Clariant is showcasing additive solutions to support plastics in meeting key e-mobility challenges as the automotive industry seeks to safely extend battery range and charging performance, achieve significant materials reuse and recycling, and decrease carbon footprint at K 2022.

“We’re working closely with the automotive value chain to validate our advanced additive technologies for plastics and to progress their focus on weight optimization, sustainable, recyclable materials, and CO2 reduction alongside performance and safety needs. We’re looking forward to new collaborations with K 2022 visitors around our flame retardants and performance additives that will unlock e-mobility developments for this industry’s sustainable transformation across design and production,” comments Nicola Lelli, Head of Additives’ Strategic Marketing at Clariant.

Support for sustainable e-mobility plastics includes new applications for Clariant’s trusted halogen-free flame retardants in polyamide and thermoplastic material-based solutions, with ISCC Plus certified renewable raw materials-based options now also available to lower fossil carbon dependency and improve product CO2 emissions. These belong to the “Terra” family of certified products that offer like-for-like drop-in alternatives to manufacturers.

The trend for charging at higher voltages to make charging faster is creating the need for battery and charging infrastructure materials offering higher tracking resistance and flame retardancy.

The EcoTain certified Exolit OP solutions produced at Clariant’s ISCC PLUS certified site in Knapsack, Germany are available as mass-balance certified products. Like their fossil carbon-based counterparts, the Terra grades have little impact on recyclability of the material and therefore technically support proper automotive waste management with the added benefit of reduced CO2 footprint.

Clariant is currently constructing a new production facility in Daya Bay, China, to meet rapidly growing demand from e-mobility and the E&E component and equipment industries in China and Asia.