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Kop-Coat Inc. - 90+ Years
of Innovation
Kop-Coat combines the cumulative experience of two Fortune
500 companies, Koppers Co., Inc. and RPM, Inc.
Begun in 1907, Koppers became the world’s largest manufacturer
of wood preservatives. The innovative Koppers Science and Technology
group solved wood preservation challenges in a wide array of market
segments around the world. It was this group that developed the
Wolmanized® pressure treatment system that spawned North
America’s love affair with residential decks. That global
technical experience, which includes 20 years working with engineered
wood, is invaluable today as Kop-Coat provides solutions to the
Composite Panels and Engineered Wood industry.
In 1988 Koppers was divided into several companies. The wood
preservation technology for sawmills and manufactured wood was
consolidated in Kop-Coat, an acronym for Koppers Coatings. In 1990,
Kop-Coat joined the RPM family of specialty coatings companies, one of
America’s largest coatings groups which includes Rust-Oleum, DAP,
Carboline, Tremco, and Stonhard. The combination of RPM coatings technology and Koppers wood protection
science affords Kop-Coat a unique insight into solutions for wood
protection.
A New Mission: In the 1980s, a new wood protection mission
was defined.
This mission called for a new range of wood protection products
which would put environmental responsibility and worker safety first.
Older products were eliminated, and a major research effort was begun
to find substitutes. Today all Kop-Coat preservative products meet the
highest standards of environmental responsibility and worker safety.
These global standards are key to Kop-Coat’s charter to provide
forest product producers with turnkey solutions. From Agpro’s
nurturing of seedlings in plantations, to the protection of finished
wood products in use, Kop-Coat companies are committed to the Forest
Products Industry.
Look to Kop-Coat for Wood Protection Leadership in Many
Areas:
- Conversion of North American Millwork markets from penta products
to safer, environmentally friendly treatments.
- Development of effective termite control for millwork.
- Use of multiple actives for broad spectrum protection of multiple
species and engineered wood.
- NP-1 patented protection of lumber from sapstain attack
throughout the world.
- Composite panels with patented integral protection against
decay,termites, and mold.
- The first pressure treatment to protect engineered wood in
tropical environments.
- A unique breathable barrier for dried wood which is mold and
moisture resistant.
- The world’s first real time field quality assurance
measurements of surface treatment quality.
- Unique techniques to produce uncommonly fine forestry herbicide
blends for greater cost efficiency.
- Broad experience with global government agencies and stakeholders
in registration and legislative matters.
- A commitment to process efficiency which includes specially
designed equipment and multifaceted training.
- A commitment to the quality discipline of ISO 9001-2000.
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