Degussa says it has starred up a plant at Mobile, AL that doubles the company's worldwide capacity for its Dynasylan brand aminosilanes, targeting the coatings sector. The company declined to specify its total capacity; it also makes aminosilanes at Rheinfelden, Germany.
"Demand for specialty silanes continues to increase" because coatings formulators want to use them as adhesion promoters, comonomers, and coupling agents for organic and inorganic materials, says Richard Owins, v.p. and general manager of Degussa's Aerosil and Silanes business unit. The company announced the startup at the recent International Coatings Expo (ICE) (CW, Nov. 6, p. 37). Aminosilanes are …
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