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COMPANY PROFILECOMPANY PROFILE100 years‘Fifty Years to FirstResearch and DevelopmentSpencer’s main Research andDevelopment unit merged with theStokes Laboratories at the new facility atHuthwaite in Nottinghamshire which isnow the primary production hub for the fullcombined product range.experience in coatingsmanufacturingSpencer Coatings Ltd has been manufacturing high performance coatingsand industrial paints for over one hundred years in the UK.Key industrial sectors for the productranges include oil, water and gaspipelines, both full internal and externalprotection and the onsite protection offield joints and pipeline rehabilitation.Offshore oil and gas structures, marinestructures and bridges are also fullyprotected with Spencer Coatings highperformance range of coatings.Thirty years maintenance freeWithin the high performance range isAcothane solvent free polyurethane with aproven thirty years maintenance free trackrecord for steel and concrete in a widevariety of industries including off shoreand marine structures, bridges and waterretaining structures.This outstanding product has manyapplications for the protection of landbased and off shore wind energy structuresincluding towers, splash zones, mono piles,jackets and sub-sea steel work.Maintenance’ now a possibilityWith proven thirty years maintenance freetrack record the often flagged ‘Fifty Yearsto First Maintenance’ target is now a realpossibility when this product is correctlyspecified and applied.Acquisition andfurther growthSpencer Coatings Ltdbecame the largestindependent coatingsmanufacturer in the UKin 2012 following theacquisition of StokesPaints.Employing in excessof one hundred peoplethe enlarged SpencerCoatings will have aturnover of more than£16 million in 2013with a dedicatedplan for growth in thecompany’s globalmarkets.Aberdeen HQThe Aberdeenbased company willmaintain its corporateheadquarters in theGranite City, whichis also the base forits Scotland and North Sea sales andtechnical services.A new distribution and technical centrehas been established in Aberdeen to carryout colour finishing and will stock productsfor customers in Scotland includingcustomers operating in the North Sea Oiland Gas industry.200 years combined experienceThe company will build upon more thantwo hundred years of combined coatingsexperience that has been amassed bythe two original businesses and will enjoystrong positions in a number of keyinternational sectors including oil and gas,infrastructure, pipelines and industrial OEM.SuccessesAmong its recent successes, prior to theacquisition, they obtained approval fromShell Global for its Transocean rangeof coating systems for the protection ofNorth Sea assets.It also has NORSOK approval, essentialfor the supply of protective coatings foruse in oil and gas structures in the NorthSea and in other important regions aroundthe world.Other marketsAs well as supplying the important oil andgas sector the augmented company hasstrong positions in other markets. StokesPaints is the largest supplier of productsto protect the country’s vast array ofelectricity pylons from corrosion which isa crucial to ensure efficient distribution ofelectricity around theUK.UK lead globaloperationMany UKand overseasmanufacturingcompanies useSpencer and Stokesproducts to addvalue by providinga range of benefitssuch as corrosion protection, colour, andprotection against abrasion, erosion andfire.Spencer Coatings has built a solidpresence in the energy sector supplychain and is proud to be an all Britishoperation owned and run by UK residentsand operating in global markets.Spencer Coatingswww.spencercoatings.co.ukClick to view more info96 www.windenergynetwork.co.ukwww.windenergynetwork.co.uk 97