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March 31, 2011

Mallard Creek Polymers, Inc. has a long history in the textile and nonwoven markets. The company has invested in diversifying its product offering by installing two reactors capable of making acrylic and styrene acrylic emulsion polymers. Through acquisition, MCP is exploring vinyl acetate-based emulsions, including vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymers.

Because of the shortage of supply and cost of methyl methacrylate, a key monomer in all acrylic latex, MCP R&D has been developing a wide array of styrene-acrylic products that can replace all acrylic systems. The products, varying in Tg and crosslinking functionality, perform equally to industry standard acrylic latex products in all critical properties evaluated.

The results of R&D’s testing can be found in a report, Styrene-Acrylic Binders for Nonwovens/Textiles. Information on vinyl acrylic and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers can also be found. For the rare application where styrene is not selected, MCP has developed Rovene 6014, an all acrylic, that compares with the best industry standard products.

For more information, request the full report in our Innovation section, Styrene-Acrylic Binders for Nonwovens/Textiles.