Basel, Switzerland – 13 March 2025 – Arxada, a global leader in specialty chemicals and innovative solutions, today announced that the company will be exhibiting at the European Coatings Show 2025 in Nuremberg, Germany from 25-28 March. The company invites paints & coatings manufacturers to visit Arxada Stand 4A-438 to witness the dawn of a new age of innovation with the launch of its new LEAP (Leverage Enhanced Additive Performance) platform, including the unveiling of Polyboost™, a first-of-its-kind multifunctional additive developed to enhance a wide range of paint and coating properties. Arxada also announced it will be highlighting its TIME controlled release preservation technology at the booth, as well as its comprehensive technical and regulatory services.
A big LEAP forward in paints & coatings technology
“The paints & coatings industry faces numerous challenges,” said Arxada’s Nigel Atkinson, VP – Paints & Coatings, “from increased product recalls, a diminishing list of approved formulation ingredients to work with, and tightening safety and environmental standards. Polyboost™ is a multifunctional additive that improves stability of both pH and viscosity of paint formulations and supports low preservative use rates, which may avoid an H317 hazard label. “Polyboost™ is currently undergoing final evaluations at over ten major multinational manufacturers and is achieving excellent results,” said Atkinson.
Benefits1 of Polyboost™ to paint formulations:
- Improves stability of both viscosity and pH without impacting color
- Supports low preservative use rates, which may avoid H317 hazard label
- Compatible with EU Eco-Label and Nordic Swan
- Free of VOC2
“Arxada is the first to bring this breakthrough additive technology to the market, further establishing our leadership in innovation,” said Arxada’s Rick Strittmatter, Chief Technology, Innovation, & Sustainability Officer.
It’s TIME for the future of dry-film preservation
The company will also be presenting its portfolio of TIME (Technology for Innovative Micro-Encapsulation) controlled release dry-film preservatives marketed under the well-known Polyphase® preservative and Troysan® preservative brands. “Leveraging advanced encapsulation methods,” said Atkinson, “TIME preservatives offer resistance to leaching of the active material into the environment, and deliver excellent real-world performance against a broad spectrum of microbial threats.”
Arxada will be highlighting Polyphase® 862CR, a broad-spectrum, diuron-free TIME preservative developed for customers in Europe. The preservative offers long-lasting anti-fungal & anti-algal dry-film protection and reduced leaching into the environment, with the potential to enable hazard label-free paints.
Technical & regulatory services
Arxada will also be presenting its comprehensive suite of technical services and regulatory support available to customers in Europe and globally. “We take great pride in the service we offer our customers,” said Strittmatter. “From technical service centers in Europe and globally, we offer microbiology and application expertise to enable customers to elevate their coating performance and durability.” The company’s TMMA (‘The Microbial Management Advantage’) program goes a step further, serving as a consultative model with a holistic, life-cycle approach to contamination control and preservation optimization.
The company’s regulatory support, according to Atkinson, is also crucial to the success of customers in Europe and other regulated markets around the world, and is staffed by experts with over 100 years of combined experience. “Our regulatory team is well-versed in the complexities and challenges of a difficult regulatory environment, and is in ongoing discussions with customers to help them persevere,” said Atkinson. “Our technical and regulatory teams will be on-hand at our stand to help customers understand their options and paths forward for compliance and performance.”
Searching for new innovations in paints & coatings? Just look up!
Arxada invites attendees to visit its stand 4A-436 at the European Coatings Show, and to take note of its exciting promotions throughout the tradeshow. The company is launching a social media plant-a-tree initiative, information about which can be found on Arxada’s Polyboost™ posters on the Messe U-Bahn platform. Attendees are asked to enter Nuremberg Messe through the Entrance Mitte near the U-Bahn platform, and look up toward the ceiling – and snap a photo of Arxada’s Polyboost™ flying ship. When attendees post the photo, or one of themselves at the company’s Polyboost™ selfie wall in stand 4A-436, and tag it #polyboost, Arxada will plant a tree for each tag. “This fun initiative is an example of Arxada’s sustainability mindset and green ethos,” said Strittmatter. “We hope to be sponsoring the planting of many trees!”
For more information on Arxada’s exhibit at ECS or to schedule a meeting at the stand, visit https://www.arxada.com/en/paints-coatings/events/ecs.
Footnotes
1Data on file with Arxada; based on internal and external testings
2As determined by ASTM D5116 testing
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About Arxada
Arxada is a global science-based specialty chemicals business, headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. With customers in more than 100 countries, Arxada aims to solve the world’s toughest preservation challenges by striving to enhance sustainability with cleaner, greener chemistries and solutions. Its broad portfolio of microbial control solutions and differentiated specialty chemicals are supported by exceptional regulatory capabilities and operational excellence in both manufacturing and process development worldwide. With diverse end-markets, primarily in Human Health & Nutrition, Home & Personal Care, Paints & Coatings, Professional Hygiene and Wood Protection, Arxada’s products and capabilities provide a unique position with strong customer relationships and differentiated offerings.
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