First biobased industrial coating demonstrated with partners Worlée Chemie and Baril Coatings

An important milestone for Relement has been achieved: the successful demonstration of bio MPA in industrial coatings! Relement teamed up with Worlée Chemie and Baril Coatings to successfully demonstrate this game-changer industrial coating: a first of a kind, high performance, waterborne alkyd coating. Incorporating our ingredient bio MPA to replace the fossil-based ingredient phthalic anhydride.

After three years of tinkering and testing various formulas, the partnership hit a breakthrough with a pilot run of this eco-coating. And as a final check, it is showcased by Straalbedrijf Boxtel on an electric wheelloader made by TOBROCO-GIANT. A successful demonstration that proofs industrial performance coatings can be sustainable. It contains the highest percentage biobased content ever achieved. This coating saves the planet while looking slick.

For many years the coating resin industry tried to replace fossil phthalic anhydride. Our launching product bio MPA (3-methyl phthalic anhydride) turns out it to be a renewable solution: it not only replaces fossil-based ingredients but on top of that a waterborne coating has been developed to lower emissions and improve the safety profile. Additionally, other benefits were found that can be attributed to the use of bio MPA.

Relement is committed to get rid of fossil resources, starting with fossil free coatings. This demonstration is a major milestone for Relement towards achieving this goal and is proof that it can be done. 

Relement is now ready to scale up the production of bio MPA to ton-scale, which will lead to the commercial introduction of much more sustainable coatings, composite resins, adhesives and more. 

This partnership was part of the Bright Coatings project, see www.brightcoatings.eu

Source

Relement, press release, 2023-12-14.

Supplier

Baril Coatings
Relement
Straalbedrijf Boxtel
TOBROCO-GIANT
Worlée Chemie

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