Non-silicone products were first used in the hard disk drive market, but quickly established themselves as good alternatives to silicone where there were issues of extractables and outgassing. This is particularly relevant in the automotive and medical markets. T-Global gap fillers are used to provide a path for thermal transfer, to allow the cooling of critical components in electronics. They can be used in a wide range of applications, from industrial to automotive to consumer electronics. When selecting these products it is also important to consider both the environment that the product is used in and the compression forces placed on the pad as these have a critical impact on the performance of the pad.