The partnership debuts within the launch and business availability of MarMac’s Concrete Admixture AMX 5500, a concrete protectant that efficiently built-in Microban’s revolutionary antimicrobial know-how right into a concrete admixture product. AMX 5500 inhibits damaging bacterial development in handled concrete and is designed to be used in all types of concrete. This antimicrobial admixture supplies an modern new resolution for the constructing supplies business to assist forestall each staining and Microbial-Induced Corrosion of Concrete (MICC).
“Microban’s partnership with MarMac is a narrative of like-minded innovators in search of options for our prospects,” mentioned Steve Lutes, Director of Enterprise Improvement at Microban. “That is an thrilling collaboration. Integrating antimicrobial know-how into the manufacturing strategy of constructing merchandise can assist keep away from product degradation, and we’re thrilled to see this product sustainability resolution come to life with MarMac.”
Microban’s researchers and product improvement group labored in partnership with MarMac’s AIS laboratory to combine antimicrobial know-how into MarMac’s AMX 5500, providing everlasting concrete safety from bacterial development, subsequent staining, and corrosion. By using Microban antimicrobial know-how, AMX 5500 creates an inhospitable setting for micro organism development as a result of the lively ingredient works to rupture the microbial cells and terminally disrupt the cell partitions of fungi, molds, and mildew. The product safety gained’t alter the visible look of cured concrete, gained’t wash away, and lasts the lifetime of the handled construction.
“Within the analysis, design, testing, and manufacturing of AMX 5500 we took benefit of MarMac’s 70+ years of expertise within the business to determine an actual concern and supply an answer for the business. Our prospects got here to us with this drawback and Microban stepped up instantly to offer the perfect applied sciences and product to assist,” mentioned Jamie Martin, President of MarMac’s AIS division. “What made this product profitable and what makes this partnership thrilling is expertise mixed with the extraordinary capacities of Microban. Past that, MarMac and Microban are each dedicated to driving steady enchancment in constructing supplies and delivering efficient options.”
Microban®-powered AMX 5500 is right for all building environments and significantly vital for merchandise utilized in humid and difficult environmental situations, corresponding to sewer/sanitary infrastructure, the place sulfide producing microbes generally harm crucial infrastructure.
AMX 5500 can be efficient in lowering aesthetically damaging stains from molds and mildews in all kinds of business and residential concrete, from parking garages and business buildings to sidewalks, driveways, patios and pool decks. The product could also be utilized in any new concrete construction requiring everlasting product safety from bacterial development and MICC, based mostly on customary lab check methodology ASTM C1904-20.
In actual fact, ASTM testing of the MarMac’s Concrete Admixture AMX 5500 with Microban has proven that handled concrete retains 42.1% extra energy in comparison with untreated concrete in managed laboratory degradation testing. Impartial and third occasion testing additionally licensed AMX 5500 to be efficient within the inhibition of mildew and mildew development staining in and on concrete.
Moreover, AMX 5500 is secure to make use of and has minimal potential environmental impression. “We have been in a position to design a water-based, ultra-low VOC formulation, which when used correctly is each secure and efficient,” states Dr. Timothy Boone, Director of Formulations at MarMac AIS. “This product displays our dedication at AIS to benefit from very new applied sciences to create safer and more practical chemistry merchandise which assist shield our world’s infrastructure.”
The applying of Microban for the constructing supplies business and the partnership with MarMac is a continuation of Microban’s confirmed historical past of customized formulating for buyer purposes and standards.
“We’re dedicated to serving to producers throughout a number of business sectors enhance their merchandise by means of use of Microban antimicrobial applied sciences,” mentioned Michael Ruby, President of Microban. “We’re proud to assist energy MarMac merchandise for the residential, business pour-in-place, and precast concrete infrastructure markets in prolonging the practical life and aesthetic efficiency of concrete by means of AMX 5500. We sit up for increasing our partnership sooner or later to develop extra cutting-edge options for downstream concrete prospects.”
