International Paint - High Performance Coatings for Steel Structures

International Protective Coatings is a global market leader in providing high-performance coatings for steel structures. We provide functional coatings for corrosion control, passive fire protection and high aesthetic impact, with excellent gloss and colour retention.

INTERNATIONAL PROTECTIVE COATINGS – DELIVERING SOLUTIONS THROUGH GLOBAL EXPERIENCE

International Protective Coatings has a successful global track record on major construction projects, having coated structures such as the Millennium Bridge in London, UK, Pudong Airport, China, the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Complexes, plus various buildings for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, including the National Swimming Centre, or 'the Water Cube'.

PAINT TECHNOLOGY WITH HIGH AESTHETIC IMPACT

Interfine® is the name for International Protective Coating's range of high performance finish coatings, which provide a high gloss finish, with excellent colour and gloss retention.

The Interfine range also has good abrasion and damage resistance and a low Volatile Organic Compound content (VOC), assisting in reducing solvent emissions.

The Interfine range is available in a full range of colours via the Chromascan remote colour matching system, meaning that project shades can be met rapidly, in small volumes whenever necessary, allowing easy touch-up either on-site or prior to shipment.

STEEL COATINGS WITH FIRE PROTECTION

The Interchar® range of products is ideally suited to providing fire protection for structural steel in facilities such as office buildings, stadia, power stations, shopping malls, hospitals, industrial complexes, hotels and airports.

Interchar performance coupled with aesthetically pleasing attributes allows designers to combine effective fire protection with the creative design, on exposed steelwork for example.

International Protective Coatings provides both acrylic intumescent and epoxy intumescent fire protection products under the International brand, for a range of protection at various fire ratings, all with fully audited external approvals.

The Interchar range has many relevant approvals across the world, including BS476, UL263, GB14907, AS1530.4, BOMBA, GOST and Certifire. Leading independent fire laboratories are utilised to conduct fire testing on those products, including Bodycote Warrington.

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN – A COMMITMENT TO HEALTH, SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

As one of the worlds leading suppliers of protective coatings, International Protective Coatings take seriously the responsibility to help our customers use coatings in a safer, more environmentally conscious manner. Our Ecotech® initiative is designed to support and promote this.

Careful and thoughtful selection of coating systems provides a means for you to improve the overall sustainable design credentials of your projects.

International Protective Coatings offers:

• Long lasting, cost effective systems (according to ISO 12944)
• A rigorous Product Stewardship "cradle to grave" approach for all of our products
• Low (VOC) solvent coating systems
• A consistent environmentally responsible approach across our worldwide core range of products, wherever the location of supply

Due to our constant commitment to sustainable business practices, our parent company, Akzo Nobel, was recently ranked number one in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, one of the world's foremost corporate social responsibility indices.

COLOUR – STANDING OUT AND BLENDING IN

When it comes to the decision of choosing colour, it's important to get it right. Some projects require bold, bright colours to make a symbolic statement or a piece of art to come to life. Others require a certain subtlety to ensure harmony with the surroundings or something complementary to match other areas of the building.

Whatever is required, working early with International Protective Coatings will support your requirements. Through the advanced colour system, Chromascan, and global know-how, the products supplied match your vision and their practical application.