International Protective Coatings Teams Up With Harris Paints To Service Guyana’s O&G And Marine Sectors

Known widely for their decorative paint assortment for over 30 years, Harris Paints Guyana reaffirmed their long- standing partnership distributor agreement with global partner International Paint Protective Coatings at the Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo last month.

The Senior Manager for High Performance Coatings and Trade at Harris Paints, Simon G Cabral said that the International Paint (IP) brand owned by one of the world’s largest paint companies, Akzo Nobel, were recognized around the world for their innovation and wide range of top quality, protective solutions.

“IP have an incredibly extensive product portfolio tailored to the needs of heavy industry providing durability and protection from corrosion and fire which is critical to Guyana’s oil and gas sector and they have been leading the way in marine coatings for over 130 years” explained Cabral.

The Guyana office of Harris Paints is currently supplying a wide range of specialized epoxies, urethanes and other protective and marine coatings to many of the vessel operators servicing the FPSOs and is also actively working with many Guyanese firms on O&G related fabrication projects, as well as supporting the engineering community with coatings advice for future large infrastructure projects.

President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo visits the Harris Paints booth at the Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo! A premier provider of paints and high performance coatings for marine, infrastructure and oil and gas sectors, Harris Paints is the authorized dealer of International Paint (IP) a global leader in protective coatings.

While the eyes of the world are currently on Guyana, IP and Harris have successfully partnered for over 10 years throughout the region via authorized distributorship.

Business Development Manager for International Paint, Martin Criado says that Harris Paints provides on hand technical expertise that brings not only excellent knowledge of product options but also an understanding of the client’s objectives and priorities.

He noted that their Caribbean partner has invested in their high performance coatings teams. “Their technical representatives are knowledgeable, backed by industry recognized NACE and MPI certifications; trained in IP solution systems and of course, we offer additional project support as required.”

The Energy Conference was a great forum to present what Harris Paints and IP can offer across all aspects of the industry and supporting services.

Sales Executive Trade and MPI Architectural Coating Technologist, Carl Ageday and Senior Manager for High Performance Coatings and Trade, Simon Cabral share their expertise and impress the President with the range of coatings solutions

According to the Caribbean paint supplier some of the most in-demand products are high performance epoxies, urethanes, linings, fireproofing and anti-fouling solutions. There is also high interest in systems that are easier and faster to apply such as one coat, surface tolerant and rapid cure solutions that are capable of saving literally thousands of dollars in reduced down time.

Harris Paints provides inspection services; preparation and application best practice training, aggressive RFQ pricing and offers custom colour tinting as well as an increasing range of stocked items.