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Borchers

Meet your Expert Partner for Coating Additives

As one of the world’s leading brands of coating additives, Borchers is committed to the continuous development and improvement of coatings systems across the entire spectrum of chemistries, applications, and end markets.

Since the Borchers brand started as a chemical business in 1807, we have grown organically and through acquisitions to become a global provider of performance additives for the coatings, inks, and adhesives markets.

Our unique portfolio of small ingredients that make a big impact includes:

• High-Performance Catalysts
• Oxime-Free Anti-Skins
• Tin-Free Catalysts
• Dispersants
• Rheology Modifiers
• Flow, Leveling & Defoaming Agents
• Moisture Scavengers
• Driers
• and more

Technology-driven and future-focused, our solutions help formulators meet specific customer and market needs.

Relationships are at the heart of our business, and we pride ourselves on forging and maintaining strong ties with our customers. We do this by adding real value through fast service and effective cooperation that enables us to produce specialty solutions to fit their needs.

We also have strong relationships throughout the value chain that enable us to better understand future technologies and market needs, which inevitably require new product solutions.

By partnering with Borchers additive experts, you'll get access to:

• Technical resources that allow us to be an extension of your coatings lab
• Shortened formulation times with our starting point formulations
• Personalized support
• Teams dedicated to staying on top of regulatory and sustainability trends

Our technical experts are easily accessible, giving us the ability to collaborate and respond quickly.

Based in Cleveland, Ohio with European operations in the area between Düsseldorf and Cologne, Germany and Asian operations in Shanghai, China and Mumbai, India, we are ideally located to provide solutions to our customers anywhere in the world.

In 2020, Borchers was acquired by Milliken & Company, a global producer of specialty chemicals, floor coverings, healthcare solutions, and performance and protective textiles. Since it was founded in 1865, Milliken has been profoundly committed to ethics, delivering its innovations without compromising on environmental stewardship, the health and safety of its associates, or the future of its communities.

Milliken is a 4x recipient of an EcoVadis gold rating and has been recognized for twenty straight years as one of Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies.

The Borchers brand mirrors Milliken’s dedication to positively impact the world for generations to come, offering additives designed as:

• Non-PFAS
• Cobalt-free
• VOC-free
• Ketoxime-free
• Tin-free
• 2EH-free
• APEO-free
• Low-cyclosiloxane (<0.1%)
• and more

Visit borchers.com to explore our full additive range, download starting point formulations for a variety of applications, and connect with our experts to see how we can support your current and future coating formulations.