ELVANOL™: PVOH for improved product performance
Polyvinyl alcohols (PVOH) are key elements in the finishing of textiles, paper and cardboard as well as in adhesives, binders and coatings. Kuraray, a leading producer of polyvinyl alcohol, markets a wide range of unique PVA materials under the ELVANOL™ brand. You can use these synthetic polymers to improve the performance and quality of your products – and minimize your ecological footprint.
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For industrial adhesives with better bonding capacity
ELVANOL™ has very good film-forming properties and high resistance to oil, grease and solvents – ideal properties for water-soluble films. PVOH polymers give industrial PVA adhesives, water-soluble adhesives, wood and textile adhesives excellent bonding power. As copolymers in textile sizes, ELVANOL™ T grades give yarns a protective coating – for top quality, more efficient production processes and lower energy consumption.
A strong binder for sustainable products
In addition, ELVANOL™ is an optimal emulsifier and protective colloid for the production of resin dispersions and for light-sensitive coatings. Thanks to its high binding capacity, ELVANOL™ is extremely suitable for use as a binder for ceramics, pigmented paper coatings and non-wovens. And there is another benefit: ELVANOL™ is biodegradable so it permits the development of environmentally friendly materials, for example, for the construction industry. Kuraray markets PVOH as a copolymer and as fully and partially hydrolyzed grades, so it is ideal for a wide variety of applications.
Benefit from the advantages of ELVANOL™ from Kuraray to improve the performance and sustainability of your textiles, paper and adhesives.
Benefits
- Improve product performance and quality
- Better production efficiency and energy consumption
- Support the development of sustainable products and materials
- Textile sizing and finishing
- Paper and cardboard
- Industrial adhesives
- Water-soluble films
- Protective colloid for emulsion polymerization
- Light-sensitive coatings
- Binder for construction products
- Pigmented paper coatings, ceramics and non-wovens
- Very good film-forming properties
- Good bonding capacity, good binding capacity
- Very good barrier properties
- Can be combined with reagents
- Biodegradable
