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Isochem HK launches IsoQure^® Ameomox as part of its expanding range of silane coupling agents. The Aminopropyltriethoxysilane can be used over a broad range of applications to provide superior bonds between inorganic substrates and organic polymers. The silicon-containing portion of the molecule provides strong bonding to substrates. The primary amine function reacts with a wide array of thermoset, thermoplastic, and elastomeric materials.

Applications include mineral-filled phenolics, epoxies, polyamides, polybutylene terephthalate, and a host of other thermoset and thermoplastic composites, and many more.

Click here to find out more about IsoQure^® Ameomox!

The pre-registration deadline for REACH substances is approaching fast! Kautschuk Gesellschaft Group has pre-registered all of its products with the European Chemicals Agency.

In order to serve our customers better, all up-to-date information about our products is now available online through our REACH information portal. This includes the official pre-registration numbers and regulatory IDs of the products as well as automated notifications that are sent to you as soon as new data becomes available.

If you already have a kautschuk.com user account, you can log in to the REACH portal with those same credentials. If you do not yet have an account with us, you can easily register (or request a password reminder) by filling out the registration form on our site.

After the successful launch of IsoQure^® Metrimox, Isochem Ltd HK has expanded its silane product portfolio by four new adhesion promoters and coupling agents.

IsoQure^® Aminomox is used as adhesion promoter at organic/inorganic interfaces, for the modification of surfaces (corrosion prevention, component of primers), silicone-polymers or as crosslinker. The application as a coupling agent leads to an improvement of mechanical and electrical properties under exposure to heat and/or moisture.

IsoQure^® Apromox is an amino-functional silane that may be used over a broad range of applications to improve the bonding between a substrate, filler or reinforcement materials and resins that react with the amino group.

IsoQure^® Glycimox is an epoxy-functional silane. It can be used as a coupling agent in polysulfide and polyurethane caulks and sealants, in mineral-filled or glass-reinforced thermosets and thermoplastics, and in glass roving size-binders. It is particularly well-suited as an adhesion-promoting additive in waterborne systems, e.g. improving the adhesion of acrylic latex sealants.

IsoQure^® Mercaptomox is a mercapto-functional silane that finds use as a coupling agent in polysulfide and polyurethane caulks and sealants. It is especially useful in sulfur-cured and metal oxide-cured elastomers.

Other types of silanes currently under development are available on request. For more information about our IsoQure^® silane products, please contact us at silanes@kautschuk.com.

IsoQure^® Metrimox is used as adhesion promoter at organic/inorgainc interfaces, as surface modifier (e.g. imparting water repellency, organophilic surface adjustment) or as crosslinking of polymers). It is used as a coupling agent to improve the physical and electrical properties of glass-reinforced and mineral-filled thermosetting resins under exposure to heat and/or moisture.
IsoQure^® Metrimox:

• improves strength as glass fiber size composite in reinforced polyester composites.
• enhances initial and wet strength of reinforced polyester resin composites.
• enhances the wet electrical properties of many mineral-filled and reinforced composites.
• crosslinks acrylic type resins improving adhesion and durability of adhesives and coatings.

For more information about IsoQure^® Metrimox, please contact our technical team at: silanes@kautschuk.com

With the new REACH legislation in effect, all companies in the chemical sector that manufacture or import substances into the European market face challenges regarding the registration of their products and raw materials. Kautschuk Gesellschaft Group will make sure the transition to full REACH compliance will go as smoothly as possible for all of our business partners.

Per default, all Kautschuk Gesellschaft Group companies are intending to pre-register, and in time fully register, all their current products sold in the European market, whenever feasible. While compiling a comprehensive database of both our products and raw materials in relation to our customers and suppliers we need your cooperation as a Kautschuk Gesellschaft Group business partner.

Please take a few minutes to register the substances you intend to supply to or buy from Kautschuk Gesellschaft Group through our online REACH Customer Services Portal. Based on the information you enter here, we will coordinate further steps toward REACH compliance with you as necessary.

The Online Customer Services Portal is your one-stop destination for coordination of up-to-date business information. In time, we will also move feedback mechanisms such as quality questionnaires and other options fully online, where you can interact with your Kautschuk Gesellschaft Group corporate services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, wherever you are.

Kautschuk Gesellschaft Group is looking forward to exhibit at the European Coatings Show 2007 in Nuremberg, the leading trade show for coatings, adhesives, sealants, and construction chemicals. Over 20,000 trade visitors from over 90 countries are expected to attend this year.

At ECS, present and potential customers can interface with Kautschuk Gesellschaft Group's experts and innovators directly. Both broad and in-depth information will be presented on procucts such as our solid, blocked Isocyanates for 1-C PUR systems as well as the IsoQure^® line, and we will be introducing Isocide, our new lineup of biocides for paints and coatings.

We are looking forward to greeting our visitors at stand 641 in hall 4 during the upcoming exhibition from 8. to 10. of May 2007!

With Tire Technology Expo 2007, the Kautschuk Gesellschaft Group has once again participated as a key innovator at the world's biggest tire manufacturing trade show.

Over the course of three days customers, partners, and interested parties had direct access to our expert staff in the special environment provided the expo.

We would like to thank all visitors for making this industry event such a unique experience and we are looking forward to seeing you again at the next Tire Tech Expo!

The Kautschuk Gesellschaft Group is once again looking forward to welcome customers, partners, and interested guests at its booth during this year's Tire Technology Expo on Marc 13th to 15th.

Now in its seventh year Tire Technology Expo is the world's most important Tire Manufacturing Technology Exhibition and Conference.

Tire Technology Expo 2007 offers the visitor a technology showcase covering materials and equipment through the complete spectrum of the tire manufacturing process.

You can find us at booth 2308, hall 7. If you have any questions or would like to make an on-site appointment, please feel free to contact us at info@kautschuk.com.

Tire Technology Expo is the tire manufacturing industry's biggest trade show. The Kautschuk Gesellschaft Group created a unique experience dedicated to the innovation and quality of its product portfolio. Visitors benefited from the easy and comprehensive access to Kautschuk Gesellschaft's informative presentations, as well as the opportunity to connect directly with the Group's experts and innovators.

Kautschuk-Gesellschaft Group exhibits at the German Rubber Conference DKT 2006 in Nuremberg from July 3rd to 6th. We cordially invite our customers, friends, and business partners to visit us at stand 1-617.

Isochem (HK) Limited and Fine Polymers Kautschuk-GmbH introduce POLYFLOR, a range of high quality FKM fluoro rubber, to the European rubber industry.

Isogran GmbH shows its range of pre-dispersed, polymer-bound rubber chemicals including the new CLD-80, a nitrosamine-free sulphur donor, and ZDTP-50.

Isochem Kautschuk-GmbH emphasises its IsoQure^® Zno 25 CC, a highly active zinc oxide, coated on a calcium carbonate core, which significantly reduces the amount of zinc in rubber compounds.

See you in Nuremberg!

For more information about DKT 2006 go to: www.dkt2006.com