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PCO Europe B.V.2017

Dyna® Solar Cleaner

PCO Europe B.V.

• Background and History

• Strategies

• Dyna Solar Cleaner

• History

• R&D

• Results Experiences

Background/History• A specialist in press room chemistry

• PCO Holland b.v. Since 1976

–Printing Chemicals Oudenbosch

–Plate chemistryFounts

–Leading in Founts in the early ’90s

• Acquisition Wolstenholme / Openshaw Group

• Independent since Jan 2005

Background/History• Member of the Printgraph group since 2007

•Distribution in Italy (blankets / rubber rollers / chemistry)

•Production Finito specialties (blankets / foils)

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• ISO 9001 certified since 2007

• Relaunch PCO® Europe and its Dyna® brand in 2008

• Foundation of PCO EastGate Malaysia end 2009

• 2010 1st production and sales

• 2013 new factory at Kuala Lumpur

• 2015 sales plus RMB 5 million

• 2016 foundation of PCO Siam (Thailand) (sales office)

• 2014 implementation of Dyna® Kure: UV curable systems

• 2014/2015 installation production unit Dyna® Kure

• 2016 foundation PCO France (sales office)

• 2016 Acquisition of Arts Graphique 91 (France)

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Strategies

To be a process driven manufacturer and service provider continually driving the highest practical standards of product quality and service while developing our people and provide

service to our customers

To initiate and manage continous improvement of productsformulation, production and customer service

Strategies• High quality manufacturer

• Willingness to invest in R&D

• Innovation by structural approach

• Including non graphic art business/hard surfaces cleaning

• Solar Cleaners

• Car wrapping chemicals

• Differentiation press room chemistry

• Strategy to develop and maintain technical expertise

• Outstanding technical service to dealers and end-user

• Sales through selected dealers/partners worldwide.

Strategies• Comply with new governmental legislations (international)

• Implementation REACH

• Awareness and implementation of

• GHS/CLP

• BPR (European Biocide Product Regulation)

• VNCI member

• I&P member (Image and Print; Germany)

• Responsible care status

• Objectives with hard KPI’s to reduce waste

• Eco friendly is the big focus

• Light weight packaging

• Attention for Biobased raw materials

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Dyna® Solar Cleaner History• 1st request in 2012 from printing company with dirty panels

• Simple cleaner was made

•To help the customer quickly

•Formulation based on kind of floor cleaner

•No compatibility tests done

•Not in particular envorinment friendly

•Product did the job well

•This triggered the idea to develop a dedicated solar panel cleaner

Dyna® Solar Cleaner History• Is there a need for such a product??

• Sort of market investigation was done

• Brochure was made (no product yet)

• PCO Printgraph exhibited on SolarExpo 2012

• purpose to explore the market

• no product to offer

• Simple stand with the brochures mentioned

• The number of leads were higher than on Drupa 2012

• Interest was far behind any expectation

• Decision was made to develop Dyna Solar Cleaner

Dyna® Solar Cleaner R&D• The following profile for the new product was set up

• Efficient usage (Low dosage, under 5%)

• Compatible with Solar Panels and or Panel parts

• Glass/Aluminium/Sealing/Connectors

•Save to people and planet

• Biodegradable

• Performance Characteristics

• Good cleaning/wetting

• Protective layer (anti static layer)

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Dyna® Solar Cleaner R&D• Wetting characteristics

Dyna® Solar Cleaner R&D

Dyna® Solar Cleaner R&D Residue

• Visible residues left?

• Wetted Dried up

• No visible residue

Dyna® Solar Cleaner R&D• Light asorbance Dyna Solar Cleaner top layer

Dyna® Solar Cleaner R&D

Dyna® Solar Cleaner R&D• Corrosion tests on metals (aluminium)

• PCO is experienced in compatibility tests

•Since many years qualited for self certification

•Approvals are known as Fogra approvals

• Results on aluminium

Dyna® Solar Cleaner R&D• Requirements which came up during field testing and fine tuning

• No skin irritation

• No deposits

• Applicable with tap water

• Limited foaming

• Problems solved (testing 2013)

• To aggressive to glass

• Foaming to much

• Bird droppings not cleaned

• Bio Oxygen Demand too high

• High pressure cleaning no good for panels

Dyna® Solar Cleaner R&D• Strat no treated skin Skin treated with liquid and covered

• Skin after 4 hrs contact Skin 1 hour after contact liquid

Dyna® Solar Cleaner R&D• Solar glass compatibility

• Assume 2x times per year cleaning during 20 years

• Equals 4 times cleaning during 10 weeks on laboratory

• Samples tested

• Demi water

• Competitors product MS Schippers 5% in demi water

• PCO development dp12028

• Dyna Solar Cleaner 2% in demi water

Dyna® Solar Cleaner R&D• Test

• 5 ml for cleaning

• Apply with dry soft cloth

• Dry for 5 minutes in the air

• Wipe dry with soft cloth

• Repeated 40 times (4x/week during 10 weeks)

• Result

• pure demi water glass turned very lightly mat

• MS Schippers no affection

• PCO development dp12028 no affection

• Dyna Solar no affection

Dyna® Solar Cleaner R&DPCO dp12028 Dyna Solar Cleaner 2%

MS Schipper 5% Demi Water

Dyna® Solar Cleaner R&D Experience• Cleaning at high temperatures without rinsing

• Direct rinsing after cleaning is important

Dyna® Solar Cleaner Results Experiences• Highly concentrated: Dosage 2%

• Strong penetrating and Lifts all kinds of dirt

• Smog/Ash

• Grease

• Limestone

• Bird droppings

• Hence Excellent cleaning properties

• Good performance on several surfaces

• Aluinium

• Polycarbonate (Lexan®)

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Dyna® Solar Cleaner Results Experiences

• Anti static layer is left which prevents deposit formation after wash

• No Skin irritation

• Limited foaming

• Cleaning required every six months (Belgium)

• Meets EC standards for bio-degradability


•Regular cleaning optimizes light absorption

• Experience Belgium (Rentokil)

• The Netherlands (Diepp/DBG Energie)

• India (Karmasukon Energie)

Dyna® Solar Cleaner

• Dyna Solar Cleaner

•Carefully designed

•Tested under limted but different conditions

•Is Ready for the market

Discussion / Questions

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