A competitive edge with colours 25.10.2011
Colours generate a positive sense of the quality of a product. People often go for the one that pleases the eye when choosing between products with the same technical properties. Despite this, industrial production does not yet fully exploit the opportunities provided by shapes and colours for improving products’ competitiveness.
Tikkurila’s water-borne paints used for living quarters module on Caspian Sea offshore platform 19.10.2011
It was the company's impressive track record in supplying water-borne systems in demanding environments that led to Tikkurila AB winning the contract with Apply Emtunga AB to provide a paint solution for a living quarters module on an offshore platform in the Caspian Sea.
Fontemal – heat-resistant paint 18.10.2011
Fontemal contains a silicone-based binding agent, which enables the product to withstand temperatures of up to 500 ºC. The paint is suitable for steel and aluminium surfaces, and for coating cast-iron fireplace doors and sauna stoves in particular. Other applications include ovens, steel flue pipes, and vehicle exhaust pipes.
VOC directives applicable to the paint and coatings industry 17.06.2011
In recent years, emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have been discussed extensively. As the issues have not lost any of their weightiness, it is perhaps time to examine briefly the requirements laid down for coating installations in EU directives.
Faster curing with Temadur SC-F 80 14.06.2011
Many customers have already found the benefits of the new fast curing Temadur SC-F 80. The popularity of this product is based on its versatile technical properties, as it can be used either a single-coat finish for agricultural and earth moving machinery and other equipment, or as a topcoat in epoxy/polyurethane paint systems for surfaces exposed to weathering and chemical stress in storage tank exteriors, steel framework and other steel structures.
