BYK at the European Coatings Show (ECS) 2025

develop innovative and powerful solutions to today's pressing challenges. Additionally, we boast a vast portfolio especially of wetting and dispersing add…

BYK at the K 2025

are your leading global supplier of additives and additive solutions, aiming to help you to fulfill your needs. As life [...] , more sustainable and PFAS-free …

High throughput screening

optimization cycles Proven strengths in defoamer and wetting and dispersing additive testing HTS applications in additive testing Explore high-throughput…

Biologically inspired: fighting germs using HCIO hydrogels with smectites

Force Microscope, Physical Review Letters, 1986; 56(9); 930-934. Featured additives PURABYK-R 5500 Rheology additive based on synthetic phyllosilicate to form …

BYK - substrate wetting

solvent-borne coatings, and therefore exhibit greater wetting problems. Silicone additives reduce the surface tension of the coating thereby resulting in a…

Natural, highly purified layered silicate - BYK-AQUAGEL 7100

purification process before it can be used as an additive. If a conventional drying process is applied, this leads to an agglomeration [...] significant…

Coupling agents increase the performance of composite materials

agent can offer additional benefits. Examples of this include increased resistance to hot water and [...] Featured additives BYK-C 8000 Polymer coupling agent…

Press kit

- Von Journalisten für Journalisten Press release #1 PFAS-free process additives facilitate faster production speeds and shorter downtimes BYK Additives will…

Powder coating system @BYK

due to lower curing temperatures of powder coatings systems. How do BYK additives contribute to powder coatings? BYK offers a wide range of additives for…

BYK at Paint India 2026

develop innovative and powerful solutions to today's pressing challenges. Additionally, we boast a vast portfolio especially of wetting and dispersing add…

Water-repellent textile finishing without PFAS and silicones

textile finishing without PFAS and silicones Our innovative AQUACER 492 wax additive The legacy and potential of waxes Waxes have been known and utilized by …

BYK ebook - how to prevent floating

in practice that the pigment charge can also be influenced by the dispersing additive that is used: some polymeric additives are capable of equilibrating…