Industry first for International Paint
Michael Hindmarsh (right), business development manager, International Paint,
receives the Intershield 300 Type Approval Certificate from David Howarth, global
technology leader, Lloyds Register.
International Paint Ltd. has been
awarded the first Lloyd’s Register IMO
PSPC (Performance Standard for
Protective Coatings) Type Approval
Certificate for its Intershield 300—an
abrasion resistant, aluminum pure
epoxy coating.
“We have always supported the introduction of a standard that would help
increase the service life of coatings for
seawater ballast tanks and directly contribute to improved safety of life at sea,”
said Mike Hindmarsh, worldwide
marine business development manager,
International Paint. “We’re particularly
pleased that the first Lloyd’s Register
Certificate has been awarded to our premium anticorrosive, Intershield 300 and
are confident that with a proven, twenty
year track record on over 5,600 vessels,
this product will continue to provide the
very highest levels of newbuilding productivity and in service performance”.
The PSPC and the Type Approval
Certification process places new responsibilities on coatings manufacturers to
ensure that all coatings designed for use
in dedicated seawater ballast tanks in
all types of ships and double side skin
spaces of bulk carriers, meet strict performance requirements. To comply, coatings must either pass stringent laboratory testing or be subjected to inspection and confirmation that the coating
has provided a minimum of five years
‘Good’ in service performance or that the
coating has existing B1 Marintek
approval. In addition to this, the coatings manufacturer must meet the
approved supplier criteria for each supply location as set out in IACS UR Z17
and PR34. This includes the provision
that if the manufacturer makes coatings
in different locations under the same
product name then infrared identification shall be used to demonstrate that
the coating is of the same high quality
and specification.
Only if these requirements are met
will Lloyd’s Register issue Type
Approval Certification.
AKZO NOBEL
OPENS PLANT IN DUBAI
Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings has
opened a facility in Dubai. The new factory is the company’s first manufacturing site in the United Arab Emirates.
The investment, which represents an
acceleration of the company’s Middle
East growth plans, follows on from the
recent acquisition of ICI and underlines
the strategic importance of the region to
the powder coatings business.
“As the world’s largest coatings
company and the global leader in
powder coatings we are committed to
expanding in key markets around
the world,” said Akzo Nobel CEO
Hans Wijers. “This investment will
therefore ensure that we further
establish ourselves at the heart of an
