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01.02.2023: “‘New Breed’ of Corrosion Inhibitor for Oil, Gas Industry”
Manufactured by Hexigone Inhibitors Ltd. (Port Talbot, United Kingdom), Intelli-ion incorporates an active ingredient that has never been used effectively within coatings.
PCI Magazine
November issue 2022: “Co-Blending Phosphate Inhibitors for Sustainable, Low-Cost Corrosion Control”
As professionals working within the coatings industry, Hexigone is acutely aware of the issues that corrosion poses and want to provide our customers and end-users with the best quality products to tackle this $2.2trillion global issue.
European Coatings Journal
15.11.2022: “Ankush Enterprise to Distribute Hexigone Corrosion Inhibitors in India”
Hexigone has announced that Ankush Enterprise, an importer of specialty chemicals, will distribute its corrosion inhibitor Intelli-ion®AX1 in India. According to Hexigone, Ankush Enterprise has a deep knowledge about the Indian paints and coatings market from its 25 years of experience.
Polymers Paint Colour Journal (PPCJ)
19.10.2022: “Hexigone Inhibitors awarded prestigious Gold Sustainability Rating from EcoVadis”
Hexigone Inhibitors, a manufacturer of ‘chemically intelligent’ anti-corrosives, has been awarded the prestigious Gold Sustainability Rating from Ecovadis. This result places the company among the top five percent of companies assessed by the organisation globally.
PCE International Magazine
September issue 2022: “Lifting the lid: Filling the anticorrosion gap”
As professionals working within the coatings industry, Hexigone is acutely aware of the issues that corrosion poses and want to provide our customers and end-users with the best quality products to tackle this $2.2trillion global issue.
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05.08.2022: “Barentz Will Distribute Hexigone’s US-Patented Anticorrosion Technology”
The corrosion inhibitor manufacturer Hexigone has recently announced that it has reached an exclusive distribution agreement with the specialty chemicals company Barentz, that will market the Intelli-ion AX1 corrosion inhibitors across the United States of America and the Central America region.
PCI Magazine
21.02.2022: “Hexigone Inhibitors Receives UK Patent”
Hexigone Inhibitors announced that the company has received a new patent in the UK for Improved Corrosion Inhibition Incorporating Phosphates, which was issued in January 2022.
Asia Pacific Coatings Journal
07.07.2021: “A ‘new breed’ of smart inhibitor for the oil & gas industry”
The issue of corrosion in the oil & gas industry is one of the sector’s largest challenges. Ella Newington, Hexigone, details how the company’s Intell-ion technology can help coatings manufacturers tackle this issue.
Coatings World Magazine
Chemistry World Magazine
Materials World
13.05.2020: “Corrosion to COVID-19: Start-Up’s Effort to Support UK Front Line Workers”
The COVID-19 crisis put huge pressure on the personal protective equipment supply chain – Hexigone put their passion and resources into making hand sanitiser for front line workers.
25.03.2020: “Cracking down on corrosion with Hexigone Inhibitors”
From rusted iron to tarnished silver, corrosion is one of the great bugbears of industry, costing the world around £1.9 trillion each year. The most common solution is to use corrosion inhibitors – additives and coatings that decrease the rate of corrosion.
10.05.2019: “Chrome-Free Protection Against Corrosion”
A new chrome-free smart coating could help protect against corrosion following the EU ban on the most effective inhibitor – hexavalent chromate – in February 2019, because its potential to cause cancer.
BBC News
10.03.2019: “Baglan team develop 'game changing' corrosion protector”
A "game changing" product to help tackle the decay of buildings around the world has been developed by a team from Neath Port Talbot…
Daily Express
27.02.2019: “HEXIGONE: invents safer solution to solve global CORROSION CRISIS”
Engineering start-up Hexigone Inhibitors has secured over £1m of funding to scale its safer, smarter answer to a global problem: the toxic, £2 trillion annual toll caused by metal corrosion on aircraft, vehicles, ships and buildings…
Wales Online
23.11.2018: “The Wales Tech 35 for 2018: The top tech talent operating in Wales right now”
Innovitive companies who made our list for 2018 include Careercake, Hexigone, Paperclip and Touch Biometrix
PCI Magazine
02.11.2018: “Innovation in Intelligent, Highly Effective Corrosion Inhibitors”
Hexigone Inhibitors moved their research away from iterations of current substitutes and explored smart-release vehicles that can hold onto chemicals that were previously incompatible with coatings. The result is a highly effective corrosion inhibitor – Intelli-ion® – which outperforms hexavalent chromate under laboratory conditions…