ENDURES Ensuring sustainable endurance by research
The company’s 12 employees are divided into 4 groups of expertise: Corrosion, Coatings (Anti-fouling and protective coatings), MIC (microbiologically influenced corrosion), and Failure analysis. ENDURES helps customers select the right materials and then effectively protect those materials. This unique combination of disciplines – all under one roof – constitutes ENDURES’ unique selling point.
ENDURES’ ACTIVITIES
ENDURES, an OCAS sister company, has over 50 years of experience. ENDURES is active in a variety of industries, ranging from shipping and maritime infrastructure to renewable energy and fire extinguishing systems. ENDURES and OCAS joined forces in 2019.
With the goal of extending the life of materials, ENDURES conducts research under both in-practice and laboratory conditions. The company also conducts damage studies on ships, installations and structures to determine the type of corrosion that is occurring, the particular circumstances that are playing a role, and how such damage can be prevented in the future. ENDURES combines microbiological expertise, electrochemistry and materials science to investigate whether the problem is a material failure or a design issue. The two main questions it seeks to answer are:
