Oudenaarde, Belgium, February 2015 - Belgium based Europlasma, a world leader in low pressure plasma technology, presented during Filtech 2015 (Cologne, Feb 24- 26) its growing family of innovative nanocoatings for the filtration industry under the Nanofics? brand name.

Nanofics refers to nanoscaled functionalisation into the core of complex shaped materials and products. It is Europlasma's patented and patent pending nanocoating technology platform, first applied on industrial scale in 1996.

Four innovative nanocoating solutions were demonstrated for use on both gas and liquid filtration media.

• Nanofics 10 coatings have very high affinity for water, resulting in water contact angles of lower than 10 degrees according to ASTM D5964. The Nanofics 10 coating is able to transform any filtration material - even PTFE - into a material with a permanently hydrophilic surface.
• Nanofics 120 coatings on the other hand are highly water repellent (water contact angle of 120 degrees according to ASTM D5964) and highly oil repellent (oil repellency level 8 according to ISO 14419) fluoropolymer type of nanocoatings deposited by low pressure plasma technology.
• Also Nanofics 110 coatings are highly water repellent (water contact angle of 110 degrees according to ASTM D5964) and highly oil repellent (oil repellency level 6 according to ISO 14419) fluoropolymer type of nanocoatings. The unique aspect of these coatings is that they are completely free from PFOA and PFOS.

Now Europlasma is leading the way to more environmentally friendly solutions with the development of a new family of water repellent nanocoatings, which are completely free from halogens. Europlasma just received funding from IWT, the Flemish government agency for Innovation by Science and Technology, to boost this development.

The Nanofics coatings are applied in Europlasma's unique design of roll-to-roll equipment.

Europlasma's R&D Manager Eva Rogge comments: "Selected customers have started experimenting with these new halogen free coatings with very promising results. Water contact angles of more than 120 degrees can be achieved and they can withstand multiple washes."

Europlasma's Sales Manager Peter Martens adds: "Europlasma was in 1996 the first company to bring nanocoating technology to the filtration market. In almost 20 years Europlasma has supplied low pressure plasma technology to more than 30 filtration companies worldwide. We work with each filtration company individually to find the best solution for their material, or to build a unique product for their customers."