"Once we've determined the product that best meets a customer's needs, our job is to produce it to the exact specifications required, with minimum batch-to-batch variations.""
Frank Canepa
Assistant Plant Manager, Cincinnati
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Products That PerformRuetgers-Nease features the most complete line of hydrotopes in both composition and form on the market today. This is not surprising when one considers our 35 years of manufacturing experience and our steadfast commitment to be recognized as the industry's hydrotope specialist. Sold under the Naxonate trademark, these alkylarylsulfonates find their greatest utility in laundry and dishwashing detergents, where the hydrotope's coupling action stabilizes consumer product formulations. Additional applications are in industrial and institutional cleaners, electroplating agents, adhesives, textile specialties and other products.
Laboratory tests amply demonstrate the ability of hydrotopes to increase the solubility of organic compounds in aqueous solutions, solubilize otherwise insoluble compounds such as oils and dyes, and enhance the stability of many different types of solutions. While there have been many threats by competitive compounds over the years, our hydrotopes have withstood the test of time. Their cost-effectiveness, ease of handling, and consistent quality and performance provide a value package unmatched in the industry.
Ruetgers-Nease also markets a specialty surfactant line, which includes phosphate esters, linear alkyl sulfonates, alkanolamides, and powdered sulfates. With endless applications from personal care to emulsion polymerization to metal working fluids, these surface active agents are essential ingredients in many formulations.
Sulfonic acids are precursors to hydrotopes and we market toluene sulfonic acid, xylene sulfonic acid, and other specialty sulfonic acids. These acids are useful as catalysts and should be considered whenever a strong acid catalyst is required. Applications include esterification, curing catalysts for foundry resins and phenolic forms.
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