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Jotun Achieves New Sales Record of NOK 19,652 million in 2019 – An Operating Profit of NOK 2,320 Million is also Jotun’s Best Result Ever
https://au.news.yahoo.com/record-sales-time-high-result-160000264.html
Corona Virus Halts Chinese operations for Jotun (Breaking News)
https://www.tradewindsnews.com/briefs/record-result-for-jotun-but-virus-halts-chinese-operations/2-1-755764
Record Sales and All-time High Result for Jotun (Breaking News)
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/record-sales-and-all-time-high-result-for-jotun/
Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Q4 Earnings and Revenues Miss Estimates
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sherwin-williams-shw-q4-earnings-132501324.html
Akzo Nobel Targets Rival-Beating Growth (Breaking News)
https://au.news.yahoo.com/akzo-nobel-targets-rival-beating-073404827.html
Hempel Appoints Katarina Lindström As Chief Operating Officer (Breaking News)
https://www.coatingsworld.com/contents/view_breaking-news/2020-02-27/hempel-appoints-katarina-lindstrom-as-chief-operating-officer/
EU Officially Lists Titanium Dioxide White Pigment in Paints as a Suspected Carcinogen by Inhalation
https://www.paintsquare.com/news/?fuseaction=view&id=22137
Anticorrosion Resistance of a Self-curing Epoxy Nanocomposite Coating Based on Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Loaded with Perfluorooctyl Triethoxysilane
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/app.49072
EIS Study of Epoxy Paints in Corrosive Environments with a New Filler: Rice Husk Ash
https://iranjournals.nlai.ir/1469/pdf_382194_0a63c26e0056237c3d1d08944cf2483b.html
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ExcelPlas Coating Testing Labs (Melbourne) are a leading NATA laboratory for evaluating protective coatings using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to measure water ingression and detect early signs of coating failure, before being visually manifested. ExcelPlas also has UV test chambers running and environmental chambers to evaluate coated test panels under total immersion conditions.
http://www.excelplas.com/coatings-testing
Development of Protective One Coating Systems for Steel
https://www.european-coatings.com/Raw-materials-technologies/Technologies/Development-of-a-protective-one-coating-systems-for-steel
Mechanical and Corrosion Protection Properties of Polymer–Clay Nanocomposite Coatings for Mild Steel in Marine Environment
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007-2Fs42247-020-00073-6
Highly Dispersed Graphene Oxide–zinc Oxide Nanohybrids in Epoxy Coating
https://www.european-coatings.com/Raw-materials-technologies/Technologies/Highly-dispersed-graphene-oxide-zinc-oxide-nanohybrids-in-epoxy-coating
Highly Dispersed Graphene oxide–Zinc Oxide Nanohybrids in Epoxy Coating with Improved Water Barrier Properties and Corrosion Resistance
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11998-019-00245-y-wt-mc=alerts.TOCjournals&utm-source=toc&utm-medium-email-utm-campaign-toc-11998-17-1
Chinese J-15 Aircraft Carrier-based Fighter Jet Gets New Anti-Corrosion Paint
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-02/28/content_9754258.htm
NACE Protective Coatings Workshop (March 17-18, 2020)
https://naceinstitute.org/blogs/webmasternaceorg/2020/02/11/highlight-on-coatings-events-at-corrosion-CommunityKey-edb7dd3e-4f06-47a2-92c2-9cf411239282-tab-
This newsletter is brought to you by ExcelPlas Coating Labs (http://www.excelplas.com/)
ExcelPlas Labs provides independent testing, analysis and investigation on protective coatings to prevent corrosion.
ExcelPlas has extensive analytical capabilities for testing of Protective Coatings and Insulation Consulting for major oil and gas companies.
We conduct corrosion surveys, coating sampling, coating analysis and testing to ensure coating specifications for a wide range of onshore and offshore clients in Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region.
ExcelPlas Labs offer a full range of coating testing and analytical services to Australia’s mining, oil, gas and infrastructure sectors.
Forensic analysis for undertaking various coating based failure investigations and problem solving.
ExcelPlas Undertakes Analysis & Testing of Polymer Coating Systems including:
• Epoxy Protective Coatings
• Epoxy-Phenolic Protective Coatings
• Fusion bonded epoxy (FBE)
• Dual-Layer Fusion bonded epoxy (DLFBE)
• Liquid applied epoxy (LAE)
• Abrasion resistant overcoat (ARO)
• Three-layer PE (3LPE)
• Multi-component liquid spray (MCL)
• Heat shrink sleeves (HSS)
Testing on Coatings that ExcelPlas can Undertake includes:
• Coating identification by Infra-red Analysis (FTIR)
• Degree of Cure by Thermal Analysis (DSC)
• Coating Filler Identification by X-ray Analysis (EDS/XRD)
• Coating Microstructure by Embedding, Polishing and Optical Microscopy (OM)
• Coating Thermal Stability and Composition by Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)
DSC – Phase transition/volatiles / Tg / degree of cure/characterisation
TGA – Volatile compounds, inorganic mass % mix ratio
Element mapping for chlorides on paint flakes
Microscopy -Count layers and thickness of layers
-Assess porosity and voids
-Check distribution and orientation of filler particles
Condition monitoring and analysis of corrosion prevention coatings (epoxies, epoxy-phenolics)
http://www.excelplas.com/
Testing of Epoxy Coatings (LAE, FJC, FBE), heat shrink sleeves and tapes, barrier tapes and meshes.
http://www.excelplas.com/