{"id":166908,"date":"2025-08-29T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=166908"},"modified":"2025-08-25T14:33:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T12:33:44","slug":"k-2025-trade-fair-for-plastics-rubber-wacker-presents-resource-saving-liquid-silicone-rubber-for-food-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/k-2025-trade-fair-for-plastics-rubber-wacker-presents-resource-saving-liquid-silicone-rubber-for-food-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"K 2025 trade fair for plastics & rubber: WACKER presents resource-saving liquid silicone rubber for food applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The key to air up\u00ae\u00a0water bottles is the innovative mouthpiece made of silicone rubber from WACKER. At its booth at the K 2025 International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, the Group will demonstrate live how\u00a0ELASTOSIL<\/em>\u00ae\u00a0eco LR 5003 is used to manufacture the component. \u00a9 WACKER<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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  • Biomethanol-based and therefore resource-saving<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Liquid injection molding process enables cost-efficient high volume production<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Injection molding demonstration during the K 2025 trade fair<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    WACKER has developed a series of temper-free liquid silicone rubber grades that are particularly suitable for food and sensitive applications. One of these new grades is a biomethanol-based variant. Molded parts made from ELASTOSIL\u00ae<\/sup><\/em><\/sup>eco LR 5003 are resource-saving and meet the guidelines for food contact products even without thermal post-treatment. Lifestyle products, drinking straws, baking tins, dough scrapers and other items can be produced very efficiently and in large quantities with the new grade. The silicone rubber will be showcased at the K 2025 trade fair for plastics and rubber, which takes place in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, from October 8 to 15. In Hall 6, Stand A10, WACKER will use the material to produce mouthpieces for innovative water bottles.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    At the K 2025 trade show, WACKER will use its ELASTOSIL\u00ae\u00a0eco LR 5003 grade to demonstrate the production of the mouthpiece. The non-postcure liquid silicone rubber is particularly suitable for large-scale manufacture of products in the food industry and other sensitive areas. As far as their volatiles content is concerned, molded parts made from such silicones comply with the limits stipulated by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) even without postcuring. They also meet the requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for food contact products. As a result, production of mouthpieces for air up\u00ae\u00a0bottles as well as drinking straws, baking tins, dough scrapers and other items is made very efficient. ELASTOSIL\u00ae\u00a0eco LR 5003 may be additionally postcured in order to achieve even greater strengths\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Drinking bottles designed by air up\u00ae, a Munich-based company, are equipped with a special flavor pod that creates a sensory perception. It transforms plain drinking water into different flavors \u2013 without any sugar or other additives. The ring-shaped flavor pod is attached to the mouthpiece of the bottle which supports the unique drinking experience known as retronasal perception.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Drink water, let the aroma pod take care of the flavor: water bottles from air up\u00ae<\/sup><\/em>\u00a0are popular among young and old alike. The aroma pod is fitted on top of the mouthpiece before use. It is designed to encourage people to drink more water. \u00a9 WACKER<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

    ELASTOSIL\u00ae\u00a0eco silicone rubber grades are produced in a resource-efficient manner and stem from plant-based methanol derived from non-fossil sources. The production is certified in accordance with the REDcert2 standard, thereby ensuring the traceability of renewable raw materials along the entire production process.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Short supply chains \u201cmade in Europe\u201d <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Together with its project partners, WACKER will also demonstrate a special supply chain: the entire production of the air up\u00ae\u00a0bottles takes place within a radius of\u00a014<\/em>0 km. Production is carried out with a four-cavity mold using cold runner nozzle technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    WACKER produces the silicones needed for the mouthpiece in Burghausen, Germany; RICO manufactures the mouthpieces and tools in Thalheim\/Wels, Austria; and Greiner AG in Kremsm\u00fcnster, Austria, takes care of the final assembly. Apart from promoting sustainability and guaranteeing a high level of quality, this partnership offers all the advantages of a short, stable supply chain. Indeed a conscious decision by air up\u00ae, considering that it focuses on marketing its products across the globe \u2013 including on social media and with the participation of well-known influencers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Visit WACKER at K 2025 in Hall 6, Booth A10, from October 8 to 15. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    WACKER has developed a series of temper-free liquid silicone rubber grades that are particularly suitable for food and sensitive applications. One of these new grades is a biomethanol-based variant. Molded parts made from ELASTOSIL\u00aeeco LR 5003 are resource-saving and meet the guidelines for food contact products even without thermal post-treatment. Lifestyle products, drinking straws, baking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":166927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Molded parts made of ELASTOSIL\u00ae eco LR 5003 meet food industry guidelines without thermal post-treatment","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[13749,13144,25516],"supplier":[23101,6331,26816,2713,94],"class_list":["post-166908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biomethanol","tag-biorubber","tag-manufacturing","supplier-air-up","supplier-bundesinstitut-fur-risikobewertung-bfr","supplier-rico-gmbh-co-kg","supplier-us-food-and-drug-administration-fda","supplier-wacker-chemie-ag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166908"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=166908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}