TEGO® Wet 500

Today's coating manufacturers are sailing through a vast ocean of regulations designed to create a greener, healthier, and more sustainable world. Yet identifying the applicable requirements, meeting customer expectations, and maintaining innovation can be challenging.

This webinar will help you chart a clear course through the regulatory waters, separating essential compliance requirements from unnecessary complexity and providing practical guidance for successful product development.

Sustainability as a Business Driver - A Path to Better Performance

For our Special Sustainability Weeks, we have lined up 4 one-hour engaging webinar sessions that are offered as part of a series we are running weekly in May. We have packed in interesting topics from different perspectives, all featuring sustainability as a key driver of business success.

As part of the series of events, we are delighted to offer a joint webinar with Synthomer, one of the world’s leading suppliers of sustainable water-based and differentiated polymer solutions.

Ready to join us? Don’t hesitate to register for the sessions of your choice!

Eager to learn more?
Check out the interactive course “Sustainability for Coatings and Inks” or get a comprehensive overview of the regulatory framework in the coatings and inks industry in our eLearning “Regulatory Universe”.

In this comprehensive, interactive eLearning you will learn the basics of substrate wetting additives for coating and inks, their working mechanism and the how to select and test the appropriate one. After successfully completing the course, you will receive a personalized certificate. During the course, you can pause and resume at any time.

Quiz on Substrate Wetting Additives

Automotive Refinish Coatings – Part II: Background, chemistry, and product recommendations for automotive refinish coatings in regarding to Filler&Putties.

Automotive Refinish Coatings – Part I: A General Overview Background, chemistry, market requirements, and future of automotive refinish coatings are discussed.

Analytical methods to describe the performance of silicone based surface control additives in waterborne wood and furniture coatings. Learn more about current trends in wood coatings, performance profile of surface control additives based on silicone chemistry in waterborne wood coatings, the results based on analytical methods and capability of spherical precipitated silica particles to enhance the mechanical resistance of coating surfaces.

This webcast shows you various factors that lead to blocking defects in printing inks, and more importantly demonstrate 3 different formulating approaches. Lab videos and pictures are illustrated to show you how additives could help you achieve flawless finish.

This course provides some insights on the different types of wood coating technologies. For each technology, we will describe its advantages, disadvantages and key functionalities.

Siloxane-based additives are critical tools in coating applications because their structures can be varied in order to provide a broad range of performance benefits in many types of formulations and chemistries. An attempt is made to clarify the general structure-property relationships that drive the performance attributes of siloxane additives and detail the continuum that exists between wetting, leveling, defoaming and slip within this chemistry class.

This is an interactive video that showcase different service offerings to support printing inks customers thru innovations and efficiency. Come explore to take advantage of our competencies in regulatory guidance, sustainability, technical expertise and trainings.

Discover how innovative Evonik silica particles can enhance ink performance in our webinar. We had explored various aspects of particle technology that helps in enhancing properties such as matting and rheology. Join us to learn how cutting-edge materials can boost the quality and efficiency of your applications.

The ability to effectively wet challenging surfaces has emerged as a significant hurdle in the formulation of inks and coatings. With the ongoing advancements in packaging materials, including low-density polyethylene, oriented polypropylene, metallic films, and aluminum foil, formulators face increasing complexities. Furthermore, evolving regulatory standards necessitate that products not only perform optimally during printing but also comply with consumer safety regulations. Additionally, issues related to hydrolytic stability of surfactants have led to variations in ink wetting properties over the product's shelf life.

In this presentation, an expert from Evonik had discussed the relationship between surface tension and substrate wetting, as well as the distinct roles of dynamic and static surface tension in both water-based and energy-cured systems. While a one-size-fits-all solution is not feasible, the diverse range of products offered by Evonik Coating Additives provides effective strategies to tackle these wetting challenges.

Recorded Webinar: Siloxane-based additives show unique effects in waterborne, radiation-curing and also solventborne inks and varnishes. This webinar related structural motives to effects in inks and varnishes. It had displayed how to improve ink performance by the use of highly active siloxane-based additives, but also mentioned possible limitations. Can they potentially replace fluorosurfactants?

Recording from April 27th, 2023

Get a barrier-free access to SML-calculation without bureaucratic hurdles and expand your toolbox for food packaging inks. The COATINO® SML-calculator instantly checks the worst-case migration of your formulation according to the rules of Swiss Ordinance.

Recording from March 30th, 2026

Discover how advanced formulation tools enable high-quality inkjet coatings across diverse applications. This session has highlighted key technologies that enhance wetting, defoaming, dot sharpness, resistance, and substrate receptivity-ensuring top print performance and supporting future and sustainable innovation of inks and ink receptive coatings.

Recorded Webinar: It is essential to have a basic understanding of regulations when creating a new printing ink. While the term "regulatory" may evoke negative connotations for some, this webinar aimed to provide fundamental knowledge on the topic in a relaxed manner.

Recording from February 18th, 2026

In this webinar, we had explored how wetting additives help to reduce surface tension and aid the wetting of a variety of different substrates. Different types of wetting agents had been introduced, which

each provide a distinct profile. Recently, the elimination of PFAS containing additives has created a lot of additional attention to this topic. We had also discussed how to make the right additive choice

when recoatability or glueability is essential. Get a look at our latest developments, including TEGO® Wet 288.

Recording from June 8, 2021

Coating defects can cause severe headaches in wood coating applications. We have several options of additives in our portfolio to get rid of these defects or solve challenges like wetting of difficult substrates easily. In this webinar we had provided you with recommendations for water based, solvent based&UV coatings.

Offering vital insights into chemical compliance within the decorative coatings market, this webinar had focused on the growing demand for greener and more sustainable products. It had explored regulatory trends and innovative digital solutions that address the increasing communication needs across the value chain.

Recording from December 1st, 2025

This webinar had provided an overview of Evonik's additives solutions to solve typical challenges in UV curable wood coatings, such easy cleaning, scratch resistance, leveling, deaeration and much more. Our experts will discuss performance data that illustrate the benefits of using liquid additives as TEGO® Rad, TEGO® Foamex and Airex, TEGO® Glide , TEGO® Wet but also particles as ACEMATT® matting agents, SPHERILEX® specialty fillers and their combinations.

Recorded Webinar: Inks are often produced from semi-finished to address the application complexity and reduce the final production step to a blending operation. Semi-finished must not only be intermixable and compatible but also stable over the time. In this mini webinar series, challenges and solutions were presented. In the first part we have presented solutions for pigment preparations and particle stabilization, so how to control the color and appearance of an ink. Part 2, have been related to foam, slip, release and substrate wetting - so control of the physical parameters of an ink.

Recording from September 16th, 2025

Keeping pace with product compliance in an increasingly complex regulatory environment is a challenge. In this webinar, we had summarized current changes and comprehensive insights on key compliance matters and sustainability topics. Digital tools were shown which help you to get the updated data you need.

Recorded webinar: This recorded webinar presents Evonik’s special silica products and explains the main benefits of each product in waterborne matt coating systems. The webinar covers fumed silica, matting agent and spherical silica products.

Recording from June 7, 2022

This webinar focuses on solutions to eliminate reaction foam in WB 2K PU systems. It also covers the topic of matting of waterbased wood coatings.

Recording from September 09th, 2026

Staying ahead of product compliance in today's rapidly evolving regulatory landscape can be both complex and demanding.

In this webinar, we would guide you through the latest regulatory developments and highlight key compliance and sustainability challenges shaping the industry. You would gain practical insights and discover how innovative digital tools can empower you to access reliable, up-to-date data helping you make informed decisions with confidence.

Recording from March 15th, 2023

Fluorosurfactants are well established in the wood coatings world, but are facing increased regulatory challenges. This webinar highlighted future proof additive alternatives without compromising technical properties.

Recording from February 6th, 2025

We were delighted to offer a joint webinar with Synthomer, one of the world’s leading suppliers of sustainable water-based and differentiated polymer solutions.

This webinar has focused on the importance of pre-treatment of metal surfaces. The session has coved the application of 1K anti-corrosion primers and direct-to-metal (DTM) coatings, highlighting their benefits in protecting against environmental factors. Additionally, we have discussed the film formation process and common surface defects that can impact performance.

This webinar was part of the Surface Weeks.

Recording from February 27th, 2025

The aspect of a coated surface is positively enhanced by the use of additives for surface control. Using the example of automotive coatings the different aspects of leveling, wetting and haptic effects has been shown on three substrates.

This webinar was part of the Surface Weeks.

Recording from May 06th, 2026

With the growing demand for sustainable solutions, particularly for additives that can replace PFAS, Evonik CAD offers an ideal portfolio of additives designed to empower coating and ink formulators to achieve superior performance.

This exclusive webinar explored Evonik's innovative solutions that meet regulatory requirements and sustainability goals, without compromising on quality.

This webinar was part of our weekly webinar series in May: Sustainability as a Business Driver - A Path to Better Performance.

Recording from May 13th, 2026

We were delighted to offer a joint webinar with Synthomer, one of the world's leading suppliers of sustainable water-based and differentiated polymer solutions.

Sustainability is reshaping the coatings landscape, and real progress requires transparency, verifiable data, and future ready materials. This session had introduced how Synthomer embeds sustainability into product development and customer collaboration: From measuring environmental impact through Product Carbon Footprints and Life Cycle Assessments to advancing ISCC+ certified mass balance chemistries. We had highlighted practical examples from both architectural and industrial coatings to demonstrate how sustainable solutions can be implemented across diverse applications. The webinar had also addressed how evolving regulatory and ecolabel requirements, such as APEO free, PFAS free and EU Ecolabel, are influencing raw material selection and product design. Join the recording for a clear, practical view of the strategies, certifications, and technologies shaping the future of sustainable coatings.

This webinar was part of our weekly webinar series in May: Sustainability as a Business Driver - A Path to Better Performance.

Recording from May 27th, 2026

Sustainability is now a pivotal factor in driving business success. By embedding sustainable practices into their processes, formulators of coatings and inks not only promote innovation but also achieve enhanced performance and sustainable long-term growth.

This webinar was part of our weekly webinar series in May: Sustainability as a Business Driver - A Path to Better Performance.

Technical insight of important coating properties for plastic coatings and product recommendations.

In this module of our webcast series you can learn how substrate wetting additives work and should be selected for their use in (packaging) inks. Our star products for this application are presented and compared to each other for best possible selection. More modules on other product groups available here on COATINO® Campus.

You can find supplementary content, such as links or documents ready for download, in the “Resources” tab.

This learning journey provides a very complete overview about the basics of wood coatings and will answer any questions you have on wood coatings. Our expert Heike Semmler is taking you through this journey beginning with the history of wood coatings up to the different technologies, application and test methods. The journey also explains the functionalities and characteristics of wood coatings and much more.