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ship and experience to our marine team and will play an important
part in helping us reach our target of becoming the leader in the
marine segment.”
Last fall, Sherwin Williams Protective & Marine introduced rapid
curing technology to reduce the application time and labor costs for Jotun’s HullKeeper, a proactive
steel protection in Europe. hull optimization program.
With comparable color and gloss retention to a polyurethane
topcoat, the Sherwin-Williams Envirolastic 2500 system can be
applied as a single or multi-coat system, resulting in faster shop
throughput when compared to a traditional two-pack coating
system, the company says.
“The Envirolastic 2500 system combines the best properties of a
two-coat or three-coat protection system for steelwork, while taking
production throughput to the next level,” says Alex Sandilands,
product manager at Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine.
The product offers anti-corrosive protection for up to 25 years. Hempel’s Enström says the company’s new marine structure will
The polyaspartic direct-to-metal coating also features durable allow it to increase the value it delivers to customers around the
UV stability and low VOC content suited for use on a range of infras- world, whether in terms of solutions or services.
tructure projects, including bridges, port machinery equipment, “Hempel already has a strong technology platform and set-up,” he
process vessels, storage tanks, and biomass plants. says. “We want to build on this, one step at a time, and become the
Clearly, some of the best growth opportunities are a collaborative trusted partner to our customers by helping them achieve efficiency
process between customer and supplier. and sustainability targets in their day-to-day operations.” n

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