About Ascend Performance Materials

Ascend Performance Materials, established in 2009 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, produces high-performance materials such as engineering plastics, fibers, and chemical intermediates. These products support various industries with a focus on performance and sustainability. Ascend Performance Materials provides advanced solutions that enhance product quality and longevity by improving coating functionality, offering better adhesion, durability, and protection against corrosion and UV radiation. The portfolio includes crosslinking agents, coupling agents, curing agents, solvents, and film-forming/coalescing agents, supporting the development of high-performance coatings that meet regulatory and market demands.

Hextranol™ E

Hextranol™ E by Ascend Performance Materials is an ultra-low VOC, biodegradable coalescing agent by Ascend Performance Materials. It offers superior film integrity at low loading levels, reduced cost and good performance. It exhibits excellent flow & leveling, low freeze point and low water solubility. Hextranol™ E is recommended for architectural & industrial finishes, and inks.

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Hexatran™ 300

Hexatran™ 300 by Ascend Performance Materials is a trifunctional primary amine. Acts as a curing agent. Its three primary amines provide improved curing time, chemical resistance and excellent flex. It has a low odor profile and consistent quality. It produces isocyanates with low viscosity at high solids, promoting easy workability. Urethanes produced from isocyanates using Hexatran™ 300 have great chemical and weather resistance that promote high adhesion and are non-yellowing attributes. Suitable for use in coatings.

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FlexaTrac™ DMG-500

FlexaTrac™ DMG-500 by Ascend Performance Materials is a low-VOC dimethyl glutarate. Acts as a readily biodegradable blending solvent. Exhibits excellent polymer solvency, excellent HSE rate and controlled solvent evaporation rate. It has an excellent health, safety and environment-friendly profile with mild to no odor. Shows high miscibility with most organic solvents. It is a clear and colorless liquid. Suitable for use on wood, plastic and metal substrates without damaging the substrate surface. FlexaTrac™ DMG-500 is a good alternative to perceived non-environmental friendly options such as acetates, dicholoro methane (DCM), glycol ethers and n-methyl-2-pyrolidone (nMP). Can be used in household and professional paint strippers on a wide range of resins including acrylics, alkyds, polyesters and polyurethanes. Designed to meet the LVP-VOC (low vapor pressure–volatile organic compound) criteria established by the California Air Resources Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s VOC requirements for consumer and institutional products.

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