About Helios
Our mission is to develop versatile and sustainable technologies that enhance performance and create long-term value.
Revolutionizing Coating Technology
Helios is a research/development and coatings manufacturing company that has developed its globally patented ThermoFlow™ ultra-low and low-cure paint systems, bridging the gap between solvent-based liquid coatings and powder paint solutions. The company’s ThermoFlow™ paint technology focuses on eliminating the process-based limitations that restrict the broader adoption of powder coatings and the reduction of solvent-based paints by eliminating the inherent negatives regarding solvent-borne liquid paints and those associated with powder paints (see chart below) using its recently developed resins and formulations.
The ThermoFlow™ technology platform expands the coatings market and compresses adoption timelines.
| Paint Category | What is Removed or Simplified by ThermoFlow™ Technologies |
|---|---|
| Solvent Based Liquids | Eliminates VOCs, Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPS) permitting, use of Halogens, smell, fire risks, toxic clean-up and expensive thermal oxidizer (EPA) requirements. |
| Waterborne Liquids | Removes film build limits and durability limitations. |
| Traditional Powder | Reduces/eliminates high temperature substrate only requirements, breaks the 100C curing thresholds, eliminates the need for expensive application tooling, electrostatic-only requirements, eliminates orange peel finish issues, and overcomes the Faraday effects allowing coating in tight spaces. |
| Solvent Based Liquids | Eliminates VOCs, Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPS) permitting, use of Halogens, smell, fire risks, toxic clean-up and expensive thermal oxidizer (EPA) requirements |
| Waterborne Liquids | Removes film build limits and durability limitations |
| Traditional Powder | Reduces/eliminates high temperature substrate only requirements, breaks the 100°C curing thresholds, eliminates the need for expensive application tooling, electrostatic-only requirements, eliminates orange peel finish issues, and overcomes the Faraday effects allowing coating in tight spaces |
Sustainable Innovation for Modern Manufacturing
Our recent developments have created a water-based colloidal suspension of powder coatings that provide an environmentally friendly family of products/systems for multiple substrates at various curing profiles. In addition, ThermoFlow™ has been able to break the 100ᵒC curing barrier for the application of powder coatings to heatsensitive substrates while exhibiting comparable liquid surface finishes. ThermoFlow™ technology allows for an easy transition from solvent-based incumbent liquid application lines to non-RTO/Permit required coating operations with NO capital expense, usually in 15 minutes.
The Perspective Behind Everything We Do
Enduring innovation occurs when five critical foundations advance together.
At Helios, this is how we create what's next.
ThermoFlow™ Platform
Built at the convergence of science, physics, engineering, economics, and organizational readiness.
V. ORGANIZATIONS
Will people embrace it?
Reflects the willingness of people, processes, and organizations to embrace and sustain new ways of thinking and operating.
IV. ECONOMICS
Can it create value?
Determines whether the innovation delivers value that justifies adoption across the supply chain and in the marketplace.
ThermoFlow™
Platform
Built at the convergence of science, physics, engineering, economics and organizational readiness.
I. SCIENCE
What can be created?
Defines what can be created through chemistry and materials innovation.
II. PHYSICS
How will it behave?
Describes how materials behave under the immutable laws of physics.
III. ENGINEERING
Can it be built?
Ensures the technology can be manufactured, applied, and scaled reliably in the real world.
2019-01-01
I. SCIENCE
What can be created?
Defines what can be created through chemistry and materials innovation.
2019-01-01
II. PHYSICS
How will it behave?
Describes how materials behave under the immutable laws of physics.
2019-01-01
III. ENGINEERING
Can it be built?
Ensures the technology can be manufactured, applied, and scaled reliably in the real world.
2019-01-01
IV. ECONOMICS
Can it create value?
Determines whether the innovation delivers value that justifies adoption across the supply chain and in the marketplace.
2019-01-01
V. ORGANIZATIONS
Will people embrace it?
Reflects the willingness of people, processes, and organizations to embrace and sustain new ways of thinking and operating.