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Sheen Instruments report that 1985 has been their best year for sales of instruments for corrosion control and measurement, including wet and dry film thickness measurement, pinhole detectors and holiday dectors. In fact, Sheen managing director Alan Routs told this journal that in 1986 there will be no price increases for these products. He added: ‘We are delighted to pass on to our customers the cost reduction benefits brought about by substantial volume increases and the efforts of our design and production staff. We believe our product range continues to offer the best value for money in the industry.’

All technical or commercial developments in the Surface Coatings Industry, will inevitably prominently feature R&D and more particularly Quality Control.

The measurement of gloss has long been of importance with organic‐based surface coatings and is covered by such standards as BS Specification 3900 and ISO 2813. Several industries are now beginning to look at the need to measure gloss metals, metallised film and also on curved metal surfaces.

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It was only in march of this year that Sheen Instruments Ltd., 9 Sheendale Road, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 2JL, unveiled its first range of instruments for corrosion measurement and control. This was with the SS1200 digital thickness measurement instrument and a range of portable holiday detectors at the Material Testing Exhibition at the NEC, Birmingham. This was soon followed by the launch of the PosiTest ‘Banana’ gauge for NDT measurement of non‐magnetic coatings on steel.

Sheen Instruments last week held a very successful two‐day agents sales conference in Portsmouth, which was attended by their distributors from all over the world. The conference also marked the official launch of the new Sheen Automatic Panel Sprayer to agents and specially invited U.K. customers.

Sheen Instruments Ltd., 9 Sheendale Road, Richmond, Surrey TW9 2JL, is now in the corrosion inspection and control business. The first four instruments in a new range of equipment for measuring anti‐corrosion coating quality, corrosion rates, and general anti‐corrosion protection were unveiled at last month's Materials Testing Exhibition at the NEC, Birmingham.

Baker Perkins will be exhibiting two MPC/V compounding lines; a 330/660 litre Drydisperser high speed mixer/cooler combination and a laboratory double Z‐blade mixer‐extruder at the Europlastique Exhibition in Paris, 3–10 June.

Dr. John Peter Burden, assistant managing director of Cray Valley Products Ltd., visited China recently at the invitation of the China International Trust & Investment Corporation (CITIC). Dr. Burden visited the Canton Fair, and various Ministries in the capital Beijing (formerly Peking). The main purpose of the visit was discussions with representatives of the surface coatings industry of Liaoning Province in the city of Shenyang (formerly Mukden) in north east China. This was the first visit by any representative from C.V.P. to the People's Republic of China. The discussions covered a wide range of subjects within the surface coatings field, and as was expected, the discussions were very searching and detailed. Dr. Burden reports that the contacts at all levels were on a most friendly basis and conducted with charm and expertise. It was evident that a considerable amount of homework had been done by the Chinese, and that they have very clear objectives for trading with Western partners which will require considerable flexibility on the part of those wishing to do business with the People's Republic of China.

Galvanizers fly high as a kite. The famous British Standards kite mark will now fly over Western Galvanizers Ltd of Hereford, following the company's winning of the industry's highest quality assurance specification.