WHAT’S NEW
Major expansion of Jotun’s fire protection coating R&D facilities Global paints and coatings manufacturer Jotun, one of the
ensuring differing certification and environmental requirements
major providers of intumescent fire protection coatings for
are met within each market. Strategic investment in regional
the infrastructure and energy industries, has announced the
intumescent research, development and testing facilities span
completion of major expansion of its Global Intumescent R&D
Norway, United Arab Emirates, China, Korea, USA, and Malaysia.
Laboratory to advance new product innovation and technologies.
Jotun’s enhanced capabilities across its network of intumescent
This ambitious expansion more than doubles the size of the
R&D facilities represents a significant milestone in its drive to
Flixborough Global Intumescent R&D facility (United Kingdom),
advancing fire safety through research and development. Its
aiming to increase Jotun’s product development and fire testing
growing team of dedicated scientists and industry specialists
capacity and capabilities. The new facilities will accelerate the
are capable of engaging with fire protection authorities, global
development of new innovations and more advanced products,
regulators and certification bodies providing guidance on testing,
whilst providing additional certification support to Jotun’s existing
certification and material performance.
product range.
A testament to this commitment was illustrated earlier this
Jotun is determined to gain market share in this industry by
year when Jotun unveiled its latest advance in intumescent
accelerating development of new and advanced technologies.
coatings, Jotachar JF570 XT - a patent pending all-climate capable
Its aim is to enter new markets through wider certification and
intumescent coating, designed to protect oil, gas and energy
regional product customisation in line with rapidly changing
installations from fire and cryogenic spills, in even the most
market requirements. This ensures its customers assets are fire
extreme environments.
protected to latest regulatory requirements and materials deliver
James Irving, R&D Manager Intumescent Coatings, said: “When
high performance for their specific location.
we opened the Global Intumescent R&D Centre in 2016, our
Originally constructed in 2016 and now expanded to 2,900 m ,
vision was for a facility that could evolve to support our customers
the enhanced facility increases capacity and capability for Jotun’s
across the globe as their structural fire protection requirements
ongoing development of intumescent fire protection coatings:
become more complex and regionalized. We are delighted with
SteelMaster for steel structures within the infrastructure market
this major extension, more than doubling the size of our facility, we
and Jotachar for vital assets in the energy industries. The one-year
are now ready to further enable the development of fire protection
expansion program included the installation of new furnaces, with
coatings and technologies to meet these requirements. Our
associated application and conditioning facilities, combined with
Intumescent R&D team is expanding rapidly. These new facilities
new analytical, environment simulation and mechanical testing
will allow our scientists, technicians, and industry specialists to
facilities.
reinforce our position as a global innovator in this safety-critical
Supported by Jotun’s R&D headquarters in Sandefjord, Norway,
area of the coatings industry. This expansion is a key part of
the enhanced global hub in Flixborough will continue to focus on
Jotun’s ambitious strategy to increase market share and grow
leading edge R&D projects, driving breakthrough intumescent
sales of intumescent coatings by developing a global network of
coatings technology.
intumescent R&D facilities with Flixborough as the hub.”
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In addition to the Global Intumescent Laboratory in Flixborough, Jotun has cemented its commitment to localised innovation
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The paints of Teknos used to coat a nuclear power plant The Finnish paints and coatings manufacturer Teknos has
Olkiluoto 3 – owned by Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) and supplied by
recently announced that its products have been employed to
the Areva-Siemens consortium – is the second EPR-type power
coat the steel and concrete surfaces of Olkiluoto 3, a nuclear
plant to be completed in the world, with a capacity of 1,600 MW.
power plant unit located in the municipality of Eurajoki (Western
These kinds of assets must be managed safely throughout their
Finland). The company also provided technical support for the
entire life cycle, so there are also special requirements regarding
project.
the coatings applied.
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