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ADVANCED POLYMER COATINGS PRESENTS BREAKTHROUGH TANK COATING FOR MARITIME PRODUCT AND OIL TANKER MARKETS – MARINELINE® X - AVON, OHIO, USA – August 2009 — One of Advanced Polymer Coatings most significant developments in its history is now being introduced to the maritime tanker transport market. New MarineLine® X offers versatile, effective solutions for product and oil tanker carriers trading in clean petroleum products (CPP), bio fuels, crude oil and dirty petroleum products (DPP), wine carriers, FPSOs, Vegetable and Edible Oils, and all tankers carrying IBC Chapter 18 cargoes. Click here for story.

ADVANCED POLYMER COATINGS, LTD., RECEIVES ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFICATION FROM ABS QE - AVON, OHIO, USA June 16, 2009 — Advanced Polymer Coatings, Ltd, has been granted a 3-year certification of the ISO 9001:2008 standard, by ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. The certification reads: ‘Manufacturer of engineered, innovative polymer based coatings and resins based on leading edge technology,’ according to the certificate. Click here for story.

MARINELINE® PRESENTS AT 2009 EUROPORT ISTANBUL EVENT - ISTANBUL, TURKEY, March 25, 2009 — This week, at the 2009 Europort Istanbul International Maritime Exhibition, Advanced Polymer Coatings (Avon, Ohio, U.S.A.) presented the ‘green technology’ of the MarineLine® tank lining system, developed to protect maritime chemical tankers and their cargos. ‘Green’ products, based on sound environmental policies, are becoming an important component in how companies do business today. Click here for story.

ADVANCED POLYMER COATINGS REACHES THE MARINE COATINGS MARKET WORLDWIDE WITH MARINELINE®, FROM NORTH AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS - AVON, OHIO, USA, March 4, 2009 – In 1994, Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC), a small, niche coatings manufacturer specializing in high performance, corrosion-resistant coatings, entered the marine market with a new patented coating called MarineLine®. Click here for story.

MARINELINE® COATING SYSTEM PROVIDES ‘GREEN’ RESULTS - AVON, OHIO, USA, February 19, 2009 — The MarineLine® cargo tank lining system, developed to protect maritime chemical tankers and their cargos, delivers on ‘green’ principles that have become so necessary in today’s business environments. Click here for story.

MARINELINE ATTENDS SMM 2008 - HAMBURG, GERMANY, September 2008 – Advanced Polymer Coatings had another successful presentation of its MarineLine coating system at SMM 2008, the world's largest shipping event. Click here for photos of the Customer Appreciation Dinner Event.

TRITON 3T TO FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON MARINELINE® SPRAY APPLICATION WORK - SINGAPORE, September 22, 2008 — Triton 3T, a division of Guaranteed Advanced Tank Technologies International, Ltd., is a newly formed independent company that will specialize in the spray application of MarineLine® high performance tank coatings. Click here for story.

ADVANCED POLYMER COATINGS PRESENTS GLIMPSE INTO FUTURE OF NEW MARINELINE® COATING SYSTEM BASED ON NANOTECHNOLOGY - HAMBURG, GERMANY, September 22, 2008 — A new MarineLine® coating system using innovative nanotechnology, will play an important role in the future of the maritime chemical transport business, it was announced today by Advanced Polymer Coatings, Ltd. (See Hall B3, Upper Floor, Booth 117) at the SMM 2008 show in Hamburg, Germany. SMM is the world’s largest shipping-related trade event. Click here for story.

ONGOING GROWTH OF MARINELINE® COATING TECHNOLOGY FUELS NEW OFFICE OPENINGS IN KEY SHIP-BUILDING REGIONS - AVON, OHIO, USA, July 15, 2008 – MarineLine is now known throughout the chemical tanker industry as a unique lining system, engineered with minute, tightly woven cross-linked polymers that deliver superior resistance against attack even from hazardous cargos. Click here for story.

THE M/T ULUPI, WITH MARINELINE® TANK COATING SYSTEM, CARRIES CHEMICAL CARGOES FOR BP - September 25, 2007 – DongKuk Marine Co. Ltd., located in Pusan, South Korea, serves as the management company for a number of vessels of PT Berlian Laju Tanker(BLT), a large shipping company based in Indonesia. Click here for story.

KOREAN SHIPYARDS UTILIZING MARINELINE® COATING FOR GROWING LIST OF CHEMICAL TANKER NEWBUILD CONSTRUCTIONS - In South Korea, one of the hottest shipbuilding markets in the world, MarineLine® coating is standing out as the lining of choice for cargo tanks of chemical tankers. Click here for story.

ADVANCED POLYMER COATINGS COMPLETES FACILITY EXPANSION; GEARS UP PRODUCTION CAPABILITY - AVON, OHIO, June 26, 2007 – Advanced Polymer Coatings, Ltd. (Avon, Ohio, USA), manufacturer of the well-known and patented high-performance coatings MarineLine®, ChemLine®, RaiLine®, and PowerLine®, has completed a new plant facility expansion at its Avon, Ohio facilities. Click here for story.

MARINELINE® CONTRACTS SIGNED FOR 64 MORE CHEMICAL TANKERS FOLLOWING TURKEY’S EUROPORT EURASIA MARITIME EXHIBITION - AVON, OHIO, May 29, 2007 — Europort Eurasia, the 9th Maritime Exhibition for the Eurasian Region held last month in Istanbul, Turkey, provided an excellent platform for Advanced Polymer Coatings to showcase its MarineLine® cargo tank lining system. According to Advanced Polymer Coatings’ Chairman, Mr. Donald Keehan, the company signed contracts that will see 64 new ships coated with MarineLine over the next several years. Click here for story.

ADVANCED POLYMER COATINGS’ PATENTED MARINELINE® TANK
COATING RECEIVES THE “ABS DESIGN ASSESSMENT” CERTIFICATION - AVON, OHIO, February 8, 2007 – The patented MarineLine® coating system, developed by Advanced Polymer Coatings, Ltd. (APC) to line and protect tanks in marine chemical tankers and related offshore uses, has received the “Certification of Design Assessment” from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). Click here for story.

NEW BROCHURE FROM ADVANCED POLYMER COATINGS PRESENTS FULL LINE OF POLYMER-BASED COATINGS USED FOR DEMANDING ENVIRONMENTS AND CORROSION RESISTANCE APPLICATIONS - AVON, OHIO, November 14, 2006
Advanced Polymer Coatings, Ltd., (APC) a world leader in developing unique polymers used in high performance coatings and other applications, is introducing a new corporate brochure that presents the company’s full coatings product line. Click here for story.

MARINELINE® ANNOUNCES AT SMM THAT MILESTONE ‘100th SHIP’ IS COMPLETED WITH INNOVATIVE POLYMER-BASED TANK COATING SYSTEM - HAMBURG GERMANY, September 26, 2006
Advanced Polymer Coatings, Ltd. (Avon, Ohio, USA), is announcing at SMM 2006 that the 100th tanker ship has now been coated with MarineLine®, the unique tank lining system first coated on a ship in 1994. Click here for story.

PROPER PREPARATION, APPLICATION AND INSPECTION OF TANK COATING ENSURES HIGH PERFORMANCE IN DEMANDING CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTS - CLEVELAND, OHIO, August 3, 2006 – The cargo tank coating selection is a vital part of the design or repair of a ship and can have a lasting effect on the profitable operation of the vessel for many years. Click here for story.

KS SHIPPING USES SPECIALLY FABRICATED MARINELINE® TANK LINING AND COATING SYSTEM FOR ACID CARRIER SERVICE AND OTHER CARGOES - April 18, 2006
When Turkey-based KS Shipping decided to add a line of five newbuild chemical tankers to its fleet, USA-based Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) presented a new MarineLine®-based lining and coating system to ensure the KS ships could carry the maximum types of cargoes possible. Click here for story.

NEWBUILD TANKERS FOR A.P. MOLLER-MAERSK TO BE COATED WITH ADVANCED POLYMER COATINGS MARINELINE® AT JIANGNAN SHIPYARD - November 1, 2005
A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world’s largest shipowner, based in Denmark, will soon have a fleet of up to nine (9) tanker ships protected with the innovative and patented MarineLine® coating system from Advanced Polymer Coatings, Ltd., based in Avon, Ohio, USA. Click here for story.

TURKISH DELIGHT! 50 SHIPS NOW COATED WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE MARINELINE® IN TURKEY SINCE FIRST SHIP THERE COATED IN 2001 - August 15, 2005
MarineLine® continues to impress the marine transportation industry with its ongoing performance, as evidenced by the mid-summer milestone news that in Turkey alone, the 50th ship has now been coated with MarineLine® since the first ship was coated in that country in 2001. Click here for story.