From October 19 to 26, 2022, the world's No.1 trade fair for plastics and rubber (hereinafter referred to as "K Show") was held in Düsseldorf, Germany. Elkem Silicones made an amazing appearance with its latest transportation electrification solution. Many visitors were attracted by the solution and stopped to learn more and experience it.
As the world's No.1 trade fair for plastics and rubber, K Show has always been a benchmark in the industry, bringing together new products, the latest technologies, cutting-edge innovations, and changes in the global industry. This year, K Show celebrates its 70th anniversary with over 3,000 exhibitors from more than 60 countries gathering to explore a sustainable future around the three themes of circular economy, climate protection, and digitalization.
Elkem Silicones, an innovator in material technology with more than 70 years of history in silicones, presented its innovative technologies and low-carbon sustainable solutions in NEVs, energy, and power comprehensively and vividly at K 2022. The accelerated electrification of the automotive industry has brought new requirements and opportunities for materials science. As the core component of new energy vehicles, the sealing of the battery pack is crucial to the safety and stability of the battery system, affecting the safety of the CBU. In response to the market and industry pain points, Elkem Silicones launched an innovative sealing product, the BLUESIL™ RT Foam series. With the advantages of excellent compression deformability and resilience, lightweight sealing, ability to meet the requirements of UL94-V0 flame retardant grade, heat insulation, and corrosion resistance, this series of products can protect the battery pack for a long time. It is suitable for various sealing surfaces of battery packs, easy to realize industrial automation and standardization, making assembly easier and truly realizing cost reduction and efficiency increase. When compared with similar products on the market, the BLUESIL™ RT Foam series has lower density and lighter weight, which can reduce the cost of battery packs while improving the sealing performance of battery packs, realizing the lightweight of battery packs and effectively reducing carbon emissions. Currently, the products of Elkem Silicones BLUESIL™ RT Foam series have been applied to 3 million NEVs worldwide, protecting their safety and effectively contributing to the vigorous development of the new energy vehicle market. In addition, Elkem Silicones also exhibited its silicone dipping and sealing solutions for energy and power applications, which can help ensure the safe transmission of power to homes and public infrastructure.
With this exhibition, Elkem Silicones further demonstrates its position and advantages as an innovation driver and market leader in material science. In the future, Elkem Silicones will work with a wider range of partners to provide more valuable solutions for many industries. Moreover, it will accelerate the development of a green economy and industrial structure optimization by helping customers to improve their competitive advantages, meet increasingly stringent regulatory standards and rising consumer expectations, develop innovative products, and achieve business growth targets.