Overview

ETHOCEL™ ethylcellulose resins are versatile, organosoluble, thermoplastic polymers. They result from the reaction of ethyl chloride with alkali cellulose. Raw materials include cotton linters and wood pulp. Ethylcellulose resins are widely used for coating, film forming, binding, and enhancing the performance of many different products ranging from industrial coatings to pharmaceuticals.

The toughness, inertness, and fabrication and product versatility of these polymers allow them to meet a wide range of performance requirements in sheet form, as molding and extrusion resins, as pressure casting resins, and as resins for various coatings.

ETHOCEL Premium polymers are utilized for many different functional purposes in scores of pharmaceutical products. They are most frequently used in controlled release dosage formulations, but they are also useful as granulation binders, as film formers to improve tablet integrity and appearance, and in taste masking of bitter actives.

ETHOCEL Premium resins are odorless, colorless, and film-forming, and they meet the requirements of numerous FDA regulations for food applications. They are used in the formation of protective coatings, as binders, and as flavor fixatives. They are also safe for use in food contact applications.


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