BYK Chemie

Additives for coatings, paints, printing inks and plastics processing — the core of our range.

BYK is among the world's leading additive suppliers. For us it is the principal with the greatest breadth: six product families, from defoamers through wetting and dispersing additives and rheology to coupling agents for plastics processing. Wherever a formulation needs an additive, chances are we have something for it in stock.

That breadth is also the difficulty: an additive is only as good as its fit with the system, and that cannot be read from a data sheet. We keep the common grades in stock in Arlesheim, deliver within 24–48 hours, and provide free samples so you can test in your own system before committing.

What we carry from them

Defoamers Reliably suppress foam during dispersing, filling and application — without craters, haze or loss of adhesion. 147 trade names Wetting & dispersing additives Wet, grind and permanently stabilise pigments — for full colour strength, clean gloss and reproducible tinting. 216 trade names Rheology additives Set flow behaviour deliberately: prevent settling, stop sagging, keep the product workable. 148 trade names Surface additives Levelling, substrate wetting, slip — the additives you only see on the finished film. 221 trade names Wax additives Scratch and abrasion resistance, slip, matting and anti-blocking — surface protection through the wax phase in the film. 174 trade names Additives for plastics processing Coupling agents, recyclate additives and PVC plastisol additives — for compounding, fibre composites and thermoplastics processing. 143 trade names

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