NEWS ALERT: Join Us at AMPP 2024 to Celebrate Boris Miksic’s 50th Year in the Industry!

It is almost time for AMPP 2024, and this year is extra special! We invite you to join us at the March conference in New Orleans as we mark a special milestone for Cortec® founder and CEO, Boris Miksic, FNACE: 50 years in the corrosion control industry!

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Pierre Crevolin, President of NACE International, delivers the Frank Newman Speller Award to Boris Miksic, FNACE during NACE Expo 2004

Over the last 50 years, Boris has had 66 patents issued to his name and has played a prominent role in the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE, now AMPP). Boris has chaired NACE symposia and task groups, helping to develop important industry test standards. His findings on Vapor phase Corrosion Inhibitor Technology have been published in AMPP’s Corrosion: The Journal of Science & Engineering. He is listed as an author on 35 NACE/AMPP papers and 16 articles published in AMPP’s Materials Performance magazine or supplement. He won the NACE Frank Newman Speller award in 2004, the same year Cortec® Corporation received the NACE Distinguished Organization Award in New Orleans. Boris has also lectured at NACE conferences as far away as Quito and Abu Dhabi.

In addition to congratulating Boris on this anniversary and listening to his remarkable stories from a half century in corrosion control, you are encouraged to take advantage of the upcoming conference to connect with our sales and technical team for product and technology updates. As usual, AMPP 2024 will also have an almost endless menu of technical content from industry leaders. We especially look forward to having several of our laboratory and technical staff members present papers at various symposia. Cortec® topics are as varied as corrosion in gearboxes, VCIs in compostable film, biobased technology, CUI protection, and flash rust inhibitors in cleaning fluids.

We hope to connect with many of you and, together, to expand our understanding of industry needs and possibilities as we reconvene with thousands of corrosion prevention professionals. Register today and let us know you are coming!

AMPP Annual Conference 2024
March 3rd–7th, 2024
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, LA
Booth #1311
www.ampp.org

Keywords: AMPP 2024, Cortec, corrosion control, Boris Miksic, biobased products, flash rust inhibitors, corrosion in gearboxes, VCI compostable film, corrosion prevention, corrosion conferences

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NEWS ALERT: VpCI®-372 Peelable Coating Protects Against Rust and Scratches

Do you ever wish you could apply corrosion protection to a metal surface for just a few days, weeks, or months and peel it off when the protection was no longer needed? Cortec® helps you do that with VpCI®-372 peelable coating.

VpCI®-372 Peelable Coating

VpCI®-372 is a water-based corrosion inhibiting coating that can be applied directly to metal for protection in sheltered conditions. It also serves as a light barrier against physical abrasion. At the end of the protection period, VpCI®-372 can be peeled off by hand and discarded as solid waste, revealing the protected surface below. It offers excellent UV resistance and can be matched to some custom colors. VpCI®-372 has a low VOC of 0.2 lbs/gal (24 g/L) and can be applied by spray, dip, brush, or roll.

The special characteristics of VpCI®-372 allow it to have a variety of creative uses. Some ideas are as follows:

  • Temporary protection of metal parts during shipment
  • Storage of aluminum boats and other large equipment
  • Masking of parts during large painting jobs
  • Protection of non-porous surfaces (e.g., windows and doors) from scratches and nicks on the construction site

An extra thick version, VpCI®-372E, is available for use on dynamic profiles such as splines, threads, or machined areas.

If you have a metal surface that needs temporary protection against corrosion and abrasion, and you want to be able to remove that protection at any time, consider using VpCI®-372 for the job. Contact Cortec® for more information and to discuss your specific temporary rust prevention needs.

Keywords: peelable coating, coatings for metal, anti-rust coating, anti-scratch coating, Cortec, Cortec Coatings, shipping metal parts, equipment storage, masking film for construction site, peel-off paint for metal

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