In the contemporary industrial landscape, companies face a number of challenges and opportunities. Among the main challenges is sustainability, as companies must adapt to increasing environmental and social regulations and standards. Increasing regulation is another challenge, as global regulations impose additional restrictions and constraints on business operations. However, these challenges also provide opportunities to grow and innovate for companies that are able to successfully navigate them, allowing them to differentiate themselves in the market and seize new business opportunities.
Vamp Tech, founded in 1988 in Busnago, Italy, is a leader in the flame retardant materials industry. With two plants, one in Italy and one in Malaysia, and 150 highly skilled employees, it excels in the research and production of specialized materials. The company offers a wide range of flame retardant materials, which make up 85% of its production, as well as special technical compounds such as thermally and electrically conductive, self-lubricating and high-temperature materials. Because of their high level of customization, with more than 400 active formulas, Vamp Tech develops tailor-made solutions to meet customers' specific needs, becoming a reliable partner in a variety of industries. As the transition to a more ecological product range, the company is now developing VampGreen and DeniGreen, technical products based on sustainable polymers.
Vamp Tech's core business, which makes up 85% of its offer, is the production of flame retardant materials. These materials are designed to resist fire and the spreading of flames, ensuring a high level of safety in critical applications. The company also produces special technical compounds, including thermally and electrically conductive, self-lubricating, and high-temperature materials.
What sets Vamp Tech's materials apart is their high degree of customisation. The company has more than 400 active product formulas, which are constantly updated and adapted to market needs. Thanks to a wealth of knowledge and expertise unparalleled in the industry, Vamp Tech is able to solve customers' most complex problems through tailor-made solutions, providing materials that go beyond simple commodities to become truly high-end specialised technical products.
At the core of Vamp Tech's operations are Instron instruments, which play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and safety of its products. Due to the complexity of their materials, they need equipment to monitor flame retardancy. Moreover, everything that is added to the material impacts all its other properties, so the standard tests are carried out alongside other tests, from fluidity testing (which gives an idea of how easily the material can be processed) to mechanical testing (to better understand the structural-type properties the material can withstand) and temperature testing.
Vamp Tech has been using the HDT & Vicat systems since the company was founded. For a company like Vamp Tech, it is critical to accurately determine the maximum temperature that a material can be exposed to without suffering deformation or loss of consistency. This parameter is vital for those producing materials intended for extreme environmental conditions and critical applications. The instrument used is the HV6M, which provides a certain level of automation to minimize manual operations while also ensuring a high level of safety in the working environment, particularly when using oils and lubricants. In addition, the use of Instron tools allows Vamp Tech to conduct in-depth studies on the thermal seal of its materials, especially those containing self-extinguishing additives that also act as plasticizers, leading to lower HDT temperatures. These studies are essential to ensure the maximum reliability and safety of Vamp Tech's products, providing pivotal information for the design and engineering of their products.
The versatility and reliability of Instron instruments were a determining factor in Vamp Tech's choice. Their ease of use, even for less experienced operators, plus their focus on operator and environmental safety, have made Instron instruments a fundamental building block of quality and innovation at Vamp Tech.
Learn more about Vamp Tech at www.vamptech.com.