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Global Protective Coatings Market : Development Insight and Manufacturers Challenge Competitors
In August 2017, Induron Protective Coatings announced the launch of “Indurethane Monarch HS”. The product formulated from the latest urethane technology and is compatible with a number of spraying equipments. The product available in a variety of colour is evidence of the company expanding beyond its existing product offerings. Read more

TEXARKANA WATER UTILITIES CLARIFIER REHABILITATION
Texarkana Water Utilities needed to rehabilitate a concrete clarifier in their Millwood Potable Water Treatment Plant in Ashdown, Ark., for the facility to effectively treat the potable water used in the surrounding community. Read more

Tank Lining Technology, Advances offer enhanced corrosion protection and water quality.
As long as steel has been used for potable water storage, linings have been used to protect it from corrosion, says Davies Hood of Induron Protective Coatings. Historically, some of the different types of linings included lead-based paints, coal tar epoxies, and vinyl ester products. Read more

Protective Coatings Market Overview by 2026 with Top Major Players: Induron Protective Coatings, H.B. Fuller Company, Jotun, Kansai Paint Co,Ltd
In this market report, industry patterns are plotted on large scale level which enables customers and the organizations to fathom commercial center and conceivable future issues. This market report achieves the rundown of the top contenders and presents the market insights of the key elements affecting the market. Read more

Project Spotlight: Three-Tank Overcoat at Helena, Alabama
Induron partnered with Garver Engineering and Robinson and Sons to complete a 3-tank exterior overcoat project in Helena, Alabama. Read more

Induron Coatings CEO Celebrates 50 Years With Company
Induron Protective Coatings’ CEO David Hood recently celebrated 50 years with the company. Induron Protective Coatings is a third-generation family-owned manufacturing company with deep roots in Birmingham, Alabama, providing products and high-quality service to that area, as well as national and international markets. Read more (requires login, but registration is simple and free!)

“Or Equal”: Fairness or Failure?
There’s confusing and potentially misleading language abound in construction specifications, and the protective coatings and linings industry is no different. From vaguely worded surface preparation requirements to imprecise coating thickness ranges to references to outdated or discontinued standards to out-of-touch or overly exclusive product requirements, attention to detail — and patience — are always needed when wading through the muck of an unclear specification.
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B2B Sales Insights For Commoditized Markets
Every industry is commoditizing. This is because of the tendency of companies to match competitors’ pricing, quality, timing and product/service offerings. Think about your own experience. When you lose a deal to another provider in your industry, don’t you try to find out why? And after learning what others are doing, you adjust your approach in ways you believe will help win more business.

Seeking Standardization in Coating Specifications for Wastewater Projects
As a technical sales representative for a paint manufacturing firm I have the opportunity to work with specifying engineers and facility owners on projects spanning many different industries. Few industries present the same level of challenge in coatings specification development that one encounters in the wastewater marketplace.
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Trends in Tank Lining
Coating materials, application techniques, and preventative maintenance

Induron Launches Groundbreaking New Product
Induron Protective Coatings, an industrial pioneer of ceramic epoxy coatings for high-performance systems and potable water immersion, announces today the launch of its newest product, Indurlux 9400, a new high-solids, two-component epoxy siloxane. This isocyanate-free, high-gloss finish coat has the corrosion-protective properties of an epoxy and the color and gloss retention of a polyurethane.

Induron Unveils New Epoxy Siloxane Finish Coat
Induron Protective Coatings, a provider of ceramic epoxy coatings for high-performance systems and potable water immersion, announced the launch of the Indurlux 9400 as its newest product.

Epoxy Siloxane Made for Gloss, Protection
A new finish coat from Induron Protective Coatings (Birmingham, Alabama) is made to exhibit both corrosion protection and color and gloss retention without concerns about volatile organic compounds or isocyanates.

Storage Tank Maintenance | Preventative care keeps water safe.
Davies Hood, president of Induron Coatings in Birmingham, AL, explains shelf life and costs of the various types of tanks. Welded steel tanks utilizing modern construction methods have no predetermined “shelf life,” he says.

The Little Black Book of Billionaire Secrets 7 Ways To Make Your Business Stand Out In A Crowd Of Competitors
In a world where the competition regularly claims to be #1, it’s difficult to differentiate and build your own identity. Difficult, but not impossible. Look at big brands like Pepsi, KFC and Zara. They have built their brand identities to command a large share of the market.

10 Tips to Improve that Boring Business Blog
You’re running a business and you’re not just writing a blog for fun. You would like to generate more leads and gain more clients so you earn more income.

Give Your Business A Brand New Look
A fresh coat of paint can completely change the look and mood of an interior space, whether it be a sprawling mansion or an industrial warehouse. Industrial painters affix durable coats of long lasting pigment to an array of surfaces, such as steel, concrete and plastic. In many cases, these surfaces must be primed and prepared extensively before any paint can be applied, which is what makes industrial painting somewhat unique. If high quality industrial paint from a reputable supplier such as Induron is utilized, the results can last up to several decades.

How We Can Improve Our Willpower
Willpower is something that a good portion of society lacks. In some cases, it is lack of support to achieve goals and succeed. For others, it could be that they feel undervalued. There has to be something to look forward to in order for your willpower to improve which also improves efficiency and productivity.

Content Connects: How Top Brands are Using Blogs to Grow Their Customer Base
Starting a blog or adding it to an existing website has quickly become one of the most effective ways to improve search rankings, outreach and increase visitors or customers coming through your site.

Induron Protective Coatings looks to Latin America for opportunity
Third-generation family-owned Induron Protective Coatings is looking at new sales in Latin America after participating in a trade mission in September. Exporting is important to the Birmingham-based company. “If Induron is going to remain a family-owned business for another generation, we really need to be targeting international markets,” said CEO Davies Hood.
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Attracting New Lessees With New Floor
It seemed like an easy enough project: Recoat an existing 2,600-square-foot (241.5 m²) pockmarked floor. And indeed it was, except for the extremely stringent codes and directives from the client, a pharmaceutical company that wishes not to be named. Russ Law, owner of Law’s Custom Floors in Desoto, Missouri, was one of a handful of coatings installers qualified for the job.
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Aqua Pennsylvania’s Bensalem Composite Elevated Tank is the company’s first annual Tank of the Year winner
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Induron Protective Coatings, an industrial pioneer of ceramic epoxy coatings for high performance systems and potable water immersion, announced today that Russell Hicks has joined the company as Coatings Sales Consultant. In his new role, Hicks will lead sales and focus on the firm’s water industry ventures in the company’s key market of Texas.
Kuehl will provide water system consulting services and manage paint crews to ensure project schedules and city budgets are met on a timely basis. Kuehl will also oversee the technical applications as well as manage the sales process and project specifications in Midwest markets.
Induron Protective Coatings is pleased to announce that PE-70, the company’s premier industrial epoxy coating, complies with the California Air Resource Board (CARB) limit for VOC of less than 250 g/l.
Tex Enoch was recognized by the Pennsylvania section of the American Water Works Assoc. (PA AWWA) because of the dedicated service that he has provided to the water industry throughout his professional career.
Induron is honored to have been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Alabama Manufacturer of the Year award, which honors companies in our state who excel in the areas of leadership, performance, profitability and work force relations. The award was given by The Business Council of Alabama and the Alabama Technology Network.
Induron Coatings is proud to introduce Induratar, a new single-component, moisture-cured coal tar urethane coating fortified with micaceous iron oxide, which can extend the T&D painting season.
Induron Protective Coatings, an industrial pioneer of ceramic epoxy coatings for high performance systems and potable water immersion, announced today that John Bickel has joined the company as a leader in Engineering Sales.
Induron Protective Coatings, an industrial pioneer of ceramic epoxy coatings for high performance systems and potable water immersion, announced today that the company has released new product offerings, Ceramapure PL 90 and Indurethane 6600 LC, to service the water and sewage industries.