Omyasmart® Technology

Andrea Petzold
Global Business Development Manager Omyasmart® Technology

SpecialChem Webinar, 4th May 2021

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 Agenda

1. Omya – Sustainable Innovation

2. Omyasmart® Technology
3. Increasing Regulatory Restrictions and Consumer Expectations
4. Omyasmart® Zero – Longevity due pH – Control
5. Omyasmart® Zero and its Booster Effect
6. Omyasmart® Technology vs. High pH- Technology
7. Compliance with European Ecolabels

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 COMPANY PROFILE

1. Facts & Figures

More than 175 plants Global ownership of mineral

and offices in 50 deposits for the next 100 years
countries

7 laboratories and Privately-owned Swiss

7 pilot plants for corporation with headquarters in
innovation Oftringen, Switzerland

9,000 employees CHF 3.8 billion turnover

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 COMPANY PROFILE

Assuming Responsibility towards Nature and Society

▪ We understand the importance of Omya receives Silver for

our actions Corporate Social Responsibility in 2020

▪ We want to be a good corporate citizen

at all our locations
▪ We implement sustainable business
principles throughout the entire
organization
▪ We are guided by our strong value-led
corporate culture, we walk the talk!

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For Omya, Sustainability is
2. Omyasmart® Technology the Key to Future Success
Sustainable Multifunctional Neutralizing Agents

Sustainability
Omyasmart® is the brand name
embodying new technologies
developed for water-based
applications to reduce the impact
on human health and on nature

Added Values
Efficiency
· Hazard-free labelling
Due to the extraordinary pH buffer
· Improvement of longevity
effect, it can improve the longevity
(Less complaints, less disposal)
of water-based products with less
· Suitable for innovative &
hazardous substances
sustainable products

Responsible Care
The awareness that you are
contributing to the health of your
employees, your customers and of
the planet

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Our Product – Omyasmart® Zero

a neutralizing agent

Mixture
Omyasmart® Zero is
of Particle
mineral Powder size:
< 45μm
unique and
salts
multifunctional.

Li2CO3
ZnO

Booster
pH Neutralizing
of
adjuster agent
biocides

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The Omyasmart® Multifunctionality allows to...

✓ Increase the pH value. (as a pH adjuster)

Omyasmart®
✓ Stabilize the pH value. (as a neutralizing agent)
Technology is a
✓ Enhance the efficiency of biocides. (as a booster) solution, offering with
the promise to replace
Due to these properties, Omyasmart® Zero can or reduce additives of
▪ increase the shelf life of water-based products. concern.

▪ replace or reduce additives of concern like

neutralizing agents and hazardous substances.

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Main Target Applications

in Construction Industry
Omyasmart Zero
®
Omyasmart®
Technology can be
used in a wide range
of industrial and
water-based
applications.

Adhesives & Joint Fillers Renders &

Paints
Sealants Plasterboards Plasters

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3. Increasing Regulatory Restrictions and

Consumer Expectations

▪ Increasing regulatory restrictions Omyasmart® can help

▪ Legal requirements to minimize the impact
of certain chemicals
▪ Resistance and microbiological contamination
on human health and
▪ Change in society on nature
▪ Sustainable and healthier products
▪ New added values

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The Perfect Sustainable Product

✓ No Carcinogen, ✓ No VOC/ SVOC

Mutagen and
✓ No smell
Omyasmart® Zero
Reprotox
Contains
Zero allows hazard – free
emissions
no CMR and
substance odorless labelling and healthier
✓ No skin water-based products
✓ No BPR
Biocide-free
No hazard sensitizing
registration labelling
(no H 317)

Enhanced
Safe
storage

✓ > 2 years ✓ < pH 11.5,

Multi-
functional less caustic
agents

✓ High pH buffer & booster effect

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4. Omyasmart® Zero – Longevity due pH-Control

▪ Due to its special properties,

Omyasmart® Zero establishes
high salt and keeps the pH
stable.

▪ Compared to conventional
neutralizing agents, Omyasmart ®
Zero has superior performance.

pH value and salt content are physical parameters known to support shelf life.
Omyasmart® Zero favorably combines both effects deriving from pH and salt
content for the pH stabilization in your products!
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The mineral alternative to commercial

neutralizing agents in paints
Omyasmart® Zero Compared to …

Long-term pH-buffer-effect Amino Alcohol, NaOH, NH3,

Odorless Amino Alcohol, NH3

No emissions (No VOC, Amine, Ammonia etc.) Amino Alcohol, NH3

Reduction of pre-cautions due to caustic substances NaOH

Multifunctionality NH3, NaOH/KOH

Water/scrub resistance NaOH/KOH

Gloss retention Amino Alcohol

Easy to handle because it’s powder Amino Alcohol, NH3, NaOH/KOH

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Case Study – Long-Term Stability Test in Paints and Adhesives

Test Design: 4 week challenge test with a 18/13 months old sample

▪ After a storage time period of more than 12

1000000
months, we received 2 retain samples from a

cfu/ml
customer containing 0.3% of OSZ. 10000

▪ Both samples were analyzed after the 100

corresponding storage time for total viable T0
T1
T2
count of microbes. T3
T4
▪ In addition, we have started a challenge test weeks
afterwards with the objective to verify the
Adhesive 18 Month Interior Paint 13 Month
stability of the samples after the storage time.

➢ No contamination was detected in both samples, and they were fully functional after the corresponding
storage time.
➢ After the challenge test, both samples remained stable for four additional inoculation steps.

Omyasmart® Zero can improve the longevity of water-based products due

to the excellent pH control !
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5. Omyasmart® Zero and its Booster Effect

Test Design: Omyasmart® Zero as a perfect booster for BIT (12 ppm)
• For a microbial challenge test of a
commercial water-based paints, 100000

two different concentrations of

Omyasmart® Zero have been 10000

cfu/ml
evaluated. 1000
• The samples were inoculated every
week with 1x108 cells of a mixture 100

of 10 different microorganisms, T0
T1
T2
including bacteria and fungi. Out- T3
T4
plating took place one week after weeks
inoculation.
2000 ppm OSZ 1500 ppm OSZ 0 ppm OSZ

With OSZ you can achieve an excellent booster effect.

▪ You can reduce substances of concern.
▪ You can avoid stricter hazard labelling.
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Smart Booster for Avoiding the stricter hazard labelling

Example: Pigment paste

Biocide in use: CIT 200 ppm; labelling with H 317 skin sensitizing

New formulation: CIT 5 ppm, OSZ 1000 ppm, labelling with EUH 208
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6. Omyasmart® Technology vs. High pH- Technology

▪ Wide range of applications:
Omyasmart® Zero (OSZ) can be used in all conventional emulsion paints.
Wide range of
applications Besides paints it can be also used in adhesives, sealants and plasters.
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▪ Long-term pH- buffer effect:
8 pH value and salt content are physical parameters known to support shelf life.
Omyasmart® Zero favorably combines both effects deriving from pH and salt
Support of 6 pH buffer content for the pH stabilization.
biocide- free
effect
products
4 Convenient paints:
OSZ can be easy to use and store since it is a powder. Paints with OSZ are
2 odorless, have better leveling and brush ability compare to high pH paints.

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▪ Multifunctional:
OSZ is a pH-adjuster and neutralizing agent. Furthermore, it has a booster effect
and can reduce the concentration of hazardous raw materials.

Health
Convenient ▪ Health:
paints With OSZ the pH increase is limited (< 11.5) to avoid potential health risks for
skin and eyes. This means less precautions and allergies for humans as well as
no hazard labelling for paint products.

▪ Support of biocide-free products:

Multifunctional Both technologies are able to support biocide- free products due to the pH
OSZ -Technology High pH Technology control.

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7. Omyasmart® Zero and the Fulfillment Grade of the Most

Important Eco-Labels in Europe

Blue Angel Nordic Swan EU- Swiss NF

Ecoflower Ecolabel Ecolabel
DE-UZ113 DE-UZ 102 DE-UZ 12 ▪ Chemical building products UE I-III
Adhesives Interior paints Varnishes ▪ Indoor paints and varnishes (valid in summer
▪ Construction and façade panels 2021)

<0.22% on evaluation <0.18% It could be possible, but it < 0.5% < 0.48 % < 0.5 %
Fulfillment depends on the hazard
grade of additives in the end products,
OSZ* which can be substituted with
OSZ

* For detailed information, please refer to the ecolabel declaration

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Dear producer of water-based products,

would you like…
▪ to be no longer powerless facing new stringent regulations, Omya – A Trusted
undesirable health issues and specific concentration limits of
raw materials? Partner offers support
▪ to formulate products with an extended longevity? and help to
▪ to be able to reduce or replace your additives of concern? customers, including
▪ to avoid using CMR substances? analytics, microbiology
and regulatory affairs
▪ to use additives which will not be banned from the market?
management.
▪ to formulate more sustainable water-based products without
sacrificing great performance?

…then make a smart product!

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Get in Contact
Omyasmart® Technology Andrea Petzold
Global Business Development
Smart, Safe, Multifunctional Manager – Omyasmart® Technology
Mineral solutions for water-based products andrea.petzold@omya.com
+41 79 923 03 27
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Omyasmart® Zero and its Booster- Effect

Omyasmart® Zero as neutralizing agent and pH-Adjuster
Result: 12
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Even after four weeks of 10

challenges with weekly 9

8

pH
inoculations of acid producing 7
6
microbes, the sample with 2000 5

ppm of OSZ keeps stable and 4

3
has the best pH buffer- effect. 0 ppm OSZ 1500 ppm OSZ
pH_T0 pH_T4
2000 ppm OSZ

Due to the high pH- buffer effect, you can keep or enhance the
longevity of your products at the same time

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Omya Customer Service

Omya provides competent services: Our Employees make

the difference!
▪ Global Application Support
▪ Shelf-Life Study
▪ Regulatory Support
▪ Support in the Formulation of Sustainable Products
▪ Identification of Species and Monitoring
▪ Compatibility Tests

Omya as a reliable partner and solution provider

for more sustainable and smart products.

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