Omyamatt

Matting has become a prominent trend in the world of paints and coatings. This involves reducing gloss to achieve a matt finish, creating a stylish and contemporary look and adding a touch of elegance to wide range of surfaces. 

Mineral fillers influence the gloss of the surface, and the challenge is to find the right functional filler offering the highest flexibility without facing too much of a trade-off in terms of performance parameters, sustainability, or health and safety aspects in the intended application.

Omyamatt has highly optimized and unique properties in terms of particle size, porosity and particle structure. The product is obtained via a patented process starting from a natural calcium carbonate. It offers excellent matting efficiency while supporting opacity. Omyamatt presents excellent whiteness,  low yellowness index and a high quality consistency. 

Omyamatt is a non-silica based matting solution, which is important for health and safety. With no concerns about crystalline silica, it protects workers’ health. It enables the final  paint formulations to be classified as non-harmful. 

Omyamatt is easy to handle. It has outstanding powder flow characteristics, facilitating and speeding up dry handling.

Low energy is needed for dispersing purposes. Omyamatt is non-silica based making paint production safer.

Its quality consistency and high and constant whiteness facilitate formulation. Omya’s technical service team offers comprehensive expertise to support Omyamatt introduction and optimization of customer formulations.