Oil, gas and water industries are the major contributors to a worldwide network of more than 25,000 km of pipelines every year, with demand continually rising. A projected $11.63 billion will be spent on coating these lines by the year 2020. Long service lifetimes,...
The exponential growth of wind power shows little sign of slowing down. Oil price fluctuations and shale gas have dented growth in the US, but subsidies continue to support new installations. Europe, China, India and South Africa are major growth areas. By nature, the...
AkzoNobel has finalized the acquisition of BASF’s global Industrial Coatings business, which supplies a range of products for industries including construction, domestic appliances, wind energy and commercial transport, strengthening its position as the global...
The long-awaited publication of the International Standards Organisation guidelines for measuring hull and propeller performance has now been published. Initial hopes for the ISO suggested that it might provide a means of comparing the efficiency of hull coatings,...
Subsea Industries have announced that the Océan Taiga, North America’s most powerful ice-going tug, will feature the Ecospeed coating system. The vessel is owned by Groupe Océan, who already use the hard coating on nine of their other vessels. Groupe Océan’s first...
