After a great year in 2023 on both the sustainability and operational fronts, we are glad to say that 2024 has started with some fantastic news for Pinovo!
In 2023, thanks to the industrial adoption of our technology, Pinovo saw its growing machine park fully rented out again to customers who get both the industrial and operational benefits, and also the sustainability advantages of using our technology. In addition, in 2023 #Paint was confirmed as the primary source of #Microplastic #Emissions to the #Environment by both The Pew Charitable Trusts and the #EUCommission, with the Commission saying that “...Relevant industries have a role in developing EU-wide guidelines to minimise microplastic releases such as on the application and removal of paints…”. Pinovo has developed, patented and proven technology that does just that! Very happy and proud to say that we start 2024 with news of not just one, but two nominations of Pinovo’s solution for The Earthshot Prize!! To paraphrase a certain Danish brewer, The Earthshot Prize is "Probably the Best Environmental Impact Prize in the World", and it is a really great honour for Pinovo to have been nominated for it! We like to see these nominations as further recognition of the importance of the problem of Paint Microplastic Pollution, and support for Pinovo's mission and solution to Stop Paint Microplastics to Protect Ocean Health! Because, #PaintIsPlastic!
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A big thank you 🙏 to everyone - our employees, customers, distributors, suppliers, and all of the great, great supporters of our mission - who contributed to making 2023 the best year ever for Pinovo, for both Ocean Impact 🌊 and Operations 🏭 ! Onwards and upwards! 🚀 Pinovo's Clean Blasting - Stops Paint Microplastics to Protect Ocean Health Because #PaintIsPlastic! Pinovo "on tour" again! As a result of having won the Special Prize for Marine Biodiversity Solutions from the French government agency, Office français de la biodiversité (OFB) at the 2023 Ocean Pitch Challenge - organised by RespectOcean and Sustainable Ocean Alliance.
As part of this Special Prize, Alain PIBOT of OFB kindly invited Pinovo to attend Les Assises de l'économie de la mer (AEM) in Nantes, and to be part of the OFB stand. AEM brought together 1,800 participants from all parts of the French Maritime industry - from the French Navy, through shipbuilders, port operators, logistics companies, aquaculture companies, researchers, regulators, bankers, innovators, etc., etc. This was a great opportunity for Pinovo to raise the issue of Ocean Paint Microplastic Pollution, and our solution to this important Ocean problem, with the French maritime industry, and also in front of some very senior French politicians - see photo below! A key theme throughout the two days of presentations was sustainability, and the importance of Ocean Protection. Pinovo’s mission to stop Paint Microplastics to Protect Ocean Health found a ready and interested audience! Thank you once again to Olivier Thibault, directeur général de l’OFB, and his colleagues, Alain PIBOT, Laetitia Miquerol, and Aurélien VIAU for their support and encouragement for Pinovo’s mission to protect Ocean Biodiversity and Health. It was particularly interesting to meet the French Navy (Marine Nationale) and NAVAL GROUP, and to discuss the potential for them to use Pinovo’s clean surface treatment method, as it is currently being used by the Forsvaret - Norwegian Armed Forces (Navy), Royal Navy in the UK, and Swedish Armed Forces (Navy). Pinovo has been “on tour” in recent weeks bringing our message of #CleanBlasting to both customers and the sustainability community across Europe.
First up, Pinovo attended the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OEEC) in Amsterdam last week. This annual event brings together the international #OffshoreEnergy community - producers, contractors, suppliers, thought leaders, industry experts - who operate with #OffshoreWind, #oilandgas , marine energy, hydrogen sector, etc. Pinovo’s Benelux distributor, Perspect Industrial Products organised a stand at the OEEC2023 with Pinovo and Safety Tools Allmet AS. The common denominator is #ATEX - a key safety feature of Pinovo’s and Allmet’s equipment, which means our equipment can be operated safely in explosive environments. This matters! We operate our technology on board working oil rigs, and in operating chemical plants, without the need for shutdowns. A big focus at OEEC this year was on wind energy. Pinovo is currently developing a bespoke clean surface treatment solution for offshore wind turbines. We are doing this with the support of Handelens Miljøfond, and in partnership and consultation with experienced wind energy industry players, including KONGSTEIN, Hafslund Eco and Ørsted. It was great to meet our customers and talk about their plans for 2024 and beyond, and also to discuss opportunities to work together in other industries and geographies. Important to see the awareness of both the industrial and sustainability advantages of, and the necessity for Clean Surface Treatment Solutions in the Offshore Energy community. And also great to see their awareness that #PaintIsPlastic! Great to get a shout out for Pinovo, as one of UpLink - World Economic Forum Top Innovators from John Dutton, Head of UpLink! See the Post and video below 👇
Pinovo is in truly amazing and inspiring company when you see the other UpLink Top Innovators! 😲 UpLink - World Economic Forum has helped raise awareness that #PaintIsPlastic.....bigly! 💪 Thanks to the World Economic Forum Digital Team! 🙇🏻 Hats off to Ross Chainey, Emanuela Orsini, Kaya Bulbul and the rest of the Team! 🫡 John Dutton• Head of UpLink at World Economic ForumHead of UpLink at World Economic Forum Followers of UpLink - World Economic Forum will hear us talk a lot about our our community of 'Top Innovators' - the early-stage, purpose-driven entrepreneurs with scalable ventures who are working tirelessly to solve a host of environmental, societal and economic challenges. But what exactly is an UpLink Top Innovator? What types of solutions are they working on? What problems are they solving? What impact are they having, and what impact is UpLink having on them? To answer these questions, our incredible digi team made this video featuring just a selection of the amazing entrepreneurs who inspire us every day. Don't take it from us, take it from this inspiring group of entrepreneurs we've been blessed to support... Follow this link to see the video - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7136371398364536833-UdRr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Next up in the profiles of Pinovo's in-house developed, industry leading front end tools for our Clean Blasting Technology is our patented PiHab™ tool - see the short video below👇 . The PiHab™, which enables clean open blasting in a confined enclosure, comes in two formats - the PiHab™ Pipe which is suitable for complex pipe or beam structures, such as flanges, supports and valves, and - the PiHab™ Flat, which can be attached with magnetic chains to any steel surface. This tool could also be described as the "missing link” of surface treatment solutions. With the PiHab™, Pinovo can undertake ALL of the workscope cleanly, including complex geometries like valves and joints, removing the need to use open grit blasting for those specific complex geometries. That is why Pinovo's customers are able to switch from the traditional “dirty” methods of surface treatment, to clean circular vacuum blasting. The PiHab™ is a unique offering in the market, and was developed by Pinovo’s R&D Department. Because we recycle and reuse the blasting grit at least 25 times, grit usage is up to 90% lower with our PiHab™ tool, compared to open grit blasting. ♻️ This means not only significant cost savings for the customer, but also over 60% lower CO2 Emissions, thanks to the lower grit usage, transport, collection and disposal. With the PiHab™ tool, and as with all of Pinovo’s tools and equipment, 💪 There is no need for the expensive scaffolding and sheeting required for the traditional surface treatment methods of open grit blasting, and high pressure water jetting. 💪 You can continue to run other operations beside our equipment when it is operating, and no shut down of activity required. 💪 Because our PiHab™ tool is ATEX certified, it can operate in explosive environments. 💪 With our high quality filters, and because we capture all the dust, Pinovo's equipment can also used to remove lead and other toxic paints. 💰 And, Pinovo’s solution is about 33% less expensive than the traditional surface treatment methods for spot blasting. This cost saving can increase to over 60% when our tools are combined with Rope Access. And finally, clean vacuum blasting facilitates a continuous maintenance strategy which gives life extension of painted steel assets, with consequent operational, financial and sustainability advantages for customers. So, what are you waiting for?! Why not talk to Pinovo's Team in Bergen to learn more about our technology, and the benefits it can deliver for your industrial or marine business? And please don't forget, #PaintIsPlastic! Pinovo is delighted that the problem of #Microplastics is firmly “on the Agenda” this week in Nairobi at INC-3 - the third round of negotiations of the proposed #UNPlasticsTreaty.
Quick reminder 💡 - the Resolution approving the start of negotiations of the Treaty included, for the first time, Microplastics in the definition of Plastic Pollution. Since then, thanks 🙏 to the efforts of different parties including The Pew Charitable Trusts, Ocean Conservancy and the Business For A Plastics Treaty (which Pinovo was an early member of), Microplastics have been included in the “Zero Draft” of the proposed Treaty. The issue of Intentional Microplastics (found in cosmetics, toothpaste, etc.) has been dealt with in the Zero Draft. However, the much bigger #Environmentaland #Ocean problem of Secondary (Unintentional) Microplastics i.e. Emissions from Paint, Tyres, Textiles and Pellets, needs a lot more work. Ocean Conservancy is hosting a Side Event in Nairobi tomorrow morning where experts in this area including Anja Malawi Brandon, PhD and Gunhild Bødtker from NORCE Norwegian Research Centre and Co-Leader of NAMC (North Atlantic Microplastics Centre) will highlight this issue. All of this is timely, given the recently published EU Commission brochure “EU Action against Microplastics”, confirming the scale of Microplastic Pollution, and that Paint is the primary source of Secondary Microplastics - see link to the Commission's brochure 👉 https://lnkd.in/ewxpzCmj. Pinovo is working hard to shine a light 🔦 , not only on the problem of Microplastic Emissions, but also the readily available solutions, like Pinovo's. We look forward to working with both our customers in the marine and industrial worlds, and also the paint industry (as proposed by the EU Commission). We call on 👉 the Paint Industry to educate its customers about the risks of mismanaged Paint, and also the solutions, 👉 Paint Users to adopt measures to stop Paint Microplastic Pollution Why? Because #PaintIsPlastic Continuing our series of Posts on Pinovo's in-house developed, industry leading front end tools, this week we want to tell you about our patented Pico Pipe tool - see the short video below👇 . As you see in the video, this tool has a wide range of industry applications - from the steel cables on suspension bridges, to small and large metal pipes in chemical plants, as well as across the oil&gas industry - both onshore and offshore. We have used them in Scandinavia, the Benelux, and offshore in the North Sea. The key industrial advantage of this tool is the fact that the surface treatment of pipes can be undertaken without any sheeting, scaffolding, or cleaning up afterwards, and without shutting down any operations. This patented tool can be used on a range of pipes from 2” to 8” diameter. Because we recycle and reuse the blasting grit at least 20 times, grit usage is up to 80% lower with our Pico Pipe tool, compared to open grit blasting. This means not only significant cost savings for the customer, but also over 60% lower CO2 Emissions thanks to the lower grit usage, transport, collection and disposal. With the Pico Pipe tool, and as with all of Pinovo’s tools and equipment, 💪 There is no need for expensive scaffolding and sheeting, which is required with the traditional surface treatment methods of open grit blasting, and high pressure water jetting. 💪 You can continue to run other operations beside our equipment when it is operating, and no shut down of activity required. 💪 Because our technology is ATEX certified, you can operate in explosive environments. 💪 With our high quality filters, and because we capture all the dust, Pinovo's equipment can also used to remove lead and other toxic paints. 💰 And, Pinovo’s solution is about 33% less expensive than the traditional surface treatment methods for spot blasting. This cost saving can increase to over 60% when our tools are used with Rope Access. And finally, clean vacuum blasting facilitates a continuous maintenance strategy which delivers life extension of painted steel assets, with consequent operational, financial and sustainability advantages for customers. So, what are you waiting for?! Why not talk to our Operations Team in Bergen to learn more about our technology, and the benefits it can deliver for your industrial or marine business? And please don't forget, #PaintIsPlastic! The #EUCommission has confirmed, for the first time, that #Paint is the biggest source of #Microplastics in the #Environment 😮, which for the most part end up in the #Ocean 🌊 .
The EU Commission published a brochure, "EU Action against Microplastics" last week (link to download the brochure 👉 https://lnkd.in/ewxpzCmj) after almost 3 years of intensive study and analysis. In the foreword, Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, said ⚠ "Microplastics are accumulating in our environment" ⚠ "We now find them everywhere,…in the food we eat and the water we drink ⚠ "The risks related to high levels of human exposure are a cause for grave concern" ⚠ "The case for preventative action is crystal clear" As part of the EU Green Deal, the EU has an objective to reduce Microplastic Emissions to the Environment by 30% by 2030, and the Commission has the task of taking the necessary regulatory measures to achieve this. 💪 And what are the main sources of those Microplastics? Well, see the EU Commission’s graph below 👇 The Commission will start the ball rolling with regulations to prevent the release of Plastic Pellets to the environment. They will continue their work to identify the most effective and efficient measures to address the other important sources. On Paint, the Commission said "Relevant industries have a role in developing EU-wide guidelines to minimise microplastic releases such as on the application and removal of paints”. 👌 So, "the direction of travel" on regulation is now clear! Like the EU Commission, Pinovo calls on ✔ the Paint Industry to educate its customers on the risks of mismanaged Paint, ✔ Regulators to create a level playing field for all paint companies, ✔ Paint Users to adopt measures to stop Paint Microplastic Pollution Why? Because #PaintIsPlastic! Further scientific research on Microplastic Pollution is essential to better understand the different aspects of the problem, including the impact of Microplastics on Human, Animal and Plant Health - the all important "So what?!" question! The research work of NAMC (North Atlantic Microplastic Centre) and NORCE Norwegian Research Centre is super valuable in this regard. Pinovo will be attending the NAMC Annual Meeting in Bergen next week, and we are very excited to hear about their latest findings. #SDG14 #PaintMicroplastics #SaveOurOcean #GlobalPlasticsTreaty #Biz4PlasticsTreaty Last week we started a series of Posts on our in-house developed, industry leading front end tools that are used in Pinovo's Clean Blasting technology. Next up is the PiWalk - see our short video below 👇 . The PiWalk is ideal for clean blasting of medium sized, horizontal metal surfaces, but it can also be used on vertical surfaces like the sides of tanks at the large chemical plant near Antwerp shown in the video. Hats off 🎩 to our Benelux distributor, Perspect Industrial Products and Yentl Diels! In addition to the benefits of our tools outlined below, the PiWalk also delivers productivity of up to 6 sq.m. per hour, and is super versatile across industries. It has been used on bridges (e.g. on the Flower Bridge in Trondheim), on ship’s decks (e.g. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier), and on industrial flooring. The PiWalk was also chosen by Morten Urrang's team at Remotion AS as the Clean Blasting component for RoboCoat - Remotion's robotic fabric maintenance solution that cleans, blasts and paints. This solution and Pinovo’s PiWalk was operational during summer 2023 at the Alvheim field in the North Sea on the Aker BP ASA FPSO Alvheim, and we look forward to many more mobilisations. Pinovo’s R&D is now working on a new version of the PiWalk, with higher levels of productivity, to be used with both manual and robotic solutions. 🤫 Watch this space! With the PiWalk tool, and as with all of Pinovo’s tools and equipment, 💪 There is no need for scaffolding, sheeting or shutdowns, as is the case with open grit blasting or high pressure water jetting. The Flower Bridge in Trondheim did not have to close! 💪 You can continue to run other operations beside our equipment when it is operating. 💪 Because our technology is ATEX certified, you can operate in explosive environments. 💪 With our high quality filters, and because we capture all the dust, Pinovo's equipment can also used to remove lead and other toxic paints. 💰 And, importantly, Pinovo’s solution is significantly less expensive than the traditional surface treatment methods for spot blasting, and for a continual maintenance strategy to secure life extension of painted assets. So, what are you waiting for?! Why not talk to our Operations Team in Bergen to learn more about our technology, and the benefits it can deliver for your industrial or marine business? And please don't forget, #PaintIsPlastic! #SDG14 #PaintMicroplastics #SaveOurOcean #GlobalPlasticsTreaty #Biz4PlasticsTreaty |
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