Year: 2019

Offshore oil and gas operators have to cope with wildly fluctuating economic conditions, so the last thing they need to worry about is corrosion problems. Demands for 20-year corrosion protection, with the minimum amount of […]

Richard Stratton, Principal at Advanced Coating Solutions, lifts the lid on why traditional insulating materials don’t work and can contribute to corrosion under insulation (CUI). There are many historical coating/corrosion/temperature differential problems associated with standard […]

Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has announced the retirement of Joseph F. Harrington after 25 years with Advanced Polymer Coatings. In 1994 he was approached by Don Keehan, Chairman of Advanced Polymer Coatings, to further develop […]

Nouryon has made a series of investments at its metal alkyls plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands to improve efficiency and increase capacity. The projects will enable the company to continue meeting growing demand from customers […]

Worldwide coatings manufacturer Hempel announces the appointment of Nigel Shewring as its new Group Director of Research & Development (R&D). Nigel joins the company to ensure all Hempel’s future innovations deliver clear competitive advantages and […]

The Paint Research Association annual conference will be focusing on Sustainability: Challenges & future opportunities for the coatings industry. The conference, on 10th September 2019 at the PRA headquarters in Melton Mowbray, will take up […]

New developments in graphene additives are addressing regulatory pressures for safer and more environmentally sustainable paints and coatings. Applied Graphene Materials, the producer of specialty graphene materials, say they have achieved significant technological progress on […]

Professional painters can now be more confident about precisely matching their clients’ color choices in seconds, thanks to a new digital Color Sensor developed by AkzoNobel. The small portable device can accurately scan color on […]

Not only are greasy fingerprints on shiny stainless steel surfaces unattractive, they also attack the surface in question. A new nanocoating being developed by Fraunhofer researchers will in the future prevent the annoying smudges that […]

A chromate-free exterior primer developed by AkzoNobel’s Aerospace Coatings business has been newly qualified by aircraft manufacturer Boeing – underlining the company’s ongoing drive to make the aerospace industry more sustainable. Aerodur 2111 is used […]