Our Company

Ecoat is a global, innovation-driven company, whose mission is to make the coatings industry sustainable through technological innovations. Founded in March 2011, our company is now well established in France: a production site in the Lyon area, on the OSIRIS chemical platform in Roussillon; a R&D lab and its head office in Grasse, in the Alpes-Maritimes. Committed to its mission, our new-generation company places the ecological transition at the heart of its strategy.

Ecoat has been recognized as a key player in the bio-paint sector and has won multiple awards for its innovation – including 2 Pierre Potier Awards until today.

We care about our environment, making responsible business to leave a smaller footprint

We work hard to create products for paint and coatings that are the best they can be in every way. Products, that are innovating, easy to use, and highly performing. And the same passion for innovation goes into how we think about environmental responsibility.
We know CO2 ranks among the most important greenhouse gases that influence the way the climate is changing. It's a real problem. As an architectural coating producer, we know we use energy and material, which in turn generates greenhouse gas emissions. That's part of the problem we can help solve, by finding less energy consuming production process, using bio-based raw materials for waterborne coatings for instance.
In 2012, we evaluated the greenhouse gas emissions caused by our business activities, to have an overview of where and how we can adopt suitable measures.
We are proud of the products we develop and the way we make them. But we know we can still do better... we work on that everyday... we strive to leave a cleaner planet for the next generation ... the sooner, the better...

Around experienced executives coming from the coatings world, a team of highly skilled research engineers focuses on developing environmental friendly solutions for new bio sourced markets in Paints and Coatings Industry. Our aim is to best serve customer's innovation needs, from R&D stage to production, with a constant focus on efficiency, economy and environmental responsibility.

Olivier Choulet, President and Chief Executive Officer

Olivier holds a Master of Chemical Engineering from CPE, Lyon and a Master of Business Administration from ESSEC, Paris. He has 15 Years of international experience in production, marketing and business functions. Ex-Commercial Director of Paint and Coating Materials Division for Europe, Middle East and Africa regions at Dow/Rohm and Haas Company.

Nicolas Florent, General Manager & Business Director

Nicolas holds a master degree in Chemistry at the University of Metz. He has 19 years experience in sales management, international key account management, Business Development and Global Strategy.

Olivier Moreillon, Strategy & Collaborative Innovation Director

Olivier holds a PhD degree of Chemistry from Nice, Sophia-Antipolis University in Nice and a Chemical Engineering degree from ENSCM Montpellier. During 4 years, Olivier was managing Ecoat's R&D. He recently holds an Executive MBA at EDHEC and moved to strategy and Innovation position.

Henry Lu, General Manager - Asia

Henry holds a Bachelor degree of Chemical Engineering in Zhejiang University in 1991. After three years graduation, Henry started working for European and American chemical companies, focusing on environmental friendly binders and additives for coatings and printing inks, as well as adhesives. Henry has nearly 15 years in managing experiences and global marketing leading position for specialty chemical companies. Now Henry is taking care of Ecoat business in Asia, starting from China.

Ibrahima Faye, R&D Director

Ibrahima holds a phD degree of polymer chemistry/organic chemistry from the Paris-Saclay University. He has 5 years experience from ENSCM and Colas company in design and polymer's formulation as well as project mamagement . He is now in charge of Ecoat's R&D in Grasse.

Alison Romand, Application Laboratory Manager

Alison holds a PhD of Chemistry from University of Lyon and ITECH School and a Chemical Engineering degree from CPE Lyon, France. She is in charge of the Application Laboratory in Grasse.