Chemical Technology August 2015

Chemical Technology • August 2015

FOCUS ON PETROCHEMICALS

WearCheck expand skills base with highly qualified women

Condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, recently employed

several more women.

For more information contact

WearCheck on tel: +27 31 700 5460,

support@wearcheck.co.za

, or visit

www.wearcheck.co.za

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.

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

Sandvik oil and gas campaign wins recognition from NACE International