LEONICE stays at the cutting edge of research and development with all series related with architectural, decoration, industrial and in plant colorants being the latest generation colorants. The evolution of its own series and custom made systems is carried out by personnel having more than 30 years experience in colorants using innovative Technology and high throughput experimentation within a state of the art Research & Development facilities environment. ECOTINT®, ECONYL® & SB® colorants are produced using the best in class raw materials that are selected after stringent evaluations in order to deliver the promises excellent compatibility to various paint technologies, improved flow properties and long term stability in a variety of climatic conditions in different parts across the globe.
ECOTINT® HC contains 16 highly concentrated and cost effective universal colorants that offer less impact on film properties and broad compatibility in water and solvent based paints. The high quality pigments used in ECOTINT® HC provides key performance requirements such opacity, fade resistance and durability for Interior, Exterior and Façade applications. In addition to the highest quality yellow (PY 154) and red (PR 168) colorants which provide excellent light fastness and weather resistance for exterior applications, there are additional highly concentrated colorants which offer high opacity brilliant colors at very competitive prices for Interior use. ECOTINT® HC unique façade module with 6 inorganic colorants, highly resistant against UV radiation, provides a wide color space for façade paints and plasters including silicate, silicone and Exterior Insulation Finishing Systems (EIFS). Facade durability can be further enhanced with the use of the innovative ECOTINT® Cool formulation technology distinguishing from competition. Complete Leomix façade 260 fandeck can be at high TSR values. ECOTINT® HC colorants have very low odor and emissions with a VOC content < 1 g/l, in accordance with latest environmental requirements and anticipated regulations.
ECOTINT® Premium POS Colorants for Decorative Paints and Plasters ECOTINT® Premium is a unique selection of 20 high performance organic and inorganic colorants which can be combined to form a flexible customized POS tinting system. These colorants are perfect for exterior paints and plasters to cover the full color spectrum. ECOTINT® Premium inorganic range contains 10 Façade colorants highly resistant against UV radiation, alkali and acids with exceptional weather fastness. A complete façade system is available for tinting a broad range of colors for façade paints, plasters, silicone, silicate and thermo insulation EIFS systems. The durability of these colors and the lifetime of the EIFS systems can be further enhanced with the use of the ECOTINT® Cool innovative color formulation technology differentiating from competition. ECOTINT® Premium organic range contains 10 highly concentrated colorants which offer high opacity brilliant colors with minimum impact on paint properties such as viscosity, sagging and scrub resistance. In the yellow, red and orange color areas, there are options for both interior and exterior, providing not only excellent durability in terms of weather fastness when needed but also cheaper alternatives for interior tinting. ECOTINT® Premium colorants are very low odor, emissions and VOC content< 1g/l providing excellent Indoor Air Quality and taking care for human and planet (Euphoria concept).
ECOTINT ® Smart POS Universal Architectural Colorants ECOTINT® Smart contains 12 colorants for interior and exterior applications and 4 inorganic colorants for Facades. It is optimized to balance refill cost and performance with broad compatibility in water based and solvent based paints. ECOTINT® Smart colorants contains offer a very competitive refill cost and reduce significantly the coloration cost for medium to high saturated colors due to their optimized color strength. Highly versatile, ECOTINT® Smart delivers thousands of colors only with 12 colorants. ECOTINT® Smart is the ideal replacement of many old systems still in the market of low color strength, containing APEO & VOC, with many gaps in the blues, greens, oranges and violets areas of the color spectrum. ECOTINT® Smart includes unique, high performance automotive grades of red (R2) and Yellow (Y3) colorants which allow the formulation of clear brilliant red, yellow and orange colors with excellent exterior durability. ECOTINT® Smart includes a facade supplement with 4 Inorganic colorants highly resistant against UV radiation, alkali and acids with exceptional weather fastness. Two transparent iron oxide colorants options are available for wood finishing products. ECOTINT® Smart colorants are environment friendly with a low VOC content, < 1 g/l in accordance with latest environmental requirements. Their excellent long term stability, combined with improved flow properties and resistant to drying out ensure easy and accurate dispensing.
ECOTINT® Drop In contains 300++ colorants based on ECOTINT® low VOC '<' 1 g /l technology, matching the most popular tinting systems in market. ECOTINT® Drop In ensures a safe refill on top of your old colorants without cleaning, waste and keeping the same database. ECOTINT® Drop In colorants are odorless and comply with the latest environmental requirements. ECOTINT® Drop In colorants offer competitive prices lowering costs but in the same time enhances quality characteristics utilizing latest tinting technology. Additionally enhances the properties of your current POS tinting by solving quality issues such as compatibility, exterior durability and canister performances. Our Research & Development center is the heart of this process. ECOTINT® Drop In colorants are perfect for POS dispensing machines, resistant to drying out, excellent stability in the canisters and easy and accurate dispensing.
ECOTINT® Façade POS Colorants for Exterior Paints and Plasters ECOTINT® Façade is a selection of 7 high exterior durability inorganic colorants optimized to balance cost and performance. These colorants are ideal for applications such as façade, roofs, window frames and Exterior Insulation Finishing Systems (EIFS). ECOTINT® Façade enhances the exterior protection capabilities of your products with a range of inorganic colorants of excellent exterior durability, hydrophobicity and water impermeability. Apart from the 6 Inorganic colorants it contains an innovative inorganic IR Black colorant that replaces carbon black. This enables the production of medium to strong grey colors that achieve less heat absorption compared to conventional colorants by increasing the Total Solar reflection (TSR) of the colors. ECOTINT® Façade is a stand alone system for POS or for In plant use and for the upgrade of your existing system with a façade module at low install and operational cost. At the same creating marketing differentiation and competitive advantages including the exclusive Leomix façade 260 colorcard. ECOTINT® Façade colorants have excellent long term stability, combined with improved flow properties and resistant to drying out ensure easy and accurate dispensing. They are environment friendly with a low VOC content, typically < 1 g/l in accordance with latest environmental requirements.
ECOTINT® TO POS Universal Transparent Iron Oxides ECOTINT® TO contains 2 transparent iron oxides for wood finishing and paints applications. Due to their transparent nature, the wood structure remains visible. ECOTINT® TO transparent Iron Oxides colorants, are very finely grinded to be exceptionally suitable for wood varnishes and gloss paints. At the same time the transparent colorants do not affect important physical properties of the paint such as weather resistant and UV barriers. Tight quality specifications of ECOTINT® TO transparent oxides make it possible to use them both volumetrically for POS and gravimetrically for In plant use. ECOTINT® TO colorants contain VOC levels of < 1 g/l in accordance with the latest environmental requirements and it can combined with all ECOTINT® tinting systems.
ECOTINT® SB Solvent Borne architectural POS colorants ECOTINT® SB contains 12 Solvent Based colorants providing full coverage of RAL colors. Their main use is high performance, non-aqueous industrial and maintenance coatings such as construction, furniture lacquers, automotive refinishing, marine coatings, flooring and road marking. ECOTINT® SB colorants are formulated using the right choice of pigments carefully selected to provide high opacity and tinting strength with excellent resistance to weather, chemicals and heat. An In house developed, proprietary aldehyde resin carrier is used to yield an outstanding compatibility to a wide range of non-aqueous systems such as Epoxies, polyurethanes, alkyds, acrylic, cellulosic lacquers, chlorinated rubber etc. ECOTINT® SB colorants are latest generation Chrome -Lead Free and aromatic free ('<'1000 ppm) technology. These environmental friendly colorants contain MPA with a low VOC content ('<'500 g/l). ECOTINT® SB colorants are designed exclusively for POS machines with excellent stability, flow properties and resistant to drying out. The colorants manufactured under very tight colorimetric specifications (DE < 0,7) and are controlled both gravimetrically and volumetrically and are suitable for In Plant tinting.
ECOWHITE SU Universal Optical Brightener ECOWHITE SU is a universal optical brightener for water and solvent based paints. ECOWHITE SU unique composition improves whiteness and brightness of paints even at very low concentrations ('<'0.05%) allowing a high quality appearance to architectural paints. ECOWHITE SU has a low VOC content typically < 1 g/l in accordance with the latest environmental requirements.