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Cost-effective and Energy-smart Coating 06.09.2010

Painting is an important part of the manufacturing process of steel structures and equipment. The effects of paint coating on product look, quality and cost of surface treatment are well known. Less attention has been paid to the environmental, energy and lead-time effects of the selected painting system.

As part of Tikkurila’s service concept, technical documentation is intended to serve our customers in an effective and user-friendly manner.

More extensive than ever before, our floor coating selection now includes a conductive floor coating system comprising Temafloor 310 ESD epoxy primer and solvent-free Temafloor 4000 ESD epoxy screed. Together, these products form a floor coating that conducts or removes static electricity.

In the manufacture of industrial products, the significance of colour design and colour marketing has been increasing for some time. In addition to brand-specific colours, customers seek highly visible, individual and distinctive products.

Painting systems ensuring long-lasting protection for construction in most demanded off-shore atmospheric.

Environmentally friendly and polyurea-based Temasolid SC 60 and Temasolid SC-F 80 represent the latest paint technology and Tikkurila’s many years of experience. Furthermore, Temasolid products, fulfill demanding customer’s requirements; cost-efficiency, low VOC emissions and excellent anticorrosion properties.

The NORSOK M-501 standards, developed by the Norwegian oil industry, set requirements for pretreatment, painting methods and protective coatings for structures which must withstand highly demanding conditions. These standards’ testing methods are therefore the most demanding on the market.

Temalac SC-F, an anti-corrosive, is designed as an alkyd-based single coat.

New attractive shades with a metallic shine are widely used for painting industrial applications.

ZAO Enran is a diversified Ukrainian company that manufactures windows and furniture. Its business interests also include construction, investment, communications, transportation and trade. Enran has been active in the Ukrainian market for over 15 years.

Many different finishes are available for changing and creating the final look of furniture. Stains have been used on wood surfaces for years because they give wood a sophisticated colour while leaving the grain visible.

New polyurethane-based Novipur paints and lacquers have been developed for wood surfaces that require presentability as well as excellent durability. Novipur products are ideal for use on furniture at home, in hotels, offices, kitchens, bathrooms and public areas.

Do you want a surface that glows? Tikkurila Pearl glazes and paints give you fantastic effects on both wood and metal surfaces.

The Maritime Centre Vellamo in Kotka, Finland, is a breathtaking architectural accomplishment and a unique building that houses the Maritime Museum of Finland, the Kymenlaakso Museum, and the Maritime Centre Vellamo.

Opened in October 2008, the Talvivaara mine is one of Europe’s largest sulphide nickel deposits. The mine also intends to produce copper, zinc and cobalt.

The importance of coating concrete floors in parking garages has long been a talking point in Poland, as coated concrete flooring provides good protection against chemical and mechanical stress.

Temacoat SPA Primer is designed as a primer or an intermediate coat for steel structures and equipment. It has a high solid content, which means lower solvent emissions compared to traditional epoxy paints. In addition, this higher solid content improves cost efficiency.

The product development of paints is progressing by leaps and bounds on various fronts. Nano particles are being used to improve wear resistance, while additives and binders are being employed in the creation of functional coatings. Paint coatings can also be used to impact on energy consumption. Even self-mending paint coatings have been developed under laboratory conditions.

We started a renewal project in autumn 2008 to build a product range offering higher quality and greater added value to our customers.

Temafloor PU is a new, solvent-free two-component polyurethane coating intended for floors that are exposed to mechanical and chemical stress in industrial and storage facilities where a more flexible and impact-resistant coating than epoxy is required.

Tikkurila, which is responsible for Kemira's paints and coatings business, has developed in cooperation with Phoseon Technology a new ultraviolet light (UV) curing coating method UVITEC® 2D for two-dimensional objects such as parquet boards, doors and other furniture components made of wood or wood-based materials.

Tikkurila Coatings has, together with its technological partners Finnish Sasmetor and German BASF AG, developed an economical coating method UVITEC® which is based on water-borne UV curing products and a new UV curing device.

Pinja for wood surfaces 07.02.2007

Wood can be used in variety of applications and it offers excellent workability both indoors and out.

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