The SNF Group comprises subsidiaries and joint ventures in over 70 countries and operates 21 production sites in Europe, Americas, Asia and Australia.
SNF manufactures and supplies organic coagulants such as PolyDADMAC and Polyamines as well as polyacrylamide flocculants and provides the polymer equipment and service required by the drinking water production plant.
In addition to coagulants, flocculants and dispersants, SNF produces also a range of mining reagents based on xanthate chemistry.
Coagulants act as fixative for various chemicals such as dyes and sizing agents, charge neutralization for pitch and cationic demand control.
SNF also manufactures synthetic dry strength resins which are acrylamide based, glyoxalated (FLOSTRENGTH) or issued from Hofmann rearrangement.
These resins, applied in the thick stock, imparts higher strength properties to paper & board, allows fiber substitution by lower quality grades or by fillers (PCC, GCC) .
SNF manufactures three types of cosmetic ingredients, conditioning agents, rheology modifiers and carbomers under the trademarks FLOCARE and FLOGEL.
Rheology modifiers are based on inverse emulsion thickening agents[6][7] for skin care formulations and hair combing creams.