Clariant Improves Agriculture Film Technology

Posted by |8 November 2012

Specialty chemicals manufacturer Clariant has debuted new stabilization solutions to improve the durability of greenhouse films, which will help with crop protection.

The service life of greenhouse films is impacted by combined aggressive effects from intensive solar radiation exposure and increasing use of agrochemicals, such as sulfur and halogenated chemicals. The new light stabilizers based on amino-ether HALS outperform standard HALS in terms of agrochemical resistance, which offers better UV protection and extends the lifetime of the greenhouse film.

Clariant offers film producers customized amino-ether light stabilization solutions based on Hostavin NOW technology. The tailor-made solutions are available in easy-to-handle granular form. The technology was unveiled at AMI 2012 Agricultural Films conference in Madrid, Spain, in early November.

Source: Clariant, Edited by FCI Staff