Presenters Name: Steve Koch
Employment Title: Commercial Director Oceania
Company: Arxada
Biography: Steve Koch is currently the Commercial Director for AU Wood and Oceania Paint & Coating, Home Personal Care, Materials Protection and Professional Hygiene for Arxada and legacy Troy businesses. He has qualifications as an Industrial Chemist and Environmental Scientist starting his career in Coating formulation across Deco, Wood, Texture and Industrial coatings. For the past 23 yrs Steve has worked in Timber Preservation market often drawing on experience in P&C to develop and address customer needs for Timber Preservation and other Arxada markets as mentioned.
Don’t sit down too long with him as he will put you to sleep with fascinating stories about Timber Preservation hence why we are limiting his time for todays talk…
Presentation Title: Timber Preservation, More than Skin Deep
Presentation Abstract: This presentation aims to provide an introduction to Timber Preservation in Oceania region covering the following topics:
- What is Timber Preservation and Why is it required
- Not all Timber is the same
- Enemies of Timber
- Timber Durability
- Standards and Regulations
- Timber preservative types
- Processes used to preserve timber
- Impact of Timber Preservation on Coating systems
