At Axcentive, we are committed to driving responsible practices throughout our supply chain. As part of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) engagement, we have focused on sustainable packaging solutions to reduce our environmental impact — particularly carbon emissions. We believe that even the smallest adjustments can have a profound impact on the environment. Small steps can indeed lead to significant positive changes, especially when it comes to packaging and sustainability. Each seemingly minor adjustment — when scaled across a product line or in a supply chain — can have a ripple effect that adds up to a major impact over time.  

Reviewing and optimizing packaging has been an area we have been working on in order to contribute to lowering emissions across the supply chain. Here are examples of two actions implemented over the past months.  

Eliminating Single-Use Components. In agreement with our distribution network, we have decided to remove dosing spoons and pitchers made of plastic from our packaging. These items were often single-used and rarely reused, making their environmental cost high relative to their utility. By removing dosing items, less plastic is used which means fewer emissions from manufacturing, molding, and transporting those components.  

Our packs are nowadays lighter. Removing these items reduces the overall weight of each unit. By removing pitchers from our drums, we are cutting 2.23mty of plastic waste over the next 10 years .

Finally eliminating these parts contribute nowadays to a faster, more efficient process with less operation at the workshop. 

Optimizing the dimensions of carton boxes based on the size of the sample has been another step. Benefits are numerous. By ensuring that the carton box is perfectly sized for the product, less cardboard is used per unit. Smaller packaging means as well that fewer resources are used in production (less wood, paper, and chemicals), which lowers the emissions tied to material manufacturing.  

Less empty space inside each box means that less bubble wrap, foam, or other padding might be needed to secure the product. This results in less packaging waste in the form of excess filler materials. Optimizing box dimensions ensures products arrive safely while keeping packaging as minimal and efficient as possible.  

Finally smaller boxes not only reduce material and transportation costs but also help optimize storage space in warehouses, leading to fewer storage-related emissions. This creates both financial and environmental savings. 

Our mission is to inspire both internal teams and industry partners to make small, consistent changes that, together, can lead to a larger transformation. Sustainability is not just about big leaps; it’s about taking intentional, continuous steps towards a greener future.  

Join the Conversation: Share your Sustainability Journey! 

What small, consistent steps have you taken recently on your own sustainability journey? Whether it’s in packaging, production, or even personal habits, your experience could inspire others to take action too. We are eager to learn about the innovative ways you are making a difference, and to collaborate and share ideas to create a greener, more sustainable future for all. 

Let’s make progress together — share your thoughts, ideas, or challenges with us! 

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This is with much pride that we can communicate on our presence among the Top 100 most popular Coatings Ingredients Suppliers on Specialchem in 2024 for the 4th consecutive year!

We offer unique solutions based on Ketjenflex® Specialty Additives or EXOCOAT Smart Materials & Smart Coatings for various markets and applications.

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The Olympic Games Paris 2024 will go down in history for their stunning venues in the heart of Paris and across France, their focus on sustainability and the record-breaking performances by athletes from 206 countries across the world!
 This medal rewards once more our environmental, social and ethical performance, which is an essential factor for smart business today across the entire value chain! 

The Axcentive Group has also a record-breaking performance to share with its community within this Olympic month of August 2024. For the fourth consecutive year, our Corporate Social Responsibility commitment has been rewarded with the Platinum Medal by EcoVadis.  

With this EcoVadis rating, Axcentive remains among the world’s top 1% of companies most committed to Corporate Social Responsibility.  

With a 3-point increase in its overall score in one year, the group reaches a score of 84/100 and remains well ahead of the average score of other companies in its category. 

On the ‘Sustainable Procurement” criterion, Axcentive reaches this year a score of 90/100, showing the company and its supply chain’s dedication to integrate specifications, requirements and criteria that are compatible with the protection of the environment and society as a whole. EcoVadis underlines that Axcentive “demonstrates an advanced sustainability management system that covers all four themes under review”

This medal rewards once more our environmental, social and ethical performance, which is an essential factor for smart business today across the entire value chain!

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Meet up with our International Sales Manager Juan-Carlos BARONNA at Les Nauticales in La Ciotat, France this week!

Les Nauticales is the yachting & watersports event bringing together yacht builders, shipyards and professionals from this industry.

Juan-Carlos BARONNA is invited to attend the round-table event dedicated to Innovation and Sustainability with other professionals from the yachting industry on March 23rd and will have the opportunity to describe how nanotechnology-based coatings – which forms the basis of the EXOCOAT range – allow for ground-breaking and more durable performances in the yachting industry.
For more information, contact us…

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From 28 to 30 March, Axcentive SARL will be exhibiting again at the upcoming European Coatings Show at the Exhibition Centre in Nuremberg, Germany.  

This ECS 2023 trade fair is an ideal venue to welcome our customers and visitors interested in learning about our smart and functional technologies and potentially partnering up with us in developing a new intelligent coating application.

Sarah Koehler, Director at Axcentive, comments: “With our specialised team we focus on nanotechnology to protect and functionalize surfaces such as glass, metal, plastics, and mineral substrates. Our goal is to offer technology in the form of products that can be used as raw materials or direct to use coatings. With the EXOCOAT technology we aim to make smart and functional materials such as easy to clean, superhydrophobic, anticorrosive, antimicrobial or self-cleaning while answering specific mechanical, chemical and weather resistance requirements of the market.” 

Our company is already globally present on the coatings, inks and adhesives market with our existing KETJENFLEX® range of Specialty Additives based on sulphonamide and citrates chemistry and will be pleased to welcome you in Hall 3C, Stand #751.

We look forward to meeting you in Nuremberg!

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From March 28th to 30th, AXCENTIVE is exhibiting at the European Coatings Show 2023 in Nüremberg, Germany.

Come and meet us in hall 3C booth 751 to discover our latest developments in smart and functional coatings.

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AXCENTIVE has been awarded the Platinum Medal the highest award from EcoVadis Sustainability Rating that recognizes the top 1% of companies on the global EcoVadis platform for an overall score greater than or equal to 73/100.

We are delighted to be recognized for our efforts in integrating sustainability into our business. EcoVadis’ annual evaluation of our sustainability program recognizes the daily and continuous efforts of our team and supply chain to create a better, safer and positive chain all the way down to our customers. We are proud of the medal, but more importantly we are aware of the Corporate Social Responsibility placed in AXCENTIVE and its supply chain to contribute to a better environment in all its aspects.

Since 2016 AXCENTIVE are engaged into a Corporate Social Responsibility program. After a first evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses, the decision was made to benchmark our CSR behaviour on annual basis by allying with the EcoVadis initiative.

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Come and visit our booth at the Paint Expo, which will be held from 26th to 29th of April in Karlsruhe, Germany.

The Axcentive team looks forward to welcoming you to Hall 3 at booth #34-45 to introduce EXOCOAT. This range includes advanced nanotechnology-based coatings that can be used to functionalize substrates in a variety of ways.

EXOCOAT can be used to beautify and enhance your OEM part or equipment with smart features such as easy-to-clean, anti-graffiti, superhydrophobic, superhydrophilic, self-cleaning or corrosion protection (chrome replacement) for automotive, aerospace, building materials and glass applications.

With our existing KETJENFLEX® range of chemicals, we are already represented on the coating market worldwide. Take the opportunity and meet us in hall 3 at booth #34-45.

We look forward to hearing from you soon and seeing you at Paint Expo 2022.

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AXCENTIVE has been awarded the Platinum Medal the highest award from EcoVadis Sustainability Rating that recognizes the top 1% of companies on the global EcoVadis platform for an overall score greater than or equal to 73/100.

We are delighted to be recognized for our efforts in integrating sustainability into our business. EcoVadis’ annual evaluation of our sustainability program recognizes the daily and continuous efforts of our team and supply chain to create a better, safer and positive chain all the way down to our customers. We are proud of the medal, but more importantly we are aware of the Corporate Social Responsibility placed in AXCENTIVE and its supply chain to contribute to a better environment in all its aspects.

Since 2016 AXCENTIVE are engaged into a Corporate Social Responsibility program. After a first evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses, the decision was made to benchmark our CSR behaviour on annual basis by allying with the EcoVadis initiative.

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