Real-world performance data compiled from ships applied with AkzoNobel's International® brand Intersleek® 1100SR shows the coating has slashed ship fuel bills. The product is a biocide-free fouling control coating featuring patented slime-release technology that tackles micro-fouling on ships’ hulls.
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is strengthening its position as a leading manufacturer of active biocidal ingredients and formulations with the acquisition of Itibanyl Produtos Especiais Ltda.
Chromaflo Technologies, Ashtabula, Ohio, has adjusted the biocide package used in waterborne colorants, ahead of the regulatory changes concerning methylisothiazolinone (MIT) in the European Union.
Swedish biotech innovator I-Tech AB has developed a new drop-in, dust-free dissolvable packaging system to enhance the way the antifouling active agent Selektope® is added to marine coatings during the manufacturing process.
