ALTANA

Innovation in Application

Through our close collaboration with business partners research institutes and other leading experts we have secure access to leading edge scientific know-how, which we put into practice in close cooperation with our customers. We would like to show you a few examples how ALTANA and its subsidiaries are applying knowledge and technologies.

BYK Additives for Heavy Duty Coatings

  • BYK Additives for Heavy Duty Coatings

Heavy duty coatings are the toughest industrial coatings and they require robust support. BYK has developed special additives for this area of application.
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Ceraflour - a Success Story for 11 Years

  • Ceraflour - a Success Story for 11 Years

In the brief space of 11 years, our micronized wax additive Ceraflour has written its own breath-taking success story. Up to the end of 2006, the company sold more than 1 million kilos.
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A New Challenge for Color Measurement

  • A New Challenge for Color Measurement

Since they made their first appearance 30 years ago, effect coatings became increasingly popular - not only in the car industry.
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The world of dwarves

  • The world of dwarves

The importance of nanomaterials for innovative products continues to rise.
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"The firefighters were very impressed"

  • "The firefighters were very impressed"

Fires in chemical plants often require very special knowledge for proper emergency strategies, but this expertise may not be present in a typical fire department.
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"Safety comes first"

  • "Safety comes first"

Specially developed devices are used to retrieve direct samples from production, analyze them, and reset the process control system based on the results.
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"Lessons are a lot more exciting than usual"

  • "Lessons are a lot more exciting than usual"

The chemical industry gets into trouble as there is a lack of qualified employees. Thus there is a demand for new ideas. Dr. Wilfried Scholz, head of Technical Marketing at BYK about shortage of young potential employees and KIS.
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Special application wind turbines

  • Special application wind turbines

These generators were a little unusual not too long time ago, compared to other generating units ordinarily found attached to the electrical grid.
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ACTEGA Artística leading environmentally friendly solutions

  • ACTEGA Artística leading environmentally friendly solutions

An increasing number of companies are taking the decision to use water-based sealing compounds (WBC)- instead of solvent-containing products (SBC) - as sealant for metal cans.
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Monomer-free unsaturated polyester resins

  • Monomer-free unsaturated polyester resins

In the past, unsaturated polyester resins replaced the solvent-containing varnishes used as secondary insulation for windings in, mainly, electrical motors.
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Barrier Coatings for Plastic Packaging

  • Barrier Coatings for Plastic Packaging

ACTEGA Rhenania has developed an improved solution for plastic packaging.
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