Formulation & Processing Aids

ETHOCEL™ Standard 45 Premium Ethylcellulose - Specialty with its white color and powder form, offers versatile applications in tablet manufacturing. Its benefits include binding and controlled release properties, along with excellent flexibility. Utilizing direct compression or encapsulation techniques, it enables hot melt coating and is soluble in ethanol, organic solvents, and isopropanol.

Microcrystalline Cellulose is purified, partially depolymerized cellulose prepared by treating alpha cellulose obtained as a pulp from fibrous plant material with mineral acids. Several grades of Avicel® PH MCC are available varying in particle size distribution, density and moisture content. Avicel® PH microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) is most often used as a filler, disintegrant, flow aid, and dry binder for tablets and capsules. Avicel® PH-301 has a typical average particle size of 50 µm with a high bulk density of approximately 0.4 g/cc, compared to 0.3 g/cc for most other Avicel® grades. Avicel® PH-301 is primarily used for high shear wet granulation and direct compression. The high bulk density provides increased flowability resulting in improved blending characteristics and tablet uniformity. The high density also helps improve consistency and throughput of the capsule filling process.

ETHOCEL™ Medium 70 Industrial Ethylcellulose - Specialty offers binding and controlled release properties along with excellent flexibility and thermal stability. It's compatible with varnishes, lacquers, and hot melt coating processes, and is soluble in ethanol.

METHOCEL™ F5 Premium LV HPMC is water-soluble and used in hard shell capsule application in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical segments

METHOCEL™ K100 Premium LV DC2 HPMC widely used in pharmaceuticals, serves as a controlled release agent and film former. Its formulation facilitates direct compression and granulation, making it suitable for various dosage forms, like suspensions and tablet coatings. Additionally, its water solubility enhances its effectiveness in diverse applications.

METHOCEL™ E6 Premium LV HPMC is water-soluble and used in suspensions, granulation, and tablet coating. It serves as a binder, controlled release agent, immediate release agent, mucoadhesive, and solubilizer in pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, and as a binder in ceramics.

METHOCEL™ A15 Premium LV Methylcellulose, a versatile water-soluble excipient, is used in granulation, tablet coating, and wet granulation processes. It is employed in drug delivery solutions for oral healthcare and in industrial applications for ceramics and refractory materials. It functions as a binder, disintegrant, emulsifier, and stabilizer.

METHOCEL™ F4M Premium HPMC is water-soluble and finds application in ceramics and pharmaceuticals. It acts as a binder, film former, gelling agent, mucoadhesive, solubilizer, suspension aid, thickener, and viscosity modifier. Produced through granulation, it serves various industrial and pharmaceutical functions.

METHOCEL™ E4M Premium HPMC, with the chemical name hypromellose, is used in various applications, including ceramics, as a binder. It is manufactured through granulation and serves multiple functions in pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, such as binding, film formation, mucoadhesion, solubilization, thickening, and viscosity modification. It exhibits water solubility.

METHOCEL™ K4M Premium HPMC utilized in ceramics and pharmaceuticals, serves as a binder, film former, gelling agent, mucoadhesive, solubilizer, and suspension aid. It aids in granulation and exhibits water solubility.

METHOCEL™ K3 Premium LV HPMC utilized in ceramics and pharmaceuticals, serves as a binder, controlled release agent, film former, gelling agent, immediate release agent, and mucoadhesive, facilitating suspension and tablet coating. Its water solubility adds versatility in various applications.

POLYOX™ WSR Coagulant FP NF Grade is an off-white to white powder that is water soluble. It is used in dosage forms such as abuse deterrent tablets, capsules, and gels, providing essential properties for these pharmaceutical applications.

ETHOCEL™ Standard 100 FP Premium Ethylcellulose a white powdered ethylcellulose variant, boasts benefits such as controlled release, excellent flexibility, and thermal stability. Its utility extends to cosmetic applications, where it functions as a stabilizer and thickener. Its manufacturing technology includes direct compression, encapsulation, granulation, and hot melt extrusion processes.

Microcrystalline Cellulose is purified, partially depolymerized cellulose prepared by treating alpha cellulose obtained as a pulp from fibrous plant material with mineral acids. Several grades of Avicel® PH MCC are available varying in particle size distribution, density and moisture content. Microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) is most often used as a filler, flow aid, and dry binder for tablets and capsules. Endurance® VE-090 has a typical average particle size of 100 µm. It is primarily used for direct compression, and dry granulation/roller compaction for dietary supplement applications. The particle size of Endurance® VE-090 provides good flow characteristics and compression profiles.

METHOCEL™ VLV Premium HPMC is a versatile HPMC designed to enhance manufacturing efficiencies and for various applications, including tablet coating, orally disintegrating films, drug layering and tablet binder. METHOCEL™ VLV exhibits multiple advantages including lower coating temperatures, reduced coating time, increased process capacity and reduced process cost.