Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM)

Vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) is an essential chemical building block used to manufacture a variety of consumer and industrial products. Vinyl acetate is a colorless liquid with a pungent odor and can be polymerized in mass, solution, suspension or emulsion. APPLICATIONS VAM is the key raw material used for the production of polyvinyl acetate (PVAc), vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) emulsions and polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH), a precursor to PvB films. VAM is also used to make ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) resins and ethylenevinyl acetate copolymers (EVA). In addition, VAM is an intermediate used to produce paints and coatings, adhesives, textile finishes, water-soluble films and fibers, and laminated safety glass