hubergroup Chemicals unveiled its latest innovation at this year’s RadTech UV+EB Technology and Conference in Detroit, Michigan: high-performance, bio-based UV-oligomers tailored for industrial applications.
hubergroup Chemicals has developed innovative bio-based UV-oligomers
designed to minimise environmental impact while maintaining high performance across a wide range of applications. These will be showcased at RadTech 2025.
Based on renewable raw materials with certified C-14 content, these oligomers respond to the growing demand for sustainable raw materials in the coatings
and inks industry. With comparable performance to conventional fossil-based products, they deliver excellent durability, reactivity, and chemical resistance to stress factors – while significantly reducing environmental impact.
hubergroup offers a versatile portfolio, including:
- Polyester acrylates with 38% bio-based content.
- Standard epoxy acrylates with 20% bio-based content.
- Epoxidized soybean oil acrylates containing up to 82% bio-based content.
All materials are developed to align with current environmental regulations
and come with third-party certification verifying their actual bio-based carbon content – making them a credible and impactful solution to reduce fossil-based raw materials in the supply chain.
“Sustainability in coatings is not just about reducing fossil resources – it’s about balancing performance, regulatory compliance, and environmental responsibility. We’ve seen a strong surge in demand for bio-content products and received significant interest in product sampling. At RadTech, we showcased our full portfolio of sustainable, bio-based UV-Oligomers and highlighting their application across various industrial coatings,” has stated Franziska Trapp, Technical Marketing Manager Coating Chemicals at hubergroup.
This marks just the beginning – hubergroup Chemicals continues to push the boundaries in UV-curable chemistry, expanding its portfolio with new functionalities, broader application profiles, and innovations tailored to premium market demands, including solutions for high-end plastic applications and lower/medium functionality ranges.
On May 19, Franziska Trapp, a seasoned coatings expert with over a decade of experience at various well-known chemical companies, presented her speech entitled “Sustainable Chemistry in Action: Bio-Based Oligomers for Industrial UV Coatings.” She joined hubergroup in 2024 to manage the technical marketing of coating chemicals. Her talk offered a deep dive into the central role of bio-based oligomers in the shift toward more sustainable, UV-curable coatings – featuring application cases and formulation insights.
Earlier that day, Justus Back, Innovation Manager at hubergroup Chemicals – who has been with the company since 2017 – delivered his presentation “Sugar Alcohol Building Blocks for Sustainable and Regulatory Safe UV-Oligomers with a Superior Content of Bio-Based Carbon.” In his speech, he discussed the development of UV-oligomers containing sugar alcohols that reach up to 70% bio-based content, while ensuring strong reactivity and durability.