LEADINGMANUFACTURER OFFLUOROCHEMICAL

PRODUCTS

LEADINGMANUFACTURER OFFLUOROCHEMICALPRODUCTS

MAFLON® was founded in 1996 thanks to a research project developed together

with the Fluorine Chemistry Laboratory of Padua University. A research project

focused, since the very beginning, on the fluorinated products and their application.

MAFLON® has the appropriate coating solution for surfaces such as leather, textile,

stone, tile, wood, providing a durable and transparent treatment while creating a

highly effective protective barrier against different agents as oils, water, coffee, food

products and beverages.

MAFLON® produces also a wide range of fluorinated surface active agents to give

excellent wetting, spreading and leveling properties in coating, cleaners, waxes

systems. Fluorosurfactants may be also used in polishes, inks, adhesives and in all

applications where surface tension is a fundamental parameter to determine the

performance of the final products.

Today MAFLON® includes a research team leading the R&D activities cooperating

closely with some of the most important Universities specialised in Fluorine

Chemistry. All the R&D activities are developed in the laboratories located in the

Headquarters in northern Italy.

The Fluorochemical Specialist

GUARNIFLON® Spa is a leading international company specialised in the processing of fluorobased products with an annual

output of 4.500 tons.

GUARNIFLON® Spa started its activities in 1982 with the machining of PTFE components and has been growing both dome-

stic and international markets in the production of an extremely wide range of different PTFE based semifinished and finished

products. It acquired a strong know-how that has been later applied also to the production of other fluorobased materials.

Established as a family company, today GUARNIFLON® Spa, after 30 years activity, is an international group with subsidiaries

in Europe, Far-East and the U.S., a global network with its Headquarters in Italy and a work force of almost 400 people.

GUARNIFLON® Spa is organized in three Business Units: the first one, under the brand name GUARNIFLON®, involved in

PTFE processing, semi-finished and finished parts, the second one, under the brand name MAFLON®, involved in fluoroche-

mical specialities and the third one, under the brand name BRIKO MAPLUS, dedicated to ski waxes.

MAFLON® was set up initially as an independent company managed by GUARNIFLON® Spa shareholders, then, in 2009,

was merged into GUARNIFLON® Spa, becoming the Business Unit focused on fluorochemical specialities.

A well trained team of chemical researchers works daily to develop special and customised fluorochemical solutions, thanks

to an extremely efficient laboratory furnished with the most up to date equipment and to the strong relationship with internatio-

nal research laboratories and Universities.

Since 2012 MAFLON® premises have been located in a new 6000 sq.m. factory equipped with the latest technologies and

chemical plants, to produce consistent and high quality products to meet the highest environmental standards.

GUARNIFLON®

INTERNATIONALGROUP

GUARNIFLON® PTFE PRODUCTS

BUSINESS UNIT

BUSINESS UNIT

FLUOROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS

SKI WAX PRODUCTS

MAFLON®

MAPLUS

1982 GUARNIFLON S.p.A. Set-up P D

1994 MACEPLAST GMBH - Germany D

1997 MACEPLAST S.A. - France P D

2000 MACEPLAST ROMANIA S.A. - Romania P D

2004 IPM INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS & MACHINE INC. - USA P D

2007 GUARNIFLON INDIA PVT. LTD. - India P D

2009 GUANGZHOU REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE - China D

2011 MACEPLAST ESPANA SL. - Spain D1998 MACEPLAST UK LTD. - United Kingdom D

P: Production D: Distribution

MACEPLAST S.A. - FRANCE

GUARNIFLON INDIA PVT.

MACEPLAST GMBH - GERMANY

IPM INDUSTRIALPLASTICS & MACHINE INC. - USA

MACEPLAST UK LTD.

ADVANCED FLON TECHNOLOGIES(SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.

MACEPLAST ROMANIA S.A.

MACEPLAST ESPAÑA SL.

S.p.A.

2013 ADVANCED FLON TECHNOLOGIES - China DP

MAFLON® R&D

MAFLON® R&D department is constantly innovating new fluorinated materials to meet the specific requirements of the

customers. The main role of the R&D department is to develop new formulations and to set up products from laboratory scale

to full production.

Thanks to dedicated engineers and chemists, MAFLON® should be your first choice when looking for a partner in the world

of fluorinated products.

MAFLON® R&DCONSTANTLYINNOVATINGMATERIALS

The state of the art chemical reactor at new MAFLON® promises

MAFLON® QUALITY MANAGEMENTSystem certified according to ISO 9001:2008

CUSTOMER SERVICE

MAFLON® customer care service grants functional excellence in process management and expertise in translating regulatory

requirements into practice.

Synergies and teamwork involving R&D, sales and production departments allow MAFLON® to give fast and problem-solving

solutions to the customers: skilled and internationally experienced managers will always be at the customer’s disposal for

suggestions and solutions to enhance and strengthen the cooperation.

MAFLON® customer service manages European Customer Service Centre for several business lines such as coatings &

additives, fluorosurfactants and advanced intermediates.

Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control Procedures (QCP) are

unavoidable issues in the company. Equipment operations, maintenance and

procedures as well as the analytical methods (of raw materials and finished

products control), are made according to international standards (AATCC

standard, ASTM standard, DIN standard) as well as to customers’

requirements.

All the above is possible thanks to the availability of an extremely well

equipped laboratory, fitted with the most up to date technologies and

instruments. MAFLON® operators are constantly trained to match all

requirements from the customer base.ISO 9001:2008

Organismo accreditato da ACCREDIABody accredited by ACCREDIA

CHEMISTRY

MAFLON® scientific research is based on the chemistry of fluorotelomers and perfluoroalkyliodides obtained by the

controlled polymerisation of tetrafluoroethylene. Fluorinated materials and compounds of type F(CF2)n(CH2)mX1 are used in

the laboratories to prepare fluorinated materials. These new chemical compounds are then used as raw materials for the

production of more sophisticated fluorinated products used in a wide range of application such as:

Fluorine-modified polymersApplied as a surface treatment in order to give oleo-hydro repellency and anti-stain properties

(e.g. poly(meth)acrylates, polyurethanes, polysiloxanes).

FluorosurfactantsMostly used as wetting and leveling agents in the formulation of floor polishes, detergents, waxes, paints, varnishes and

coatings.

Solid lubricants / Fluorinated solventsPerfluoroalkanes CF3(CF2)nCF3 and semifluorinated alkanes used as solid lubricants or fluorinated solvents with a high

solubility for oxygen and carbon dioxide.

All the products are characterised and tested in MAFLON® laboratories thanks to the following analytical and characterisation

techniques:

• Infrared spectroscopy (IR)

• Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

• Gel permeation chromatography (GPC)

• Gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography – mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

• QUV weathering tests

• Tribological tests

• Tensiometer for surface and interfacial tension measurements.

MAFLON® SCIENTIFICAPPROACH

1X being a functional groups such as alcohols, glycols, olefins, (meth)acrylics, epoxydes, silanes.

HIGH PERFORMANCE IN FLUOROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS

Fluorine and Carbon form one of the strongest bonds known in organic chemistry and MAFLON® takes advantage of C-F

bonds to create chemicals for the development of a wide range of materials with attractive properties. MAFLON® products

can meet a wide range of applications and have been divided into different specific business lines, always offering tailor-made

solutions to the customers and remaining one step ahead of the competition. Maflon business lines include Lineplus

Fluoropolymers, Hexafor Fluoropolymers and Hexafor Surfactants.

Lineplus Fluoropolymers are offered as solvent or aqueous systems of specially designed (polymeric) compounds for the

surface treatment of stone, marble, tile, concrete, leather, textile, carpet, and all other substrates where high repellency is

required. They offer a highly durable and repellent protection against water, oil, coffee, red wine, etc. without modifying the

natural appearance of the treated substrates.

Lineplus include also low molecular weight PTFE additives designed to grant some of the fluoropolymer properties to the host

material. Specifically they can be used to reduce the friction coefficient, to enhance the wear resistance, the lubricity and the

non-stick properties of a variety of host materials such as printing inks, paints, coatings, thermoplastics, greases, lubricants,

plastics and elastomers.

Hexafor Fluoropolymers are a new family of oil and water repellents developed as an effective alternative to long-chain

perfluorinated chemicals (ex. Lineplus Fluoropolymers). They are based on short perfluorinated chain molecules containing

only 6 fluorinated carbon atoms avoiding the formation of hazardous chemicals (eg. PFOA) in the environment. Similar to the

Lineplus Fluoropolymers serie, Hexafor fluoropolymers provide a durable and transparent treatment for stone, marble, tile,

concrete, textile, leather, etc.

Hexafor Surfactants are highly effective and efficient fluorinated surface active agents based on short fluorinated chain.

They are especially designed to provide rapid spreading, wetting and leveling performance to various water-based coating

systems, such as paints, inks, floors, vanishes, polishes. Their low surface tension permits the wetting of substrates that are

difficult to wet with the common hydrocarbon surfactants. The Hexafor surfactants line includes anionic and nonionic surface

active agents.

forHEXA

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PRODUCTSPECIFICATIONS

AND APPLICATION

FLUOROPOLYMER ADDITIVES

FLUOROSURFACTANT ADDITIVES

PTFE MICROPOWDER FLUOROADDITIVES

FLUOROPOLYMERS

APPLICATION

STONE MARBLE ANDCONCRETE PROTECTIONDurable protection from stains, superior oil and water repellency, no change to the natural surface appearance, non-film forming, easy to clean and maintain, preser-ving the beauty of stone, tile marble, concre-te, masonry, etc.

TEXTILEAND CONCRETESuperior oil and water repellent with high durability, preserving the quality, handle and the appearance of textiles.

ANTI GRAFFITICONCRETE PROTECTIONProviding a permanent treatment with easy removal of graffiti, strong UV and weather resistance without any damage to the underlying stone surface.

LEATHERCONCRETE PROTECTIONProviding a durable, invisible barrier to water, oil, dirt and stains for industrial and consu-mer application.

WOOD PROTECTIONAND CONCRETEImproved the durability and the longevity by reducing moisture absorption or oil contami-nation with no change of natural appearan-ce.

MOULD RELEASE AGENTSAND CONCRETEImproved dimensional accuracy, reduction of defects without stickiness, high working efficiency in moulding electric components.

STONE ENHANCERSAND CONCRETERejuvenating the colour and the appearance of worn and weathered stone, tumbled marble and other rustic-look stones. Provi-ding long lasting protection against moisture, oils, grease spots and stains.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

Improved protection against air pollution, water, grease spots, soiling. Enhancing the surface durability, preventing freeze-thaw damage.

PAINTS AND COATINGS

High performance products for leveling and

wetting, reduced cratering, fish eyes, orange

peel effect, anti blocking, UV resistance, UV

coating, improved antisoiling, and reduce the

amount and number of other additives.

CLEANERSCOATINGS Faster spreading, improved penetration,

antisoiling, antifogging, alkaline cleaners,

glass cleaner, degreasing, etc.

WAXES AND POLISHES

Improved wetting, levelling, gloss, reduced

cratering, orange peel effect, improved

antisoiling, UV resistant.

GRAPHIC ARTS

Improved levelling, decreased ink wicking,

photo emulsion wetting.

ADHESIVESPOLISH Improved wetting, levelling, penetration and

adhesion, reduced cratering.

ELECTRONICSCOATINGS Used as zinc battery scale inhibitor, low foam

and non-corrosive wetting in photoresist

strippers, effective plating bath aid.

METAL TECHNOLOGY

Supplyng anticorrosion, etch bath wetting,

cleaning and scale removal.

POLYMER TECHNOLOGY

Mould release spray, emulsion polymeriza-

tion, antifogging, external and internal

lubricant, coupling agents, scale removal.

FLUOROSURFACTANTS

APPLICATION

PTFEMICROPOWDERFLUOROADDITIVES

APPLICATION

ELASTOMERS

In dynamic seals and coated rollers, for improving abrasion, tear resistance and mould release.

INKS

In lithographic printing, for improving scuff

resistant, high temperature dryng and

scratch resistance.

THERMOPLASTICS

In moulded gears, for improving wear

resistance, low coefficient of friction and

anti-dripping.

LUBRICANTS

In oil and aerosols as very effective grease thickener.

COATINGS

In protective industrial, DIY and bakeware for additional chemical resistance, non-stick properties, anti-blocking, wear and abrasion resistance, scratch resistance.

SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT

IN TOUCH WITHTHE FUTURE

PFOA MOLECULE

NO MORE PFOA RELEASE

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MAFLON® Environmental Policy

The need for really sustainable solutions for 21st century life is one of the most

critical and important challenges facing the global community.

At MAFLON®, sustainable development does not just mean being an

environmentally friendly company, but also taking care of human beings safety.

Over the past decade (since 2000), there has been increasing concern about

products that contain long-chain perfluorinated chemicals (LCPFs) and various

actions have been undertaken to minimize the potential impact of these chemicals

on human health and on the environment, especially related to PFOA and PFOS.

Both these chemicals are thought to be persistent in the environment, bioaccumu-

lative and potentially toxic.

MAFLON® uses neither Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) nor PFOS intentionally

during its manufacturing processes. Moreover all MAFLON® repellents and

surfactants are telomere-based (refer to MAFLON® Scientific Approach) and

cannot therefore contain or produce PFOS, however trace levels of PFOA may

result as minor impurities in the raw materials or as a byproduct of the LCPF -

based products (C8 Lineplus series).

In 2006, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the USA and the eight

major companies active in the fluorochemicals market launched the 2010/15

PFOA Stewardship Program. According to this agreement, the companies com-

mitted to work towards eliminating the emissions and use of PFOA and related

substances (LCPFCs) by 2015. As well as EPA also the European Chemical

Agency (ECHA) considered in its analysis 2015 as the ultimate phase out deadline

for direct use of PFOA and related compounds.

MAFLON® is fully involved in the LCPFCs (PFOA) substitution/elimination process.

At the end of 2010 MAFLON® R&D team concluded the development of a new

line of products based on shorter chain perfluorinated chemicals (C4-C6 HEXAFOR

series). They show similar or even better performance in comparison to those of

LCPFCs (C8 Lineplus series) avoiding any possibility of PFOA release in the

environment.

At present, although all the new R&D projects are focused on the new C6 HEXA-

FOR series, MAFLON® guarantees the delivery of its C8 Lineplus series onto the

market until 2015.

VERSION 2013.A01

THE FLUOROCHEMICALSSPECIALIST

Guarniflon S.p.A.Maflon Division

Via T.Tasso 12 - 24060 Castelli Calepio (BG) - ITPhone +39.035.4494311

Fax +39.035.4494331www.maflon.com - info@maflon.com