Keimfarben

The Keimfarben GmbH is a medium-sized company based in Diedorf at Augsburg. It belongs to the group of Leonhard Moll AG, is the world 's leading producer of silicate paints. Buildings like the White House, Buckingham Palace, the Opera House and Sydney the Bolshoi Theatre are painted with Keimfarben.

Company founder Adolf Wilhelm Keim is considered the inventor of the silicate paints ( mineral colors), which revolutionized the construction and painting craft end of the 19th century.

History

During the reign of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, for intensive research began to water glass. The monarch was delighted with the colorful Kalkfresken northern Italy and wanted this typical for lime paint colors can be enjoyed in the domestic Bavaria. However, the harsh German weather was not suitable for applied art in Italy.

The craftsmen and researchers Adolf Wilhelm Keim finally succeeded by the corresponding mixture of liquid water glass (potassium silicate) to create and mineral coloring pigments a color of the Alps was north up to the demands of climate and possessed the same time a brilliant color. The reason for the stability of color is the chemical compound of the binder with the substrate ( silicification ). 1878 could be germ patented his mineral colors and thus laid the foundation for today's Keimfarben GmbH. The first production facility was located near the limestone quarry in the open Stetten (now belonging to Abensberg ) in Lower Bavaria.

Group structure

Keimfarben has two German locations in Diedorf ( headquarters ) and Alteno / Luckau and has a total of eleven international subsidiaries in Europe ( Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Poland, Czech Republic) and the United States actively. In the countries where Keimfarben is not represented by its local subsidiary, accept authorized dealer sales ( in Australia, Canada, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Russia). The Keimfarben GmbH & Co KG has made ​​September 6, 2012, legal form and has since been trading under " Keimfarben GmbH".

Product spectrum

The foundation for the success of Keimfarben put seed in 1878 with KEIM Purkristalat, a two-component pure silicate paint. In 1962 the second generation of germ - colors with germ Granital, the first dispersion silicate paint, which is in contrast to Purkristalat -component and therefore easier to work with. 2002 then brought Keimfarben with germ Soldalit a sol-silicate paint or silica sol -silicate paint (binder silica sol and water glass) on the market, which makes the use of silicate paints an even more universal and easier.

Keimfarben produces color systems for outdoor and indoor use, mineral plasters and putties, natural stone repair systems, thermal insulation systems and concrete repair and surface protection. New in the product range is a silicate paint for wooden surfaces.

Swell

• Marion Wohlleben, Brigitt Sigel (ed. ): Mineral colors: contributions to the history and restoration of painted facade paints. Festschrift for the 120 year anniversary of the company KEIMFARBEN. (Institute for Conservation, 19) Zurich: vdf Hochschulverlag -Verl. AG at the ETH, 1998, ISBN 3-7281-2651-9
• Kurt Schoenburg: coating techniques today Huss Media GmbH, Berlin, 2005, ISBN 3-345-00831-9 (p. 149 ff)
• Kurt Schoenburg: Historic coating techniques Building, Berlin, 2002, ISBN 3-345-00796-7 (p. 191 ff)
• Www.colour - europe.de: online magazine and portal for color of the publishing phenomenon of color