Kao develops chemicals that answer the needs of construction and infrastructure. Our solutions are built to go that extra step, guided by innovation and made to anticipate the most challenging requirements of our clients.
Kao Chemicals Europe provide construction solutions defined by quality, security and low environmental impact.
Construction
Helping the global construction industry go further with high-quality chemical solutions that have a lower environmental impact.
Our applications
Precast Concrete
Precast concrete is a construction product produced by casting concrete in a reusable mould or ‘form’ which is then cured in a controlled environment, transported to the construction site and lifted into place.
Readymix Concrete
Ready-mixed concrete is concrete manufactured in a batch plant, according to an engineered mix design. It is transported to the construction site via a barrel truck or in-transit mixer.
Powder
KAO's Powder-based polycarboxylate ethers (PCE) are premium class superplasticizers as well as extreme efficient water reducing agents that are used in all kinds of cementitous DRY-MIX applications.
Typical application fields include joint fillers, tile adhesives, screeds, self-levelling compounds, On- and Off-Shore anchor mortars, shotcretes injection and repair mortars.
Conventional plasticizers based on Naphthalene Sulfonate technology (NSF) convince by their cost/performance ratio and excellent robustness in various dry-mix and concrete applications.
Powder Naphthalene Sulfonate: An efficient water reducer for conventional concrete.
Additives & Specialities
Air Entrainers for Concrete Admixture Preparation.
Kao offers air entrainers, defoamers and rheology stabilizers as complementary products to its extensive® product range.
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