Armourcote Malaysia is proud to have been chosen for the coating and painting of a Petrobras project, through Aker Malaysia. Aker Malaysia has secured the project to machine 10 Xmas tree spool bodies and related production wing blocks, for the Brazil oil and gas market, through Petrobras.

Armourcote Malaysia, will fully service this project with phosphate, Molybdenum Disulphide, thin film coating and 3 coat epoxy paint systems. This project has been awarded due to Armourcote Malaysia’s ability and willingness to fulfil Aker Malaysia’s scheduled expectations, over the last 6 months, on 2 Xmas Tree spool bodies for the Petronas KANOWIT project and 3 Xmas Tree spool bodies for the Ya Cheng project. This reflects Armourcote Malaysia’s position as being Aker Solutions’ preferred supplier of surface coatings to satisfy the stringent operating conditions within that region.

Perry Slingsby Engineering are to use Armourcote 3600 on the HMS Ambush, an astute class nuclear submarine. Our Technical and Quality Manager, Ian Beckwith, assisted by our Sales Engineer Andrew Priestley, have guided Perry Slingsby’s design team over a 12-month period. The Armourcote treatment is intended to prevent corrosion on the submarine's boom arms.

Surface Technology are delighted to announce that we have recieved approval from JCB for the use of Armourcote 5700 across all their heavy duty vehicles.

Surface Technology have worked in partnership with JCB for several months in order to gain this approval and Sales Director Andrew Courtney tells us it has been a worthwhile activity.

"We are now the preferred supplier for coating all pivot pins on the heavy duty JCB vehicles, which is great recognition for us as we believe that Armourcote is still a leading surface coating. It is great that JCB now recognise that too."

Martyn Crowther -Technical Director - Surface Technology Group

We are delighted to announce that Martyn Crowther has accepted the newly created role of Technical Director for the Surface Technology Group.  Martyn has been with the Group for nearly 30 years and in that time he has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience of the surface coatings industry.

Martyn will act as the product and operations technical authority for the Surface Technology Group and its customers. He will advise on associated technical and operational considerations as well as supporting new business development opportunities.He will also be charged with making recommendations for improvements to maximise efficiency in all plant installations as well as providing technical support when new services or operations are introduced at any of our plants, in order to provide customers with optimum service, delivery and product satisfaction.

Andrew Millington - Managing Director– Surface Technology, Leeds.

We are also pleased to announce that Andrew Millington will take on the role of Managing Director for Surface Technology, Leeds as of 1st December 2010.

Andrew has a proven track record in our industry.  He brings with him significant depth and breadth of experience in both technical and commercial fields.

Andrew joined Armourcote earlier this year as Commercial Manager.