Articles by Satzuma-Creative

A leading galvanizing business has completed a multi-million pound project to create the biggest bath in Yorkshire. Humber Galvanizing has increased capacity by as much as 50 per cent thanks to a major expansion that […]

Watching paint dry just got interesting. That’s because AkzoNobel is developing a hi-tech coating which paints itself onto surfaces by harnessing energy from daylight. Once a small amount has been manually applied, the pioneering coating […]

Protecting wooden building facades against fire just got easier – and more efficient – following the launch of a new coatings system which has been specially engineered by AkzoNobel. The fast-drying Sikkens system is the […]

Work to renovate an historic Victorian landmark has taken a major step forward – thanks to help from a galvanizing business. Volunteers have begun a long-term project to restore the 130-year-old Queen’s Pier, in Ramsey, […]

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has launched a next-generation multifunctional additive, Ethylan EF-60, which enables formulators to ensure low temperature storage stability of VOC-free water-borne latex paint products. “Consumer demand is driving the industry to […]

HMG Paints Ltd, the UK’s largest Independent paint manufacturer, has announced the launch of a revolutionary, one visit application, commercial vehicle topcoat. Acrythane 4G is a high gloss, high solids acrylic polyurethane coating developed to […]

by Perry Poppelaars – MD of Sustainable Coating Solutions Ltd – Distributor for Steelpaint in the UK My coatings career started in 1984 with Devoe Coatings, an American manufacturer of marine coatings and the first […]

One of the world’s leading corrosion protection companies has completed a unique conversion to lead-free galvanizing. Wedge Group Galvanizing Ltd made the bold decision to eliminate lead from its process at all 14 of its […]

by Jonathan Falder of HMG Paints. Jonathan is a 5th generation paint maker in family business HMG Paints Ltd. and a member of the royal institute of Chemistry. His primary role is technical business development. […]