National Hardwood Magazine - February 2024

KOPCOAT Continued
KopCoat combines application equipment capabilities, innovative
R&D and Totally Outrageous Service.
dards and prides itself on creating preservative solutions
that are minimal VOC emissions. Angie Custer, Kop-
Coat’s Regulatory Affairs Specialist, states, “KopCoat
is diligent about ensuring the regulatory portion of our
KopCoat offers specialty chemical products that protect logs,
fresh-sawn lumber, pallets, and by-products.
process is properly managed to ensure industry leading
compliance.”
KopCoat also has what they consider an industry leading
research and development organization that can
evaluate wood decaying organisms and tailor specific
solutions to thwart these biological threats. As Director
of Research and Development, Cindy Williams puts it,
“our laboratory team is composed of chemists committed
KopCoat Protection Products – Building the World on Durable Wood
to developing new ways to defeat the natural development of biological
organisms that attack wood.” KopCoat combines an R&D team
with an innovation team so that KopCoat’s customer is complimented
by support and new technology development to craft an individualized
and specific solution tailored for each customer. Director of Innovation
Brian Stobbe emphasizes, “our goal is to be ahead of the evolutionary
development of new wood attacking organisms so we can best support
our customers proactively.”
Appreciating that there are several
options in the wood preservation market,
KopCoat boldly accepts the challenge
to do head to head trials against
their competitors to prove their claim
that they can reduce chemical costs
while achieving equal or better performance.
KopCoat has recently reformulated
their metal and oxidation stain inhibitor
to be more specific to Hardwood
lumber helping to not only reduce metal
stain, but also reduce the graying from
oxidation while air drying. Distinguishably,
KopCoat claims that their technological
advances have created a blend
of actives and surfactants that perform
ideally for protecting Hardwood lumber
from stain, mold, mildew, and metal discoloration.
KopCoat is also ready to introduce
a series of complimentary products
that support Hardwood mills and
can create an opportunity for Hardwood
mills to consolidate their supplementary
products into one supplier, creating sim-
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