Based on a groundbreaking invention by a highly recognized entrepreneur

ThermaSiC is based on groundbreaking R&D work supervised by Professor Nuria Espallargas at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Nuria is a highly recognized entrepreneur who has won many prestigious awards, including:

Finalist at the EU Innovator Award 2022 from the European Patent Office

Finalist at the EU prize for Women Innovators (2019)

Female Entrepeneur 2017 (Norway)

Among Norway’s Top 50 Women in Tech 2017 (Norway)

Young Innovator Award 2015 (Norway)

Nominated best communicator of NTNU at the “Kom Award NTNU 2015”

From this background, Seram Coatings established it’s factory pilot line in 2018 at Herøya Industrial Park, in Porsgrunn in Norway. The park has a long history of industrial endeavors, and is housing companies such as Hydro, Equinor and Yara.

Since then, production scale-up and customer qualifications have been the two major areas of focus. With the addition of a thermal spray booth on-site in 2022, we are now increasing customer activity, application and product development.

Environmental, social and governance (ESG)

Seram Coatings adress many of the UN’s sustainable development goals through its business

  • The ThermaSiC innovation advances the technological level of the industrial sectors by bringing entirely new solutions to the market
  • This will support our customers ability to create new jobs
  • Seram Coatings’ value proposition is to increase the productivity of our customers by reducing wear and corrosion
  • ThermaSiC can support the reduction of use of chemicals that are harmful to the environment
  • ThermaSiC promotes resource and energy efficiency by offering a product with superior performance with less use of resources
  • ThermaSiC can help businesses reduce emissions of CO2 by reducing the weight of equipment for aviation
  • It may also improve the efficiency and operating temperature of engines
  • ThermaSiC may enable customers to change to more benign chemicals to the marine environment
  • Seram Coatings actively participates and funds product development to enable EALs (Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants) in cooperation with end users and lubrication manufacturers

Leadership

Jens Lehrmann – CEO

  • Joined Seram Coatings as CEO in 2019
  • Previously at Saint-Gobain SiC Division and Nalco
    Ecolab in product development, sales, marketing
    and sales management positions
  • M.Sc. in Chemical Science from the University of
    Oslo

Shaun Watkins – Head of Production

Dr. Stian Sannes – CTO

Kristian Helland – VP Business Development

  • Joined Seram Coatings permanently in 2016, and was a paid consultant before that
  • Extensive previous experience from setting up manufacturing plants, quality systems and process set up and development within aerospace, automotive and electronics sectors
  • ONC, HND Electrical Engineering, MBA and Six Sigma Black Belt certified
  • Joined Seram Coatings in 2022
  • Previously held technology leadership roles at Yara, Cranemaster and REC, and technology development at Norwegian Hydro and Sintef
  • Doctorate in physical metallurgy, solidification and crystallization from the Norwegian University of
    Science and Technology (NTNU)
  • Joined Seram Coatings in May 2023
  • Previously Product Manager for Cranemaster, a market leader in offshore lifting and heave compensation, as well as commercial and technical roles in REC, Borealis and Sintef.
  • PhD in Chemistry, NTNU

Leadership

Jens Lehrmann – CEO

  • Joined Seram Coatings as CEO in 2019
  • Previously at Saint-Gobain SiC Division and Nalco
    Ecolab in product development, sales, marketing
    and sales management positions
  • M.Sc. in Chemical Science from the University of
    Oslo

Shaun Watkins – Head of Production

  • Joined Seram Coatings permanently in 2016, and was a paid consultant before that
  • Extensive previous experience from setting up manufacturing plants, quality systems and process set up and development within aerospace, automotive and electronics sectors
  • ONC, HND Electrical Engineering, MBA and Six Sigma Black Belt certified

Dr. Stian Sannes – CTO

  • Joined Seram Coatings in 2022
  • Previously held technology leadership roles at Yara, Cranemaster and REC, and technology development at Norwegian Hydro and Sintef
  • Doctorate in physical metallurgy, solidification and crystallization from the Norwegian University of
    Science and Technology (NTNU)

Kristian Helland – VP Business Development

  • Joined Seram Coatings in May 2023
  • Previously Product Manager for Cranemaster, a market leader in offshore lifting and heave compensation, as well as commercial and technical roles in REC, Borealis and Sintef.
  • PhD in Chemistry, NTNU

Contact us:

All inquiries:

sales@seramcoatings.com

Physical address:

Tormod Gjestlands Veg 11, 3936 Porsgrunn, Norway

Postal address:

Tormod Gjestlands Veg 11, 3936 Porsgrunn, Norway

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