Honeywell announced that its low-global-warming propellant, Solstice® Propellant, will be used in Fix-A-Flat® and Slime® consumer and commercial tire inflators. Accessories Marketing, the seller of aerosol tire inflators, has chosen Solstice Propellant to power new ultra-low-global-warming-potential (GWP) versions of its tire inflator products, which are used to fix flat tires. With a GWP of less than 1, Solstice Propellant helps Accessories Marketing meet global environmental regulations for high-GWP propellants while offering the same reliable performance as prior-generation products.

According to the Consumer Specialty Products Association, more than 24 million cans of tire inflators and sealants were produced in 2013. Solstice Propellant is being adopted by a variety of companies, including those in the personal care, electronics and industrial manufacturing industries, for use in applications ranging from dusters to personal care sprays. Solstice Propellant has a GWP of less than 1, is nonflammable per ASTM E681 and ISO 10156:2010 testing, and is non-ozone depleting.

It is considered a replacement for HFC-134a propellant, which has a GWP of 1,300. It is also not a volatile organic compound (VOC), as determined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resource Board (CARB). Honeywell announced earlier this month that it is now supplying Solstice Propellant to global aerosol manufacturers from its world-scale manufacturing facility in Baton Rouge, La.