Alfred Kochen will thus become AGXX's sales partner for the applications "Paints & Coatings", "Polyamides" as well as "Polyurethane" in the DACH region. The company supplies industrial raw materials for various business areas to industrial end-users in the paints, coatings, construction and plastics industries. Since its foundation in 1961, Alfred Kochen has been working with renowned suppliers and manufacturers from all over the world and has built up extensive industry knowledge during this time.
Martin Danz, Head of Antimicrobial Technologies at Heraeus Precious Metals, is very pleased about the partnership: "With Alfred Kochen we have gained an established distribution partner for our AGXX technology. Together we want to strengthen the market position of AGXX and further expand the existing network."
Markus Lehmann, Sales Director at Alfred Kochen, emphasized, "We are very pleased about Heraeus Precious Metals' confidence in us. With the distribution of the antimicrobial technology AGXX from Heraeus, we can offer the paints & coatings industry an established and well-known product and grow even stronger together. The fact that this technology can also be used in the field of pot preservation is a real benefit for our customers. As a Hanseatic trading house, close partnership relations with our suppliers and customers, in compliance with basic moral and ethical values, are of particular importance. The partnership with Heraeus Precious Metals pays precisely into this strategy."
AGXX, the antimicrobial technology from Heraeus Precious Metals, protects surfaces and textiles from germs and shows a long-lasting effect against bacteria, viruses, biofilm formation as well as resistant germs. Unlike conventional technologies, the mechanism of action of AGXX is based on a catalytic reaction and not on the release of substances such as metal ions. To date, antimicrobial efficacy has been demonstrated against more than 130 microorganisms, including silver-resistant E. coli strains.
About Alfred Kochen
Alfred Kochen GmbH & Co. KG is a Hamburg trading company with a long tradition, founded in 1961. The company is located in Hamburg in Streit's Hof, a Kontorhaus (trading station) directly in the heart of Hamburg's city center. The company trades in industrial raw materials and advises its customers in the various fields of application. Main customers are industrial end-users in the paint, coatings, construction and plastics industries.
With more than 60 years of knowledge of the industry and decades of cooperation with well-known suppliers from all over the world, customers receive competent advice in all areas of application and can expect first-class products for the various fields of application.
Alfred Kochen always keeps an eye on the changing market and is characterized by a very flexible, fast and market-adapted behavior. Close partnership relations with its suppliers and customers in compliance with the moral and ethical basic values of the "respectable Hamburg merchant" have ensured the existence and success of Alfred Kochen for decades.
