Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants & Elastomers (CASE)
Optimize complex formulations to balance adhesion, durability, flexibility, and long-term stability.
Formulating for Multi-Property Performance
Chemistry Across CASE Applications
Coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers are expected to maintain reliable performance across changing environmental, mechanical, and operational conditions. Whether you formulate for industrial, construction, automotive, or specialty applications, you need additive technologies that support adhesion, flexibility, cure response, flame retardancy, durability, and long-term formulation stability
Managing Increasing Formulation Demands
The Realities of CASE Performance
Balancing performance, processing efficiency, compliance, and cost is becoming more difficult as formulation requirements continue to evolve. Material substitutions, regulatory changes, and increasing durability expectations can all affect system stability. Dover offers specialty additives and chemical intermediates designed to help manufacturers improve performance while maintaining formulation balance and operational consistency.
Chlorinated paraffins support flame retardancy, secondary plasticization, and extreme-pressure performance in select CASE formulations.
Phosphate ester technologies help improve flame resistance while supporting evolving performance and compliance requirements.
Specialty esters and plasticizers enhance flexibility, compatibility, processing, and long-term material performance.
Alkylphenols and intermediates support the development of surfactants, resins, additives, and specialty formulation systems.
Custom intermediates help customers develop proprietary formulations, improve compatibility, and support differentiated product performance.
Technical support helps formulators evaluate tradeoffs between adhesion, flexibility, durability, cure response, and long-term formulation stability.
Technologies Designed for Formulation Balance
Specialty Additives for CASE Formulations
To maintain formulation stability, ensure consistent manufacturing performance, and balance adhesion, flexibility, durability, and long-term reliability, you need additive technologies designed for demanding CASE applications. Dover offers a broad portfolio of specialty additives and chemical intermediates developed to help manufacturers optimize processing consistency and application performance across complex operating conditions
- Flame Retardancy Technologies: Chlorinated paraffins and phosphate ester technologies help improve flame resistance while supporting flexibility, durability, and compliance with evolving requirements.
- Specialty Plasticizers & Esters: Specialty esters and plasticizers improve flexibility, compatibility, processing efficiency, and long-term formulation stability across diverse CASE systems.
- Alkylphenols & Chemical Intermediates: Alkylphenols and intermediates support the development of surfactants, resins, additives, and specialized formulation technologies.
- Custom Formulation Support Technologies: Custom intermediates and specialty chemistries help customers optimize proprietary formulations and application-specific performance requirements.
- Performance Optimization Support: Technical support helps formulators evaluate tradeoffs between adhesion, flexibility, cure response, durability, and long-term formulation stability.
- Manufacturing Consistency Solutions: Additive technologies support batch-to-batch consistency, production reliability, and stable processing performance under demanding operating conditions.
Built Around Demanding End-Use Conditions
Built for CASE Formulation Performance
CASE formulations must perform reliably under real-world application conditions, including heat, moisture, UV exposure, mechanical stress, chemical exposure, and substrate variability. Whether you manufacture industrial coatings, pressure-sensitive adhesives, construction sealants, roofing membranes, flooring materials, or elastomeric components, you need chemistries that improve performance while preserving formulation stability.
Support That Extends Beyond Materials
The Dover Difference
Modern CASE formulation requires additive technologies that improve performance while protecting the balance of the full system. Dover helps you manage formulation complexity through specialty chemistry, practical technical insight, regulatory awareness, and dependable supply continuity across demanding CASE applications.
Additives and intermediates are designed to help formulators optimize adhesion, flexibility, durability, cure response, and long-term stability across complex CASE systems.
Technologies support evolving regulatory, environmental, and material requirements while helping maintain formulation integrity and manufacturing consistency.
North American manufacturing capabilities and a diversified specialty chemistry portfolio help support dependable long-term material availability.
Technical teams help customers evaluate formulation tradeoffs, troubleshoot manufacturing challenges, and optimize production performance.
Chemistries are developed to perform reliably under demanding environmental exposure, mechanical stress, and long-term service conditions.
Application teams support coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers, roofing systems, flooring materials, and other demanding industrial CASE applications.
Built for Complex Manufacturing Environments
Applications We Support
Proven Results Across Global Markets
Experience That Supports Your Operation
Years of Experience
Delivering specialty chemical solutions since 1950.
Industries Served
Across plastics, packaging, lubricants, metalworking, oilfield, coatings, adhesives, and other industrial markets.
Active Patents
Granted in 70 countries.
Patent Applications Pending
In 100+ countries, with additional filings expected as applications progress.
Global Technical Support
From formulation development through commercial implementation.