About Us
The Center for Biocide Chemistries is comprised of more than 50 companies that manufacture and/or formulate biocide products (also known as antimicrobials or antimicrobial pesticides). In addition, there are several Affiliate members that support those manufacturers and formulators. The Center for Biocide Chemistries (CBC or Center) is among the principal associations of registrants in the biocide industry.
The Center addresses a broad range of scientific, research, regulatory, legislative, legal and educational issues pertaining to biocide use in industrial, institutional and residential settings. Established in 1986, membership in the Center provides unique opportunities for companies involved in the biocide business to engage in critical dialogue with one another and a variety of regulators as well as help shape the industry.
The Center’s member companies are registrants of biocides that are used in a broad array of applications, including:
- Commercial disinfectants used to kill harmful pathogens on surfaces in residential, office, industrial, and public settings.
- Preservatives for paints, coatings, fabrics, latex matrices, fuel, metalworking fluids and many other products as protection from microbial contaminants that spoil, decrease in-use service life, and compromise product integrity.
- Water treatment chemicals to reduce fouling, maintain energy efficiency and protect equipment and material inputs.
- Antifoulants as a means to control marine biofouling that results from the build-up of organisms, primarily barnacles, macroalgae and microbial slimes, that accumulate on the surfaces of ships’ hulls and submerged permanent structures, such as piers and drilling platforms; and if left uncontrolled, result in lost productivity, decreased efficiency, increased energy use, time losses, and environmental damage.
- Wood preservatives, which can maintain wood products for over 20 years and thus decrease demand on forests and transport of materials.
- Public-health biocides, including drinking water treatments, products to eliminate or control pathogens in processing food, hospital disinfectants, and in consumer cleaning and other household products.
Center for Biocide Chemistries (CBC) Members
CBC’s members represent a broad array of antimicrobial manufacturers and distributors. They produce safe and effective products that sanitize and disinfect inorganic surfaces, that help to preserve wood and other materials from premature degradation, and that are used in many consumer products to prevent microbial spoilage. CBC has a total of 54 members which is comprised of 51 full members and three affiliate members.