Expanding your solution toolset
Concrete admixture suppliers, faced with the increased requirements being requested by today’s evolving engineering and building specifications, have proactively begun investigating new chemistries and formulation mixtures to meet both operational and end product performance criteria. Their expertise in selecting and formulating additives that offer unique performance properties to concrete has become an important competitive factor.
Cognis helps support these companies in their efforts by bringing its deep organic and surface chemistry expertise and supporting solutions to the table. As a partner, our objective is to deliver a broader and more unique set of performance solutions which ultimately, can be used by the concrete admixture manufacturers in formulating higher performance, commercially viable, cost-effective products to concrete construction marketplace.
Our Performance Aids, consisting of raw materials, intermediates, and some finished ready-to-use products, help improve or control performance properties of concrete. Our offering provide functionalities that can be used to affect the following:
- Rheology properties that enhance workability and flow
- Air entrainment and detrainment
- Water reduction
- Corrosion protection
- Hydration control
- Hydrophobation
These aids, used individually or in combination with other admixture components, may address the performance needs you have been looking to solve in addition to providing enhanced sustainability characteristics of your admixtures.
Our Admixture Formulation Aids help improve the quality and effectiveness of your admixture formulations. Offering includes:
- Emulsifiers
- Viscosity Modifiers
- Hydrotropes
- Anti-foams
- Dispersants
Whether you are solving unique performance needs, improving the quality and reliability of your raw materials, or increasing performance and sustainability of your existing solutions, Cognis has the know-how and innovation to help you meet the changing and challenging needs of your customer in the concrete market.