In less time than it takes to buy a pair of socks, the barrel-vault roof that covers the City Creek Center mall in Salt Lake City, UT, can completely disappear from view, leaving an open-air concourse spanning two city blocks.
More than seven million homeowners in North America each year are faced with the decision to replace a worn-out or leaky roof, and most still choose traditional roofing materials on the recommendation of contractors, neighbors and family. Garnering more attention since the year 2000, however, is a migration toward prepainted metal roofs.
Speakers presented the most recent trends and innovations in the electrocoating industry at ECOAT14, which was held April 22-24 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando.
A breakthrough in coatings for corrosion under insulation (CUI) in the petrochemical market has been unveiled for Europe, Middle East and Africa by Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings.
Commercial trailer and agricultural machinery manufacturer Krone officially opened its new trailer factory in Turkey, and CTI Systems was hired to supply material-handling equipment and to coordinate and implement the entire installation.
NASA conducted tests of corrosion preventive compounds in a study titled “The Behavior of Environmentally Friendly Corrosion Preventative Compounds in an Aggressive Coastal Marine Environment.” The tests were conducted at NASA’s atmospheric test station at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
On April 14, members and leaders of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT), representatives of the Finishing Contractors Association International (FCA), local political leaders, and U.S. Army leaders gathered for the graduation of five military members from the new Painters and Allied Trades Veterans Program (PAT-VP).
Researchers at University West in Sweden have started using nanoparticles in the heat-insulating surface layer that protects aircraft engines from heat.
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