​​​​​Chemical coatings solutions

We offer one of the most diverse product portfolios in the coatings industry.

Eastman is committed to delivering innovation and solutions for coatings applications. For more than 70 years, we have been a leading provider of high quality raw materials for the global paint and coatings industry.

Performance technologies

Cellulose esters for rheology modification, defect control, and color consistency

Adhesion promoters, both chlorinated and nonchlorinated, to provide adhesion to modified polypropylene substrates and other plastics

Solvents for achieving the desired application/performance characteristics

Resin intermediates, providing unique structural options for designing coating resins to meet the required performance properties

Additives for faster dry-to-touch time, excellent antisag behavior, and ease of sanding

Neutralizing amines to adjust the pH of paint formulations and improve performance attributes like pigment dispersion, tint strength, syneresis control, and grind/emulsion stability.

Resins, specifically Tetrashield™ protective resin systems, make coatings more durable through groundbreaking weathering, chemical resistance, and hardness.

Low-VOC, non-VOC, and non-HAP technologies

• Coalescents, providing a wide range of attributes to meet desired performance and regulatory needs

• Additives (waterborne), allowing formulators to significantly reduce VOC content in trim and wall paints by replacing volatile glycols while improving open time and wet edge

• Additives (solventborne), developed for high-solids coatings to provide decreased tack-free time, improved sag resistance, and wider window for polishing with minimal impact on VOC content

• Specialty ketones with excellent solvent activity for developing high-solids coatings

• Ester solvents, including non-HAP products with low MIR values

• Methyl acetate, a VOC-exempt solvent in the U.S.

• Waterborne adhesion promoters, both chlorinated and nonchlorinated, designed to provide excellent adhesion to modified polypropylene substrates and other plastics

• Resin intermediates for developing resins that are useful in powder, high-solids, or waterborne coatings

• Sulfopolyesters with a broad range of physical properties that satisfy formulators’ performance requirements
  

• Performance additives developed for paved recreational surfaces (basketball courts, tennis courts, track runways, artificial turf, etc.)