BRAND-NEW
Heat Resistant and Waterborne - New Silicone Resin for Pots and Pans
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olourful cookware is right on
It is free of organic solvents and features
trend. Bright reds, deep blues,
a significantly reduced VOC content from
and vibrant yellows – pots and
production to application.
pans are increasingly becoming a design
SILIKOFTAL® HTW 3 is suitable for food contact
feature rather than simply a functional tool.
as part of the external coating. By eliminating
This gives a dual purpose to the external
critical ingredients, the silicone resin is not
coating: it has to look good and withstand a
classified as hazardous according to GHS.
fair amount of punishment.
The combination of properties – high
Heat-resistant coatings for cookware and
performance, ease of handling, and suitability
bakeware are certainly not new – but to
for food contact – makes this product unique
date, they have been almost exclusively
on the market. Customers can enjoy greater
solvent-borne. Evonik’s Coating Additives
freedom when formulating their coatings
business line is now launching a more
as SILIKOFTAL® HTW 3 can be combined
environmentally friendly silicone resin,
with numerous pigments and can be used
which has been specifically developed for
anywhere stoving coatings are used. This
waterborne coatings.
also includes, for example, toasters or other
The new SILIKOFTAL® HTW 3 is a heat-
household appliances (electrical appliances).
resistant silicone resin that meets all the
The working temperature resistance is 200°C.
requirements of a sustainable formulation.
The high flashpoint of above 90°C offers corresponding benefits for storage and
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transport. “In SILIKOFTAL® HTW 3 we offer a product that meets increasingly stringent regulations,” says Maximilian Morin, head of the industrial coatings market segment. “The extensive and vigorous development has paid off and is an excellent example of our efforts to continuously expand our portfolio and offer more sustainable products.” For further information: www.coating-additives.com
SILIKOFTAL® HTW 3 is suitable for food contact as part of the external coating.