Rising concerns about the impact of PFAS on human health and the environment have led to a growing demand for PTFE alternatives. Regardless of where one is in the supply network, replacing PTFE with eco-friendly PTFE-free packaging solutions will soon become a major business imperative.

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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PFAS-& PTFE-Alternatives for printing and packaging inks

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

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