The Naval Architect February 2010

EquipmEnT
offers 78% volume solids, lower VOC and applica- with vehicle manufacturers, distributors and other
tion direct from the can without thinning. With the partners focusing on leading edge lubricant technol-
aluminium content maintained at higher than 9%, ogy support, development and training.
Intershield 300HS will continue to deliver the same
outstanding corrosion control the shipping industry Contact Castrol Marine Limited, Chertsey Road,
has come to expect. Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, TW16 7LN, UK.
Also, Intergard 7600 is a light coloured, pure Tel +44 1932 762000
epoxy universal primer providing good abrasion Fax +44 1932 762999
resistance. It offers excellent application proper- www.castrol.com
ties, low temperature workability and true long
term overcoating intervals with no requirement for Lifesaving
surface roughening.
Intergard 5600 and Intergard 5620 complete the
SeaSafe gets
range. The light coloured, epoxy universal primers
better equipped
have evolved from Intergard 403 and Intergard 423
technology. The products have excellent spraya- SeaSafe has invested a six figure sum in new lifejacket
bility all year round and have proven long term manufacturing equipment at their Cowes factory.
anticorrosive performance with an extensive track SeaSafe Systems Ltd has invested a in new
record. machinery for making lifejacket lungs. By bringing
this specialist technology in-house it means they can
Contact International Paint Ltd, Stoneygate Lane, make and assemble all parts of a lifejacket at their
Felling, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE10 0JY, UK. large factory on the outskirts of Cowes. SeaSafe are
Tel +44 191 469 6111 best known for their range of coats and jackets with
Fax +44 191 438 3711 concealed lifejackets, worn by professional mariners
www.international-marine.com the world over, with a coat range called Voyager
featuring a hidden lifejacket now available to recrea-
Lubricant Technology tional and racing sailors.
Castrol invests in

Contact SeaSafe Systems Limited, Mariners House,
Shanghai
Mariners Way, Somerton Business Park, Newport
Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 8PB, UK.
Castrol Marine has announced it will be developing Tel +44 1983 282388
a dedicated lubricant technology centre in China. Fax +44 1983 282399
Located in the Jinqiao Science Park in Shanghai, the E-mail factory@seasafe.co.uk
technology centre will focus on the development www.seasafe.co.uk
of lubricant technology for the marine industry. It
will also support Chinese businesses that operate Safety
overseas.
The technology centre will feature state of the
Two in one safety
art analytical and lubricant development laboratory
solution from ESAB
areas, a training facility and high-tech conference
centre. It follows on from Castrol’s recent launch of ESAB has announced it will now stock a type of
a tote tank offer at Guangzhou, China hat adaptor that will save the wearer the time and
Luigi Tedesco, sales director for Castrol Marine, bother of changing safety wear for different working
said: “This investment reinforces Castrol’s commit- situations.
ment to its Chinese customers and consumers and is The Hard Hat Adaptor has been developed for sites
a key part of our strategic plan to expand our business where welders need to use both a hard hat on health
in China. Together with our research and develop- and safety grounds as well as a welding helmet. The
ment centres in the United Kingdom and Germany, equipment is ideal for use in areas such as shipyards
the new technology centre will give us a world class and construction sites, where fear of falling objects
capability to meet the unique and exciting challenges requires a hard hat, simultaneously with welding
of the Chinese market and the wider ASPAC region, equipment, becomes an issue.
both now and in the future. Shanghai was chosen The hard hat adaptor is simply attached to a
because it is easily accessible for our customers and New-Tech Helmet, after the removal of the internal
partners and we believe we can recruit talented head harness, in a matter of seconds.
scientists and engineers locally.” For total flexibility, the hard hat adaptor can be
The new technology centre will be fully utilised with any of the New-Tech range of auto
operational by the end of 2010 and will initially darkening welding helmets which features the latest
employ up to 20 Chinese and international scientists technology developed by ESAB. All four models
and engineers. This team will work collaboratively in the range are lightweight and well-balanced to
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