OUR TEAM
Dr Eldon Tate
CEO and Founder of Inhibit Coatings
Eldon developed our state-of-the-art technology while completing his PhD research at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Dr Emma Wrigglesworth
Scientist at Inhibit Coatings
Emma is a Scientist conducting new R&D at our research facilities in Wellington, New Zealand. Emma brings her expertise in metal-polymer nanocomposite design and characterisation to our R&D team.
Josh Stoneham
Materials Engineer at Inhibit Coatings
Josh previously completed a masters degree in Materials Engineering from the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom). With a background in alloy chemistry and processing, he brings his expertise in materials characterisation and testing to the team.
Stephen Fitzer
Operations Manager at Inhibit Coatings
Stephen is our operations manager with experience in both project and production environments. He graduated with an MSc in Engineering Project Management and previously worked on collaborative, complex, and innovative research projects.
Stephanie Lockwood
Master of Science Candidate at Inhibit Coatings
Stephanie is currently a full-time research student at VUW, completing her master's degree majoring in chemistry with Inhibit Coatings. Stephanie specialises - but is not limited - in nanocomposite epoxy resins.
Ethan Wait
Research Assistant at Inhibit Coatings
Ethan has a Bachelor of Science, majored in Biotechnology and Chemistry. With a multidisciplinary skill set, he brings a knowledge of applied biology to the team.
OUR BOARD
Producing world-leading antimicrobial solutions
tailored to your needs
Inhibit Coatings Limited is a New Zealand based company producing leading edge antimicrobial coatings. Inhibit Coatings uses a unique silver nanoparticle functionalisation method that produces physically robust, low-leaching and long lifetime antimicrobial coatings.
Inhibit's technology has been applied to a number of resin systems including acrylics, epoxies, polyamides and polyurethanes. Our coatings have been effective at reducing E. coli, S. aureus, L. monocytogenes by over 99.996% and have been shown to retain antimicrobial activity after numerous cleanings with common cleaning agents, making them ideal for food safety, medical and HVAC, amongst other applications.
Offering opportunities for custom antimicrobials
Our versatile methodology is highly flexible allowing for a variety of resin systems to be functionalised by our technology. Inhibit Coatings has the ability to incorporate our antimicrobial functionality into existing resin systems, without trading off performance or key properties. Our methods can be easily tailored to suit resin requirements specific for the targeted applications.
If you would like to learn more about our technology or discuss a particular product in relation to developing its antimicrobial activity, please send us an email via the link below.