Delivering new anti-corrosion solutions

Russian Coatings JSC is a leading global player in the development and manufacture of specialised anticorrosive coatings for industry. The company continues to increase its global competitiveness through its scientific development of new products in association with its international partners. Philip Yorke reports.

Russian Coatings JSC was founded 180 years ago when a Russian merchant by the name of Andrei Fedorovich opened a small shop in Tolchkova Sloboda to produce lead-based white paint. The start-up was a success, and subsequently the company grew to emerge as Russia’s most successful industrial coatings company and one that today competes on equal terms with the world’s market leaders.

Russian Coatings is focused on key global markets such as automotive OEM coatings, car finishing systems, decorative and industrial coatings and advanced powder coatings. The company’s strategy is based upon its commitment to R&D and continuing sales of highly adaptable coatings and materials, as well as innovative process technologies.

The company adheres to all the well-known international quality standards for its development, production and sale of products, including ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. Russian Coatings is currently recognised as one of the most stable and fastest-growing enterprises in the Russian paint and varnish industry and plays an active role in both domestic and foreign markets.

unrivalled efficiency

Towards the end of 2019, Russian Coatings made a landmark agreement with another leading Russian brand, Dullak of Vladivostok. This strategic alliance was based upon the provision of logistics and technical support for shipping in the Far Eastern region. Specialised ant-corrosion paints and varnishes, developed and manufactured by Russian Coatings JSC, would be used exclusively for these regions.

Today Russian Coatings JSC is seeking new horizons and is developing a new range of complex anti-corrosion ship paints in partnership with the St Petersburg Institute of Technology, and the country’s Ministry of Education & Science. Following the results of the latest R&D, nine new brands of paints and varnishes will be certified in accordance with the requirements of the Maritime Register, the Navy and River Registers.

The selection of Russian Coatings JSC as Dullak’s partner in the Far Eastern Region is based upon sound parameters. Dullak has been engaged in the provision of complex paint formulas and technical support in the region for more than 20 years.

The latest paint solutions from Russian Coatings offer unrivalled efficiencies in anti-corrosion and flame retardant properties when applied to shipping, reinforced concrete structures, self-levelling floors and much more. In recent years the demand for Russian shipbuilding and ship repair requirements has increased significantly. Added to this, large investment projects are being implemented in the Far East to create modern shipbuilding facilities, which in turn means a significant increase in the demand for specialised paints.

New colour-tinting system

In recent months the demand for its high-tech primer-enamel paint, Prodecor 1201 and 1202 has grown dramatically. In order to satisfy the new demands and to serve its clients more promptly, Russian Coatings JSC has developed a new tinting system and implemented this with is partners. The unique Prodecor tinting

system includes basic primer-enamels of two types; Prodecor 1201 & 1202, as well as 13 universal pigment pastes and a programme for drawing up new formulations. The sophisticated programme also allows customers to calculate the cost of the resulting product in advance.

The use of the latest Prodecor tinting system offers indisputable improvements over the traditional technology involving the production of finished colours. These include low implementation costs and convenient and intuitive software. In addition, the new tinting system offers simplicity in the manufacture of primer-enamels, which does not require large investments in specialised equipment.

With the paint dealerships in Russia covering the whole country, Russian Coatings is able to provide its customers with an opportunity to obtain high-quality anti-corrosion paint in the precise volumes required, without having to refer to the standard Tare volumes. If the consumer needs non-standard colour or in fact any individual shade, then it can be developed and added to the programme. Furthermore, the company’s technical support experts can provide any necessary customer paint-tinting training. moving re-finishing forward

At a major conference held in Azerbaijan in 2018, the car refinish business division of Russian Coatings JSC hosted over 80 guests for a special review of the market and to enhance the company’s leading position in car refinish materials made under its brand.

The company’s R&D centre provided new data on some specific features and key advantages of the advanced refining materials Involved, and focused on new refinish materials such as its ‘express clearcoat’, anti-gravel coatings and ultra-hard polyurethane coatings. For the first time the conference delegates were able to see how these materials looked in detail and familiarised themselves with the specifications of the products and their individual test results.

In the well-attended meeting, discussions were held relating to the high demand for certain products, the quality of primers and clearcoats, as well as the colour palette of metallised enamels and mix components for the company’s colour-matching systems. n

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