Zerust Integrity Solutions Achievement Timeline

1970

NTIC, the parent company of Zerust Integrity Solutions, was founded in 1970 in Lino Lakes, Minnesota. Then known as Northern Instruments, Inc.

1993

In 1993, Northern Instruments changed its corporate name by merging into a wholly owned subsidiary, Northern Technologies International Corporation (NTIC).

2001

NACE-01190

Synergism in Corrosion Protection Systems With Inhibitors

Author(s): E. Ya. Lyublinski

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2001

NACE-01189

Creation and Application of Volatile Inhibitors

Author(s): D.A. Kubik and E. Ya. Lyublinski

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2003

NACE-03719

New Corrosion Protection Methods for Existing Reinforced Concrete Structures

Author(s): Prof. Efim Ya. Lyublinski, Dr. Donald A. Kubik, Eng. Ronnie A. Singh

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2003

NACE-03486

Efficiency of Combined Corrosion Protection Methods Including VCI

Author(s): Prof. Efim Ya. Lyublinski, Dr. Donald A. Kubik

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2004

NACE-04264

Cost and Other Benefits of Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors (VCI) Compared to Legacy Packaging Methods That Prevail in Military Applications

Author(s): James Henderson, and Ronnie Singh

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2008

NASDAQ Closing Bell Ceremony for NTIC

2012

Winner of the MP Readers’ Choice NACE Corrosion Innovation of the Year award for Zerust Flange Saver®

Recipient(s): Efim Lyublinski, Northern Technologies International Corp. -Beachwood, Ohio, U.S.A.; Marcelo Schultz, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A (Petrobras) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Ronnie Singh, Zerust Corrosion Prevention SA - Sorocaba, Brazil; Keiji Uemura, Zerust-NIC (Taiwan) Corp. - Taipei, Taiwan

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2012

Winner of the MP Readers’ Choice NACE Corrosion Innovation of the Year Award for Zerust ReCAST-R™

Recipient(s): Efim Lyublinski, Northern Technologies International Corp. - Beachwood, Ohio, U.S.A.; Marcelo Schultz, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ; Ronnie Singh, Zerust Corrosion Prevention SA - Sorocaba, Brazil

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2013

Corrosion Protection of Tank Product Side Bottoms

Author(s): E. Ya. Lyublinski, Yu. I. Kuznetsov, Marcelo Schultz, and Yefim Vaks

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2017

Awarded EVOLEN’s Innovation Award for the energy, oil and gas related industries for Zerust® Inhibitor Fusion (ZIF) Tape

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2018

NACE-2018-11567

Methodologies to Evaluate Compatibility Between Cathodic Protection and Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors for Tank Bottom Applications

Author(s): Sujay Math (Zerust Integrity Solutions) | Pavan K. Shukla (Southwest Research Institute)

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2018

NACE-2018-11189

Application of Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor to Prevent Internal Corrosion in Pipelines

Author(s): Leigh Gendron (Enbridge Pipelines) | Kelly Baker (Zerust Integrity Solutions) | Terry Natale (Zerust Integrity Solutions)

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2019

NACE-2019-12787

Galvanic Anode Cathodic Protection System Performance in the Presence of Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors for Aboveground Storage Tank Application

Author(s): Sujay Math (Zerust Integrity Solutions) | Pavan K. Shukla (Savannah River National Laboratory)

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2019

NACE-2019-13133

Investigations on Cathodic Protection Current Diversion to Carrier Pipe With VCI Gel Annulus Fill in Cased Pipelines

Author(s): Sujay Math (Zerust Integrity Solutions) | Pavan K. Shukla (Savannah River National Laboratory)

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2019

50th Anniversary of NTIC

2020

NACE-C2020-14927

Oxygen Evolution from the MMO Anode Cathodic Protection System and its Effect on the Corrosion of the Soil-Side Bottom Plate of an Above Ground Storage Tank

Author(s): Sujay Math (Zerust Integrity Solutions) | Pavan K. Shukla (Savannah River National Laboratory) | Terry Natale (Zerust Integrity Solutions)

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