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STORYOF42SHIELD
One day on an MTB trip, we took a break and talked about our favorite hobbies—cycling and motorcycling. After years of riding two-wheelers, one thing increasingly annoyed us: the low quality of lubricants and maintenance products available. It was hard to understand why we had to buy dozens of different products to take care of our bikes and motorcycles.
“Each product is a one-trick pony, and they don’t even work well together. It would be great to have an all-in-one solution that lubricates the chains and protects the entire bike from dirt and weathering.”
STORYOF42SHIELD CHEMISTRY
Among us was one truly experienced chemist who had a long career in the international chemical and coating industry as an R&D molecular specialist and consultant. Being a part of the trips, he also understood their frustrations and recognized that his friends were right. Inspired by the challenge, the project was started, and it soon turned serious when promising results began to appear. It was clear that more research with various chemical compounds and processes would be needed to create a product with all those functionalities.
After experimenting with countless formulas and chemistries, and testing and refining the technology for several years, the goal was finally achieved: an all-purpose technology that effectively cleaned, protected, coated, and lubricated bikes and motorcycles. This polymer silane-based invention was named “CCL Technology,” an abbreviation for “Carbon-Carbon Lubrication.”
We, 42SHIELD Finland, manufacture and pack the products in Finland.
