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NDUSTRY NEWS
Akzo Nobel Announces New CEO
https://www.european-coatings.com/articles/2022/07/akzo-nobel-announces-gregoire-poux-guillaume-as-new-ceo
AkzoNobel Announces €20 Million Investment and Creates New Jobs in France
https://www.akzonobel.com/en/media/latest-news—media-releases-/akzonobel-announces-20-million-euro-investment-and-creates-new-jobs-in-france
Hempel Protecting Steel Structures in the Oil and Gas Industry from Corrosion
https://www.hempel.com/de-de/Markets/oil-and-gas/technical-articles/protecting-steel-structures-industry-from-corrosion
AkzoNobel Opens New Performance Coatings Facility in Thailand for Marine Coatings
https://www.aftermarketnews.com/akzonobel-opens-new-performance-coatings-facility-in-chonburi-thailand/
Independent Coating Consultancy with a Unique and Comprehensive Understanding of Protective Coatings in the LNG, Oil & Gas, Mining, Infrastructure and Marine Sectors
https://www.excelplas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Excelplas-A4-Brochure-4pp-Coating-NTs.pdf
Jotun Say Steel Corrosion Can Now Be a Thing of the Past
https://www.bicmagazine.com/resources/sponsored-content/steel-corrosion-can-now-be-a-thing-of-the-past/
LATEST RESEARCH
Organosilane-Functionalized Graphene Oxide-Epoxy Nanocomposite Coating: Corrosion Performance and Self-Healing Properties
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2051-672X/ac7edb/meta
Novel Multilayer Structural Epoxy Composite Coating Containing Graphene Oxide and Silanized Chromium Carbide for the Protection of Steel Structures
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11998-022-00643-9
Ce-loaded Silica Nanoparticles in the Epoxy Nanocomposite Coating for Anticorrosion Protection of Carbon Steel
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ACMM-03-2022-2629/full/html
Corrosion Behaviour of Epoxy/Polysulfide Coatings Incorporated with Nano-CeO2 Particles on Low Carbon Steel Substrate
https://meridian.allenpress.com/corrosion/article-abstract/doi/10.5006/4116/483299/Corrosion-behavior-of-epoxy-polysulfide-coatings?redirectedFrom=PDF
Developing Epoxy-based Anti-Corrosion Functional Nanocomposite Coating with CaFe-Tolyl-triazole Layered Double Hydroxide@g-C3N4 as Nanofillers on Steel Substrate Against NaCl Corrosive Environment
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1385894722031114
Electrochemical and Mechanical Investigation into the Effects of Polyacrylamide/TiO2 in Polyurethane Coatings on Mild Steel Structures in Chloride Media
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361945355_Electrochemical_and_mechanical_investigation_into_the_effects_of_
polyacrylamideTiO2_in_polyurethane_coatings_on_mild_steel_structures_in_chloride_media
COATINGS FAILURE ANALYSIS
Failure Analysis and Investigation of Protective Coatings in Mining, Marine Offshore Oil & Gas Chemical Plants, Energy Infrastructure and Bridges (Ask the Experts)
https://www.excelplas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Excelplas-A4-Brochure-4pp-Coating-NTs.pdf
Critical Questions for Protective Coatings for Asset Protection in Oil & Gas, LNG:
- Why is the coating not stopping corrosion?
- Why is the coating delaminating or blistering?
- Has the coating been correctly specified / applied?
- Does the coating meet the manufacturing standard, including properties such as correct hardness/cure, adhesion and thickness?
- What surface preparation and atmospheric conditions must be achieved to successfully apply the coating?
- Does the coating have any defects in it? How will these affect performance?
- Why did the coating fail? Root cause assessment.
- How can the coating be successfully repaired/remediated so that it doesn’t fail again?
ExcelPlas Labs can answer these questions
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