Company Information

Ken Chem – Crafting Value Globally

Ken Chemicals has been focusing on cellulose ethers (HPMC, HEMC, HEC) industry for more than 10 years. With experienced R&D team, consistent high-performance product and value-added customer service, we have been serving customers from over 30 countries in different continents with our brand KelloCel™.

About KelloCel™

KelloCel™ is customized toward a diverse set of applications. Non-toxic, biodegradable, and completely safe, KelloCel™ is a key additive that improves texture, workability, strength, or other key functions of wide array of products, including food, medicine, oil drilling, personal care, detergents, paints and coatings, and building materials.

KelloCel™ can be used to emulsify, to provide viscous body, to enhance lather in aqueous solutions/suspensions. It can be used to bind, to slow down water loss, to enhance cement setting strength in thin layer cementitious construction materials. KelloCel™ Hydroxypropyl Methyl cellulose (HPMC, MHPC) is used in the production of adhesives, construction dry-mix mortar (such as cement-based tile adhesive, tile grout, skim coat, EIFS, self-leveling, gypsum plaster etc), personal care, detergents and surfactants, water-based paints & coatings, foods, agriculture and the textile industry.

Ken Chemicals also provides one-stop shopping service to customers who need re-dispersible polymer powder, PVA, PP fiber, starch ether, which are essential in various dry mix products in construction.

Products Details

HPMC ---- Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose

KelloCel™ MP/MK series, are types of non-ionic cellulose ether, which are a powder of white to off-white color, that function as a thickener, binder, film-former, surfactant, protective colloid, lubricant, emulsifier, and suspension and water retention aid. In addition, these types of cellulose ethers exhibit properties of thermal gelation, metabolic inertness, enzyme resistance, low odor and taste, and pH stability.

Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose polymers are well-known for their ability to bind, retain water, thicken, form films, and provide many other performance benefits. 

Due to the myriad of properties, HPMC is often used to substitute many other additives with lower concentration, making HPMC an incredibly efficient and effective additive in areas of Adhesives, Construction, Foods, Household Products, Pharmaceuticals, and etc.

The number of substituent groups on the ring determines the properties of the various products . Highest methoxyl DS will yields maximum water solubility.

Typical Characters:

KelloCel™ applications are focused on but not limited to:

- Building materials

- Paint and coatings

- Personal care

- Cosmetics

- Oil drilling

- Pharmaceuticals

- ...

KelloCel™ in Construction Materials

In cementitous building materials industry, modified KelloCel™ contributes:

- Improved workability

- Prolonged open time

- Sag and slip resistance

- Better temperature stability

- Increased adhesion strength

Test facility related to construction:

KelloCel™ in Water-based Paints

In water-based paints, KelloCel™ imparts:

- Lump free dispersion due to delayed solubility

- Excellent leveling

- Very good suspension power

KelloCel™ in Detergents & Personal Care products

In detergents & personal care products, KelloCel enables:

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