Textiles & Leather

Ascent’s Betaines are amphoteric co-surfactants that enhance foam, improve wetting, and support viscosity building when paired with anionics. They deliver mild cleansing performance and maintain stability in acidic or alkaline systems, making them useful in personal care products, vehicle care, hard surface cleaners, and other formulations that benefit from gentle yet effective surfactancy.

Ascent Chemicals' Dioctyl Sulfosuccinates are high-efficiency anionic surfactants known for outstanding wetting, emulsifying, and dispersing power. Their fast action, low foam profile, and broad solvent compatibility make them versatile additives in demanding formulations across markets such as agriculture, metalworking, textiles, and industrial processing. These DOSS grades deliver strong performance even at low use levels, supporting efficient, high-performing systems.

Ascent’s Disodium Sulfosuccinamates are mild anionic co-surfactants that boost foam creaminess, reduce irritation, and improve wetting. Ideal for hand dish liquids, vehicle shampoos, hard surface cleaners, and light-duty degreasers. They aid solubilization of oils and fragrances and work well with nonionic and amphoteric partners for stable, easy-to-rinse formulas.

Ascent Chemicals’ Fatty Acid Soaps are reliable anionic surfactants derived from natural fatty acids, offering strong wetting, emulsification, and quick-foaming performance. These renewable, plant-based and tallow-based soaps function as effective emulsifiers, dispersants, and cleaning agents across a range of formulations. Suitable for both soft-water and built systems, they provide economical, straightforward performance for industries that value natural feedstocks and versatile processing behavior.

Ascent Chemicals’ Phosphated Esters are anionic surfactants that improve wetting, emulsification, and oil–solvent coupling. They remain stable across wide pH and electrolyte ranges and provide natural corrosion-inhibiting benefits. Their versatility makes them valuable in metalworking fluids, industrial and acid cleaners, and systems requiring antistatic control or pigment dispersion.

Ascent Chemicals’ Sulfated and Sulfonated surfactants provide fast wetting, strong detergency, and reliable soil dispersion across a wide range of conditions. Their balanced foaming profiles and tolerance to water hardness make them adaptable to industries such as textiles, metalworking, oil and gas, agriculture, and institutional cleaning. These versatile surfactants support efficient formulation of cleaners, emulsifiers, dispersants, and process aids in demanding environments.

Ascent Chemicals’ Sulfated Specialties are customizable sulfate surfactants designed for fast wetting, strong detergency, and rich foam. Their adjustable chain lengths and EO levels allow formulators to fine-tune solubility, viscosity, and performance across a wide range of systems. These surfactants support applications from industrial and institutional cleaning to textiles, vehicle wash, agricultural adjuvants, and general-purpose degreasing, offering a flexible way to meet specific wetting and cleaning targets.

Ascent Chemicals’ Quaternary Ammonium Compounds are permanent cationic surfactants that anchor to surfaces to deliver conditioning, emulsification, and corrosion-inhibiting properties. Their tunable structures support broad use in fabric care, metalworking fluids, vehicle care, and select cleaning and processing systems. Options are available for targeted solubility, and foam control.

Ascent Chemicals’ Non-silicone defoamers use refined hydrocarbons and specialty surfactants to provide fast, persistent foam control with wide formulation compatibility and very low residue. They perform well in pulp and paper, textiles, water treatment, coatings, and other systems where silicone is restricted or clarity is critical. A reliable choice for clear concentrates and sensitive processing environments.

Ascent Chemicals’ PPG-based defoamers use polypropylene glycol and EO/PO chemistry to deliver reliable foam suppression while remaining clear and silicone free. They perform well in caustic or neutral systems and support applications ranging from cleaners to spray-wash and industrial processes. These bases offer low odor, clean rinsing, and broad compatibility with surfactants and solvents.

Ascent Chemicals’ silicone-based defoamers deliver fast knockdown at very low dose with strong persistence under high pH and temperature. They perform well in demanding systems such as drilling fluids, lubricants, textile processes, and heavy-duty cleaners where maximum defoaming strength and minimal residue are required.

Ascent Chemicals’ Wax-based defoamers use fatty alcohol and wax dispersions to break foam and maintain long-lasting control under shear. They perform well in high-alkaline systems, industrial cleaners, metalworking fluids, and select coatings where extended persistence is more important than absolute clarity.

Ascent Chemicals' Plasticizers are specialty esters that soften and enhance polymer flexability. Common in paints and coatings, adhesives, rubber, personal care and cosmetics. They can also act as an emollient and mold release aid.

Ascent Chemicals' Phosphate Esters are organophosphate flame-retardant plasticizers that lower flammability and smoke while keeping flexibility and processing. Used in PVC, polyurethane, adhesives, sealants, and coatings. Combine with nitrogen or mineral fillers for higher ratings without halogens.

Ascent Chemicals’ Alkanolamides are nonionic co-surfactants that enhance foam, improve wetting, and support grease removal across a wide range of formulations. They build viscosity with anionics, offer strong solvent compatibility, and provide reliable salt-thickening. These versatile ingredients perform well in cleaners, lubricants, textile processing, and other systems requiring targeted viscosity control and stable foam performance.

Ascent Chemicals’ PEG Esters are nonionic emulsifiers produced by reacting fatty acids with polyethylene glycol. They emulsify oils, solubilize fragrances, and improve wetting with low to moderate foam. These esters stabilize oil-in-water systems and tolerate a wide range of electrolytes and acids. Common uses include hard-surface and metal cleaners, degreasers, rinse aids, textile processing, and vehicle wash products where clarity and mildness are important.

Ascent’s bio-based nonsilicone defoamers use plant-derived esters and natural oils to provide effective eco-friendly foam control. They support label-friendly claims and clear rinsing in paints and coatings, textiles, and water treatment. Choose for silicone-free, renewable content requirements.

Ascent Chemicals’ fatty alcohol-based nonsilicone defoamers deliver rapid foam knockdown and reliable control through surface-active bubble collapse. They perform well in alkaline systems and high-shear environments across industries, including floor care, degreasing, metal cleaning, and extraction processes. Choose these defoamers when persistent foam control is needed without introducing silicone.

Ascent Chemicals' Oil-based nonsilicone defoamers are designed for applications where silicone is unsuitable and needs rapid foam knockdown and sustained control in challenging environments. Preferred in pulp and paper, waste water treatment, and textile processing. Choose when persistence matters and clear concentrates are required.

Ascent Chemicals' Free-rinsing Silicone Emulsions deliver strong foam knockdown while preventing residue buildup. Ideal for auto dish, spray and tunnel washers, fabric dyeing, and water treatment. They clear quickly, help drainage, and support high throughput where finish quality matters.

Ascent Chemicals' Silicone Emulsions are water-dispersible PDMS defoamers that give fast knockdown at low dose and stable suppression under high pH, heat, and shear. Use in Clean-in-place (CIP), tunnel and spray washers, fabric finishing, waste water treatment, and drilling muds. Easy to pump and rinse. Good choice for clear aqueous systems needing reliable air release.

Ascent Chemicals’ Polyol Esters deliver lubrication and thermal stability where conditions are demanding. Use them in hydraulic fluids, greases, rolling oils, metalworking fluids and textile fiber lubricants, and as lubricant, stabilizer and mold-release aids in PVC and plastics processing. Select grades also thicken personal care formulations.