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New zinc flake pigments provide sustainability and cost savings for heavy-duty corrosion protection

•    Revised norms and regulations allow the use of zinc flake pigments: attractive price performance-ratio, better corrosion protection
•    New ProFlake® Zn 3000: optimized for sustainable corrosion protective paint systems and excellent performance characteristics

Hartenstein, 17.08.22 – A recent revision of DIN 12944 and also AMPP (formerly SSPC) with newly generated Paint 29 allow the formulation of compliant, performance-based corrosion protective paints. Thus, there is now more flexibility in formulation compared to the former mandatory use of zinc rich primers.

With the new ProFlake® Zn 3000 zinc flake pigment, ECKART responds to that change by providing a product solution that allows for significantly lower zinc content in formulations - a key for more sustainable corrosion protective formulations for heavy duty, including a greatly reduced CO2 footprint compared to currently applied corrosion protective paints.

The percolation between these zinc flakes as well as their additional barrier layer formation ensures ideal corrosion protection, providing a clear advantage over zinc rich primers. 

Other technical benefits are simple handling and application of the ProFlake® Zn 3000 zinc flake based paint as well as its limited settlement properties. 

Lean production processes of ProFlake® Zn 3000 guarantee an attractive price-performance ratio. The new 31 µm (D50) product is ideally suited for use in marine, ship or bridge construction coatings, among others.

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Photo caption: Established ProFlake® zinc flakes used in a commercial three layer corrosion protective system formulated acc. to DIN 12944 applied onto a railway bridge - result after 25 years outdoor exposure

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About ECKART
The ECKART Group, a company of ALTANA AG, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of effect pigments. With 1,750 employees worldwide, the group develops, produces and distributes metallic effect and pearlescent pigments in powder, paste and pellet form as well as concentrates, dispersions and printing inks. ECKART products are used in the coatings and printing industries, the plastics and autoclaved aerated concrete industries as well as in cosmetic products. In the future, ECKART will also drive the optimisation and development of metal powders for 3D printing, thus opening up new areas of application. ECKART is present in over 70 countries.

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