offset

and rotogravure and a very low level of

thermo- and UV-yellowing and odour.

Acronal® Acronal® Acronal® Acronal® Acronal® Acronal® Acronal® Acronal®

S 305 D S 360 D S 504 S 728 PR 8745 500 D S 200, S 208 V,S 201 553 V

Film Properties* hard soft soft hard hard soft soft soft

ACN** • • • •

In compliance

with FDA listings• • • • •

Special features high very low very low high very low very high ink excellent self-thickening

stiffness mottling mottling stiffness mottling receptivity roto printability roto binder

high wet pick high binding high binding balanced excellent alkali excellent

power power range of blister swellable roto

properties resistance binder printability

high print high print

gloss gloss

REM-analysis of a coating colourcryoscopic fixation

Advantage of Acronal® grades: low offset mottling:without Acronal®

All Acronal® binders are in compliance with BfR (exception Acronal® S 208 V).

For further details see technical information sheet and safety data sheet.

* Film properties: < 10°C: soft; 10 – 20°C:

middle hard; > 20°C: hard

**ACN: Contains Acrylonitrile

The Styronal® portfolio

Styronal® grades are aqueous dispersions

of copolymers of styrene-butadiene with

a solid content of approx. 50%.

These products are designed to achieve

differentiated performance characteristics

e.g. excellent binding power, good print-

ability for all common printing processes,

excellent runnability even at high machine

speed.

Styronal® Styronal® Styronal® Styronal® Styronal® Styronal® Styronal®

D 517 D 537 D 628 D 719 D 731 D 809 PR 8818X

Film Properties* soft soft middle hard middle hard hard hard hard

ACN** •

In compliance

with FDA listings• • • • • •

Special features high binding high binding high binding high binding high blister high binding high binding

power power power power resistance power power

low mottling excellent high print gloss good printability high stiffness high stiffness high stability

runnability

high resistance high wet pick high resistance

to electrolytes resistance to electrolytes

Coated board

All Styronal® binders are in compliance with BfR.

For further details see technical information sheet and safety data sheet.

* Film properties: < 10°C: soft; 10 – 20°C:

middle hard; > 20°C: hard

**ACN: Contains Acrylonitrile

Sheet-offset-press,Heidelberger Druck

Basonal® –

The perfect fit for your process

Beside our standard product range,

BASF offers solutions that are tailored

to specific customer needs. We take all

your process components into consid-

eration: coating concept, pigment

system used, machine speed, rheology,

coating equipment, drying configuration,

base paper, environmental requirements

etc. Basonal® is the missing piece of

the puzzle in this complex system.

With our binders we optimise binder

characteristics like binding power, blis-

ter resistance, printing properties and

other technical requirements of your

coated paper. Basonal offers a new

potential for improvement with top per-

formance in obtaining individual proper-

ties and balance on other properties.

BASF has succeeded in drastically

reducing the development time for

binders. This has been achieved by

optimising the whole chain of processes

via technical service, R&D, laboratory,

technical centre, production and logis-

tics. Customers are involved in the

development of the product at an early

stage through technical projects and

research partnerships.

BASF supplies a range of aqueous

dispersions of copolymers of acrylonitrile,

butadiene, butyl acrylate and styrene

under the Basonal® trademark.

To each product of the Basonal®

range is allocated a four-digit number

identifying the customer and a two-

digit serial number.

Please contact your local BASF repre-

sentative if you are interested in these

tailor-made dispersions.

For the introduction of our binders we

offer you technical and commercial

service on the spot. Our marketing staff

are immediately available. Support is

provided by an expert team of experi-

enced application specialists.

In our Paper Technical Center – a com-

plete paper plant in miniature – we are

able to test tailor-made concepts with

you. Trials are run at speed of up to

3333 m/min on the pilot coating facility

– with all state-of-the-art-technologies,

just as in practice.

In the paper laboratory samples from

trials or production are analysed. Using

state-of-the-art testing equipment and

innovative processes, we help you

to identify problems and solve them

quickly. Thus you stay ahead of your

competition.

BASF also has a lot to offer in the

field of commerce. For example,

you can take advantage of BASF ex-

cellent logistics know-how or allow

us to support you on the subject of

e-business.

Take advantage of the service, know-

how and resources of one of the major

chemical producers worldwide.

BASF’s paper coating approach:

More than only a product

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Toll-free Europe wide via landline:

Phone: 00 800-BASF PAPER

00 800-22 73 72 737

Fax: 00 800-BASF PAPIER

00 800-22 73 72 74 37

From Spain and Portugal:

Phone: 00 800-22 73 72 73

Fax: 00 800-22 73 72 74

www.basf.de/paper