Green innovation, safe navigation | clariant exolit™ op flame retardants accelerate upgrading of engineering plastics

The 11th Engineering Plastics Innovation Application Forum 2025 was successfully held in Shenzhen recently. This forum focused on popular fields such as automotive, electronics and electrical, and communication materials, discussing and exchanging ideas on topics like cutting-edge technologies, innovative applications, and sustainable development of essential engineering plastic materials, injecting new ideas and new momentum into industry development.

As a specialty chemicals company focused on sustainability,Clariant was invited to attend and delivered a speech titled "Clariant Halogen-Free Flame Retardant Materials: Green Innovation, Safe Protection."Clariant has focused on sharing how its innovative halogen-free flame retardant solution, Exolit™ OP, supports the new energy vehicle and electrical and electronics industries in moving towards a safer and greener future.

Driven by multiple factors such as application scenario expansion, supply chain fluctuations, and stricter environmental regulations, the engineering plastics industry is rapidly developing towards high performance and green sustainability. This trend demands higher performance and environmental requirements for flame retardants, such as high pressure and high temperature resistance.

At the same time,To enhance the sustainability of engineering plastics.The industry is graduallyReduce PTFEThe use as an anti-dripping agent, which is a common anti-dripping agent in the bromine-antimony composite flame retardant system. This environmental trend also promotes...Halogen-free flame retardant formulations containing Exolit™ are being used more widely in nylon and polyester.Because Exolit™'s halogen-free flame retardant formulation inDoes not drip when burningNo additional anti-dripping agent is needed.

Clariant's Exolit™ OP innovative non-halogen flame retardant solutions were invented by Clariant and are protected by patents.Halogen-free phosphorus-containing polyols and organic hypophosphites have gained wide recognition in engineering plastics such as nylon and polyester, as well as in some epoxy-based thermosetting applications.

Exolit™ OP==Pass the UL 94 vertical burning test.SampleAchieves V-0 rating even with a thickness as low as 0.4 mm.At the same time, Exolit™ OP has excellent properties.Thermal stability, mechanical properties, and electrical propertiesIt can provide efficient flame-retardant protection that meets performance requirements and environmental challenges for fields such as electronics and electrical, transportation, and household appliances.

To address increasingly stringent technical standards and regulatory requirements.Clariant continues to introduce innovative solutions for the electronics, electrical, and electric vehicle sectors.Among them,Exolit™ OP 1242 (TP) Exolit™ OP 1266 (TP)Solved two key challenges in the application of PBT in the fields of electronics, electrical appliances, and electric vehicles: hydrolysis resistance and high CTI (Comparative Tracking Index).

With the full commissioning of the second flame retardant production line at the Daya Bay plant, Clariant has further enhanced its ability to serve the local and Asian markets.Especially in the fields of electric mobility, electronic and electrical applications, 5G communications, etc.