Chemical Technology August 2015

WearCheck expand skills base with highly qualified women

FOCUS ON PETROCHEMICALS

Annemie Willers has been ap- pointed as reliability solutions lubrication consultant for Wear- Check’s LubriGard division.

Lea Bodenstein has been ap- pointed as a diagnostician for condition monitoring special- ists WearCheck, based at their Middelburg laboratory.

Loshini Govender has been em- ployed as the manager for Wear- Check’s speciality laboratory (WSL) in Johannesburg.

Salisha Dhanasar has been pro- moted to laboratory supervisor for WearCheck’s Middelburg laboratory.

For more information contact WearCheck on tel: +27 31 700 5460, email support@wearcheck.co.za, or visit www.wearcheck.co.za z

Condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, recently employed several more women.

Sandvik oil and gas campaign wins recognition from NACE International

Sandvik Materials Technology has received recognition for ‘Advertisements of Greatest Interest’ from NACE International, acknowledged globally as the premier authority for corrosion control solutions, based on a survey of its own worldwide membership. The ‘AD Q study of Materials Performance’ assessed how readers of “Materials Performance” (MP), the official publication of NACE International with a circula- tion of over 34 000 across more than 130 countries, responded to advertisements with feedback on what captured their attention. Sandvik’s ‘fish’ advertisement depicts a beastly aquatic creature alongside the slogan ‘Ugly challenges, beautiful possibilities’. It was designed to promote the manufacturer’s advanced corrosion resistant alloys and other high-performance materials for offshore oil and gas applications including for tube, pipe, wire, welding products and hot isostatic pressed (HIP) products. The study scored companies based on the opinions of readers ‘who buy or specify the advertised product’. Of those surveyed, 37 % recalled seeing the advertise- ment, just below the 39 % average, while 17 % recalled reading the advertisement against a 21 % average. According to NACE International, 88 % of MP Magazine readers have a role in product decisions. Another participant, a retired industry professional, commented that, “Corrosion of heat exchanger tubes can result in problems that require plant shutdowns, and the Sandvik ad indicates new materials are avail- able that may mitigate future failures.”

For further information on Sandvik Materials Technology visit the website: www.smt.sandvik.com z

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Chemical Technology • August 2015