NOVARES is a brand of Rain Carbon Inc.
The NOVARES resins were first developed in the 1960s and 1970s at our production facility in Duisburg-Meiderich, Germany. Today, Rain Carbon’s NOVARES resins are aromatic hydrocarbon resins based on petrochemical and coal tar distillate raw materials, building on more than 150 years of innovation begun by company founder Julius RÜTGERS.
With a high level of flexibility and innovative product solutions, Rain Carbon can satisfy a wide range of individual customer requirements by providing our clients with a broad selection of resins offering a wide range of viscosities and softening points. These products can be customized to meet specific customer requirements.
As a leading global producer of hydrocarbon resins, we turn needs into solutions, knowledge into quality and rapid response into market leadership – which adds up to a customer-focused approach that we call our "tailor-made standard."
We offer:
NOVARES resins offer a diverse range of performance qualities and are ideally suited for a number of applications: