Addibond™ Range

Elevating Metal Treatment with Addibond^TM 

The surface treatment market continues its growth trajectory, with a surge in demand for eco-friendly solutions. Syensqo, a leading innovator in the development of specialty additives, strives to provide the best ingredients for metal treatment formulators without leaving sustainability behind. Our commitment is to deliver advanced metal treatment solutions that not only meet but exceed industry standards. Here's how Syensqo is making a difference:

• Enhancing Product Durability and Quality: Our solutions are designed to significantly improve the corrosion resistance and durability of goods. This leads to an increase in the longevity of products, making them more reliable and efficient.
• Reducing Resource Consumption: By focusing on lower temperature operations, reducing water and energy usage and emphasizing the lightweighting and the use of recycled aluminum, Syensqo's metal treatment solutions decrease the environmental footprint.
• Promoting a Cleaner Industry: Syensqo contributes to a cleaner industry with fewer toxic materials and ecotoxic chemicals. Our approach aims to reduce waste production, contributing to a cleaner and more sustainable industry.

Addibond^TM: Empowering More Durable Goods With Sustainable Materials 

Addibond^TM is a unique range of polymers designed to improve adhesive bonding, paint adhesion and corrosion resistance of passivation and conversion treatments. Key benefits are:

• Strengthening the bond of metal to paint and improving corrosion resistance, therefore increasing goods’ quality and service life
• Strengthening the bond of metal to adhesive, enabling stronger bonding of aluminum parts in cars, which is key to lightweighting, energy consumption reduction and noise reduction
• Strengthening of metal to polymer coat bonding, allowing metal coated with polymers to show fewer defects and become more durable

Addibond™ polymers are versatile, designed for integration at various stages of the metal treatment process, including conversion, passivation, and rinsing, as well as serving as additives in coatings and adhesives. Our approach is guided by critical sustainability goals: minimizing toxicity and ecotoxicity, reducing resource consumption, cutting down waste and sludge production, and achieving high-efficiency bonding. This commitment to sustainability and safety is evident in our additives, which are heavy metal-free, silicone-free, and fluorine-free, ensuring compliance with rigorous regulatory standards. 

Understanding Addibond^TM Polymers 

With decades of expertise in polymer technology, Addibond™ range of polymers stand out for its precision-engineered functionality for metal treatment applications. At its core, Addibond™ polymers are multifunctional, designed to effectively bridge metal surfaces and their subsequent coatings. Whether it's for a conversion coating, a paint layer, a passivation layer, or an adhesive, Addibond™ polymers ensure seamless integration and enhanced performance.

Compared to conventional polyacrylates, they can anchor on both inorganic surfaces and organic coatings, resulting in tight and durable substrate-coatings bonds. In contrast to silanes, they perform at much lower concentrations (typically 200 ppm) and the created bonds provide better resistance to hydrolysis in corrosive conditions. This makes baths easier to manage. 

Where are Addibond™ polymers used?

With all metals

Addibond™ polymers are used to improve performances of metal treatment formulations on a wide array of metals.

With all industries

Addibond™  polymers are the ideal additive to enhance performances to meet requirements of all industries, especially the highly demanding industries like construction or automotive.

A labeled sustainable solution

Addibond™ has been awarded the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label, which distinguishes solutions that contribute to changing the world by combating climate change and enhancing the quality of life on Earth

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