AEROSIL® R 972

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”.

This Learning was awarded with the prestigious Comenius EduMedia Award 2023. The award honors outstanding digital innovative educational media.

Enjoy this excellent course!

In this comprehensive, interactive eLearning you will learn the basics of rheology, how rheology modifiers for coating and inks work and how to select and test the appropriate rheology modifier. After successfully completing the course, you will receive a personalized certificate. During the course, you can pause and resume at any time.

Rheology made Easy. Introduction of our new product group AEROSIL® Easy-to-disperse for Industrial&Transportation coatings and many more application fields. Technical background and benefits in regard to save your time, effort and costs.

Recording from August 30, 2022

Saving time, energy&money - with our new COATINO® Cost Savings Calculator for AEROSIL® E2D individual parameter for your formulations can be calculated and compared.Using the example of AEROSIL® E2D, we show how the new tool compares process parameters of high-shear milling with standard fumed silica vs. dissolver milling. Furthermore we do a deep dive for more sustainability aspects and present a detailed LCA analysis for our new technology Easy-to-disperse AEROSIL®.

Recorded Webinar: Learn how Evonik’s versatile powder coating additives can take your formulations to the next level. Effects like free-flow, matting and pigment wetting will be in the focus. Beside well established brands like AEROXIDE® our experts explain technical benefits of the new TEGO® Powder Aid D01.

Recording from November 16, 2022

Fumed Silica are a very versatile tool to adjust the rheology profile and other characteristics of your coating formulations. Learn more about Fumed Silica in general and how specific grades can help you to create optimized waterborne, solventborne and powder coatings.

Recording from September 19th, 2023

As the printing industry advances towards higher printing speeds and a broader range of graphic effects, the utilization of both fumed and precipitated silica in printing inks has become prevalent. The choice of particle sizes and surface treatments plays a crucial role in influencing the ink formulation's matting effect and rheology behavior. This presentation aims to explore the benefits of using engineered silicas such as AEROSIL®, ACEMATT®, SIPERNAT®, and SPHERILEX® in printing inks applications. The discussion will focus on how these silicas can enhance key properties like Rheology Control, Matting, Anti-block, and scratch resistance in the ink formulations.

Quiz on Rheology

Overview and benefits of AEROSIL® fumed silicas for rheology control. Specialized synthetic amorphous fumed silica to enhance coatings performance.

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

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.

In less than 7 minutes we would like to tell you about our latest investment for Inkjet applications, what it can do for us and what we could do for you.
Belief in the potential that inkjet represents for the printing industry is reflected in our continued efforts to provide our customers with specific recommendations, custom solutions and even specifically developed products. Find out more about the technical capabilities of our drop watcher and print station, and about modes of collaboration we offer that may assist you on your path of developing inkjet inks.

What are the important physico chemical parameters when formulating inks and how to characterize and optimize them. Recording kindly provided by Krüss.

This is a re-recording of the paper given at Inkjet Congress 2019. "Promoting Curing Speed: Ideal Surfactants for LED Curing Inkjet Inks"

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.

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 January 17, 2023

This webinar had introduced the know-how related the structure-property relationship of substrate wetting agents and their impact on the quality of the printed image as an integral part in enabling hight throughput digital printing.

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.

Recorded Webinar: Discover our portfolio for coil coating applications with a deep dive for specific effects, such as defoaming, matting, adhesion and durability aspects while meeting your regulatory needs.

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: Staying compliant with regulations is becoming more crucial than ever when it comes to creating new printing inks. This webinar is designed to offer advanced knowledge and comprehensive insights on key compliance matters.

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 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.

Recorded Webinar: UV inkjet inks develop fast in recent years in the application of label, tobacco packaging and PCB etc. In this webinar we had shared our additive solutions for UV inkjet ink application, we had introduced our high performance dispersants for different type of pigments dispersing, surface control additives especially crosslinkable product series which can help to improve substrate wetting, slip property and scratch resistance etc, and our Co-binders which can help to boost the curing speed, improve adhesion and pigment wetting etc.

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 are presented. The first part presented solutions for pigment preparations and particle stabilization, so how to control the color and appearance of an ink. Part 2, will be related to foam, slip, release and substrate wetting - so control of the physical parameters of an ink.

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 February 16, 2023

In this webinar we had presented the new product group, TEGO® Therm, of high-performance granules and heat-resistant binder for insulation coatings.

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.

Recording from November 02, 2022

This webinar presents Evonik's rheology modifier portfolio for waterborne decorative coatings. It includes some product highlights to guide the formulator to the optimum selection and usage. Watch the recording and find out how our highly efficient thickeners with ultra-low VOC can solve your problems.

Recording from November 09, 2022

We were delighted to offer a joint webinar with Anton Paar Germany GmbH, producer of highly accurate laboratory instruments and a world leader in the field of rheometry measurements.

The rheology of coatings is a key property to control and understand material behavior during production, transport, storage and application. In this course, you learn about important rheological terms and rheometric tests. How do they contribute to understand your product and how do they help to improve process design?

Recording from November 23, 2022

In our new format "ASK the EXPERT", we devote ourselves to your questions.

Two Evonik experts take the opportunity to give thorough answers and in-depth explanations. This format allows more questions and greater detail than usually possible in a short Q&A session typically offered at the end of a webinar.

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 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.

Recorded Webinar: The Importance of Sustainable Solutions: Defoaming, Anti-Corrosion, and Anti-Fouling effect for Marine&Protective Coatings. During this live webinar we had focused on various sustainable topics for Marine&Protective Coatings.

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.

Recording from September 21, 2023

Discover our portfolio for can coating applications with a deep dive for specific effects, such as defoaming, matting, adhesion while meeting your regulatory needs.

Novel synthetic silica to achieve matt powder coatings.

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

This course provides an overview on the new TEGO® Therm product range for EV battery housings and covers.

This course provides an overview on the new TEGO® Therm product range for thermal insulation coatings. Technical background and benefits in regard to handling, performance and sustainability will be explained within the course.

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.