VINYL ACETATE MONOMER

Product Data and Technical Information

Corporate Statement

LyondellBasell Acetyls, LLC is a leading producer of acetyls.

Benefits & Applications

VAM is a chemical building block used to manufacture a wide variety of industrial and consumer products, including polyvinyl acetate used to produce paints, adhesives and coatings for flexible substrates; polyvinyl alcohol used to produce adhesives, coatings and water soluble packaging films; polyvinyl acetals used to produce insulation for magnetic wire, interlayers for safety glass, wash primers and coatings; ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers used to produce flexible films, coatings, adhesives, moldings and insulation; and ethylene vinyl alcohol used to produce gas barrier layers in coextruded packaging.