November 2018 Vol. 4

PCN – Communicating Advances In Protective Coatings Globally in Real Time

Leading Source of Industry News on Protective Coatings for Oil &Gas, Pipelines, Marine and Construction


Jotun Delivered Increased Sales in the 2nd Tertiary
https://www.jotun.com/no/en/corporate/media/news/jotun-increased-sales-in-the-2nd-tertiary.aspx

Carboline Company Acquires Strathmore and American Coatings Brands
http://www.carboline.com/news-events/carboline-company-acquires-strathmore-and-american-coatings-brands/

Dulux Delivers Solid Profit Growth
PDF: http://www.duluxgroup.com.au/news/duluxgroup-delivers-solid-profit-growth
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/dulux-paints-a-54-profit-lift-to-1507m/news-story/6cc90c2b44587345847a2eeb5db0d9e4

New Web Portal Dedicated to Protective Coatings News (Current and On Trend)
https://www.coatingsnews.com/

The Next Generation of Flexible Passive Fire Protection Epoxy Coatings
https://energyindustryreview.com/oil-gas/the-next-generation-of-flexible-passive-fire-protection-coatings/

PPG launches New Fire Protection Coating
http://www.oilreviewmiddleeast.com/hse/ppg-launches-new-fire-protection-coating

International Paint Alert – The Importance of Adequate Ambient Cure for High-temperature Coatings for Oil and Gas
http://images.info.international-pc.com/Web/InternationalPaintLLC/%7Bdaaddf0c-411f-4d41-8219-64fda014c94d%7D_The_importance_of_ambient_cure_for_high-temperature_coatings.pdf

The Performance Effect of Coating Rusty Steel With an Epoxy-Phenalkamine Coating (by International Paints)
https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/NACE-2018-11067

AkzoNobel Announces ‘Paint the Future’ Challenge
https://www.coatingsworld.com/contents/view_breaking-news/2018-11-12/akzonobel-announces-paint-the-future-challenge

2019 Coatings Conference (Florida 11-14th February 2019)
http://www.sspc2019.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2019_Prelim.pdf

NACE Updates Board of Directors
https://nace-foundation.org/about/board-of-directors/

14TH PIPELINE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE 19-21 MARCH 2019, ESTREL CONVENTION CENTER, BERLIN, GERMANY
https://www.wire.de/vis-content/event-witu2018.tube/exh-witu2018.2548365/Tube-2018-EITEP-GmbH-Paper-witu2018.2548365-ahec0hI5QpGksoBtQFAkAg.pdf

IPN Polysiloxane-Epoxy Resin for High Temperature Coatings: Structure Effects on Layer Performance after 450 °C Treatment
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/7/12/213

Damage Assessment of the Corrosion-resistant Performances for Organic Coating Systems after Accelerated Tests using Analytic Hierarchy Process
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1350630718302279


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