I-Tech Partners with LANXESS to Develop Anti-Fouling Biocide Combinations
I-Tech AB, the developers of the anti-fouling biotechnology Selektope®, and LANXESS, a global specialty chemical company, have successfully combined each company’s anti-fouling coating technologies. Static tests of anti-fouling coating formulations containing Selektope and the SEA NINE™ family of biocides were conducted in multiple marine environments worldwide with differing biofouling risk. Positive results obtained have provided proof of concept. Additionally, a data pool of coating formulations has been developed that can be used by anti-fouling coating manufacturers to support the trialing of new combinations of existing, available biocides without the need to conduct initial R&D exploration activities.
I-Tech’s technology, Selektope, and LANXESS’ technologies, SEA-NINE™ 211N and SEA-NINE ULTRA, belong to a set of active agents that are approved by regulatory bodies for ship repair and ship building markets. This joint R&D work undertaken by I-Tech and LANXESS represents the first time that these solutions have been used as co-biocides in marine anti-fouling coating formulations.