The gas industry has unique protective coatings requirements that need to encompass health and safety, security of supply, productivity, asset safeguarding for fire protection, metal corrosion, chemical and high temperature resistance, insulation requirements, cryogenics, pipeline and storage security.

International® Protective Coatings supplies high performance protective coatings in Australasia and forms part of Akzo Nobel, a market-driven, technology based company specialising in coatings and chemicals.

The protective coatings division supplies innovative coatings to the mining, oil and gas, water and waste, power, rail and infrastructure markets for both new construction and maintenance projects.

Globally, International has supplied coating and passive fire protection solutions to major oil and LNG projects, including Woodside’s North West Shelf Project and Goodwyn A Platform, and Origin Energy’s Kupe Gas Field Development in New Zealand. The company has also supplied coating solutions to LNG projects in the United States and Europe.

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International has achieved successful supply to these projects and many others, thanks to a worldwide network of key account sales personnel, supported by a core competent technical service team ensuring all needs are met – from initial engineering advice and specification, right through to the final sale.

The International portfolio has products specifically designed to meet the demands of the gas/LNG industry. These include:

  • Intertherm® CSA – for heat/cyclic heat resistance
  • Chartek® – for passive fire protection
  • Interfine® – for a highly durable polysiloxane topcoat
  • Interzone® – for abrasion/immersion resistance
  • Interline® – for tank linings
  • The rapid cure Intercure® and Interseal® ranges.

In addition, ongoing development and adoption of novel technologies means International® now supplying Interfine 1080 (single pack polysiloxane), Intercure® 99 (direct to metal polyaspartic primer finish) and Polibrid® (elastomeric polyurethane lining system) into the Australasian marketplace.

Furthermore, recent Akzo Nobel acquisitions have enhanced and completed the high performance coatings and lining on offer to the gas industry, and include Enviroline® (specialised coatings for tank linings), Ceilcote® (multi-layer systems suitable for extremely harsh environments) and ICI Devoe® (general corrosion coatings).

Akzo Nobel is the world’s largest supplier of coatings, with 60,000 employees in 80 countries. Widespread worldwide operations enable global partnerships with the assurance of successful testing to global standards such as NACE, ISO, NORSOK, UL and API.