Chemical and biochemical products for use in industry, science, photography, agriculture, horticulture and forestry; unprocessed plastics; compounds that can be cross-linked to form plastics; unprocessed plastics in the form of solutions, dispersions, powders, redispersible powders, granules, pastes, extrudates and in dried form; raw materials, auxiliaries, additives and catalysts for producing plastics; polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohols, polyvinyl acetals, acrylates, their mixtures, blends, alloys, copolymers, graft copolymers and block copolymers with one another or with other polymers; embedding compounds, moulding compounds; agents for impregnating, binding or coating of textiles, furs, leather, non-wovens and fabrics; thickening and thixotropic agents, for example for printing inks, for adhesives and for pastes; chemical impregnating agents for building materials, wood, artificial and natural stone, mortar, cement, concrete, gas concrete, gypsum, masonry, facades; stone strengtheners; polymer based coating agents for paper, mineral materials, fillers, pigments; lubricants for yarns; binders for paints, lacquers, sizes, adhesives, and for chemicals used in the building industry; binders for non-wovens, filters, laminates, fibre sizes, carpet finishes, needle felts, paper slips, paper impregnants, flame-proof finishes and HF-weldability finishes; chemical additives to cosmetic preparations; plasticizers for plastics; adhesion promoters; antistatic agents; vinyl acetate; vinyl chloride; chemical products for maintaining the freshness and quality of foodstuffs; adhesives for industrial purposes