We are taking a proactive, pro-safety and pro-environment approach to help customers navigate this uncertain and fast-changing landscape. At Clariant, we have developed several PFAS-free solutions for your metal coatings and ink applications. We are your partner when it comes to finding eco-friendly PTFE-alternatives and solutions to leaving potentially harmful PFAS additives behind.
Benefits of PFAS-free & PTFE-free solutions
Clariant’s PFAS-free additives offer equal performance to their PTFE-containing predecessors, with lower dosage levels. All tests have demonstrated that our PTFE-alternatives are a viable and safe replacement in printing on packaging, found in metal coatings and more.
With a differentiated biopolymer-based micronized wax, the same rub resistance performance is achievable with a dosage reduction of 30 % – 50 %, making our additives a highly cost-efficient PTFE-alternative. Other benefits are:
- High mechanical and temperature resistance
- Low Coefficient of Friction (COF)
- Compliant with current and actually foreseeable regulatory requirements
- Improved sustainability profile
- Improved cost-performance effectiveness
Make Packaging Coatings & Inks safe, sustainable and compliant with current and actually foreseeable regulatory requirements.
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In the manufacture of industrial inks for printing and packaging, our PFAS-free and bio-based solutions Ceridust® and Licocene® have demonstrated equal, or in some cases improved, rub resistance, matting and gloss adjustment performance when compared to their predecessors. These improvements also offer a better sustainability and regulatory profile.
Choose Ceridust® and Licocene® to improve your printing and industrial inks.
- Ceridust 1041 – 100% renewable additive to lower the Coefficient of Friction (COF) and increase rub resistance
- Ceridust 1060 – 100% renewable additive with coarser particle size to lower the Coefficient of Friction (COF) and increase rub resistance
- Ceridust 3610 – very fine Polyethylene Wax for high rub resistance and low coefficient of friction
- Ceridust 3030 – fine Polyethylene Wax for high rub resistance and low Coefficient of Friction
- Ceridust 8330 – wax compound based on renewables for superior rub resistance
For oil, water and solvent based preparation we recommend
- Licocene RBW 101/Licocare RBW 102 – 100% renewable additive based on Rice Bran Wax (RBW)
- Licocene PE 4201 TERRA – Metallocene based Polyethylene wax with narrow molecular weight distribution
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Shaping the future of PFAS-& PTFE-free printing on packaging and can coatings
On the shelf and in the factory, metal can coatings need to resist scratches and markings. Therefore, they were commonly coated with PTFE-based additives to increase mechanical resistance and prevent abrasion.
Clariant's solutions for eco-friendly can coatings offer a safe alternative to PTFE. Our wax additives are sourced from sustainable raw materials, and maintain the protection of cans.
Here you can find products for the most important properties:
- Ceridust 8330 - high mechanical resistance to abrasion and scratches
- Ceridust 1060 - slip adjustment to lower the Coefficient of Friction
- Ceridust 3610 - very fine Polyethylene Wax to improve scratch and mar resistance while keeping low COF
- Ceridust 9615 A - wax compound for low COF and high mar and scratch resistance
Listen to Ray Gonzales, Clariant’s Head of Marketing Coating & Adhesives, and George Fuchs, NAPIM’s Director Regulatory Affairs and Technology, to learn more about:
- How the push towards PTFE-free solutions impacts printers, manufacturers, ink suppliers, brand owners, and end customers.
- How innovative and better-performing alternatives of PTFE and PFAS are already available on the market, and how sustainability and high performance can go hand-in-hand thanks to collaborative efforts across the value chain.
- How Clariant proactively develops replacements for PTFE that reduce the health and environmental risks, while maintaining and improving efficiency.