Nippon paints add hydrogel to anti-fouling range

Nippon Paint Marine is incorporating Hydrogel, already used in the company’s LF-Sea 150 HyB and A-LF-Sea range of hull coatings, in its Ecoloflex SPC 200 range. Ecoloflex SPC 200 LF has been specifically developed to provide the wider commercial shipping sector with a...

Flexcrete coating going strong after 30 years

Independent testing carried out at the VINCI Construction Technology Centre in Bedfordshire has officially confirmed that Intercrete 4841 (formerly Flexcrete’s Cementitious Coating 851) provides an effective barrier against chlorides lasting at least 30 years....

New Head of Process & Analytics

Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has hired Mr. Haibo Zhong as Head of Process and Analytics, a newly created department. He will work closely with a number of other APC departments and functions to establish and refine processes and techniques. APC is a world leader in...

Making the aerospace industry more sustainable

Product innovation aimed at making the aerospace industry more sustainable has resulted in the launch of a new chromate-free exterior primer developed by AkzoNobel and Airbus. Newly qualified by Airbus and now included in the aircraft manufacturer’s...

Architectural powder coating gains flex

Customers who use architectural powder coatings no longer have to make a choice between applying a product that’s either superdurable or flexible – because thanks to AkzoNobel, now they can have both. Interpon Structura Flex is the first and only powder...