Continual development of polymer technology has enabled the creation of specialized coatings, which can offer excellent resistance to erosion, corrosion, and cavitation in hydroelectric equipment and pumps at any generating plant. Polymeric materials can also increase efficiency and extend runtimes.
Belzona provides a truly global service, supplying repair and refurbishment services, coating inspection and application training on a local level. This is all to one purpose; to ensure their clients have the best materials to protect their plant and equipment for the long term, reducing downtime and lowering maintenance costs.
According to Jonathan Brown, Business Development Manager Africa is a promising emerging market for Belzona, They have seen significant signs of growth over the last 24 months and the firm has a promising outlook for continued growth in the next 12-24 months with continued investment in key areas. The Oil & Gas market is still a key market for Belzona products, however, the Mining industry, Marine industry and General industry is growing for Belzona due to the vast range of solutions that they are able to offer with the Belzona range of products.
Distributors
“At the end of 2019, we recently appointed a distributor in Nigeria who are now stocking a wide range of products and have an excellent application team that can carry out a variety of work, from composite wraps, plate bonding and underwater diving for the application of Belzona for corrosion underwater which was recently applied on an FPSO. We have further distributors across Africa which includes our largest African distributor based in South Africa and also distributors based in Angola, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and many more countries,” he adds.
Belzona has expanded a long-standing network of authorized distributors, the company works solely with their established distributor network across the world who have all been fully trained at Belzona head offices. If there isn’t a distributor in the local country they offer support directly from the UK with their fully operational technical support team at hand to help. This has allowed Belzona to grow over the years through the knowledge base of our distributors, stock available for immediate dispatch in case of an emergency repair and excellent customer service that allows the end customer to be fully satisfied that Belzona is always here to support through the full journey from start to finish.
What makes their product stand out from competitors
Belzona has been established since 1952 with a full Research and Development team based in Harrogate, UK. Belzona continues to develop new products to meet industry requests. The company’s long-standing Belzona epoxy products are manufactured with the mindset of being easy to use, with no specialist tools required to apply the product, as well as being solvent-free for the safety of the application team. Belzona offers an option to repair the asset owners’ equipment significantly, saving costs to the industry due to less downtime. Businesses cannot afford to have equipment non-operational, and to source new equipment takes significant time and investment. Belzona has proven time and time again that the majority of equipment can be repaired with Belzona, and our extensive case studies which are widely available to everyone on khia.belzona.com, showing the true force of the Belzona brand.
Advice to potential customers
Belzona has grown throughout the world due to their extensive knowledge in all industries to Repair, Protect and Improve. The firm has a worldwide technical support team who are here to support you. So please don’t be afraid to contact them either by phone or email, Belzona has more than happy to support your requests.
