Ashland offers a broad range of chemistries that prevent water and other liquids from penetrating a finished product by imparting hydrophobic properties to the product during its manufacture.  Products typically requiring water repellent properties include adhesives, building materials, specialty papers, and textiles.

Ashland’s line of paraffin wax emulsions and specialty release aids are also beneficial in applications where release, scuff resistance, lubricity, or anti-blocking is a required property of the finished product or the manufacturing process.

Products

Alkenyl Ketene Dimer (ALKD)
Alkenyl Succinic Anhydride (ASA)
Alkyl Ketene Dimer (AKD)
ASA/ALKD Blends
Fluorochemicals
Paraffin Wax Emulsions
Rosin Size
Styrene Maleic Anhydride (SMA)

Trademarks

Ashland’s water repellency and release aid products are sold under the following trademarks:  Aquapel®, ChemVisions™, Hercon®, imPress®, Microlube®, Paracol®, Precis®, Prequel®, and Scripset®.