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FORM & FUNCTION
A durable floor system and a turbine repaint help update a hydroelectric power plant in southeastern Ohio. |
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A MILLION-PIECE PUZZLE
Perhaps the most telling feature of the new Meramec Wastewater Treatment Plant is that the plans alone for the project weigh 62 pounds. |
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CLASS OF THE SEA
Marinette Marine measures up to some high performance standards during the construction and painting of a new warship. |
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BRUSH AND ROLLER COASTER
Take a behind-the-scenes look at one of many U.S. amusement parks and it’s not unusual to see Baynum Painting on the job.The Covington, Ky.-based contractor has made amusement parks a specialty. |
Industrial Color
| In heavy industrial settings, what workers need is the visual equivalent of a cool drink of water. |
Market Focus
| Quick turnaround remains high priority in petrochem projects. |
New Products
| Site SurveyTM software program, innovative solutionsto MVE concerns, and more |
Ask the Expert
| Coatings for Galvanized,Using Water-Based Epoxy, and Coating a Rusted Steel Tank |
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I listened to a painting contractor talk recently
about the various industrial coatings projects he
had under way. In addition to application issues, he
also spent as much time discussing safety
planning, logistics coordination and various other
details that were going into the projects.
In the end, the application of paint is what a
facility owner hires a contractor to do. But the success of an
industrial painting project depends on multiple levels of
coordination and execution as much as it does the application
of paint.
New technologies continue to shape the industrial coatings
industry, and the benefits are being shared both by owners and
contractors. For owners, systems that once promised five to sevenyear
life cycles now offer 10 or more. For contractors, projects that
required three coats now require two, or in some cases, a single coat,
offering the savvy contractor a competitive advantage and the ability
to tackle more projects at higher operating margins than ever before.
But as the roles of contractors, owners and specifiers have evolved,
so has ours as a supplier partner.Our services transcend the
manufacture and delievery of coatings and include the expertise of
more than 200 technically skilled industrial and marine field personnel
capable of providing guidance and input for all of your projects.No
longer do our new technologies apply only to our coatings.Programs
such as Site Survey - a proprietary software program that will help
facility managers forecast their maintenance coating needs (page 24)
- show that our research and development team is capable of
innovation well beyond that which we put into a can.
Your projects present a variety of complexities and challenges.
Partnership with Sherwin-Williams Industrial & Marine Group can
help you manage them.
John Morikis, President
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Paint Stores Group
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