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Put better ideas to paper with starch and additive solutions

Meeting surface strength requirements. Delivering consistent surface quality. Reducing costs while replacing the synthetics. You have many different demands associated with coated and uncoated printing and writing papers. That's why we offer solutions that can exceed the needs of everyone, from the budget-conscious producer to the mill producing ultra-high premium grades. And we'll partner with you to analyze and develop solutions for the entire process, from wet-end to size press and coater to water-box applications.

Boost additive performance in the wet-end

Ingredion's CATO®, PENCAT® and MICROCAT® cationic starches and OPTIPRO® wet-end additives are engineered to simplify your additive program and solve your key challenges — delivering internal strength, enhancing drainage and retention, and boosting the effects of other additives — all to help you improve productivity and reduce overall additive cost.

Reduce usage and costs in the dry-end

Count on our proven range of functional surface starches to maximize your starch performance for reduced usage and cost while improving surface strength for high printability. Explore our PENFORD GUM® modified starch, KOFILM® modified starch, CATO-SIZE® modified starch and DOUGLAS® oxidized modified starch lineups.

Push the solids content with coating binders

Our PEN-COTE® L and PEN-COTE® D coating binders surpass other naturally derived binders, pushing the solids content up to 50% — far higher than traditional starch binders. Offered as both ready-for-use liquids and completely soluble powders, these binders can be added dry to formulations during coating makedown to raise coating solids, eliminating or reducing viscosity modifiers.

Liquid-based adhesives bring top runnability

For applications including laminated fine paper and museum-grade mat board, the PENLAM® line of liquid-based adhesives matches the performance of synthetics at lower cost and with superior runnability. These liquid adhesives are easy to integrate into existing processes and come from natural, renewable and biodegradable resources.

Ingredient Family
Description
Application
CATO®/PENCAT® modified starches
Cationic and amphoteric mill-cooked starches
Strength, retention and drainage development in virgin and low recycle content furnish papermaking systems
OPTIBOND® modified starches
Net cationic enhanced molecular weight mill-cooked starches
Paper/board machine systems utilizing microparticle retention systems for enhanced retention/drainage performance and strength development
OPTIPRO® modified starches
High cationically charged mill-cooked starches
Strength, retention and drainage development in high recycle content furnish and high cationic charge demand papermaking systems
REDIPRO® natural polymers
Moderately-charged cationic, ready-for-use polymeric blends
Designed for paper/board mills without a dry starch handling/cooking system, but current grade structure or new grade development require increased internal strength development and improved retention/drainage performance. Especially useful in high recycle content furnishes
Dry-end product (ingredient) family
Description
Application
CATO-SIZE® modified starches
Cationic, viscosity modified mill-cooked starches
For use in mills requiring a low level of BOD in the effluent due to environmental permit considerations. For use in the production of paper grades requiring excellent surface strength with enhanced printability
DOUGLAS® modified starches
Oxidized, viscosity modified mill-cooked starches
Cost competitive mill locations producing commodity grades that need a moderate level of surface strength and printability
KOFILM® modified starches
Oxidized, viscosity modified mill-cooked starches
Suitable where high surface strength is important for use in printing and writing grades or strength development in board grades, where product stability and consistent viscosity control are required
PENFORD GUM® modified starches
Hydroxyethylated, viscosity modified mill-cooked starches
Suitable where high surface strength is important for use in printing and writing grades or strength development in board grades, where starch stability and consistent viscosity control are required. Appropriate for use in all size press and/ or waterbox applications
StacKOTE™/PENFILM® modified starches
Hydroxyethylated, viscosity modified mill-cooked starches
Superior runnability in grades requiring high surface strength with enhanced printability especially in mill locations having hard water
REDIFILM™ liquid natural polymers
Ready-for-use natural polymers
Easy for use specialty starch product which provides barrier properties with enhanced surface strength and printability
Coating product (ingredient) family
Coating product (ingredient) family
Application
FILMKOTE® modified starches
Superior film forming, thixotropic, viscosity modified mill-cooked starches
Product provides thixotropic response in coating rheology, which improves runnability and performance over traditional starches in demanding coating applications. Highly effective anti-blocking agent for use in coated board formulations. Barrier starch technology useful for developing oil and grease resistance performance
PEN-COTE® L liquid coating binders
Ready-for-use liquid coating binder
Liquid coating starch suitable for use in coating formulations where the solids content of the formula limits the use of traditional starches. Provides excellent water-holding of the formulation and helps reduce binder migration. Suitable for latex replacement in paper or board applications
PEN-COTE® D coating binders
Ready-for-use dry powder coating binder
Dry "stir-in" coating binder mixes into pigment slurry without cooking. Suitable for use in coating formulations where higher solids content of the formula improves coating efficiency and drying. Superior water-holding also improves formulation performance, reducing binder migration even further with higher coating solids. Suitable for latex replacement in paper or board applications
PENFORD GUM® modified starches
Hydroxyethylated, viscosity modified mill-cooked starches
Traditional coating starch, used as a co-binder with latex

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