Plastics & Polymers

Ascent Chemicals' Anionic Surfactants deliver efficient wetting, emulsification, foaming, and dispersing across industrial and consumer markets. The range includes sulfosuccinates for rapid wetting, sulfosuccinamates for mild systems, phosphated esters for coupling and corrosion-inhibiting benefits, and versatile sulfated or sulfonated products for stable performance in aqueous or solvent-based formulations. Suitable for agriculture, CASE, personal care, textiles, and water treatment, these surfactants offer strong functionality with options that support renewable and sustainability-minded formulations.

Ascent Chemicals’ Defoamer Bases help manage foam across diverse industrial and process systems. The portfolio includes silicone, non-silicone, PPG, and wax technologies, offering fast knockdown, durable suppression, and options suited for acidic, alkaline, high-temperature, or high-shear environments.

Ascent Chemical’s Other portfolio covers specialty esters for HI&I, personal care, cosmetics and rubber. It includes straight ester solvents for low-odor degreasing, fast wetting, and quick drying, and plasticizers for flexible, durable films in floor finishes, sealants, and adhesives. Formulators can tune chain length and structure for solvency and evaporation rate, keep foam low, and maintain clear, stable blends. Phthalate and non-phthalate options support regulatory targets.

Ascent Chemicals’ Nonionic Surfactants provide versatile cleaning, wetting, and emulsification across a wide range of formulations. The portfolio includes Alkanolamides and PEG Esters, offering dependable performance in industrial cleaners, textile processes, lubricants, and personal care systems. These surfactants deliver stability, compatibility, and consistent results in both simple and complex formulations.

Ascent Chemicals’ Specialty Esters portfolio covers fatty acid esters for personal care, cosmetics, metalworking, rubber, plastics and industrial fluids. It includes alkyl, glycerol and polyol esters that serve as emollients, lubricants, plasticizers, emulsifiers and process aids. Because the fatty acid and alcohol set performance, formulators can match viscosity, skin feel, low-temperature flexibility and stability to the application, with liquid and solid grades to suit different processes.