BB&T, with financial centers
in 12 states and Washington,
D.C., is looking to strengthen its visibility and position
in the Tampa Bay and Gulf Coast regions through the tournament. BB&T is
also the local presenting sponsor of the
Wyndham Championship PGA TOUR
event in Greensboro, N.C.
“This is a premier tournament at a
world-class facility and BB&T is delight-
ed to enter into this partnership which
helps local organizations that benefit
from Copperhead Charities,” said Ken
Coppedge, BB&T West Florida Region
President. “BB&T is committed to help
keep this event in the Tampa Bay area.”
The Valspar Championship has been
part of the PGA TOUR schedule since
2000.
“We are excited to partner with
Valspar as our new title sponsor and
BB&T as local presenting sponsor to
continue a proud history of supporting
area charities and delivering the very
best in professional golf to benefit Tampa
Bay through the Valspar Championship,”
said Larry Morgan, general chairman of
Copperhead Charities.
Domestically, Golf Channel and
NBC Sports will televise the Valspar
Championship. Kevin Streelman is defending champion.
IFS Coatings Launches New
Logo and Website
IFS Coatings, a manufacturer of powder
coatings, has launched a new logo and
website. According to the company, the
new logo builds on the company’s unique
position and history while extending its
branding in new markets.
IFS Coatings ( ifscoatings.com) new
website features improved design, function, and performance.
International Paint Sees
Significant Uptake in
New Fouling Control
Technologies
International Paint announced that its
two latest hull-coating technologies have
already made a significant impact on the
market within months of their launch in
March. Designed to address the indus-
try issues of predictability in antifoul-
ing performance not seen since the days
of tributyltin and the difficult issue of
slime fouling on ships hulls, the two new
technologies - Intercept 8000 LPP and
Intersleek 1100SR - were launched to
improve vessel operating performance,
increase efficiency and reduce fuel costs
and emissions.
Since March 2013, Intersleek 1100SR
has been applied to 52 vessels with 45
contracted and 27 under negotiation
across all main classes, including container, cruise, LNG, Ro-Ro, and tanker
vessels. Intercept 8000 LPP has been applied to 44 vessels with 10 contracted and
a further 32 currently in the pipeline, and
has seen significant take-up with containers, proving the expectation that this
is aimed at being the most eco-efficient
product for this class.
Paul Robbins, marine marketing director at International Paint said: “The
popularity of Intercept 8000 LPP and
Intersleek 1100SR so soon after their
launch reflects the growing awareness of
the economic importance of underwater
hull condition, driven by sustained high
bunker prices, lack of liquidity in the
market and increasing environmental
regulation.
“Using innovation to meet these challenges, as well as the drive to create more
sustainable operations is rapidly becoming a strategic priority for businesses. It is
also clear that customers want access to
a choice of products, and a broad range
of fouling control solutions that provide
increasing and scalable levels of eco-efficiency benefits depending on their budgets and commitment to sustainability,”
he said.
“Advanced hull coatings are the most
widely used eco-efficiency technology
within the shipping industry,” Robbins
continued. “And as a market leader, it is
our mission to introduce new innovations
and technologies that drive operational,
cost and environmental efficiencies for
our customers and help guide them
through the sustainability cycle.”
Intercept 8000 LPP is a new patented
biocidal antifouling revolutionizing pre-
dictability in hull coating performance
and Intersleek 1100SR is the industry’s
first patented biocide free slime release
technology, helping solving the market’s
$28.6 billion ‘slime challenge.’
Based on LUBYON technology,
Intercept 8000 LPP, provides custom-
ers with consistent and predictable lin-
ear polishing, enabling ship owners and
operators to plan and budget effectively
throughout the dry-dock cycle of the
vessel.
The unique LUBYON technology
gives the coating a ‘superhydrophilic’
surface. When the coating is immersed,
the seawater has a lubricating effect, resulting in less friction. This reduces drag
and increases vessel efficiency giving average fuel consumption and associated
emissions savings of 5 percent annually
compared to typical controlled depletion
polymer antifoulings. The coating also
swells on contact with seawater, helping
to smooth out imperfections and potentially further reducing drag.
LUBYON technology also reacts with
seawater via a constant active zone releasing only the optimum amount of biocide
over the scheme life to control fouling
settlement. Critically, this biocide release
rate is largely unaffected by seawater
temperature meaning Intercept 8000
LPP has total trading flexibility and can
operate across global trading routes and
through all seasons. Unlike typical silyl
and metal acrylate antifoulings Intercept
8000LPP replicates the linear polishing of
the benchmark tributyltin based coatings
meaning total predictability with the polishing rate remaining constant throughout the in service period.
Designed for the deep-sea market at
newbuilding and maintenance and repair, the coating has been extensively
monitored with in service performance
validated on multiple vessel types including containers, tankers, bulk carriers and
LNGs representing over 4 million dwt.
In March 2013, International Paint
also launched Intersleek1100SR, the
shipping industry’s first biocide free, fluoropolymer technology that tackles the
market’s age-old ‘slime challenge’. Slime,
a complex, varied and dynamic organism
which begins to colonise surfaces as soon
as they enter the water, has been proven