Chemicals for Pulp & Paper in Malaysia
ChemTrade supplies 97 products into pulp & paper in Malaysia. Each listing carries typical specifications, packing and availability.

| Product | Used for |
|---|---|
| 2-Ethylhexyl Acrylate | Comonomer in self-adhesive label stock, paper saturation latices and release coating polymers made by the converting trade. |
| 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate | Functional comonomer in paper and board treatment latices and in leather finishing polymers, contributing wet strength and bonding to a fibrous substrate. |
| Acrylic Emulsion | Used in paper and board coating formulations where an acrylic dispersion binder is specified. |
| Aluminium Stearate | Surface treatment and sizing additive where board or speciality paper needs water repellency and controlled slip. |
| Aluminium Sulphate | Rosin sizing and retention aid in papermaking, helping fix size and fillers to the fibre where aluminium sulphate is specified. |
| Aluminium Trihydrate | Mineral filler or coating pigment in paper and board applications where ATH is selected for brightness and controlled particle size. |
| Antifoam | Defoaming in pulping, stock preparation, washing and white-water circuits to limit entrained air and surface foam. |
| ATMP | Chelating or peroxide-stabilising component in selected pulp bleaching formulations. |
| Brilliant Blue FCF | Blue dye applications in paper processing and paper products. |
| Butyl Acrylate | Comonomer in paper and board coating binders and saturating latices produced for the converting trade. |
| Calcium Carbonate | Paper filling and coating mineral where brightness, particle size and retention suit the grade and process conditions. |
| Calcium Hypochlorite | Bleaching and decolourising aid in selected pulp and paper operations that call for dry hypochlorite. |
| Calcium Stearate | Surface lubricant and gloss or burnishing aid in coated paper and board, usually applied as a calcium stearate dispersion in the coating formulation. |
| Carboxymethyl Cellulose | Surface size and coating binder, improving sheet strength and filler retention. |
| Casein | Coating binder and pigment dispersant for paper and board, where the protein gives gloss holdout and ink receptivity on the coated surface. |
| Corn Starch | Surface sizing and coating aid to improve sheet strength, printability and surface finish on paper and board lines. |
| DBNPA | Microbial and slime-control programmes in papermaking process water, subject to the site's formulation and dosing requirements. |
| Dibasic Ester | Press and screen wash for ink and varnish residues, and a retarder in printing systems where drying needs to be held back. |
| Diethylenetriamine | Used as an intermediate in the manufacture of wet-strength resins for paper applications. |
| DTPA | Used as a chelating aid in pulp and paper bleaching systems, including formulations where control of metal ions supports hydrogen peroxide stabilisation. |
| EDTA | Controls transition metals in peroxide bleaching, which keeps brightness up and peroxide consumption down. |
| EO-PO Block Copolymer | Used in paper and pulp process formulations for surfactancy and foam control. |
| Ethyl Acetate | Carrier solvent in flexographic and gravure ink systems printed onto paper, board and flexible film, chosen for a quick release on press without the odour of a ketone. |
| Ethyl Acrylate | Comonomer in paper and board coating binders and in saturating latices made for converting work, and in leather finishing polymers produced on similar plant. |
| Fatty Alcohol Ethoxylate | Used in pulp and paper process formulations where wetting and surface activity are required. |
| Ferric Sulfate | Clarification and colour control in mill wastewater treatment systems that use iron coagulants. |
| Glyoxal | Wet-strength additive and coating component, and an insolubiliser for starch and polyvinyl alcohol binders on paper and board. |
| Guar Gum | Dry-strength and fibre-retention aid in paper manufacturing processes that use guar-based hydrocolloids. |
| Gum Rosin | Paper sizing and related pulp and paper applications that use gum rosin to control water resistance and surface character. |
| Hydrated Lime | Causticising in the kraft recovery cycle and precipitated calcium carbonate manufacture for paper filling and coating. |
| Hydrogen Peroxide | Brightening and delignification aid in pulp and paper mills that use peroxide bleaching to lighten fibre shade without a chlorine residue. |
| Isoamyl Acetate | Solvent and odour component in printing inks and coating systems applied to paper, board and packaging film, subject to resin compatibility. |
| Isophorone | Screen, gravure and speciality inks printed on board, film and packaging, where a slow solvent keeps the screen or plate open during a long run. |
| Isopropyl Acetate | Ester solvent and retarder in gravure and flexographic ink systems on paper, board and film, used where a press needs a little more open time than the lightest esters allow. |
| Isothiazolinone | Used as an isothiazolinone biocide option in paper and pulp processing applications where the active system is specified. |
| Kaolin | Filler and coating clay that improves brightness, printability, smoothness and ink holdout on printing and writing grades. |
| Lithopone | Coating and filling pigment for paper and board, giving whiteness and surface cover in formulations that do not need the brightness of a full titanium dioxide coating. |
| Magnesium Hydroxide | Alkali source in peroxide bleaching stages and a magnesium addition in mill chemistry, where pulp strength and brightness handling are the reason for choosing it over a stronger alkali. |
| Magnesium Sulphate | Magnesium source in selected pulp and paper processing and bleaching formulations. |
| Maleic Anhydride | Precursor to alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agents and other paper chemistry, where the substituted derivative rather than this anhydride is the finished product. |
| Melamine | Resin manufacture for decorative paper impregnation, overlays and selected wet-strength or surface-treatment systems. |
| Methacrylic Acid | Comonomer in paper coating binders, surface sizing and dispersant polymers used on board and speciality paper grades. |
| Methyl Acetate | Solvent carrier in gravure, flexographic and other printing ink systems applied to paper, board and film, subject to resin compatibility. |
| Methyl Amyl Ketone | Printing ink, overprint varnish and coating systems applied to paper, board and packaging substrates, where open time on press matters. |
| MGDA | Chelation and metal-ion management in selected pulp and paper bleaching formulations. |
| Modified Starch | Surface sizing, coating binder and corrugating adhesive, where oxidised and acid-thinned grades give a low-viscosity solution at high solids and a film that improves surface strength. |
| Nitrilotriacetic Acid | Chelating component in pulp and paper bleaching processes. |
| Optical Brightener | Fluorescent whitening agents are used in pulp and paper applications where the grade is matched to the process and required optical effect. |
| Oxalic Acid | Used in professional wood and pulp processing for controlled treatment of iron-related discolouration and surface brightening. |
| Paraffin Wax | Coating and sizing board, corrugated cases and paper wrap to hold out water and grease. |
| Peracetic Acid | Bleaching and brightening duty on pulp, including sequences that avoid chlorine-based stages. |
| Poly Aluminium Chloride | Retention, drainage and pitch control in papermaking, and clarification of mill effluent with a PAC coagulant dose. |
| Poly Ferric Sulphate | Colour, suspended-solids and phosphate removal in paper-mill water and effluent treatment programmes. |
| Polyacrylamide Flocculant | Retention aid for fillers and fines, and dewatering of mill effluent sludge. |
| Polyacrylic Acid | Dispersant for calcium carbonate and clay coating colours, and a rheology aid in pigment slurry preparation for board and coated paper grades. |
| Polyamide Resin | Ink and lacquer chemistry for paper, board and foil printing, including heat sealable coatings applied during packaging conversion. |
| Polymer | Retention, drainage and strength-related polymer grades in pulp and paper wet-end and coating systems when the process duty is stated. |
| Polyvinyl Alcohol | Surface size and coating binder that improves paper strength, printability and surface integrity. Fully hydrolysed grades are commonly selected where a tougher dry film is needed. |
| Potash Alum | Sizing and related paper chemistry duties where potassium alum is used to fix size and support fibre and filler retention. |
| Potato Starch | Surface sizing, wet-end additive and adhesive component for paper, corrugated board and related fibre products, including cationic or oxidised technical grades where specified. |
| Precipitated Calcium Carbonate | Controlled mineral filler and coating pigment where precipitated particle properties are required. |
| Quicklime | Recausticising green liquor back to white liquor in the kraft recovery cycle. |
| SBR Latex | Coating binder for pigmented paper and paperboard coatings, where binder level and particle size influence coating strength, gloss and printability. |
| Silicone Emulsion | Release coating on paper and film, plus foam control during stock preparation and coating operations. |
| Slack Wax | Used in wax emulsions for board sizing and in corrugated paper and board coating formulations. |
| Soda Ash | Alkali source in pulping chemistry and paper mill process or effluent pH adjustment. |
| Sodium Alginate | Surface sizing and film-forming aid to improve printability, fold resistance and surface strength in selected paper grades. |
| Sodium Aluminate | Retention, drainage and sizing aid in paper making, and for pitch control and alkaline sizing systems where an aluminate source is preferred to an acidic aluminium salt. |
| Sodium Bisulfite | Process reducing and oxygen-scavenging applications where sodium bisulfite solution is named in the operating specification. |
| Sodium Borohydride | Reducing chemistry for pulp and paper bleaching systems, including processes that generate dithionite on site from sodium borohydride. |
| Sodium Chlorate | Feedstock for on-site chlorine dioxide generation used in elemental chlorine-free pulp bleaching and related brightening chemistry at pulp and paper mills. |
| Sodium Chlorite | Bleaching and brightening stages at pulp and paper mills that specify a chlorite route or generate chlorine dioxide close to the bleach plant. |
| Sodium Dimethyldithiocarbamate | Used as a formulation component in selected paper-mill and cooling-water microbiological-control programmes. |
| Sodium Formaldehyde Sulfoxylate | The material is used in reductive bleaching processes for pulp and paper applications. |
| Sodium Formate | Process salt in pulp and paper operations that specify a formate for pH control or as part of a bleaching or additive system. |
| Sodium Hexametaphosphate | Sequestering and dispersing aid in selected pulp and paper process streams where hardness and metal ions affect processing. |
| Sodium Hydrosulfite | Brightening of mechanical pulp, recycled fibre and deinked stock, where a reductive bleach lifts brightness without the fibre loss of an oxidative stage. |
| Sodium Hydroxide | Pulping and bleaching wood fibre, and de-inking recovered paper. |
| Sodium Hypochlorite | Chlorine-based bleaching and brightening stages where sodium hypochlorite solution is part of the mill chemistry. |
| Sodium Metabisulfite | Reducing and process-control duties where solid sodium metabisulfite is specified. |
| Sodium Percarbonate | Brightening recovered fibre and assisting the removal of ink during recycling. |
| Sodium Polyacrylate | Dispersant for coating colours and calcium carbonate or clay pigment slurries in paper coating and board manufacture. |
| Sodium Sesquicarbonate | Alkali source and pH control in selected pulping, deinking and paper process streams that call for a carbonate rather than a hydroxide. |
| Sodium Silicate | Adhesive for corrugated board and paper tube winding, and a component of the peroxide bleach liquor in de-inking. |
| Sodium Sulphate | Sulphur and sodium make-up salt in selected kraft and other pulp-processing circuits that name sodium sulphate on the process list. |
| Sodium Sulphide | Pulp and paper process chemistry where a sulphide salt is specified in the mill recipe or recovery-related make-up. |
| Sodium Sulphite | Reducing-agent and bleaching-support duties in pulp and paper process streams where sodium sulphite is written into the mill chemistry. |
| Succinic Anhydride | Related paper-sizing chemistry often uses alkenyl or alkyl succinic anhydrides (ASA and similar derivatives), which are separate substituted products. Unsubstituted succinic anhydride may be requested for intermediate or research work; state the exact identity needed. |
| Talc | Filler and surface-related mineral in selected paper grades where brightness, print surface and pitch control are process priorities. |
| Tapioca Starch | Corrugating adhesive for board plants, and surface sizing to improve printability and sheet strength. |
| Tetraethylenepentamine | Used as an intermediate in wet-strength and paper-resin systems. |
| THPS | Used in pulp and paper process-water treatment where THPS chemistry is specified. |
| Titanium Dioxide | Whitening and opacity pigment in paper and board where titanium dioxide is specified for brightness and covering power. |
| Tributyl Phosphate | Foam control in paper coating colours, pulping liquors and wet-end process water, added at low dose so coating rheology and runnability are unaffected. |
| Ultramarine Blue | Shading and whitening in paper, board and coating slips, where the pigment offsets yellowness in the sheet rather than dyeing the fibre. |
| Vinyl Acetate Monomer | Feedstock for vinyl acetate polymer emulsions used in paper coatings, converting adhesives and related binder applications. |
| Zinc Stearate | Slip, release and burnishing additive in paper and paperboard coating, and a dusting powder that stops freshly coated or printed sheets from blocking. |
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