About
About Emisshield
Emisshield, Inc. manufactures and distributes high emissivity coating systems, the technology NASA developed for spacecraft thermal protection, licensed exclusively in 2001 and engineered since into 40+ products serving industry on six continents. The mission has not changed: conserve energy, enhance production, and reduce carbon intensity in the world's heat-driven industries.
From a NASA License to the Category Standard
The core technology was designed at NASA's Ames Research Center for the X-33 and X-34 space vehicle programs. Emisshield licensed it in 2001 and did what licensing alone never guarantees: two decades of formulation R&D that developed one space-derived material into the next generation product catalog matched to every industrial substrate, metals, refractory, and ceramic fiber, non-toxic, with the strongest adhesion and highest sustained temperatures on the market, proven in hydrocarbon processing, steel and aluminium, glass, power, ethanol, kilns, and crematories. In 2021, the Space Foundation inducted Emisshield into the Space Technology Hall of Fame for that achievement.
Twenty-Five Years of High Emissivity Engineering
Early 1990s
NASA Ames develops the high emissivity material for spacecraft thermal protection, supporting the X-33 and X-34 programs
2001
Emisshield, Inc. licenses the technology exclusively; R&D established in Blacksburg, Virginia; manufacturing near Radford, Virginia
2001 onward
Formulation R&D grows the catalog to 40+ products across metal, refractory, and ceramic fiber substrates
2013
Flare program with Saudi Aramco and other Middle East operators begins; 50+ flares coated since
2021
Space Foundation inducts Emisshield into the Space Technology Hall of Fame; Dr. John Olver the 85th individual inductee
Today
1000+ facilities on six continents through 18 certified distribution partners
Process Heat Is the World's Most Recoverable Waste
Industrial process heat is the world's largest energy bill and its most recoverable waste. Thermal assets operating with low-emissivity surfaces consume fuel they do not need to consume. Making high emissivity the default in fired equipment is both the business and the contribution to lower industrial emissions.
The People Behind the Results
Emisshield's technical claims are attributable to named people. These are the leaders and engineers who formulate the coatings, run the assessments, and sign the published results.
Dr. John Olver
President & CEO
Niels ten Berge
MSc., Managing Director, Channel & Commercial Strategy
Michael Harding
Program Manager
Matthew Gerdes
Global Liaison
Dean Harris
Production Manager
Evelyn Harris
Office and Operations Manager
How Emisshield Engineers Work With Customers
Assessment through the engineering questionnaire, formulation match, certified application, measured verification against baseline. The engineer who models the asset signs the projection; the case study that follows carries the measured numbers.
01
Assess
The engineering questionnaire captures asset design, operating conditions, fuel data, and goals.
02
Specify and apply
Formulation matched to substrate, atmosphere, and temperature; certified crews apply during a planned outage.
03
Measure
Results verified against the plant's own baseline, with an uncoated control unit where one exists.
Location
Headquarters in Blacksburg, Manufacturing near Radford, Virginia
- /Headquarters: 2000 Kraft Drive, Suite 2600, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060, USA. Manufacturing: near Radford, Virginia. Production capacity above 40,000 gallons annually, all US-made.
- /Dedicated R&D department; 40+ products and counting.
- /500+ facilities served through 18 certified distribution partners worldwide.
- /Phone: (540) 961-0999.
Next step
Direct Technical Questions to the Team
The engineers who sign the projections answer the questions.