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Coatings specialist hails apprenticeship successes
Jack Tighe’s second intake of apprentices on the Industrial Coatings Applicator Apprenticeship scheme have completed their End Point Assessment (EPA). Having …
Coatings specialist leads the way in training innovation
Working in partnership with Scunthorpe’s North Lindsey College, coatings specialist Jack Tighe has successfully trialled Virtual Reality technology (VR) in …
An introduction to surface preparation for corrosion protection
Cost-effective corrosion protection of structural steelwork can be achieved through the appropriate application of paint and metallic coatings and should …
An introduction to corrosion protection
NSC looks at corrosion protection, outlining the issues which should be considered and the preventative processes adopted to ensure the durability and …
Steel protection
Advances in modern surface treatment technology, including coatings and galvanizing, are optimising the protection of constructional steelwork and delivering …
Steel sector remembers coatings specialist
Jack Tighe, founder of the Jack Tighe specialist coatings business has died aged 85 after a long illness. He had been in business since 1954 during which time …
Steel for Life gathers pace
The first sponsors have signed up to the constructional steelwork supply chain’s new market development programme, Steel for Life, which has been established …
Inspiring memorial
A 31m-high weathering steel spire forms the centrepiece of a memorial to those who served with Bomber Command. A total of 27 Bomber Command bases were located …
News in Brief: June 2015
The Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC) at the University of Strathclyde is now open for business, with a full programme of conferences scheduled for the …
