AN INDUSTRIAL START-UP

AN INNOVATIVE AND EXPERIENCED COMPANY

Since its creation, STTS has adopted a pioneering approach in the surface treatment sector in that it designs, manufactures and integrates custom surface treatment solutions. Each technical solution is designed on the basis of a precise analysis of product application. Our facilities are custom conceived and built, and are directly integrated into our customers’ production lines at no extra charge!

STTS, SPECIFIC SURFACE TREATMENT EXPERTISE

As an industrial start-up, we soon established our position in the market by specialising in the highly specific industrial niche of surface treatment. Over 5 years, we have drawn on our flexibility and creativity to develop some tunprecedented, innovative and competitive techniques, some of which have been patented – such as the Effluvage Indirect® (Indirect Discharge) Corona surface treatment system – and remain unique on the market

We cater for all adhesion issues (marking, printing, gluing, etc.), whether for plastics where bonding difficulties are the most common, for elastomer, rubber, composite, carbon or metal materials, or even more unusual materials such as cardboard and leather, etc.

While some may see us as “Tom Thumb” in comparison with the German mid-caps (the major players in the sector who offer standardised solutions), we remain the sole French manufacturer of the Corona surface treatment system.

DESIGNER, MANUFACTURER, INTEGRATOR

ANALYSE

Laboratory and engineering design office

ACTIVATE

Extensive expertise in CORONA and PLASMA treatments

INNOVATE

Custom design and integration

UNDERSTANDING AND HANDLING ADHESION PROBLEMS

Some plastics, such as polymers like polyethylene and polypropylene, do not always have the surface properties (surface energy or tension) required to ensure a proper hold of the products to be applied.
They feature neutral molecular chains in constant motion – nothing can adhere to their surface! This means that it is very difficult to apply products, which may involve printing inks, applying paint or varnish, gluing, PU foaming, coatings, etc. With our treatments we graft oxygen radicals (also known as polar sites) to the end surface of the materials.

Each technical solution benefits from a precise analysis of product application, and at STTS we take this initial phase very seriously. Our approach is based on two key stages :
  • Analysis and lab and/or in situ testing on client premises
  • Design and development of the chosen solution in the engineering design office

CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT

This in-depth analysis of the product to be applied (glue, varnish, ink, etc.) is the final stage that provides us with precise details of the surface states. We make recommendations to optimise our end solution further if necessary.

«WE TAKE A HIGHLY PRAGMATIC APPROACH AT EACH ANALYSIS
AND MANUFACTURING STAGE. WE USE OUR BEST ENDEAVOURS TO ENSURE A PERFECT AND LASTING HOLD OF THE PRODUCT ON
THE GIVEN SURFACE»

1
years

of experience

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facilities

integrated by STTS operate daily in France and worldwide (Europe, Japan, USA, Czech Republic, Canada, China, etc.)