Wax Emulsions from Lakeland Laboratories

Yes, Lakeland Laboratories manufactures oxidised homopolymers as part of our wax emulsions range. Manufactured at our UK-based facilities in Greater Manchester, oxidised homopolymers by Lakeland include our popular Lakewax 29, Lakewax 37, Lakewax 44, Lakewax 60 and Lakewax 40 products covering a range of nonionic, anionic and cationic-based formulations with varying particle sizes. Oxidised homopolymers are used by a wide range of industries including IIC, printing inks, textiles, metal working and finishing, façade protection and fruit coatings.

Yes, Lakeland Laboratories manufactures polypropylene copolymer wax emulsions at our facilities in the UK. Hard and soft waxes including Lakewax 57 and Lakewax 78 offer effective anti-blocking, slip resistant and anti-wear properties sought by industries such as textiles manufacturing and processing, floor cleaning and IIC, packaging film manufacturers and food producers.

Yes, Lakeland manufactures Lakewax 20, which is a montan ester wax emulsion product. These hard synthetic waxes offer powerful lubrication, release agent and glazing agent properties for use in manufacturing settings, food processing facilities, and textiles manufacturing and processing. Lakeland’s Lakewax 20 montan ester is manufactured in the UK at our Greater Manchester facility, prior to dispatch nationally and worldwide through our international distribution network.

Yes, Lakeland’s wax emulsions are available throughout the UK, Europe and worldwide, including Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, via our approved distribution agent and supplier network. Our production facilities are based in Greater Manchester, UK, and all wax emulsion products are manufactured on site for quality and consistency reassurance. Lakeland’s regulatory team at our head office in the UK works with customers, suppliers and agents to ensure wax emulsions are manufactured and supplied in line with international compliance and approval requirements.

Lakeland Laboratories’ versatile range of wax emulsions is stable and incredibly versatile, offering low viscosity, excellent durability and free-flowing liquids for ease of handling. Common applications and industrial uses include:

• Glossy floor polishes and effective floor coverings, protecting flooring from scuffs, heel marks and water damage
• Solvent-free paints, wood and timber protection, including façade protection for construction applications
• Anti-scuff, fast-drying flexographic printing inks, protecting product packaging and labels during manufacture, transit and storage
• Fruit coatings to preserve and protect fruits after harvesting, helping to control ripening, slow decay and prevent shrinking or shrivelling for fruits such as apples, lemons, oranges, tomatoes, melons and many others
• Mould release agents, preventing mould casts from sticking or fusing to mould cavities by creating a shielding layer
• VOC-free wax emulsions are used in the manufacture of paints and varnishes for a range of industrial applications including those in the marine and maritime sector

Wax emulsions by Lakeland Laboratories are manufactured under high pressure and rapid cooling conditions to form stable, aqueous mobile emulsions. Nonionic, anionic and cationic-based emulsifiers are used to create our wax emulsions product range, manufactured fully in-house at our Greater Manchester site in the UK and offering ease of handling and free-flowing properties.

Lakeland’s wax emulsions benefit from reduced solvent use, offering increasingly positive environmental qualities that make our wax emulsions range suitable for use in the industrial and institutional cleaning, mechanical and manufacturing, construction and textiles sectors in particular. VOC-free wax emulsions developed by Lakeland Laboratories are also incorporated into paints and varnishes used in the marine and maritime sector by boat builders and boat repair facilities, helping products to dry evenly and create an aesthetic sheen whilst aiding waterproofing and offering anti-corrosion properties.

Yes, Lakeland Laboratories works collaboratively with clients around the world to research, test and develop bespoke wax emulsion formulations to suit specific application and sector needs, from reduced-solvent and VOC-free formulations, to bespoke floor cleaning and finishing, metal working and metal fabrication, and textiles processing characteristics.

Lakeland’s technical team at our laboratory in Greater Manchester, UK, works closely alongside customers to identify required wax emulsion surfactant performance, before adapting and developing our range to suit.

Yes, Lakeland Laboratories undertakes toll manufacture of wax emulsion surfactants for clients with bespoke or confidential requirements seeking a reliable, experienced wax emulsion and surfactant manufacturer in the UK.

Toll manufacture clients have access to Lakeland’s wax emulsion and surfactant technical development team, collaborating to create tailored wax emulsions that meet the needs of specific applications, as well as our extensive on-site production facilities that support the scalable manufacture of wax emulsion surfactants under contract.