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Lubricants – Metallic Stearates, Waxes & Fatty Acids

Metallic stearates and fatty acids are derived from renewable feedstocks, and are used to improve the internal and external lubrication in materials processing.

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Valtris offers a range of metallic stearates, waxes and fatty acids designed to meet external and internal lubrication needs in material processing. Our products are used in a variety of markets and applications including building & construction, personal care, pharmaceuticals, and more.


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Metallic stearates and fatty acids are derived from renewable feedstocks, and are used to improve the internal and external lubrication in materials processing.

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Synpro® Metallic Stearates & Stearate Dispersions

We offer a broad portfolio of metallic stearates, derived from renewable feedstocks, including calcium, zinc, aluminum, barium, lithium, and magnesium. Selection of metal stearate type is driven by processing conditions, application requirements, interaction with other additives, and regulatory requirements. Valtris offers compliance with NSF (National Sanitation Foundation) and PPI (Plastics Pipe Institute), as well as several products that meet required certification for use in regulated applications like personal care and pharmaceuticals – EP (European Pharmacopoeia), JP (Japanese Pharmacopoeia), and NF/USP (National Formulary/US Pharmacopoeia), and FDA.

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Metallic stearates can be used in many different applications – as a lubricant and acid scavenger/stabilizer in polymer processing, as an emulsifier, thickening agent, and anti-caking agent in personal care, and as an excipient in pharmaceutical applications.Valtris offers a wide variety of products including calcium, zinc, aluminum, barium, lithium, and magnesium. These products vary in metal, physical form, and fatty acid source. Aqueous stearate dispersions are also available.Our specialty metallic stearates are produced at a GMP certified production facility and meet the requirements for regulated applications. Synpro® pharmaceutical grade products are NF/USP compliant and meet excipient standards in Europe, Japan, and India. Select Synpro® metallic stearates also carry FCC and FDA compliance for direct and indirect food contact applications.

  • Multiple available physical forms including prill, pastille, flake, granular, and powder
  • Vegetable and animal based sourced products available
  • Pharmaceutical grade products that carry the NF/USP monograph
  • Multiple FDA clearances under 21 CFR
  • NSF listed calcium stearate products
  • FDA
  • NSF/PPI Listed
  • NF/USP, EP, JP Monographs
  • Derived from natural, renewable feedstocks
  • Polymer processing – resin production, compounding, and extrusion
  • Acid scavenger
  • Heat stabilizer
  • Tablet Pressing

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Petrac Waxes & Fatty Acids

N-octyl-isothiazolinone (OIT) based products offering excellent protection of plastic articles from microbial degradation by a wide range of microorganisms.

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Tin stabilizers are excellent products for rigid PVC applications and are particularly suitable for transparent film and sheet processing. Valtris is well positioned with its range of butyl and methyl tin products to satisfy our customers’ needs. Valtris supplies high performance butyl tin stabilizers and cost-effective methyl tin stabilizers varying from 4-19% tin content, designed to suit a wide span of processing parameters.For the building and construction market, Valtris offers a variety of butyl tin products for pipe and weatherable applications such as window profile, fencing and siding.

  • Tin stabilizers – methyl tin, butyl tin, di-butyl tin
  • Aseptic blister packaging incorporating tin stabilizers approved for use in pharmaceutical
  • A key technology for transparent films and weatherable rigid PVC, medical approvals
  • EU Pharma Grades
  • High Transparency
  • Weatherable Grades
  • High Efficiency

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