Canusa-CPS and Neptune Research Inc. (NRI) recently signed a preliminary reciprocal sales and marketing agreement covering specific products manufactured by both companies. NRI manufactures a line of products branded under the Syntho-Glass® name which consist of a fiberglass mesh that is pre-impregnated with a moisture cure polyurethane resin

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X. -L. Zhang, X. -H. Zhao, and Y. -G. Wang et al.
An electrochemical in situ detection sensor for grounding grid corrosion was developed. Because the auxiliary electrode used to polarize the working electrode was encapsulated into an insulation cavity (carbon steel), the polarization current was made to flow through the pinhole to the working elec ... [Corrosion 66 076001 (2010)] published Thu Jul 01, 2010.

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R. S. Lillard, G. Vasquez, and D. F. Bahr et al.
Sufficiently high concentrations of nitrate (NO3−) additions to chloride (Cl−) solution resulted in the elimination of slow rise metastable pitting transients and, correspondingly, localized corrosion inhibition in Type 304L (UNS S30403) stainless steel (SS). In comparison, the nucleation frequency ... [Corrosion 66 075004 (2010)] published Thu Jul 01, 2010.

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K. N. Allahar, D. Wang, and D. Battocchi et al.
The protection of metallic structures by organic coatings has traditionally been as a barrier, reducing the transport of water, ions, and oxygen from the environment to the substrate. Organic coatings are also used as repositories for corrosion inhibitors, which passivate the substrate, and metalli ... [Corrosion 66 075003 (2010)] published Thu Jul 01, 2010.

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M. Adeli, K. Raeissi, and M. A. Golozar et al.
General and pitting corrosion of 2205 duplex stainless steel (UNS S32205) in acetic acid (CH3COOH) solution containing 0.01, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.5 M sodium bromide (NaBr) was studied using cyclic potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and scanning electron microscop ... [Corrosion 66 075002 (2010)] published Thu Jul 01, 2010.

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Z. Wang, E. Han, and F. Liu et al.
Linear phenolic-epoxy polymers were cured with diaminodi-phenyl sulfone (DDS), metaphenylene diamine (m-DPA), and phenolic aldehyde amine (PAA), respectively, to prepare several anti-corrosion materials that are coating components. The effect of different curing agents on energy of activation (Ea a ... [Corrosion 66 075001 (2010)] published Thu Jul 01, 2010.

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K. D. Ralston and N. Birbilis
Grain refinement is known to lead to improvements in strength and wear resistance. Inherent processing involved in grain refinement alter both the bulk and the surface of a material, leading to changes in grain boundary density, orientation, and residual stress. Ultimately, these surface changes ca ... [Corrosion 66 075005 (2010)] published Thu Jul 01, 2010.

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AkzoNobel has sold its National Starch business to Corn Products International for $1.3 billion. The transaction, which has been approved by the boards of both AkzoNobel and Corn Products International, is expected to close at the end of the third quarter of 2010. Corn Products International is a global provider of ingredient solutions for diversified industries based in Westchester, Illinois, in the U.S. National Starch—a subsidiary of the former ICI —was taken over by AkzoNobel as part of its acquisition of ICI in January 2008. While it was regarded as an excellent business, according to AkzoNobel, the board of concluded that National Starch did not offer sufficient opportunity to create value within the company's transformed coatings and specialty chemicals portfolio. In April 2010, it was announced that AkzoNobel had received renewed expressions of interest in National Starch, which had accordingly been reclassified as a discontinued operation. National Starch is a recognized innovator in food ingredients and specialty starches. The company had 2009 revenue of $1.2 billion from sales of specialty starches to both local and multinational customers in the food, papermaking, consumer and industrial markets. It has 2,250 employees around the world and operates 11 plants in eight countries.

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International Paint has opened a new, worldwide product development laboratory in Singapore. The new laboratory, which is situated in the Tuas industrial zone to the west of the island, will focus on the development of the next generation antifouling and foul release technology. The new laboratory will have 20 chemists working in modern facilities with the latest equipment for measuring and assessing antifouling performance.

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MetoKote Corporation has opened a €6.5 million coating center in the Friesenheimer Insel area of Mannheim, Germany, that will begin production in July 2010 and will supply electro-deposition coating (e-coat) on tractor components for Germany's leading manufacturer of agricultural equipment, John Deere.

Located approximately nine kilometers (5.5 miles) from John Deere's European headquarters and tractor assembly facility, MetoKote's 11,500 square meter (near 124,000 square foot) site features an advanced e-coat operation, capable of coating multiple substrates including steel, and aluminum and iron castings.

The line's all-spray, zinc phosphate pretreatment, and 61.6 cubic meter (17,000 gallon) e-coat tanks are able to process components up to 0.91M x 1.83M x 3.5M (3' x 6' x 11.5') in size and transport them through the line by way of its "power-and-free," non-synchronized, overhead conveyer system. The cathodic e-coating system has two-color capability. Maximum coating capacity for the line is 2.2 million square meters (23.7 million square feet) per year. At full capacity the facility can employ up to 50 team members. 

MetoKote's Mannheim coating operation meets all required environmental compliance regulations with its own integrated waste-water treatment center that can process six cubic meters (1,585 gallons) of water per shift. An inherently eco-friendly process, e-coating reclaims 98% of its material, returning it back to the operation. The facility also boasts a solar panel roof which will return 0.18 megawatts of electricity back to the Mannheim grid on an annual basis. The facility begins initial operations in support of John Deere; however, MetoKote will expand its coating services by supplying e-coat to other customers in the region. MetoKote has access to an additional 12,500 square meters (three acres) of land for future expansion.

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