Save the Date for Cortec’s 2023 Asia-Pacific Sales & Strategy Meeting! August 1, 2023We are excited to announce our 2023 Asia-Pacific Sales & Strategy Meeting (APSM), scheduled for November 8th-10th in Singapore! This year’s event is especially meaningful because it is our first in-person APSM in five years. After an extended [...]
Save the Date for Cortec’s 2023 Latin America Sales & Strategy Meeting! July 31, 2023 We are pleased to announce that our next Latin America Sales & Strategy Meeting (LASM) will be held October 4th-6th in the beautiful city of Florianopolis, Brazil! We invite all Cortec® reps and distributors [...]
New Chemist Set to Take Cortec® Coatings to the Next Generation July 27, 2023 We are pleased to welcome our new Coatings Chemist, Jake Hemberger, to the team! After a careful search to fill a niche position, Cortec® has selected Jake as the right man for the job of [...]
Need a New Sustainability Initiative? Get Creative with Heat Sealable Paper! July 25, 2023 These days, people are looking for new ways to make their packaging more environmentally responsible while still getting the packaging qualities that they need. Sustainable sourcing is attractive on the one hand, and recyclability is [...]
VpCI® in the Music World – Corrosion Protection of Musical Instrument Strings July 25, 2023 What does Cortec® VpCI® Packaging have to do with music? It could have a lot to do with the musical instrument string supply chain that makes it possible for guitars, violins, pianos, and harps [...]
Add Flash Rust Prevention to Your Parts Washer! July 20, 2023 Bulk parts washing is a normal part of manufacturing. When that involves metal components, as in the auto industry, two considerations become especially important. Cortec® addresses both with its non-foaming, flash rust inhibiting VpCI®-418 LM. Prevent Flash Rust [...]
Here Come EVs with More Computer Chips! Use This for Maintenance July 19, 2023 If you thought there were already too many computer chips in your car, be prepared for more! Along with the growing EV (electric vehicle) market, it is estimated that new EVs will have 3,000 or [...]
Filling in the Gaps of Cased Pipeline Corrosion Protection July 14, 2023 Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) techniques have reduced the number of new cased pipeline crossings installed under roads. However, that does not eliminate the fact that hundreds of thousands of existing cased pipelines around the world still have [...]
How to Select the Best Cortec® Rust Preventative for Your Needs July 13, 2023 Just because one Cortec® product is a great rust preventative (RP) does not mean that it is the best choice for every application. In fact, Cortec® offers a variety of rust preventatives with specific characteristics [...]
Pelješac Bridge Wins Prestigious Engineering Award! July 12, 2023The Pelješac Bridge, a monumental structure for the nation of Croatia, recently won the prestigious Gustav Lindenthal Medal at the 2023 International Bridge Conference presented by the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania. The award recognizes outstanding bridge engineering achievements that demonstrate qualities such [...]
