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Sekisui Specialty Chemicals says market mechanisms necessitate price fluctuations as it seeks to meet customers’ business needs while providing high-quality products. Its primary product, Selvol, is a line of polyvinyl alcohol polymers and copolymers used in a range of specialty applications.
SEKISUI Specialty Chemicals has released a roughly five‑minute video that introduces the recommended procedure for preparing Selvol polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) solutions. The video visually explains the dissolution process and addresses questions such as the state of the slurry and the appropriate stirring method when adding it to water.
Selecting a polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH/PVA) supplier is both a formulation and procurement decision. Grade, purity, and consistency can affect long-term product performance across applications such as adhesives, coatings, and PVC processing. The supplier relationship matters alongside the specification sheet.
Selvol PVOH 325 is a fully hydrolyzed, medium-viscosity grade designed for applications requiring strength and water resistance. It is available as standard Selvol PVOH 325 and high-purity Selvol E PVOH 325.
SEKISUI Specialty Chemicals has started up a major expansion of its 99.5% high-purity methyl acetate production unit in Tarragona, Spain. The new low-cost unit is already supplying customers and can be expanded to meet market needs. High-purity methyl acetate is used in pharmaceuticals, adhesives, and fine chemicals.
The article describes polyvinyl alcohol as a versatile, water-soluble industrial polymer and highlights the importance of selecting the right grade. Selvol™ PVOH 205 is presented as a low-viscosity, partially hydrolyzed grade suitable for a broad range of industries, available in standard and fine-powder Selvol E variants.
SEKISUI Specialty Chemicals’ Selvol™ Ultalux line is a cosmetic-grade range comprising three PVOH homopolymer grades and two functional copolymers. The grades are designed for skin care, hair care and color cosmetics formulations, building on PVOH’s established uses as a film former, adhesion promoter, viscosity builder and skin-feel modifier.
Sekisui Specialty Chemicals announced the relaunch of its Selvol Ultiloc series, a range of copolymers that expand the functionality of Selvol Polyvinyl Alcohol products. The relaunch expands the product categories and adds several new copolymers to the range, which was previously associated with barrier film and flexible packaging applications.
SEKISUI participated in Pasadena, Texas’s annual Fill the Bus School Supply Drive. The drive aims to provide school supplies for every child in Pasadena while allowing teachers to choose the materials best suited to their classrooms.
Mike George is the Vice President of Sekisui Specialty Chemicals Europe, based in Tarragona, Spain. He joined Sekisui in 2013 as European Commercial Director, moved to a global marketing role two years later, and became Vice President in 2015 while continuing his marketing responsibilities.