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    • Indestructible Paint’s Research Chemist Dr Violaine Mendez Wins National Award for Work on Aerospace Coatings

    We are proud to announce that our research chemist, Violaine Mendez, has been recognised for her outstanding work on removing chromium from coatings for use in the aerospace industry.

    She received the Canning Bi-Centenary Award from the Institute of Materials Finishing (IMF) at its annual general meeting in Solihull on 19 November. The IMF gives the award each year for the best practical paper published in its official publication ‘Transactions’.

    Violaine’s paper, “Anticorrosive chromium-free primers for aluminium alloys: application in the aerospace industry,” was published last November and highlights significant progress in the development of effective chromium-free coating systems.

    Removing chromium from aerospace coatings, especially for safety-critical components, remains a complex, long-term challenge due to the extreme environments in which these components operate. Nevertheless, our commitment to innovation in this area is stronger than ever. Since the publication of Violaine’s paper, we have continued to advance our chrome-free primers and water-based pre-treatments, successfully extending resistance to salt spray by more than 1,000 hours. We are also developing new formulations tailored to different alloys

    Pictured (Left to Right): Brian Norton and Research Chemist Dr Violaine Mendez (both Indestructible Paint Ltd) and Paul Holder, IMF vice-president.

    Violaine said she was “honoured and grateful” to receive the award for her paper from IMF vice-president Paul Holder, who commented:

    “The Transactions journal is an important part of our mission to share new knowledge with professional surface engineering and finishing companies, and papers like Violaine’s contribute to developments across our whole industry. It has been an honour to present her with her award.”

    We are delighted for Violaine and grateful to the IMF for recognising her contribution. This achievement reflects both Violaine’s dedication and our collective commitment at Indestructible Paint to driving progress in environmentally responsible, high-performance aerospace coatings.

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