by ovante5 | Jan 10, 2016 | Post
The Cost of Corrosion: $276 Billion… in 2002. The study, generated by Gerry Koche of DNV-GL, studied 57 industries in the United States and determined the percentage of corrosion costs that each incurred per year. In 2015, that cost is somewhere in the...
by ovante5 | May 18, 2015 | slider
“There’s got to be a better way.” In one aspect, post Katrina construction failed before it even got started. In the rebuilding effort, all of the galvanized steel construction components such as joist hangers, hurricane straps and ties, reinforcing...
by ovante5 | May 18, 2015 | slider
Sun Tzu said “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” Many coatings seek to “win out” against the things nature throws at them. The ecomère coating endures. The elements pound, grind, and burn paint. ecomère absorbs and...
by ovante5 | Mar 30, 2015 | slider
“The Splash Zone”, that in-between environment that leaves a substrate immersed or exposed, wet or dry, baking in the UV. For 13 months, Storm Greeter was washed by waves and roasted in the coastal sunshine. No rust. No corrosion. For 13 months, marine...
by ovante5 | Mar 30, 2015 | Post
For years industry professionals concerned with the cost and effect of corrosion have warned of a coming tsunami. As infrastructure ages they have sounded a clarion call, through NACE and IEEE, that something must be done: Something new. The Call: NACE: The Cost of...
