• 2008 APRIL
  TFT introduces SINK-NOT 350.
  Thin Film Technology has added a custom formulated closed cell flotation foam designed for hydrocarbon service to its product line as a permanent solution to leaking pontoons on floating roof tanks.  SINK-NOT 350 resists absorption or damage from crude oil, gasoline,  naphtha, xylene or other hydrocarbons.  Click here to view the entire April News Release PDF or click here to see the SINK-NOT 350 Product Data Sheet.

• 2008 APRIL
  TFT announces ASEAN Distributor.
  Thin Film Technology in Houston, Texas has been working closely with CorroServ (M) Sdn. Bhd. based in Kuantan, Malaysia for several years. TFT products, well-known for their uniquely field-friendly properties are particularly useful in the moist, tropical climate of Malaysia. Properties such as pot life and cure time have been optimized for tropical service, and the formulations are manufactured and sold under the “CORRODUR” label.  Corrodur products are distributed by UMW Coating Technologies throughout the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) region.  For more information, email Arvi Rengasamy at arvi.rengasamy@umw-oil.com or go to their website at http://www.umw-oil.com.
   

• 2008 MARCH
  TFT introduces BIO-WRAP 999.
  Thin Film Technology has added a custom engineered composite fabric tape to its product line for use with TFT underwater adhesives such as BIO-FIX 911 and BIO-DUR 561.  BIO-WRAP 999 is composed of a 3-ply fabric that stretches across its width but remains almost rigid lengthwise.  The combined properties yield an impermeable, highly adhesive membrane that can even be installed under water, but unlike conventional crack sealing systems, it will not fail under tension or compression caused by movement of the crack.  Click here to view the new product data sheet.

• 2007 DECEMBER
  TFT announces 7.5% price increase.
  Thin Film Technology has been forced to increase all product and service prices 7.5% effective February 1st, 2008.  This follows several years of absorbing rising costs in every commodity and raw material we purchase.  If you have any questions about pricing, contact Jeff Longmore (jeff@thinfilmtech.net).

• 2006 NOVEMBER
  TFT underwater products and corporate progress  highlighted in Magazine Article, "DIVING DEEP: The Development and Evolution of Underwater Coatings", by Jeff Longmore, Coatings Pro Magazine, November 2006, pp.49-53.  Click here for copy of entire article (PDF - Acrobat Reader Required).

• 2006 SEPTEMBER
  BIO-DUR 560 has successfully passed DBA (LOCA) nuclear testing.  In the tests, BIO-DUR 560, a lower viscosity version of BIO-DUR 561, was applied under water by pressure roller supplied from a plural component application unit.  This is very significant because it opens the door to substantial underwater applications in critical areas of nuclear plant cooling systems without the need to drain those areas for coating maintenance.

  TFT works exclusively with Underwater Construction Corporation of Essex, CT on nuclear underwater coating applications.  Underwater Construction Corporation was the contractor responsible for the 12,000 square foot underwater spent fuel pool application described in Case History #51.
   

• 2006 AUGUST
  Raw Material prices continue to soar.  The latest raw material to come under heavy price and availability pressure is epoxy resin.  Epichlorhydrin, (ECH), a key ingredient of just about every epoxy resin made, is in extremely short supply around the world.  Availability of BisPhenol A, (BPA), another key ingredient of the bulk of epoxy resins, is also extremely tight following declaration of force majeur at a major European BPA manufacturing plant.  Add to this the strong world demand for epoxy products and the inevitable net result is escalating price increases and even suggestions of allocations in the future.

  TFT has taken steps to counter this situation by making advance purchases to cover our demand over the next few months and will continue to monitor the situation in order to assure uninterrupted production of our finished materials.
   

• 2006 MAY
  TFT BIO-DUR 561 featured in Magazine Article, "Quick Fix - Nuclear Sub Back in Service" by Jack Innis, Coatings Pro Magazine, May 2006, pp.24-32.  Click here for copy of entire article (PDF - Acrobat Reader Required).

• 2006 MARCH
  TFT product featured in Magazine Case History, "A New Face on an Old Problem" by O. P. Williams, First Hydro Company, Wales, UK; JPCL Magazine, March 2006, pp.16-18.  The case history describes a 4-year search for the right product to repair Stwlan Dam in North Wales.  (See excerpts from the article below.)

One product seemed to be too good to be true. The weather was rough and the water level was high when it was applied, with application by roller continuing below the cold waves. “No problem,” said the applicator. “No way!” retorted Bryn Williams, First Hydro’s assistant civil engineer. When he returned the next day with company civil engineer Owen P. Williams, Bryn expected to see the whole panel washed off, certainly where applied under water. But the trial was intact, and showed no sign of tidemark at all – three years later, it still doesn’t .

In conjunction with no waste and no visual contamination of the lake water on first submergence, First Hydro considered the epoxy to clearly be the best performer. Despite its higher unit cost, it was also evaluated to be the best overall value. Accordingly, the product was specified for all the remaining joints on the dam.

What was this miraculous product?  BIO-GARD 257 UK created by TFT as a Heavy-Duty "Winterized" Moisture-Tolerant Anticorrosive Coating.  For a PDF copy of the full JPCL magazine article, click here.

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