Stahl introduces Stahl Integra®: “modular toolbox” of flame-retardant and performance coating technologies
Waalwijk, the Netherlands, June 16th, 2022 – Stahl, an active proponent of responsible chemistry, today announces the launch of its Stahl Integra® portfolio, a versatile toolbox that provides tailor-made, customer-orientated solutions under the umbrella of flame-retardant technology, protective surfaces, and protective coatings. The integrated, polymer-driven approach behind Stahl Integra® offers customers greater flexibility in terms of product development, helping them to achieve regulatory and environmental compliance while ensuring superior product quality and fabric integrity.
The market for flame retardants and performance coatings is increasingly complex and subject to extensive – and often conflicting – demands and requirements. This includes increasingly stringent chemical industry legislation that limits flexibility regarding chemical and additive usage as well as growing expectations from stakeholders regarding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors.
With Stahl Integra®, Stahl offers a unique polymer-driven solution that builds upon the market-leading flame-retardant technology offered through Stahl’s Eagleban™ brand, which is enhanced by Stahl’s expertise in polymer-based technologies for protective coatings and surfaces. By using Stahl’s proven polymer technology as its “backbone” while harnessing the other technologies in its toolbox, including specialty crosslinkers and other additives, Stahl Integra® can help customers solve complex challenges in a flexible, integrated way that goes beyond traditional additive-driven approaches.
A flexible, modular approach
The Stahl Integra® portfolio follows the modular toolbox principle, whereby specific mechanical functionalities and solutions – from breathable coatings to stay-clean technologies – are introduced to meet specific end-market requirements. Stahl Integra®’s modular product range includes an extensive array of high-quality polymer-based technologies in the flame retardant and protective coatings space. These solutions include waterborne and solvent-borne performance coatings (Stahl Integra® FRC), specialty waterborne polymers with flame retardant effect (Stahl Integra® RU), and additives boosting the above (Stahl Integra® FRA).
Jan Terras, Global Market Manager Coated Fabrics & Flame Retardants at Stahl: “Our flexible Stahl Integra® portfolio offers solutions to meet complex regulatory requirements as well as rising market expectations in terms of mechanical properties and fabric integrity. At the same time, Stahl Integra® underlines our commitment to responsible chemistry: our polymer-driven approach enables a shorter, simplified manufacturing process that typically equates to a lower environmental footprint and less consumption of energy, water, and other resources. It stands to reason that we see Stahl Integra® as the future of combined flame-retardant and performance coating technologies.”
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