Research & Development
Protecting aviation history
When a UK aviation museum asked AkzoNobel to help protect one of its remarkable aviation history exhibits, the last thing on anyone’s mind was recommending an exterior gloss paint supplied the company’s Dulux brand – but that’s exactly what happened.
Heavy-duty coating systems for the protection of offshore wind foundations
A review typical protective anti-corrosion coating technologies used on fixed and floating offshore wind-tower foundations
Remote thickness measurements by drone
GDI has now added the use of the Skygauge drone to its range of marine sector capabilities
Offshore wind foundation protection
A review of typical protective anticorrosion coating technologies used on fixed and floating offshore wind tower foundations by a team from PPG Protective & Marine Coatings
Game of thrones
Greek engineer Eleni Boviatsi has a PlayStation setup as her workstation. Her current throne is in Norway, where she is on a short-term assignment playing with Jotun’s greatest innovation.
Leading the adoption of graphene-based coatings
Pacific Basin leads the largest adoption of graphene-based coating in the dry bulk segment
Big Data predicts vessel performance
A new whitepaper from International shows how its predictive Intertrac Vision tool correlates with vessel performance over a five-year docking period.
PPG unveils ultra low-friction, premium copper-free antifouling coating
Unique surface technology delivers significant emissions savings
AkzoNobel transforms town in Pakistan with the power of paint
Residents of around 1,000 homes in the town of Mustafabad are benefiting from the cooling power of paint
BASF Coatings signs Global Preferred Partnership agreement with INEOS Automotive
For the next three years, BASF will help INEOS Automotive build its global body and paint program focusing on the highest level of industry standards and sustainable refinish solutions
World’s first pilot plant for bio-based Aniline
Covestro is moving forward with the implementation of a unique process for producing the important chemical aniline entirely based on plant biomass instead of petroleum
Chemetall celebrates opening of new global Aluminum Competence Center in Italy
The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF’s Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, recently celebrated the opening of its new Global Aluminum Competence Center in Giussano, Italy.
AkzoNobel completes expansion of its largest powder coatings plant
A major capacity expansion has been completed at AkzoNobel’s Powder Coatings site in Como, Italy
New global patents for C5 corrosion protection
Hexigone Inhibitors has recently been granted patents across several key regions, including Europe, the United States, China, and Indonesia.
AkzoNobel helps turn the tables on sustainability for Aakaar with chrome alternative powder coating
AkzoNobel’s powder coatings business has partnered with Aakaar Iron Creations to help it from chrome plating to a lower environmental impact chrome effect powder coating from Interpon
AkzoNobel performance data reveals that ship owners have saved $8 billion and 41 million tonnes of CO2 with Intersleek 1100SR
The world-leading biocide-free, foul release coating revolutionised the coatings industry when it was launched by AkzoNobel in 2013, and has been applied to more than 3,000 vessels since then.