The international conference on silicone elastomer technology and innovation, along the entire value chain.
SELASTEC is a new biennial conference for silicone elastomer technology and innovation. It starts with the application side. The engineers who turn silicone into finished products and the teams who specify it set the direction, together with the material producers, compounders, processors, machine and equipment suppliers, and mold manufacturers across the chain.
The scope follows the field: LSR and HCR materials, processing and tooling, and applications in transportation, medical, consumer goods, and high voltage insulation. An international program committee shapes the agenda, so the content stays technical, relevant, and worth the trip. Professional networks are hard to build on video calls. SELASTEC brings the industry together face to face, with the people who actually shape the field.
FOCUS THEME 2027
Design for Silicone: From Idea to Mass Production
Where application engineers, processors, and suppliers connect.
Processing & Manufacturing
- LSR injection molding: process control, cold runner technology, automation
- HCR processing: extrusion, compression and transfer molding, calendering
- Metering, mixing, and dosing systems
- Influence of process parameters on tooling and mold design: venting, flash control, cavity balancing
- Scale-up: from prototype to reliable mass production
- Quality assurance and inline process monitoring
Materials & Innovation
- Recent silicone elastomer developments: new grades, curing and adhesion technology, fillers and additives
- Low-temperature-cure LSR: applications and benefits compared to established materials
- Silicone materials in V-0 applications: self-bonding and gaskets
- Post-cure-free silicones: with and without post-curing, BfR vs. cyclic siloxane requirements
- Material characterization and testing: mechanical, electrical, rheological, and aging behavior for process simulation, shelf life, and FEA
- Silicone alternatives and hybrid material systems: where silicone wins, where it competes
- Sustainability in materials: recyclability, bio-based feedstocks, reduced-emission grades
Applications across Industries
- Automotive and transportation: sealing, EV components, thermal management
- Electronics: gaskets, thermally and electrically conductive silicones
- Silicones in electroactive elastomers: applications and latest developments
- High-voltage insulation: AC and DC applications
- Consumer goods: food contact, wearables, durability requirements
- Medical: disposables, implants, instruments
Trends & Outlook
- Regulatory landscape: siloxane regulation, PFAS discussion, food contact rules, drinking water approvals
- Circularity: recycling routes, devulcanization, end-of-life concepts
- Low carbon footprint in silicone applications: material, processing, and supplier perspectives
- Digitalization and AI: process data analytics, predictive quality, AI-supported process optimization, digital twins, smart manufacturing
- Silicones in humanoid robotics
- Where the silicone elastomer market is heading: growth applications, regional shifts
Two curated days with more than 30 lectures.
Exhibition Built up
Pre-Registration
Get-Together
Opening Session & Keynote
Conference Lecture Program
Workshops
Evening Event
Conference Lecture Program
Closing Remarks & Outlook SELASTEC 2029
Farewell
Plant Visits
Supported by the leading players of the silicone industry.
Shape the next decade of silicone technology with us.
Munich, 1–2 September 2027