SUMMARY
Peg 400 is used as binder, lubricant in the production of pharmaceuticals as well as a chemical intermediate for polymer industry.
INDUSTRIES
- Food & Nutrition: Used as a humectant, solvent, and carrier in food processing and nutritional formulations.
- Metalworking Fluids & Lubricants: Offers excellent solvency and lubricity for cutting fluids, coolants, and machining blends.
- Paints & Coatings: Functions as a coalescing agent and viscosity modifier to improve flow and film formation.
- Healthcare & Pharmaceutical: Serves as a safe, multifunctional excipient, solvent, and carrier for medical and pharmaceutical products.
- Personal Care & Cosmetics: Provides moisturization, smooth texture, and product stability in skincare, haircare, and cosmetic systems.
- Adhesives & Sealants: Enhances workability, open time, and formulation stability in adhesive and sealant products.
- Agriculture: Used as a carrier and stabilizer in herbicides, insecticides, and various agrochemical formulations.
- Textile & Leather Processing: Acts as a lubricant and softening agent to improve processing efficiency and material feel.
- Automotive & Transportation: Provides solvency and lubrication benefits in cleaners, polishes, fluids, and specialty automotive formulations.
- Chemical Manufacturing: Used as a versatile intermediate, carrier, and processing aid in chemical synthesis and blending.
- HI&I: Contributes as a solvent, humectant, and stabilizer in household, industrial, and institutional cleaning solutions.
APPLICATIONS
- Metalworking Fluids: Used to improve lubrication, cooling performance, and formulation stability in machining, cutting, and grinding fluids.
- Insecticide Formulations: Functions as a carrier and stabilizer to enhance active ingredient dispersion and overall product effectiveness.
- Plastic & Polymer Production: Acts as a processing aid, plasticizer, or lubricant to support efficient manufacturing and improved material performance.
- Resins: Serves as a modifier or reactive component to adjust viscosity, flexibility, and curing characteristics in resin systems.
MARKET SEGMENTS
- Polymers & Resins: Utilized as a processing aid, plasticizer, or modifier to support resin formulation, curing behavior, and material performance.
- Metal Processing: Applied in machining, cutting, and forming operations to enhance lubrication, cooling efficiency, and surface protection.
- Agrochemicals: Incorporated into pesticide and fertilizer formulations for improved solubility, stability, and delivery of active ingredients.
FUNCTIONS
- Anti-Foaming Agent: Reduces or prevents foam formation in processing and finished formulations.
- Humectant: Attracts and retains moisture to improve product hydration and stability.
- Plasticizer: Enhances flexibility, elasticity, and processability in polymer and resin systems.
- Flavorant: Provides or enhances flavor characteristics in food, pharmaceutical, or oral-care applications.
- Solvent: Dissolves, carries, or disperses active ingredients across a wide range of formulations.
- Surfactant: Improves wetting, spreading, and surface interaction for cleaning, emulsification, and dispersion.