Question

Reduction of azo compound useing sodium dithionite

Answer 1

Since 1926 our port­folio has included indus­trial chem­icals. The company has had exper­i­ence with produ­cing and marketing sulfur-based, and later also form­al­de­hyde-free redu­cing agents. Discovered over 100 years ago, sodium form­al­de­hyde sulfoxylate (SFS) is still one of the most important indus­trial redu­cing agents used today. We market it under the name Brug­golite® and currently we are its only manu­fac­turer in the western world. In addi­tion to various Brug­golite® types in solid form, Brügge­mann also offers liquid redu­cing agents on the basis of sodium form­al­de­hyde sulfoxylate. We keep devel­oping our redu­cing agents in light of new market require­ments and applic­a­tion possib­il­ities. In addi­tion to the textile industry, they are also used as initi­ators in the produc­tion of polymer disper­sions, in an increas­ingly important and very demanding and diverse field.

Formal­de­hyde-Free Redu­cing Agents

Stricter envir­on­mental regu­la­tions, higher demands on products, and increasing cost pres­sure:

Confronted with these chal­lenges, manu­fac­turers of polymer disper­sions are increas­ingly dependent on redu­cing agents that exceed their conven­tional perform­ance capa­city.