The areas of application of these resins include:

• Printing ink: the function of resin in printing ink resembles that of paint. It is sticking the dye particles together and to the surface to be printed. In spite of the growing popularity of the Internet and other digital media, it is impossible to imagine life today without printing ink.
Adverts, catalogues, newspapers, books, Christmas cards and magazines are sold like hot cake.
Such printed documents are made using lithographic ink. Printing ink consists of three major ingredients: pigment for color, oil for liquidity and resin for adhesive strength.

• Paint: paint is applied to protect and/or enhance raw surfaces (metal, timber, etc.). In order to work well, paint must have a binding agent. This medium may consist of one or more substances. Hydrocarbon resin is one such medium. Hydrocarbon resin is rarely used as the only binding agent in paint. Hydrocarbon resins are adding properties to a binding agent mixture, such as flexibility, gloss, liquidity, adhesion, etc. Hydrocarbon resins have a high degree of tolerance in combination with many binding agents, so they are used in almost any paint system, including epoxy, polyurethane, acrylic and alkyd systems.
Applications include DIY and commercial building paints, epoxy and polyurethane die floors, maritime paints, primers for metal protection, etc. Special applications, in which hydrocarbon resin is the only binding agent used, includes road-marking paints (hot melts) and pigment concentrates.

• Adhesives: by its very nature, resin has a substantial adhesive power, so it comes as no surprise that resin is often used in the adhesives industry. There are solvent-containing and solvent-free adhesives. Examples are adhesive tape, stick-on labels, or hobby and component adhesives. There are also industrial adhesives, such as hot melts, in which resins are used.

• Rubber: to a great extent resins determine the properties of rubber mixtures. These include the tensile and tear strength, flexibility, the chemical resistance and the resistance to wear. Our hydrocarbon resins are being used in numerous products, including car tires, profiles, conveyor belts and cow mats.

• Colored asphalt: cycle tracks and bus lanes, where the resin works as part of the binding agent.

• Plastic compounds: synthetic car parts and EPDM roofing.