SPECIALTY CHEMICAL-BASED
SOLUTIONS FOR MODERN DEMANDS
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ABOUT GULEC
Gulec provides tailor-made, progressive
specialty and fine chemical solutions for
diverse industries. Our portfolio comprises profound technical consulting, highly
qualified service and functionally superior
performance chemicals, such as halogenfree flame-retardants, lubricant additives
and superabsorbents.
It‘s our declared aim to support the manufacturing industries in developing their products
as we want to bring progressive solutions to
the customer – for maximum environmental
compatibility, health and safety.
For this purpose we work very closely with our
customers, including the polymers processing industry, manufacturers of lubricants or
hydraulic fluids as well as the hygiene industry and many others.
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CORE BELIEFS
PROGRESS IS OUR MISSION
We truly believe that chemistry has to be progressive. This means it must
be constantly improving, according to the public‘s increasing demand for
comfort, functionality, quality, health, safety and environmental compatibility. Based on this superior demand, our company‘s core values are as
follows:
Added value for industry and consumers
Profound knowledge by specialization
We provide specialty chemical solutions, meeting modern demands and thereby
Due to many years of experience, consistent specialization based on intensive
creating added value for our industrial customers as well as the consumer.
research, as well as a constant training of our staff, we have a profound knowledge of our products and their characteristics.
Extra safety provided
Our aim is maximum safety for humans and environment, always based on state-
True customer orientation and personal support
of-the-art technologies. Therefore, Gulec exclusively offers specialty chemicals,
Our aspiration is the strong focus on our customers‘ requirements and goals.
which fulfill this universal demand for safety. We provide advanced alternatives
Our processes are flexibly tailored to our aim to achieve optimum results for our
for compounds, which are ecologically disputed and can be classified as harmful
customers. It goes without saying that our customers are supported exclusively
to health, e.g. halogenated flame retardants or phthalates.
by experienced Gulec staff.
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PRODUCTS & SERVICE
ADDED VALUE FOR PERFORMANCE MATERIALS
Based on many years of experience, we have a profound knowledge of our
industrial customers’ needs, which allows us to provide tailor-made consulting
services and fine chemicals solutions.
We focus on functionally superior performance chemicals, which comply with our
high demands on quality, safety and environmental compatibility.
Amongst others, our product range comprises:
Halogen-free flame-retardants
Advanced lubricant additives
Multi-purpose superabsorbent polymers
Highly effective denaturants
We support you with comprehensive technical advice and services until your new
formula reaches product and market maturity.
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PRODUCTS & SERVICE
HIGH-QUALITY LUBRICANT ADDITIVES
Gerphos
We offer Gerphos phosphate ester for usage as EP /AW additives in lubricants
and functional liquids.
Azelaic acid
An excellent complexing agent for Ca-/Li-complex-soaps. We offer azelaic acid
in different particle sizes for best processing under all conditions.
SUPERABSORBENTS –
ONE PROCUCT, MANY APPLICATIONS
Our superabsorbent polymers are true multi-talents.
They are used in many different areas:
Hygiene industry to produce super absorbent diapers, incontinence products
or bed underpads
Industy and agriculture for efficient water management
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PRODUCTS & SERVICE
GERPHOS – HALOGEN-FREE FLAME-RETARDANTS
Meet demands on modern products
Our Gerphos product family is the result of a long-term monitoring of modern
flame retardance as well as an ongoing development of our products. Customers
in the past asked for fire-resistance without further specifications, today’s flameretardant properties however need to comply with a lot more standards:
Durable flame-protection
No toxic gases
No migration
High weather resistance
Good processability
Low smoke density
Electrical conductivity
No fogging
Halogen- and Heavy metal free
Hydrolysis resistance
Cold-resistance
No radioactive materials
Tailor-made flame-retardant solutions for different fire standards
A further aspect for our product development is the wide range of fire tests.
For example, flame exposure to surfaces results in a completely different flame
spread and behavior than to edges of a specimen. Thus, our variety of Gerphos
solutions offer customized flame-retardant solutions for different fire standards.
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Suitable for diverse production processes and materials
Rapid technological development also is a big challenge. How can e.g. an ultra-
Fields of application
Soft PVC
Rigid PVC
TPU compounds
PU foams
Silicon compounds
Epoxy resins
Phenolic resins
Polyolefins
Polyester resins
Rubbers
Acrylates
Hydraulic oils
Intumescent products
Elastomers
Adhesives
Backcoatings
thin PU-coating of 30 microns thickness be treated with flame-retardants during
textile finishing? Even for such delicate processes, we supply flame-retardant
solutions. Gerphos products having a fine particle size of 15 micrometers offer
enormous opportunities.
They show excellent flame retardance in many polymers, paints, coatings and
resins, may it be PVC/PU leather, SBR calandered products or acrylic back coatings. A full product universe in a multidimensional matrix comprising different
polymers, production processes and properties can be protected against flammability by our Gerphos solutions.
Fire testing for efficient recipe development
Users often lack the special equipment needed for fire tests.
Due to our highly customer focused approach, we offer fire tests for a variety of
fire standards. Our accredited partner laboratories execute fire test promptly,
which enables a target-driven recipe development for your products.
Textile finishes
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HIGH-PERFORMANCE DENATURANTS
WE ARE CUSTOMER DRIVEN
Denatonium benzoate
Hand in hand for best results
As the bitterest substance known, denatonium benzoate is best suitable for de-
Special challenges are our business. We offer technical advice and support, from
naturation of ethyl alcohol, thus preventing its human consumption. Further fields
the first inquiry to product or market-maturity of your new recipe – personally and
of application are household chemicals as well other products which may harm
without any interruptions.
when swallowing. Owing to a high solubility and denaturing performance at lowest dosage denatonium benzoate is a prevailing denaturant around the world.
We cooperate with well-known, accredited test laboratories in order to gain signi-
Our high-purity denatonium benzoate is available in powder form.
ficant, reliable data about materials’ properties and behavior.
Tertiary Butyl Alcohol
Fire tests complete solution package
Tertiary Butyl Alcohol (synonym: tert-butanol; abbr. TBA) is another well-establis-
In addition to our state-of-the-art flame-retardant solutions we offer fire tests in
hed and trusty denaturant.
cooperation with the BASF fire testing department. The services of this internatio-
Our TBA is anhydrous and available as high purity grade.
toxicity and density.
nally well-known testing authority range from determining fire behavior to smoke
You can rely on a competent and quick execution of those complex tests, which
deliver a profound base for the usability evaluation of your product. Test results
are accepted on a worldwide basis.
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CORPORATE RESPNSIBILITY
WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
As an international supplier of specialty chemical-based solutions, we are aware of our corporate responsibility to environment and society. Holistic quality
management as well as environmental protection – by avoiding ecologically hazardous and harmful substances, e.g. halogenated flame-retardants – have
always been integral elements of Gulec’s corporate policy.
Quality is the key to our success
Our comprehensive quality management system has been certified according
More responsibilities for industry –
more safety for people and environment
to ISO 9001. This shows the permanent improvement of our performance and
Gulec is commited to the European Community’s regulatory framework for che-
processes as well as our unique customer focused approach.
micals, named REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of
The implementation of the quality management system is an interdisciplinary task
in which the entire Gulec team is involved. We place emphasis on committed,
creative and experienced employees. Therefore we continuously invest in staff
qualification and further trainings as well as up-to-date technical literature.
With our process-oriented management system we strengthen the constant en-
Chemicals) and its aim to improve the protection of human health and the environment by ensuring a safer use of chemical substances.
At Gulec, we naturally act in accordance with these rules.
We also fulfill the requirements of the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
hancement of our business processes with the aim to guarantee our customers
the highest benefit possible and to secure our competitiveness in the future.
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CORPORATE RESPNSIBILITY
Gulec Chemicals GmbH
Schweinauer Hauptstraße 80
90441 Nürnberg
Deutschland
Phone +49 (0)911-23493-10
Fax
+49 (0)911-23493-11
E-mail [email protected]
Web www.gulec.de
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www.gulec.de
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