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With Solid Corporate Values A World Class Company Our Mission Multiceras offers a wide range of wax formulations that we constantly develop, to meet the needs of a global industry. We provide numerous products to our customers, fulfilling their expectations, while strengthening in our people a culture of Commitment, Quality and Creativity. Welcome to the World of Multiceras Our Values Multiceras S.A. de C.V. is a Mexican Corporation Multiceras is inspired and supported by solid corporate values, which lead our actions everyday and specializing in the design, manufacture and help us align the efforts of all our people with the company's strategy. marketing of natural, synthetic and petroleum waxes and related products for industrial applications. Since its beginnings in 1978, the company has OMMITMENT UALITY REATIVITY worked with great flexibility to adapt to changing Committed to Customer Satisfaction market conditions. Having started as an exporter Experience gathered over nearly 30 years of of Mexican beeswax and Candelilla wax, active presence in the market enables Multiceras nowadays it handles a portfolio comprised of to position itself as a mature, dynamic and more than 60 different products, which are strongly committed enterprise ready to satisfy grouped into eight main families. the specific wax needs of its customers. This vocation encourages us to be more efficient A Dynamic and Innovative Company everyday. Technological development has been one of the Since 2000, Multiceras formalized its quality keystones for the company's growth. Multiceras commitment, by means of the ISO 9001 has created a solid Research and Development certification. The rigorous application of the norm We are committed to a loyal We promote the development of Ideas, innovation and infrastructure and continuously trains its human allows keeping high quality standards and and responsible team effort in skills and talent in our improvement are the only path capital to face ever-rising globalization continuous improvement practices, which have the duties we perform daily, personnel, so they may strive to progress. We rely on our challenges. been reflected in better customer satisfaction which enables us to move from for quality, not only in the team creativity in problem results. Multiceras products are marketed in more than promises to action, generating products and services we solving and decision making, 20 different industrial sectors, both in Mexico and tangible results. provide but also in their adding value in all tasks we abroad. The company has increased its personal and family life. carry out everyday. participation in world markets, and currently For Multiceras, Commitment is obtains 40% of its income from export sales based upon: For Multiceras, Quality is based For Multiceras, Creativity is worldwide. #Honesty upon: based upon: # # #Teamwork Integrity Drive # # #Responsibility Excellence Continuous Improvement # # Product Families Page #Safety Service Openness to Change Candelilla REAL 4 Beeswax 5 Serving Mexico and the World Carnauba Wax 6 Multiceras plant and corporate offices are located Cartowax 7 in Garcia, Nuevo Leon, 12 miles west of the city of Monterrey. The plant has a production capacity Synthetic Waxes 8 of 300 metric tons per day with modern equipment and facilities for processing high Wax Emulsions 9 quality wax products. Microcrystalline Waxes 10 Multiceras has sales offices in Monterrey and Mexico City and is currently developing a reliable Paraffin Waxes 11 distribution network throughout Mexico. 2 3 Candelilla REAL® Beeswax Natural par Excellence Purity and Majesty Candelilla REAL® is a family of products Candelilla REAL® is used in a wide diversity of Beeswax is commonly known as White Wax (Cera It can be said that Beeswax is the origin of developed and manufactured by Multiceras. The applications, and is currently used in more than Alba) or Yellow Wax (Cera Flava), depending on Multiceras existence, since this was the first products are based on high purity Candelilla wax. 20 different industries worldwide, mainly in the the product degree of refining. Bees secrete the product commercialized by the company. The European Union, the United States and Japan. Candelilla wax is obtained from the wild plant basic raw material during the honeycomb hexagon, characteristic of a honeycomb, which named Euphorbia Cerifera, which grows almost Its distinctive properties make it an essential building process. can be observed in the company's logo, is meant exclusively in zones of semi-arid climate in material for the manufacturing of cosmetics, gum as a tribute to this valuable natural wax. Mexico. base, inks, adhesives, coatings, emulsions, Raw Beeswax is obtained by melting and filtering Candelilla wax is a 100% natural substance, polishes and pharmaceutical products. the honeycombs, thus producing a clean wax. Raw Beeswax is brought directly from producers hard, friable and easy to pulverize. Its color may In the cosmetics industry, due to its protective vary from light brown to yellow, depending on properties, Candelilla REAL® is indispensable for This raw wax has a color that ranges between in different geographic locations to the Multiceras the refining and bleaching degrees. It dissolves an important range of formulas used in the brown and yellow, depending on the flower type facilities, to be processed for the production of the basic dyes well and it can reach high levels of production of lipsticks, body lotions and hair growing in the place where the bees inhabit. various high quality products. brilliance. preparations. ® Most constituents of Candelilla wax are natural Because of its plastic properties, Candelilla REAL Beeswax contains free acids, esters and other The wide experience acquired by Multiceras components found normally in vegetables and is used in the production of chewing gum. natural components, which provide special handling and formulating Beeswax, has enabled fruits. Moreover, its oil retention properties allow it to characteristics to the wax, such as emulsifying the company to position itself as a reliable better preserve flavors. Its chemical composition is characterized by a properties, plasticity, compatibility with other developer of synthetic products, which reproduce high hydrocarbon content and a low amount of A specialty application can be found in the natural products and a pleasant scent. the properties of this family of natural waxes. volatile esters. precision foundry and molding industry where, due to the extraordinary molding properties of Its resin content can reach up to 9% in weight, ® which contributes to its adhesive properties. Candelilla REAL , it allows a precise reproduction These properties make Beeswax a highly valued All beeswax products marketed by Multiceras of every detail, as required in these stringent product for cosmetic formulations, such as face fulfill the USP specifications. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) manufacturing processes. and body creams. Other uses include candles, classifies Candelilla wax as a Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) natural substance for Its chemical stability, high melting point, textile products and polishes for shoes and applications in the food industry and it is widely impermeability and dielectric properties, make it furniture. used in a diversity of sectors in this industry. highly useful in the manufacture of a diversity of products for the electronic and electrical industries. Melting Acid Code Product Point Number Color Cera Flava Melting Acid 7203 144-149 17-24 Yellow Code Presentation Product Point Number Color 7204 Cera Alba 144-149 17-24 White-Yellowish 7806 Powder Light-S Candelilla REAL® 156-163 12-22 Yellow 7205 Beeswax S-7205 133-140 3-8 Yellow 7808 Flakes Light Candelilla REAL® 156-163 12-22 Yellow 7207 Beeswax S-7207 129-140 17-23 Yellow 7820 Pastilles Light Special Candelilla REAL® 156-163 12-22 Yellow ® 7215 Beeswax S-7215 147-153 5-24 7826 Powder Micronized Candelilla REAL 156-163 12-22 Yellow Yellow-Brownish 7833 Pastilles Refined Candelilla REAL® 156-163 12-22 Brown 7232 Beeswax S-7232 136-149 0.9-5 Yellow-Brownish Notes: Melting point (ºF) by USP 741 Class II method. Acid Number by USP 401. Notes: Melting point (ºF) by USP 741 Class II method. Acid Number by USP 401. 4 5 Carnauba Wax Cartowax® The Shine from Brazil Strength and Protection Carnauba Wax is obtained from the leaves of a Carnauba Wax is well known for its shine Corrugated cardboard boxes are wax-coated to Humidity Resistance: Due to its protective palm species known as Copernicia Cerifera, so properties. It combines hardness and wear protect their packing integrity, particularly for nature, the Cartowax® products provide named in honor of the Polish astronomer resistance and is compatible with many types of their application in the food industry, where cardboard with greater protection against Nicholas Copernicus. wax. Depending on the tree age and on the products must arrive to the final customer with humidity, enabling the packed product to portion of the leaf wherefrom the wax is their essential properties preserved. maintain its properties entirely. Moreover, ® The plant grows typically in the dry regions of extracted, different grades of Carnauba Wax can application of Cartowax improves strength and Ceará, northeastern Brazil, although it also grows be obtained. The systems most commonly used for wax consistency of cardboard boxes, even when to a minor extent in southern Brazil and in the application on corrugated cardboard boxes are exposed to freezing temperatures for long northern regions of Paraguay and Argentina. The applications of Carnauba Wax are diverse. It the following: periods of time. can be used in shoe and floor polishes, as well as 4Cascade saturation Stowing Stiffness: Cartowax® increases The Copernicia Cerifera is a straight-trunk palm in cosmetics such as creams and beauty 4Saturation by immersion stiffness of corrugated cardboard boxes, of slow growth, attaining an average height of 25 products, among others. 4Medium impregnation to 35 ft, although it can exceptionally reach up to improving their stowing capacity, thus leading to 40 ft in height.