Walter Mäder AG

Being an international player in paints and polymers with high added value, the Mäder group offers its customers global and innovative solutions in demanding markets such as Aeronautics, Railways, Automotive and Building.

Anxious to be able to meet the needs of these markets, Mäder puts innovation at the heart of its strategy and thus devotes 10% of its turnover to R&D. Its research, in partnership with universities, is particularly focused on bio-sourced raw materials, green chemistry and reducing the impact of its activity on the environment. Backed by the expertise of its 850 employees, Mäder is now present in Europe as well as in China and India in order to support its customers in their international development.

The group specializes in the following processing sectors:

Paints, coatings and varnishes

• Coil coating technology
• UV and EB technology
• Railway
• ACE
• General Industry (machines, devices, special surfaces and applications)
• Wind energy
• Aerospace
• Telecommunications
• Plastics

Gelcoats and Resins

We develop and produce unsaturated polyester resins, gel and top coats, adhesive resins, filled fire protection resins and special resins including the necessary surface finishing products and technologies.

Paint raw materials

This business line produces standard resins and additives based on polycondensation chemistry. The product range includes modified and unmodified alkyd and polyester resins for various applications in the paint and coatings industry.

Toll manufacturing

We develop and produce tailor-made products on behalf of our customers:

• radiation curing resins
• paint raw materials
• prepolymers