Jean-Yves Desrats

Jean-Yves Desrats holds a Master’s Degree in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, from CPE Lyon, France. He joined Clariant in 1993 as an application and development engineer in the paints and printing inks laboratory, in charge of the development of pigment dispersions and technical service. He later held the position as Head of Laboratory for special applications. In 2003, he joined the Coatings team as Technical Marketing Manager, responsible for the decorative and wood coatings segment within the Business Unit Pigments. Since 2008, he has held the position as Global Innovation Manager for Coatings within the Business Line Performance Additives.

Dr. Klaus Bender

Klaus Bender holds a phD in Chemistry from Justus-Liebig-University, Gießen, Germany. He joined Clariant in 2012 as a Lab Chemist in the fire retardants lab in Knapsack. He is also in charge of the development and as a Technical Service Manager for the application of Exolit AP types in intumescent coatings with a focus on the Asian markets. In 2016 he became responsible for the intumescent coatings segment for wood. In this role he and his team developed a transparent intumescent coating for wood based on Exolit 855.

Tobias Niederleitner

Tobias Niederleitner studied Chemical and Biology Engineering in the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen/Nuremburg and joined the Clariant Corporation in the year 2008. He started his career in the Technical Marketing department and was responsible for Hotmelt Adhesive applications. 2009 he changed to the Coatings and Inks department. Since 2016 Tobias Niederleitner has the global technical responsibility for the Marketing segment Waxes for Coatings and Inks.