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Chemical Resistant Tubing: How to Choose the Right Material for Harsh Environments

Non-Stick Industrial Coatings: Comparing PTFE, FEP and PFA for Manufacturing

Teflon Coating Services: What UK Manufacturers Need to Know Before Ordering

How PVDF Powers the EV Battery Revolution: The Role of Fluoropolymers in Electric Vehicles

PFA Lined Heat Exchangers: Corrosion-Resistant Solutions for Chemical Processing

ETFE in Architecture: Why Designers Choose Fluoropolymer Facades and Roofing

ETFE Properties and Applications: When ETFE Is the Right Choice for Industrial Use

Industrial PTFE Coating: Applications, Process and Key Benefits

Reducing Equipment Failure: How Chemical Resistance Influences Polymer Performance

PFAS Regulations and What They Mean for UK Fluoropolymer Users

Industrial Fluoropolymer Films Explained: Properties, Uses and Selection Criteria

Fluoropolymer Material Selection Guide: Choosing Between FEP, PFA, PTFE and ETFE

Advanced FEP Heat-Shrink Sleeving: Key Advantages, Tolerances and UK Use Cases

ETFE Film vs ETFE Sheet: Strength, Transparency and When Each Material Works Best

PFA vs FEP Tubing in UK Manufacturing: A Practical Selection Guide for Engineers

FEP Tubing in the UK: Temperature Limits, Chemical Resistance and Industrial Applications

Continuous FEP Coated Seals on a Reel: Flexible, Clean and Ready for Any Size

Medical & Biotech Extruded Tubing: Precision, Cleanliness and Customisation with Holscot

Clear Fluoropolymer Bags for Primary & Secondary Containment

Fluoropolymers in Semiconductor Manufacturing: Where PFA, FEP and ETFE Keep Yield High

Lightweight Aerospace Materials That Perform in Extreme Environments

Why FEP Heat Shrink Tubing Is the Smart Choice for LED Lamp Coatings (and Fluorescent, too)

FEP in the Food Industry: The Quiet Material Keeping Production Lines Safer

Why Fluoroplastics are Essential in the Food & Beverage Industry

Fluoropolymers: Driving Innovation in Green Energy Solutions

Unlocking Quality Excellence with ISO 9001: A Guide for Holscot

The Importance of Shatterproof UV Lighting in Industrial and Commercial Settings

Unlocking Quality Excellence with ISO 9001: A Guide for Holscot

PTFE Self-Adhesive Tape: The Ideal Non-Stick Solution for Your Applications

PTFE vs ePTFE: Differences and Extrusion Process

Is ETFE better than glass & what are its benefits

Is PTFE the same as Teflon? Let’s find out

Top 5 Applications of Fluoropolymers in Modern Industries

Enhancing Safety in Chemical Processing with Holscot’s Fluoropolymer Solutions

Why Choose Holscot for High-Quality Fluoroplastic Extrusions

The Power of FEP Belts in Modern Manufacturing Machinery

Fluoroplastics vs. Fluoropolymers: Understanding the Key Differences

Custom FEP Flanged Tubing for Medical Applications

Enhancing Laboratory Equipment with Holscot’s Custom FEP Tubing

FEP Belts for Industry

In a fast-paced and demanding world industrial conveyor belts for food, textiles and hygiene products need to be efficient, hygienic and durable. Among the various materials used for these essential tools, PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) stands out due to its unique properties. At Holscot Advanced Polymers Ltd, we have been pioneering the use of melt processable fluoropolymers like FEP & PFA (derivatives of PTFE) since 1970, leveraging their capabilities to provide industrial solutions to applications, including food processing.

What is Heat Shrink Tubing / Sleeving?

Fluoropolymer heat shrink tubing & sleeving is a versatile and essential component used across various industries that need resistance to temperature, chemical, solvents and UV light.  At Holscot Advanced Polymers Ltd, we understand the importance of high-quality materials and finding the right solution, which is why we offer a range of heat shrink tubing & sleeving options to meet your needs.

Chemical Resistance of Fluoropolymers

Fluoropolymers like FEP PFA & ETFE manufactured by Holscot are essentially inert which is to say they show little or no reactivity toward almost all commonly encountered substances.  This property is one of the most important resulting in products manufactured from FEP PFA or ETFE ideal for contact with almost all chemicals from pure water through to especially toxic materials.

What is PFA Tubing?

You casually browse the rows at a hardware store or the categories of an online retailer, searching for a tubing solution that best suits your application. All of a sudden you came across PFA.

Fluoropolymers and the Automotive Industry

The automotive industry is one of the most important and largest industries in the world. It employs millions of people, and its products are used all over the globe.

PTFE 101

PTFE is a synthetic polymer that has been used to create non-stick coatings for cookware, and as an additive in some pharmaceuticals.

FEP belts help to produce smooth wooden flooring

In the manufacture of natural wooden flooring, the inevitable knotholes and cavities need to be filled and the surface of the wooden flooring needs to be smooth.  Manufacturers overcome this by the application of UV filler putty which penetrates the cavities.

ETFE Indoor and Outdoor Domes

Holscot Ltd marking its 50th anniversary year with a new construction facility

Holscot Ltd is proud to be marking its 50th anniversary year with the construction of a new 20,000 square foot production and warehouse site.

What is ETFE Tubing? Meaning, Benefits, and Application

ETFE tubing is a product used in a large variety of industries, from the medical to construction and even aerospace. The material is a copolymer of ethylene and tetrafluoroethylene (TFE).

Self-Fitting Shatterproof Sleeves

Many companies offer a coating service for free issue lamps. This means that local companies can send their lamps to a company for covering but that customers who are further afield or who have significant quantities of lamp covers might not be able to have their needs met.

Space Propulsion Tanks – Bladders and Diaphragms

In the modern Space Industry, there is a growing demand for demisability (items that will completely disintegrate upon re-entry). Our solution to this is to use the Fluoropolymer, FEP.

What’s the Difference Between Teflon™ and PTFE

The simple answer is that they are the same thing: Teflon™ is a brand name for PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) and is a trademark brand name used by the Du Pont company and its subsidiary companies (Kinetic which first registered the trademark & Chemours which currently owns it).

Flange Guards – Types, Material and Benefits

Flange guards are protective devices that cover pipe flanges to prevent the leakage of materials. Fluoropolymer flange guards, because they are chemically inert, are often used where toxic or corrosive liquids or acids are being used.

FEP material – Meaning, Benefits, and Application

FEP (fluorinated ethylene propylene) is a Fluoropolymer with some extremely useful properties which make it unique in the industrial world.

What are Fluoropolymers?

Simply put, Fluoropolymers are a group of plastics that contain carbon & fluorine. These are grouped together because the addition of fluorine gives them a number of properties that are valuable from an industrial and commercial perspective.

What is PTFE? Pros and Cons of PTFE Coating?

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a Fluoropolymer that has a large number of industrial applications because of its many properties. One brand name for PTFE is Teflon®, which is well-known for its non-stick and heat-resistant properties.

What is Heat Shrink Tubing? How to Find reliable manufacturers?

Heat shrink tubing is plastic tubing that can be heated and shrunk to cover and protect other elements. Holscot uses heat shrink tubing to create heat shrinkable sleeves in PFA and FEP which provide non-stick surfaces to rollers, bars & rods.

What goes around, comes around

Back in the early 1990’s, Holscot was contracted by what was then Allied Colloids to manufacture cauldrons for the production of flocculating gel (Sodium Polyacrelate) used in hygiene absorbent pads such as nappies. 

The Advantages of Using Teflon™ Coatings

There are a number of advantages of using Teflon™ coatings. Teflon™ is the best known brand of a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene called Polytetrafluoroethylene that has numerous applications.

Holscot Launches Live Chat feature on the website

For us, it’s important that we are able to make information on our Company and its products as easily accessible as possible.

Holscot seeks collaborators in the US

As it is hoped that trade relations between the UK and the US are set to become stronger post Brexit, Holscot are looking for partners in the USA with whom they can collaborate to increase their product penetration into this huge market.

How to use Heat Shrink Tubing? Types and Benefits

Heat shrinkable tubing helps to insulate & protect items & provides an environmental seal that can prevent contaminants from reaching sensitive components.

Holscots’ ecommerce website for FEP film

In response to an increasing demand for FEP film in rolls and cut pieces, Holscot Europe has launched a new ecommerce website where customers can order FEP film in a variety of thicknesses in sizes to suit their needs.

Pigmented FEP and PFA

In their natural state, FEP and PFA are transparent when extruded. For many applications, this transparency is an advantage.

Holscot – a Worldwide Supplier

Holscot can supply its entire assortment of Fluoropolymer products across the world.  Our Head Office based in the UK, is capable of supplying all products to all destinations.

Holscot FEP Heat Shrinkable Sleeving for Battery encapsulation

Over the many years of Holscot’s existence, we have seen a multitude of applications for our range of heat shrinkable sleeving in FEP and PFA.

Holscot achieves ISO9001:2015 accreditation

At all times, Holscot strives to achieve the highest standard of service and the best quality products and has been accredited to the existing ISO9001 Standard for many years.

Teflon® Roll Covers – the solution to so many problems

At the beginning of Holscot’s history, it was the Teflon® Roll Cover which inspired our founder to establish our company and, since then, it has been the bedrock of our business and has provided its benefits to a multitude of applications across an wide diversity of applications.

How to fit a Holscot FEP Flange Shield

Holscot’s range of FEP flange shields offer protection to your operators in dangerous environments where a leaky joint will be likely to cause extensive damage.

Fluoropolymer Belts

We have lately seen an increasing interest in the use of melt processable Fluoropolymers, most commonly FEP, as a continuous belt.

What is Teflon®

In 1938 an employee of the Du Pont de Nemours Corporation discovered PTFE as a by product of the refrigeration process. His name was Dr Roy J. Plunkett.

Holscot ETFE Panels used in Aarhus, European Capital of Culture 2017

Holscot was recently proud to be invited to the grand opening of the “Green Embassy” in Aarhus, Denmark, as part of the celebrations moving towards the European Capital of Culture next year.

FEP Bladder System for Hydrogen Peroxide Tanks

Working with MT Aerospace, Holscot developed an FEP bladder system based on FEP film to contain drinking water for the International Space Station.

Revolutionary Demisable Propellant Tanks

At the recent Space Propulsion Exhibition in Rome, Holscot showcased their revolutionary FEP/Composite demisable tank for use with Space Propellants.

PFA for Heat Exchangers

The fumes inside desulphurisation heat exchangers can reach over 200 degrees C and are highly corrosive so the coolant bars and the structure of the Heat Exchanger have to be protected.

Having trouble welding a Fluoropolymer?

Melt processable Fluoropolymers were developed as weldable and theromformable versions of PTFE. So FEP, PFA and ETFE all have the capability to be welded – but it is not easy.

Protect your Engineers from leaking flanges

In a chemical or pharmaceutical plant, the last thing you want is for leaking product to spray out onto your Engineers – a Health and Safety nightmare.

Can I fit a Holscot Roll Cover myself?

Certainly it is possible – particularly for smaller diameter rollers which do not need adhesive.

Drinking Water in Space

It’s not all recycled urine! Some drinking water used to be transported up to the International Space Station in tanks – and the tanks were lined with Holscot FEP bladders!

Do It Yourself Lamp Covering

If you are a supplier of lamps – either fluorescent or UV lamps – and your customers are asking to have them protected, you can do it yourself.

What is ETFE?

More and more people are becoming aware of ETFE as they come across it in their business and everyday lives. Maybe the Eden Project; the Swimming arena at the Beijing Olympics; the transparent Fluoropolymer over a greenhouse or even the covering over your pool in Center Parcs.
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