Presenters Name: Carsten Nagel
Employment Title: Sales Director Asia
Company: Cliq Swisstec
Biography: Carsten Nagel studied coating technology in Stuttgart, Germany and has worked in the coatings industry for the past 30 years.
He started his career with a local paint manufacturer, one of the top 3 in Germany, specialising in decorative coatings.
He joined BYK in 2004 as Laboratory Manager of the Technical Service Laboratory Architectural Coatings and was appointed Global Head of EndUse Decorative in 2015. This global business responsibility includes the Architectural, Flooring and Construction end-use businesses.
In 2020 he returned to the coatings industry and worked for three years as Technical Director for a privately owned German coatings company active in architectural, construction and industrial wood coatings.
After leaving this company, he worked for a well-known German binder manufacturer for one year before joining Cliq Swisstec as Sales Director Asia in April 2024.
Presentation Title: Water-free! – A biocide-free colorant concept
Presentation Abstract: Water is the source of life – but life in pigment pastes and paints is undesirable, as are biocides, which have fallen into disrepute. What is feasible in factory tinting is very challenging in POS tinting due to restrictive biocide regulations and can usually only be solved at great expense.
The water-free paste concept developed by CLiQ is based on a patented combination of a special carrier material with wetting and dispersing agents specially developed for this area of application. The absence of water means that infestation can be effectively eliminated without the need for biocides. The great advantage of this concept is that it can be seamlessly integrated into the existing periphery. The presentation describes the formulation of the pigment pastes and shows the advantages and disadvantages of the concept.
