Week of Festivities in Croatia! Lunch and Gala Dinner with Ines and Boris January 18, 2022 Last week our CEO, Boris Miksic and his wife Ines hosted a New Year’s Gala Dinner party in Hotel Westin in Zagreb. They invited their guests to enjoy together a wonderful evening and [...]
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Rusty Rebar with Proper CorrVerter® MCI® Application January 17, 2022 Since rusty rebar is often the culprit of concrete deterioration, it must be removed or passivated before concrete repair. Otherwise, serious adhesion or re-rusting problems could cause the repair to fail. The tips below will [...]
MCI® Resilience in Countering Construction Material Shortages January 11, 2023 The last two years have been a supply chain roller coaster. In the concrete sector, this surfaced in numerous reports of ready-mixers facing shortages of calcium nitrite or other materials used to enhance concrete durability. The story has been [...]
Take a New Approach to Garbage Disposal Maintenance This Year! January 10, 2023 Probiotics are a growing segment in the health food industry, touted for their immune and digestive system benefits. But what if these same natural mechanisms could be harnessed for their benefits in cleaning applications such as [...]
Cortec® CEO Boris Miksic and Wife Ines Join the Mayo Legacy! January 5, 2023 What began as a small home business 45 years ago in Hugo, Minnesota, has now led to the placement of Cortec® CEO Boris Miksic’s name alongside those of the Mayo brothers and other philanthropists on [...]
How to Mitigate Rebar Corrosion in Precast Concrete January 4, 2023 Precast concrete is a high-quality building material with countless uses: for bridges, parking ramps, light poles, culverts, prefab houses, tanks, and much more. Since precast concrete is made and cured in a controlled environment, it has a low [...]
BioCorr® HP: Convenient Rust Prevention for Automakers and Their Suppliers! December 28, 2022 What if the auto industry had a biobased rust preventative that could go on almost any auto part at any stage in the manufacturing process without requiring removal later? Cortec® brings the exciting possibilities of such [...]
Three Cortec® Coating FAQs to Learn From December 28, 2022 Do you ever have questions about good surface prep and coating adhesion when working with direct-to-metal coatings? Cortec’s Technical Service Manager, Rick Shannon, recently shed light on some frequently asked questions (FAQs) that come up when talking with Cortec® [...]
Have You Ever Considered Using VpCI®-369 for Dip Tanks? December 22, 2022 VpCI®-369 is one of Cortec’s most popular wet film corrosion inhibitors, used in spray applications around the world. But have you ever considered using VpCI®-369 for dip tanks? One major global equipment manufacturer decided to do so [...]
New Demo Video from Cortec®! How to Check Coating Cure December 21, 2022 Have you ever been applying a coating out in the field and wanted to know if enough time had passed to apply the topcoat? Our newest demo video shows how to do a quick solvent rub [...]
