Revista Paint & Pintura - Edição 226

ABRAFATI PREVIEW PAINT&PINTURA | Outubro 2017 | 95 SEARCH Search Química is bringing to Abrafati 2017 its entire technical service and sales team, as well as some of its suppliers, according toRafael Santos, technical serviceandnewbusinessmanager. “Weareexhibitingour alreadyestablishedsolutions forUV-curing coatings, and highlighting our entire range of monomers, oligomers, photoinitiators and auxiliary chemicals, such as additives, fillers, etc. We are also stressing our range of solidmethacrylic resins fromPioneer Chemicals, aswell as our full range of powder coating rawmaterials, frommattingagents tohardeners, to resins, tofillers, tospecialtyadditives like textureagents andwaxes.” JanainaSouza, salesmanager, says that focusingon its specialty chemicals, thecompanywill beat the trade showwith its coating additives partner, which covers a vast array of leveling and other surface agents, defoamers, dispersants, and rheology agents, among other items. “In addition to those alternatives, we’re also showcasing our fumed silicas, silica matting agents, UV absor- bers and light stabilizers, antioxidants, vinyl andPVB resins, micronizedwaxes, and chlorinatedpolyolefin adhesionpromoters.” SI GROUP CRIOS SI GroupCrios provides a comprehensive range of solvent-borne acrylic resins for all segments of the paint and coatings industry inBrazil andSouthAmerica, suchasautomotiveOEMandrefinishcoatings, industrial andspecialtycoatings, accordingtobusiness manager Eduardo Smetana. “Given our firm commitment to sustainability, we are working on the development of low-VOC, high-solids acrylic resins designed todeliver qualitywhilepreserving theenvironment.Wework ina safeandcoordinated fashion with our customers, always seeking to meet their needs and requirements with performance products and unique services.” Smetana says that SI Group Crios’ traditional portfolio includes solvent-based acrylic resins, hydroxylated, thermoplastic and carboxylated acrylic resins, modified acrylic resins, and epoxy-acrylic resins. “We also provide terpene phenolic resins, phenolic resins, modified phenolic resins, formaldehyde at various concentrations, thermoplastic alkyl phenolic and thermoreactive resins, furan resins, urea resins, melamine resins, water-dispersed resins, resorcinol resins, rosin esters, non-halogenated flame retardants, phenolic antioxidants and high-tech alkyl phenolic monomers.”