150 years of BYK= 150 years of focus on innovation: We start our anniversary year with a success story in terms of sustainability. Our BYK production site in Shanghai has been equipped with a solar plant covering around 2,000 square meters.

The next success story in terms of sustainability: BYK USA Inc. receives EcoVadis Gold status!

BYK USA is the fourth BYK company to receive EcoVadis Gold status - following BYK Additives Ltd. (UK), BYK Netherlands B.V. (Netherlands) and BYK-Chemie GmbH (Germany). BYK USA Inc. is thus among the top 5 percent of companies certified by EcoVadis. We are proud!

• Improved physical properties in polyamide applications with BYK-MAX CT 4275
• Expansion of the BYK-MAX family for lightweight applications and higher thermal stability

BYK-Chemie GmbH has been awarded gold status by EcoVadis, the world’s largest assessment platform for sustainability. This puts BYK-Chemie GmbH among the top 4 percent of companies in the industry rated by EcoVadis.

BYK-Chemie GmbH is now the third company within BYK to undergo an EcoVadis assessment. The two companies BYK Additives Ltd. in the UK and BYK Netherlands BV. also achieved gold status in the past.

At the beginning of next year, Dr. Christoph Schlünken will hand over his Management Board responsibilities to Dr. Tammo Boinowitz.

Sustainability is an important aspect in the development of new products. In addition to the product’s direct properties and effects, questions regarding environmental impact, chemical basis, and energy consumption often play a significant role too.

This year's BYK Live Event is over and we are happy about so much international interest: More than 4200 viewers from over 95 countries were present! For all those who were not able to attend or who would like to have a closer look at one or the other presentation, we have now made the video recordings available on the event page live.byk.com.

Classic PTFE-based wax additives possess special properties that other materials do not have – they offer outstanding scratch and abrasion resistance in a whole range of areas of application. For some time now, however, the use of PTFE has been viewed increasingly critically at a global level.

BYK, one of the world’s leading suppliers in the field of additives and measuring instruments, will raise its prices for additives by 25 percent (25%), effective from June 1, 2022, or as existing contracts permit. It is important to note that for many of our products the increase may differ substantially depending on the cost dynamics.

This step is necessary to maintain the high service and innovation level of BYK Additives to its customers in light of increasing costs including raw materials, energy, transportation, and packaging. As a long-term partner for its customers, BYK continues to heavily invest in sites, capabilities, and services to secure leading support globally.

• Significant reduction of surface tension in liquid coatings
• Increased surface energy in cured coatings
• Improved wetting
• Good leveling, greater surface slip

BYK has launched a new additive portfolio for home care applications. The so-called PURABYK additives offer innovative solutions for detergents and cleaning agents as well as a wide range of additives for care purposes. Amongst other features, the BYK additives optimize the rheology configuration of cleaners and detergents, protect surfaces, regulate foam formation, support wetting and dispersing, and much more besides.

Power and purity are key customer demands in the world of care products, and BYK Additives is now serving them with a new product range.

We are very happy to announce the relaunch of the BYK website in Korean. It is a great pleasure for us to support Korean visitors on our website from now on once again with a version in their mother tongue, supplemented by many service features such as the product search in the right top corner of the website and the sample shop.

Our goal is to assist our website visitors with the best-possible data quality and up-to-dateness in our product communication.

The BYK website version in Korean supplements the existing BYK website versions in German, English, Chinese, and Japanese.

Please do not hesitate to contact us whenever questions arise.

We hope you enjoy your Korean BYK website journey.

Best regards,
Your BYK Marketing Teams in Wesel and Seoul