Anticorrosion Coatings for Metal: One Size Does Not Fit All December 9, 2022 The metal coatings industry is dominated by large corporations that provide a wide selection of outstanding paints but may be too rigid to cater to special application needs. Every coating application has specific parameters, but often, [...]
Cortec® Corporation USA Acquires 100% Ownership of Cortec® Southeast Asia Technologies Pvt Ltd. in Singapore from Joint Venture Partner December 7, 2022 Cortec® Corporation, the global leader in VpCI®/MCI® corrosion control technologies, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Cortec® Southeast Asia (CSEA) offices in Singapore. CSEA is now a [...]
How and Why to Start an Organics Recycling Program with Eco Film® December 1, 2022 At the beginning of 2021, Cortec® Corporation, a manufacturer of corrosion inhibitors in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, started its own in-house organics recycling program. The unique aspect of this program was its use of [...]
Croatian Specialty Chemical Plant Goes 100% Solar Powered! November 24, 2022 Corrosion protection manufacturer, CorteCros®, daughter company of Cortec® Corporation, is proud to announce that its manufacturing facility in Split, Croatia, is now almost fully solar powered. The company installed new solar panels for energy production last month and [...]
Minimizing Cost of Corrosion: Budgeting for Industrial Asset Preservation November 22, 2022 What happens when a simple pump fails at an oil and gas facility and all the backups are rusty? While a pump may be one of the least expensive assets on site, the ultimate price tag of [...]
VpCI® Film: The Metals Storage Solution That Goes Beyond Corrosion Protection November 22, 2022 No matter how incidental and secondary they seem, storage and warehousing are integral parts of everyday industrial activity. However, storage of metal parts and equipment presents many pitfalls due to the possibility of corrosion. In [...]
Take One Step Closer to the ‘Circular Economy’ with Commercially Compostable VCI Film November 18, 2022 More than 20 years ago, Cortec® developed and patented biodegradable VCI film. Today, that legacy lives on in the latest version of Eco-Corr Film®, a certified commercially compostable film wrap for metals packaging. [...]
Easy Corrosion Protection in Superyacht Void Spaces November 16, 2022 While most of the world’s population will never make it aboard a superyacht, chances are that corrosion will find its way into one (or more) of the voids on these multi-million-dollar pleasure vessels. Corrosion from humidity condensation is common [...]
Remove Coatings, Oil and Grease Economically, Easily and Safely while Adding Patented VpCI® Corrosion Protection! November 16, 2022 Corrosion is an expensive and persistent problem that must be carefully handled in a step-by-step process. Most metals become extremely contaminated with heavy rust, scale and hydrocarbon deposits. These contaminants must [...]
Using VCI Film to Take the Corrosion Concerns Out of Metals Shipment November 8, 2022 When manufacturers package metal equipment or components and send them off to a new destination, they are putting the items at the mercy of the shipping company and the unpredictable environment through which they [...]
