Focus areas include flame retardants, rice husk silica and bio-based fillers and additives

Hamburg, Germany – Lehvoss Group has announced that its Luvomaxx business unit will present new collaborations and products from its rubber portfolio at K2022:

Cooperation with Alpha Calcit, Germany - Alfrimal aluminum trihydrate (ATH)

Alfrimal is an environmentally friendly, versatile halogen-free flame-retardant. The chemically pure ATH is suitable for wires and cables as well as rubber products in mining or public transport - wherever "Safety First" requires reliable fire protection.

Cooperation with Brisil, India - "Precipitated" silica from rice husks

The silica filler is "precipitated silica", which Brisil extracts from rice husk ash using a residue-optimized chemical process. The process has been developed by Brisil and has already been patented. There is currently a production plant in the Indian state of Gujarat with a capacity of 7,400 tons per year. Further production plants in Asia are in the planning stage.

Cooperation with Magris, USA/Canada - Functional minerals for rubber

The Mistron Vapor range of pure talc fillers with high functionality, offers various technical and commercial solutions such as barrier properties, better extrusion performance or also dimensional stability for rubber articles.

Cooperation with Oxitec, Brazil - Biobased compositions to reduce or eliminate zinc oxide.

Oxitec converts by-products from pulp processing into a replacement raw material for zinc oxide. This replacement feedstock is capable of replacing zinc oxide as an activator in rubber compounds.

Cooperation with UPM, Finland - Renewable functional fillers from the UPM BioMotion product range.

UPM BioMotion is made from biomass and offers the possibility of replacing CO2-intensive fillers - such as industrial carbon black or silica - in rubber and TPE compounds. The biomass is obtained from 100 percent sustainably managed forests.

Cooperation with the German Rubber Industry Association (WDK) and the German Institute for Rubber Technology (DIK)

Lehmann&Voss&Co supports the research project "Biobased Antioxidants" of the German Rubber Industry Association (WDK) and the German Institute for Rubber Technology (DIK).