A global marine coating company has launched a new Selekope containing antifouling product within its premium range of coatings. The rollout is underway and aims to make the product available in all relevant regions for the commercial shipping industry. The highlights of the new product is the very low biocidal coating levels, extended idling time and strong contributions to a more sustainable marine transport sector with lower fuel consumption and hence emissions to air.

Given the nature of the selected biocidal pack, other attractive attributes are put forward such as very strong aesthetic properties. I-Tech's proprietary antifouling substance Selektope has proven to be very successful as a key ingredient to deliver the performance expected in the premium range of marine antifouling coatings. Through its unique mode of action, it repels barnacles from underwater surfaces with high precision at very low concentrations in the coating system.