Dynax Milestones
1991: Dr. Eduard Kleiner establishes Dynax Corporation with 28 years of experience in the specialty fluorochemical industry. Prior to founding the company, Dr. Kleiner, President and CEO, served as Corporate Vice President and Director of the Corporate Research Services Department for the former Ciba-Geigy Corporation. His responsibilities included the development of the Lodyne family of fluorochemical oil and water repellent finishes and fluorosurfactants for fire-fighting foam agents.
1993: The US Air Force awards Dynax the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Phase I (AF93-009) contract to develop an “Improved Formulation of Fire Fighting Agents for Hydrocarbon Fuel Fires.” This is followed in 1994 by the Phase II contract, which is completed in April 1996. Dynax successfully develops a class of environmentally more benign AFFF agents (”EMB AFFF”) that outperform with significantly lower fluorine content the 3% AFFF agents on the Qualified Product List (QPL) of the US Military specifications (Mil-F-24385F).
1994: Dynax introduces DX3001, a highly efficient amphoteric fluorosurfactant, and DX4302, a fluorochemical foam stabilizer. Dynax is the first company to introduce a new class of fluorochemicals known as “foam stabilizers” to the industry.
1995: Dynax replaces DX4302 with DX5011, an even more efficient fluorochemical foam stabilizer. This product has since become the benchmark foam stabilizer used in the formulation of synthetic and protein-based, alcohol-resistant foam agents. DX5011 has made it possible for foam agent producers to reduce the use of polysaccharides in the 3x3 and 1x3 agents, and thus to develop low viscosity products with much improved fire-fighting performance even on the most difficult polar solvents, such as acetone.
1995-2000: Dynax grows to become a major global supplier of fluorochemicals to the fire-fighting foam industry.
2001: Dynax joins FFFC (Fire Fighting Foam Coalition) as a founding member.
2004: Dynax introduces the DX1000 series fluorosurfactants, DX1020 and DX1030, and DX2000 series fluorosurfactants, DX2200. They are a family of highly efficient products designed for the formulation of both synthetic and protein-based fire-fighting foam agents.
Dr. Chang Jho joins Dynax as Vice President. Dr. Jho, whose training and specialization is in Surface Chemistry, brings to Dynax 26 years of experience in the development and applications of specialty fluorochemicals for the fire fighting foam and coatings and ink industries. Prior to joining Dynax, Dr. Jho managed the Technical Service and Development Laboratories of Ciba Specialty Chemicals with responsibility for a team of chemists covering Ciba’s world-wide Lodyne fluorochemical business.
2005: Dynax introduces the DX4000 series fluorosurfactants, DX4000, DX4005 and DX4010 which provide superior wetting and leveling properties for coating and ink and other industrial applications. Derived from all C6-fluorotelomers, these products are all water-based and non-flammable.
2007: Dynax introduces a third generation fluorochemical foam stabilizer, DX5022, which further improves the polar solvent performance of DX5011.
Dynax also adds a new product, DX1080, to its DX1000 series product line. Dynax positions itself to develop a complete line of all C6 fluorotelomer-based and non-flammable fluorosurfactants.
2008: Dynax introduces DX1025, DX1040 and DX1090 to the list of non-flammable, all C6 fluorotelomer-based surfactants for fire-fighting applications.