What products does Axcentive offer in its Exocoat™ range?
Sarah Kohler: Exocoat™ is a range of products that allow surfaces to be functionalised, to provide performance value or comfort to the user, be it industrial, community or individual. They differ from traditional chemical products, but also from protective coatings and paints commonly used in construction, thanks to innovative and sustainable technologies.
Arno Schutt: Nanotechnology makes these coatings virtually invisible, while maximizing their properties. For example self-cleaning, especially used in solar panels. Thanks to reduced fouling, they produce more energy, up to 3% per year, and require less maintenance. In the automotive industry, they are popular with manufacturers because they are scratch resistant and easy to clean with water without the use of cleaning agents. The basis of the technology is silica, which is not a harmful material.
What are the problems that these coatings seek to solve?
SK: For a community, an Exocoat™ non-stick coating makes it possible, for example, to avoid labels, whose cleaning represents a significant cost and the massive use of chemical products. Hospitals or schools are faced with the proliferation of microbes that our nanotechnology will eradicate. This is what makes the added value of these products that respond to very specific problems. Therefore, functional coating represents a booming market with double-digit growth.
What do nanotechnologies allow in these coatings?
WHAT: The manufacture of a material is measured in nanometers, which is a thousand times smaller than a hair. These very small particles allow applications in very thin films, on the micron scale, and are therefore invisible to the naked eye, allowing for unique applications.
How is social and environmental responsibility a core value of Axcentive?
SK: We want to have a positive impact through this range and its effects. This is part of a global approach to CSR that has been in place for several years. We use solar panels, minimize our carbon emissions through carpooling and the provision of terminals for electric cars, and we are committed to the well-being of our employees. Recently, EcoVadis awarded us the platinum medal for our CSR commitments for the second year in a row, which only 1% of the companies evaluated obtain.
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Source: BFM TV
