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Butanox is the world’s leading brand of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP)

MEKP products are used for the curing of thermoset resins and coatings.

Butanox is an essential component for curing polyester composite materials such as pipes, wind turbine blades, bridges, yachts, chemical storage tanks and many other valuable end products. Butanox is recognized as the best and most reliably MEKP by the world’s leading composite manufacturers and users of unsaturated polyester resins (UP).

Butanox has a consistent high quality and guaranteed low water content and can be used across the entire range of applications and reactivities of commercially available UP and vinyl ester (VE) resins. Butanox M-50 is the leading MEKP in our portfolio.

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Product categories

Thermoset composites

Curing agents for unsaturated polyester resins, vinyl ester resins and (meth)acrylate resins.

O rganic peroxides

Classes like ketone peroxides, diacyl peroxides, peroxyesters, hydroperoxides and more.

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Cobalt-free curing of polyester storage tanks

Nouryon successful with food-contact compliancy certification for Cobalt-free curing.

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Our curing systems for thermoset resins (EMEIA)

Please check our peroxide portfolio including cobalt and cobalt-free accelerators.

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Our curing systems for thermoset resins (AMER)

Please check our peroxide portfolio including cobalt and cobalt-free accelerators.

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Vanishing Red - small red investment for a better profitability

Butanox M-50 VR is a colored peroxide allowing users to check the flow of the peroxide in the dosing line and initial cure within a laminate. Failures can be instantly detected and once the color disappears, you know the cure is finished.

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Our curing systems for thermoset resins are found in a wide variety of manufactured goods, including pipes, yachts, storage tanks, wind turbines to biofiber-based composite bridges.

Butanox M-50 VRN reveal

Nouryon launches improved Vanishing Red peroxide for the composites market.

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If you have questions about our Butanox cure systems and/or products, please contact one of our regional sales representatives. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Butanox is the world’s leading brand of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP)