Innovation

For people in KANSAI HELIOS innovation means doing things in a new, better way. Therefore innovations are not always presented to the markets as new products and services, but can be also found everywhere inside the group, in production and R&D facilities and within the processes. Though the innovations of products that answer to our customers’ needs are the ones that we are most proud of.

KANSAI HELIOS Group holds one of the best-equipped R&D laboratories in the world. That serves to our objective to design and develop new coatings and solutions, which represent the future of this industry. In our R&D departments, coatings are getting smarter, economical and endurable. Our developers are pushing the limits to create coatings that spare resources and energy and need les layers.

Every day, coatings get new features and advantages while protecting all sorts of materials against abrasion, high heat, electromagnetic radiation, insects, water, UV… However, we never forget that beside all this functionalities, coating always need to stay colourful and simply – beautiful.

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KANSAI HELIOS DTM, more than protective coating

KANSAI HELIOS DTM, a single-layer coating for the industrial protection of metals, is a complete, innovative product, also unique because of the accompanying customer support and tools which ease the transition from double-layer to single-layer systems. This direct-to-metal coating has proven its long-term corrosion protection and weatherability under real life service condition.

Yellow excavator bucket component

Market-ready bio-based ACE coatings

The European Green Deal aims to achieve CO2 neutrality by 2050. For this goal, we cannot only do big changes, but also the small details in economy and everyday life are decisive. With this thought, our R&D specialists at KANSAI HELIOS didn’t want to invent totally new products, but took a look at our existing products in the ACE segment…

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Worlds first Chromium-Free Electrostrip Coating for Grain-oriented Electrical Steel

Our R&D specialists at Rembrandtin developed the worlds first chromium-free grain-oriented (GO)coating: REMISOL EB 5320 shows very good electro-insulating properties. Furthermore, this environmentally friendly product provides a hydrolysis and corrosion resistance comparable to chromate containing solutions….

High-voltage transformer station in a futuristic city environment, showcasing a chromium-free coating system with labels highlighting inorganic coating, water-thinnable coating, and high strip tension

Sol-Gel Printing Inks for Digital Printing on Coil

KANSAI HELIOS sol-gel printing inks are the latest innovation in single-pass digital printing on coil. Patented by KANSAI HELIOS, the environmentally friendly inks show good outdoor durability and excellent mechanical properties. Based on the same pigmentation as conventional coil coatings, they ensure good weather resistance and are used in many application fields, e.g., architecture…

Four glossy color drops in cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) on a reflective black surface, symbolizing digital printing ink colors.