INNOVATION MEETS SUSTAINABILITY: PERFECO SHAPES THE FUTURE OF COATINGS

At Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare, PERFECO merges cutting-edge technology and sustainable materials to revolutionize how companies develop paints, coatings, and construction products.

«By founding my own company, I gained the advantages of short processes, flexibility, and speed. At Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare, I found the perfect place to realize my vision - with a modern lab, an office in one location, and an inspiring community of other innovative startups and Switzerland’s largest research center, the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI).»

Detlef Gysau

CEO and Founder of PERFECO, Switzerland Innovation Pak Innovaare resident

When Detlef Gysau founded PERFECO, he envisioned a new era for the coatings industry, where sustainability, digitalization, and material science come together. With more than three decades of experience in major corporations, he wanted to build a company that could act with agility, flexibility, and speed. At Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare, he found the ideal environment to realize this vision: a modern office and laboratory in one location, surrounded by pioneering startups, and in direct proximity to the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland’s largest research centre for natural and engineering sciences.

PERFECO advises companies in areas such as laboratory automation, raw material technology, and formulation development for paints and coatings. One client faced the challenge of testing hundreds of formulations efficiently. By analyzing manual workflows, PERFECO demonstrated how to massively increase both throughput and reproducibility. In another case, when a paint manufacturer sought alternatives to a restricted additive, PERFECO supported the transition to bio-based additives and fillers, optimizing formulations without compromising performance.

CEO Detlef Gysau sees the greatest innovation potential at the intersection of digitalization, sustainability, and biosciences. Artificial intelligence and automated laboratory systems already play a key role in predicting material properties and accelerating development cycles. Yet, as he emphasizes, while AI enhances efficiency and data intelligence, it cannot replace human creativity and scientific intuition. The combination of both drives true innovation.

Sustainability remains at the heart of PERFECO’s mission. The company promotes the use of bio-based or recycled materials, such as fillers from quarry waste or carbon black derived from used tires - steps toward circularity and climate neutrality. Gysau’s vision is a “Zero-Impact Coating”: a fully sustainable, 100% bio-based or recycled coating, climate-neutral in production, durable, multifunctional, and completely recyclable at the end of its lifecycle.

Embedded in the collaborative environment of Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare, PERFECO continues to advance this vision. The park connects startups, SMEs, and R&D teams with world-class research at PSI and FHNW, offering 23,000 m² of state-of-the-art laboratory and office space. Here, innovation and sustainability meet to redefine the future of materials science and industrial development.

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