Germany · Coated Textile Finishing
ROWA Lack
ROWA Lack makes finished topcoat lacquer systems for coated technical textiles and plastic films, in acrylic, polyurethane, and PVDF fluoropolymer chemistries, solventborne and waterborne.
Germany · Coated Textile Finishing
ROWA Lack makes finished topcoat lacquer systems for coated technical textiles and plastic films, in acrylic, polyurethane, and PVDF fluoropolymer chemistries, solventborne and waterborne.
ROWA Lack has made lacquer systems since 1969 and joined ROWA GROUP in 2010, when the group's masterbatch and lacquer businesses were separated into their own companies. Headquarters are in Pinneberg, Germany, with production in Seevetal. The plant is certified to ISO 50001:2018 for energy management, and the range is marketed as SVHC-free. The company describes what it does as the surface finishing of coated textiles.
The range covers acrylic, polyurethane, and PVDF fluoropolymer lacquers in solventborne and waterborne form, formulated as finished topcoat systems rather than raw binders. ROWAKRYL is the acrylic family for tarpaulins, awnings, halls and tents, print media, roofing membrane, and pool liners, and it is the base of the two-component anti-graffiti systems. ROWATHAL is the polyurethane family for PVC synthetic leather and automotive interior foils. ROWAFLON is the PVDF family for architectural and tensile membrane, supplied as UV protection primers and matching topcoats. ROWANYL is the gloss topcoat applied on release paper for transfer coating of PVC synthetic leather. ROWASET covers the crosslinkers and surface additives that go in alongside the binder, including the catalysts the two-component systems need.
Waterborne grades carry a W in the grade code. The G and M prefixes are lacquer codes and carry no chemistry meaning; the family name does that.
PAT supplies the ROWA Lack range across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, serving the coaters and converters who finish materials for truck covers, architectural membrane, synthetic leather, print media, and automotive interiors. We stock the grades our customers run, handle the import and the documentation, and ship in working lot sizes. For a grade that is new to you, or a finish tailored to your substrate, we quote lead time and minimum quantity with the sample.
We also coat trial panels on customer material. Send a piece of the fabric or film you run and we will have the candidate grade applied to it and returned, so the finish is judged on your own substrate rather than a generic panel.
PAT and ROWA Lack are sharing booth 428 at the Advanced Textiles Expo, November 3 to 5, 2026 in Orlando, with ROWA Lack's technical contact on the stand.
Tramaco, another PAT partner, is also a ROWA GROUP company, so a customer who needs both surface finishing lacquers and chlorinated-polyolefin adhesion promoters can source them through one channel.
For chemistry selection, solids and waterborne options, welding, and the UV protection system for membrane, see coated textile lacquers. The selection logic is written up separately in choosing a topcoat lacquer for PVC-coated fabric, the membrane primer system in UV protection primers for PVC architectural membrane, and the two-component anti-graffiti systems in waterborne 2K anti-graffiti lacquers for vinyl and synthetic leather.
Polyurethane and PVDF finishes for PVC, ABS, and TPO dashboard and door-panel foils, and for the coated synthetic leather used on seat backs, gearshift covers, and trunk covers. Mar resistance, matt appearance, anti-squeak behavior, and resistance to heat yellowing.
Acrylic topcoats for curtain-side truck covers, awnings, and materials for halls and tents, balancing weathering, soil release, plasticizer barrier, and weldability.
PVDF primers and topcoats on PVC-coated fabric for tents, halls, and tensile structures, as single-layer systems or as a UV protection primer under a matching topcoat.
Surface finishes for rigid and semi-rigid PVC and TPO foils used in furniture and interior design.
Polyurethane matt topcoats with mar resistance and hand feel, and gloss topcoats applied on release paper for transfer coating, for bags, apparel, footwear, upholstery, transit seating, and medical surfaces.
Acrylic topcoats optimized for printability on PVC-coated backlit, frontlit, and side-curtain substrates, holding ink adhesion through storage and keeping print profiles consistent across base materials.
Waterborne acrylic topcoats for PVC roofing membrane, and gloss and silk-matt lacquers for pool liners exposed to chlorinated or salt water plus daily UV, with a PVDF option carrying a plasticizer barrier effect.
Two-component acrylic systems with matching crosslinker for PVC and PU surfaces in public spaces, in matt and gloss, including waterborne versions.
Five families, each with its own page carrying the grades ROWA publishes, the solids envelope, and the processing window from ROWA's own data sheets.
| Family | Chemistry | Solids | Where it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROWAKRYL | Acrylic, solvent and waterborne | 13.4 to 45.8 percent | Truck covers, awnings, halls and tents, roofing membrane, print media, synthetic leather, pool liner. 22 published grades |
| ROWAFLON | PVDF, solvent and waterborne | 11.0 to 22.0 percent | Architectural membrane UV primers and topcoats, halls and tents, premium pool liner, automotive foil. 12 grades |
| ROWATHAL | Polyurethane, isocyanate crosslinkable | 17.6 to 22.0 percent | Automotive interior foil and PVC synthetic leather. Matt, mar resistant, deep drawable, one anti-squeak grade. 4 grades |
| ROWANYL | Not published by the manufacturer | 20.4 to 28.0 percent | Gloss topcoats for PVC synthetic leather, applied on release paper by transfer coating. 3 grades |
| ROWASET | Crosslinkers and surface additives | Set by the lacquer | The catalysts every two-component system needs, plus slip, wetting, leveling, defoaming and UV additives |
The ROWA Lack brand page lists all five together, and the coated textile lacquers page covers the selection logic across them. ROWA's wider line also includes ROWADEKOR for furniture and decoration foils, ROWALID pigment preparations and effect lacquers, ROWASIL, ROWEX and ROWATHAN. Those are not in PAT's current book: ask and we will put the request to ROWA.