About Swissvax

Swissvax is a Swiss manufactory for premium car care with a strong international following among automotive enthusiasts, collectors and concours participants. Several premium car manufacturers trust Swissvax to develop and produce dedicated care products for their own brand programmes.

The Swissvax System covers the complete care cycle for automobiles and yachts: washing, cleaning, polishing, sealing and conditioning – all products harmoniously coordinated with each other.

Like many exceptional products, Swissvax was born at the kitchen table of a family. The old "Anwander" drugstore in Zürich served as both laboratory and production facility – here, company founder Hans Anwander filled the first tins of Carnauba wax, originally for his own use only.

Today, every product is made exclusively by hand in our manufactory in Fällanden at Lake Greifensee and filled tin by tin. Our formulations simply don't allow for industrial production – and we wouldn't want it any other way. When it comes to our passion for producing the finest waxes and care products, we make no compromises.

Until 2009, Swissvax was also known as Swizöl.

The Swissvax secret lies in the exceptionally durable Carnauba wax formulations, which are created from double-walled microparticles after a production process lasting several hours – a technique known as microencapsulation.

Swissvax waxes contain no abrasives and can be applied to all types of paintwork: on modern water-based paint systems, on nano paints, on self-healing clear coats and even on classic nitrocellulose lacquers. The Swissvax System consists of two steps: pre-treatment with Cleaner Fluid and sealing with Carnauba wax. Both are effortless to apply by hand and leave no white residue on rubber, trim or edges.

Carnauba is the hardest, purest, most transparent and most expensive natural wax in the world. It is harvested from the upper leaf surfaces of the Brazilian fan palm Copernica prunifera and classified by colour and clarity. Only the rarest quality – Grade One Carnauba – is used for Swissvax formulations.

The level of gloss rises directly with the Carnauba content. While conventional car waxes contain 3–5% Carnauba, Swissvax formulations offer 30–81% by volume – one of the highest concentrations available worldwide.

Conventional polishes merely polish the surface to a shine while the lower layers of paint dry out and slowly starve. Swissvax Carnauba formulations – enriched with oily extracts of passion fruit, orange, avocado and vanilla – actively nourish the paint and restore its original depth of gloss. The result is the distinctive deep "wet look" that collectors and automotive enthusiasts around the world recognise instantly.

The Swiss reputation for quality and precision is reflected in every Swissvax product. For more than three generations, the family behind Swissvax has been privately passionate about automobiles and boats – a first-hand understanding of the demands of vehicle care that shapes every formulation we develop in Fällanden.

We are convinced that car care must be simple. Because only simple routines become regular routines – and regular care is the prerequisite for a perfectly preserved automobile.

The right products alone don't guarantee a perfect result. Only the right sequence and the right technique make the difference. That's why we supply clear application instructions with every product – and our Experience Workshops in Fällanden show you every step in practice.