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Heavy Aromatic Solvents for Agrochemicals

Haltermann Carless helps you meet the growing challenges in agricultural chemistry.

As the earth’s population grows, arable land decreases and the impact of climate change is increasingly felt, agriculture strives to meet the rising demand for food, feed and fuel. With finite land resources, every hectare counts.

Haltermann Carless has produced the Caromax® portfolio, which is based on C10 and C12 aromatics, for more than 70 years. Our research and development activities proactively collaborate with formulators to help them achieve their targets of developing suitable agrochemicals that protect plants and crop yields.

Dynamische Marktanforderungen für Kraftstoff­additive

Die Marktanforderungen an die Kraftstoffadditiv-Industrie verändern sich schnell und kontinuierlich aufgrund von

  • neuen gesetzlichen Verordnungen,
  • Regularien für neue Kraftstoffspezifikationen und
  • den dadurch entstehende Bedarf an höheren Qualitäten

Innovationen und die Entwicklung neuer Additive sind daher häufig Schwerpunkte von Herstellern und Lieferanten, um den dynamischen Marktbedürfnissen zu begegnen.

Haltermann Carless Aromaten werden als Lösungsmittel verwendet und eignen sich besonders für kritische Inhaltsstoffe von Additiven. Unsere Caromax®-Aromaten unterstützen Additive-Formulierer bei der Entwicklung innovativer und maßgeschneiderter Konzepte der Zukunft. Letztendlich sind es ihre Additive, die den bereits hochwertigen Basiskraftstoff in das heutige High-Tech-Produkt verwandeln.

Haltermann Carless is a
key player in the supply
of aromatic solvents to agrochemical formulators

Benefits at a glance:

  • Tailor-made heavy aromatic solvent solutions
  • High purity and consistent, stable solvent quality
  • Fast and accurate laboratory support 
  • Strong technical support for product development
  • Comprehensive expertise in continuous production and distribution
  • Timely and qualified transport taking into account all regional and international safety regulations
  • More than 70 years expertise in production of Caromax® heavy aromatic solvents

 

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Haltermann Carless hatte schon immer eine starke Verbindung zur Automobilindustrie. Bereits Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde in Großbritannien der Carless-Kraftstoff „Petrol" von der Mehrheit der Autofahrer verwendet.

Reliable aromatic solutions
tailor-made, registered and recognised worldwide

Strong, sustainable relationships with customers and suppliers have enabled Haltermann Carless to grow into a global, reliable producer of C10 and C12 aromatics.

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Tailor-made heavy aromatic solvent formulations

Haltermann Carless experts have a passion for working closely with customers to develop tailored heavy aromatic solvent formulations. These bespoke formulations are manufactured to a formulator’s active ingredient(s) solvency boundaries. 

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Support

Our successful and long-term cooperation with many of our customers ensures that we can support them right from the start by identifying the best solutions to technical challenges and logistic demands. 

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Support with approval and registration procedures

Our customers benefit from our assistance in approval and registration processes of their crop protection products.

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Registration and approval

Our Caromax® aromatic solvents are all registered and approved by the EPA, PMRA and are fully REACH registered. 

Caromax®: Aromatics for tailored solvent formulations

Heavy aromatic solvents play an important role in the agrochemical industry. They are used as an inert solvent in agrochemical formulations to keep the active ingredients in solution and stable over time and varying storage and transport conditions. With our Caromax® 20, Caromax® 20 LN, Caromax® 20 XLN, Caromax® 28, Caromax® 28 LN, Caromax® 28 XLN, Haltermann Carless offers a comprehensive product range of special aromatic fluids for crop protection products. Our products are more than 99% aromatic purity. The increased usage of C12 aromatics offers multiple benefits to the users and the environment.

Haltermann Carless promotes the development of modern product solutions

We partner with major agrochemical producers and toll manufacturers worldwide and understand their specific requirements for consistently high-quality solvents for their active ingredients (AIs). Our Low Naphthalene (LN) and Extra Low Naphthalene (XLN) aromatic solvent grades are a great example on how applicators and the environment can be further protected.

It is Haltermann Carless’ aim to continually optimise the performance of our Caromax® grades in order to offer formulators of crop protection products the right balance between suitable Active Ingredients (AIs) and solvency and thus achieving benefits with regards to product performance, cost-efficiency and environmental impact.

Our recent study on the solvency performance of our products fuels us to drive tailored solutions for our agrochemical customers.

Learn more about our Caromax® study →

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Fields of application

Crop protection products, commonly referred to as pesticides or agrochemical products, play a vital role in controlling the pests and diseases that threaten crop yield and therefore our food supply. Sustainable agriculture depends on modern tools, technologies and innovative agrochemicals to increase crop yields and crop quality.

The agrochemical industry continues to be very innovative in developing new technologies that are

  • safe to operators and consumers,
  • easy to use,
  • effective,
  • cost-efficient,
  • help protect the environment while
  • meeting changing regulations.
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Caromax® aromatic solvents
Portfolio

Our Caromax® grades have a typical aromatic content of 99.9 %. They are offered in two main boiling ranges and are marketed as Caromax® 20 and Caromax® 28. Additionally, Haltermann Carless offers two levels of naphthalene depleted grades in both, typically with less than 1 % (Low Naphthalene) and less than 0.1 % (Extra Low Naphthalene) to meet environmental aspects.

For our customers in the agrochemical industry we offer the following products:

  Standard Grade Low Naphthalene­ Grade Extra Low Naphthalene­ Grade
C10 Range
180 – 220° C
CAS Number: 64742-94-5
Caromax® 20 Caromax® 20 LN Caromax® 20 XLN
C12 Range
210 – 300° C
CAS Number: 64742-94-5
Caromax® 28 Caromax® 28 LN Caromax® 28 XLN

 

 

Grade Typical Boiling Range Typical Naphthalene content
Caromax® 20 185 °C – 216 °C 7,00 %
Caromax® 20 LN 182 °C – 196 °C 0,60 %
Caromax® 20 XLN 183 °C – 196 °C 0,05 %
Caromax® 28 229 °C – 289 °C 7,00 %
Caromax® 28 LN 247 °C – 299 °C 0,50 %
Caromax® 28 XLN 249 °C – 298 °C 0,07 %

 

Get more technical infos on Caromax® aromatics

Aromatische Lösungsmittel für Kraftstoffadditive

Erfahren Sie mehr über unser Caromax®-Portfolio

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Caromax® aromatic solvents
Advantages

Our Caromax® solvents are impressive: 
  • Consistent high quality with an aromatic purity of 99 % and more
  • Excellent solvency
  • Long term stability for active ingredients (AI)
  • Stable multifunctional ingredients
  • Broad portfolio including extra low naphthalene grades

 

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Different formulations optimised
for the agrochemicals market

All Caromax® products are a complex mixture of heavy aromatics molecules. The composition of our solvents has a significant impact on the solvency properties and long-term stability of the formulated agrochemical product. Years of formulation experience has led us to our highly specialised Caromax® portfolio – optimised for the agrochemicals market.

Emulsifiable Concentrate (EC) and Oil Dispersant (OD) formulations 

Haltermann Carless meets global regulatory requirements and maintains a wide range of approvals with many agricultural chemical manufacturers. The majority of our aromatic Caromax® solvents are used in the development and production of Emulsifiable Concentrates (EC) and Oil Dispersions (OD) for agricultural formulations.

EC-Formulations They are among the most adaptable types of formulations. They are used in agricultural and forestry applications, with agricultural formulations accounting for the larger share. A typical EC formulation contains an active ingredient, an emulsifier and a solvent to keep the solution stable and in solution. Farmers dilute the emulsifiable concentrate in a spray tank, where a milky emulsion forms before the crop protection chemical is applied to the field using spray technology. EC formulations with low naphthalene content are still widely used due to the flexible use of aromatic solvents in industry.
OD-Formulations They are more difficult to formulate because the active ingredient must be insoluble in the oil phase and stable under prolonged storage conditions. Oil dispersant formulations consist of an active ingredient suspended in an oil phase with dispersants, emulsifiers and rheology modifiers. When diluted in the spray tank, the oil phase is emulsified and the solids are kept dispersed in the solution.

Emulsionskonzentrat (EC)
und Öldispersion (OD)

Haltermann Carless erfüllt die globalen regulatorischen Anforderungen und hält weltweit eine Vielzahl von Zulassungen bei vielen Herstellern von Agrarchemikalien. Die Mehrzahl unserer aromatischen Caromax®-Lösungsmittel werden bei der Entwicklung und Herstellung von Emulsionskonzentraten  (EC) und Öldispersionen (OD) von agrarchemischen Formulierungen eingesetzt.

EC-Formulierungen

Sie gehören zu den anpassungsfähigsten Formulierungstypen. Sie werden in land- und forstwirtschaftlichen Anwendungen eingesetzt, wobei die landwirtschaftlichen Formulierungen den größeren Teil einnehmen. Eine typische EC-Formulierung enthält einen Wirkstoff, einen Emulgator und ein Lösungsmittel, um die Lösung stabil und in Lösung zu halten. Landwirte verdünnen das emulgierbare Konzentrat in einem Spritzbehälter, wo sich eine milchige Emulsion bildet, bevor die Pflanzenschutzchemie mittels Spritztechnik auf das Feld ausgebracht wird. EC-Formulierungen mit niedrigem Naphthalingehalt sind aufgrund des flexiblen Einsatzes von aromatischen Lösungsmitteln in der Industrie nach wie vor stark vertreten.

OD-Formulierungen

Sie sind schwieriger zu formulieren, da der Wirkstoff in der Ölphase unlöslich und unter längeren Lagerbedingungen stabil sein muss. Öldispersionsmittel-Formulierungen bestehen aus einem Wirkstoff, der mit Dispergiermitteln, Emulgatoren und Rheologiemodifikatoren in einer Ölphase suspendiert wird. Bei der Verdünnung im Sprühtank wird die Ölphase emulgiert und die Feststoffe werden dispergiert in der Lösung gehalten.

Caromax®-Aromaten für
Formulierungen in der Agrarchemie

Alle Caromax®-Lösungsmittel haben einen typischen Aromatengehalt von 99,9 %. Sie werden in zwei Hauptsiedebereichen angeboten und als Caromax® 20 und Caromax® 28 vermarktet. Um Umwelt- und Anwendungsaspekten gerecht zu werden, bietet Haltermann Carless zudem zwei Produkttypen mit geringem Naphtalingehalt an, die typischerweise weniger als 1 % (Caromax® LN) bzw. weniger als 0,1 % Naphtalingehalt (Caromax® XLN) aufweisen.

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High solvency is critical to effective performance of agrochemicals

The right ingredients in formulations are key for the effective performance of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. The formulation helps position the action of the Active Ingredient (AI) to it’s target site.However, crop protection formulations can be affected in numerous ways by the different solvent compositions, depending on the type of formulations. In EC formulations, for instance, cold stability is affected by the solvent composition where polarity is key in solubilising the active ingredient.

Haltermann Carless study:
Providing the right balance between Active Ingredients (AIs) and solvency

C12 aromatic solvents are the predominant hydrocarbons for stabilising and solubilising OD and EC formulations. C12 solvents are preferred over C10 solvents for safety and handling reasons. 

In view of this Haltermann Carless has conducted a solvency and solubility study to further evaluate the behaviour of aromatic solvents and their influence on the solvency power to agrochemical formulations.

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In our study, dissolution curves were generated for an active ingredient in various Caromax® solvents. By monitoring the temperature of solvent against the weight of active ingredient gradually added, we were able to generate and compare the dissolution curves for each Caromax® solvent. 

Whilst the method of our study needs further development and adaptation to various physical and chemical qualities of active ingredients, it provides some sensible initial results: 

The Caromax® products whose curves reach the top right of the graph offer the best solvency for that particular active ingredient. This indicated that a move to C12 aromatics may provide optimisation for this specific active ingredient. 

In the agrochemical market there are several hundreds of active ingredients in use. To further optimise the performance of herbicides, fungicides and pesticides by finding the right balance between suitable AIs and solvency, Haltermann Carless puts a lot of efforts in research activities. The results will support our formulators and customers to select the most suitable Caromax® heavy aromatic solvent.

Haltermann Carless study:

The behaviour of Caromax® aromatic solvents and their influence on the solvency power to agrochemical formulations
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Our laboratories:
Confirming high quality standards

In a world where most agrochemical formulators have been dependent on a handful of hydrocarbon solvent products with fixed properties, they have had to develop the formulation around the solvent. Haltermann Carless takes the contrasting approach. Our ambition is to work closely with our customers in order to develop heavy aromatic solvent formulations customised to the formulator’s active ingredients solvency boundaries. Thus offering the best possible solutions to our customer requirements is one of our main focus area of our research and development activities.

Another important pillar of our development work and safeguarding our high quality standards are our laboratories at all of our production sites. Our laboratories make a significant contribution to constantly testing and confirming our quality promise. The entire production process, starting with the selection of raw materials, through processing, storage and delivery, is analysed and monitored closely.

High product quality

The dedicated laboratory for our heavy aromatic solvents is located in Harwich, next to our production plant. The world class laboratory as well as our experienced employees test and control the chemical and physical composition of our Caromax® heavy aromatic solvents consistently from batch to batch in the short and long term to ensure highest product quality is delivered to our customers in the agrochemical industry. 

The analytical laboratories have extensive skills and know-how in Gas Chromatography (GC/FI, headspace, GC/MS, thermal desorption, reformulyzer, PIONA, HPLC), elemental analysis techniques (atomic absorption, X-ray fluorescence, atomic fluorescence) and spectroscopy (FTIR, UV-Vis).

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Benefit from our
comprehensive service:

We implement our traditional values such as customer focus, individuality and future orientation in all of our business areas. Customer and supplier proximity is particularly important to us. Together we can develop the best possible solutions for all requirements in the paint, coating and adhesive industry.

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Production of
heavy aromatic solvents for agrochemicals

Harwich is one of the key production sites within the Haltermann Carless group. Here we manufacture our Caromax® portfolio and from here we export our high-quality heavy aromatic solvents to agrochemical customers around the world. 

Our product site is certified according to ISO 14001 (Environment Management) and ISO 9001 (Quality Management), which demonstrated our ability to consistently provide products and services that meet our customer and regulatory requirements. On top, the Harwich site is certified by ISO 45001 ensuring the occupational health and safety of our employees.

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The Harwich site also hosts a well-equipped laboratory with highly qualified engineers. This allows us to conduct on site analysis and to share quick, accurate, reliable testing results with our agrochemical customers. With our premium equipment our partners can rely on our high quality promise and on top, to a fast response to their individual customer requests of special analyses. 

In recent years, we have made important investments to enhance the sustainability and energy efficiency of our production site in Harwich. We have made significant process improvements to our production units to reduce the energy consumption of our processes, thereby reducing drastically the CO2 footprint per MT produced of a Caromax® product.

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Supply Chain

This strategic location offers us great benefits with regards to the distribution of our products by sea all over the world.

Our supply chain services:

  • Qualified transport under consideration of all safety regulations
  • Timely delivery
  • Delivery time of 3 days within Europe
  • Intermodal deliveries for supply on demand
  • Dispatch: barrel/drum, IBC, bulk, by rail cars and ships

Haltermann Carless customers benefit from our promise of timely delivery and qualified transport while taking into account all safety rules. It is our concern to pay the same importance on our logistics as we do on our continuous uninterrupted production and high quality manufacturing. For this reason, we work only with qualified haulier and shipping agents being able to provide a proper transport. Our special heavy aromatics are distributed under the customer requirements in different packaging sizes, such as barrels/drums, IBC or bulk. 

Haltermann Carless is in the position to deliver heavy aromatic solvents to customers in Europe in around three days by using intermodal transport and local storage capacity. This allows a high flexibility in production planning. Being located directly at the port, Harwich is a perfect location for also exporting our heavy aromatic solvents to customers all over the world. To meet on our promised delivery times even in the most remote areas, we have additional storage capacities and distribution locations in both North- and South America and Europe.

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Haltermann Carless – gelebte Nachhaltigkeit und Engagement

Haltermann Carless –
certified and committed

We implement our traditional values, such as customer focus, individuality and future orientation, in all our specialist areas. Dialogue with our customers and suppliers is particularly important to us. Only by working together can we find the best possible solutions for the needs of the agrochemical industry.

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Registration and certification

Our Caromax® 20, Caromax® 20 LN, Caromax® 28 and Caromax® 28 LN grades have full registrations worldwide. The heavy aromatic solvents portfolio is approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use as an inert ingredient in pesticide formulations applied to growing crops. These products are included in the ‘List of Trade Names and Inert Ingredients’ on the EPA’s website. They are also fully approved by the Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), allowing them to be used in food crop protection and are on the ‘Published PMRA List of Formulants’.

All of our heavy aromatic solvents grades are fully REACH registered.  

The Haltermann Carless plant in Harwich is certified to ISO 14001, ISO 9001, ISO 45001.

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Commitment and focus on the future

Beyond that we are also engaged in several associations, such as the SIA (Solvent Industry Associations), ESIG (European Solvent Industry Group) and HSPA (Hydrocarbon Solvents Producer Associations). Through our participation in such expert networks and committees, we get involved where important decisions for the future are made.

We support the further development of standards and contribute to new regulations. Our active engagement makes sure that we stay ahead of time and integrate our expertise into the work with our agrochemical customers.

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Produktionsstandort Speyer

Dies tun wir beispielsweise an dem Produktionsstandort der Haltermann Carless in Speyer. Hier bietet unsere moderne und flexible Hydrieranlage → viele Möglichkeiten, um in Zukunft weiterzuwachsen und die steigenden Erfordernisse beispielsweise der Pharmazeutischen Industrie zu bedienen.

In der Hydrieranlage werden durch die Reaktion mit Wasserstoff die in der Rohware enthaltenen ungesättigten Kohlenstoffbindungen in gesättigte überführt. Somit können neue Produkttypen und Produkte mit einer hohen Reinheit produziert werden. Einen weiteren Vorteil bietet die Hydrieranlage in ihrer hohen Produktionsflexibilität, denn sie eröffnet neue Möglichkeiten in der Rohstoffversorgung. Dies trägt zur strategischen Stabilität des Geschäfts und zum Erhalt der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit auf dem internationalen Markt bei.

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Umfangreiche Serviceleistungen von der Produktion über die Qualitätskontrolle bis zur Transportlogistik

Unsere Traditionswerte wie Kundenfokus, Individualität oder Zukunftsorientiertheit setzen wir in allen unseren Fachbereichen um. Der Dialog mit unseren Kunden und Lieferanten ist uns dabei besonders wichtig. Nur gemeinsam können wir bestmögliche Lösungen für die Bedürfnisse der Farben-, Lack- und Klebstoffindustrie finden. 

Zusätzlich zu den Leistungen in unseren Laboratorien bietet Haltermann Carless individuellen Service und Beratung bei Spezifikationen und Formulierungen, im Bereich Supply Chain oder Produktinformationen, aber auch bei Fragen rund um REACH, Zertifikate oder Regularien.

Um unseren Kunden leistungsstarke Produkte und Komplettlösungen für ihre individuellen Anforderungen bieten zu können, setzen wir auf:

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Qualität

In unseren Produktionseinheiten und Laboratorien stellen wir durch qualifizierte Mitarbeiter, hochwertiges Equipment und moderne Technologien unsere hohen Qualitätsstandards sicher. Dies zeigt sich auch in unseren Zertifizierungen und Akkreditierungen. Dazu gehören ISO 9001 (Qualität), ISO 50001 (Energie) und ISO 14001 (Umwelt) und ISO/IEC 17025 (Labor).

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Flexibilität

Haltermann Carless setzt auf flexible Lösungen in allen Bereichen. Dies zeigt sich in einer hohen Flexibilität bei der Herstellung hochwertiger Kohlenwasserstoffe und individuellen Spezifikationen genauso wie bei kundenorientierten Lösungen bei Transport, Logistik und Verpackung. Kundenfokus ist bei uns tagtäglicher Anspruch an unsere Arbeit.

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Zuverlässigkeit

Unser Lieferversprechen und unsere garantierte Produktverfügbarkeit ist Teil unserer Werte seit Generationen. Unsere Kunden, die wir als starker Partner mit unseren reinen Lösungsmitteln beliefern, können sich auf uns verlassen – auch was die gleichbleibend hohe Qualität unserer Produkte betrifft.

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Trends

Wir denken zukunftsorientiert, wie schon unsere Gründerväter. Digitalisierung ist bei Haltermann Carless ein zentraler Fokus, den wir besonders im Bereich Supply Chain beispielswiese mit Time-Slot-Management oder Track & Trace-Systemen aktiv vorantreiben. Trends sind uns aber auch im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit wichtig: Unsere moderne Hydrieranlage mit nachhaltiger Technologie am Standort Speyer ermöglicht es, neuartige Produkte und Prozesse noch umweltfreundlicher herzustellen. Und wir gestalten aktiv an der Zukunft der Chemieindustrie in Europa mit. Wir engagieren uns in diversen Verbänden und Arbeitskreisen und erfahren Trends aus erster Hand. So sind wir für unsere Kunden und die Zukunft gut aufgestellt!

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