BYK Additives has spent years actively directing significant research efforts, investments, and human resources towards replacing its per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) additives with more environmentally compatible alternatives. The company has now reached a point that allows them to offer their customers pioneering, sustainable PFAS-free solutions for almost all of our products. The last PFAS additive shipment is expected by the end of 2025.
Even today, the percentage of PFAS-containing additives in BYK’s extensive product portfolio is very small. PFAS are chemically bound in the additives, are non-volatile, and are used only in closed or contained systems.
Matthias Kramer, managing director global production, “BYK will not only be producing all of its additives free of PFAS by the end of 2025, but will also have converted all its production facilities worldwide to PFAS-free firefighting foam. To this end, BYK has invested heavily in new or modified firefighting equipment.”
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