Tnemec manufactures the most advanced line of coatings in the world.
Established in 1921, Tnemec Company is one of the largest privately held companies in the United States specializing in industrial coatings for new construction and maintenance. Tnemec manufactures more than one hundred architectural and industrial coatings — from premium epoxies and polyurethanes to specialized fluoropolymer and polyurea products — formulated specifically for extreme durability, enduring performance and enhanced aesthetics. Tnemec maintains its strengths through innovative and creative research and development for superior performance and leading technology in the paint and coatings industry.
Tnemec's product line provides coating protection for a number of different industries including water storage tanks, water and wastewater treatment, specialty architectural, industrial and processing/manufacturing. In addition, Tnemec offers StrataShield floor and wall coatings as well as Chemprobe masonry coatings.
Tnemec has a worldwide reputation among specifiers and contractors for consistently producing high quality industrial coatings that are used on everything from water tanks to large stadiums. Tnemec also features the most knowledgeable sales representatives in the coatings industry who provide support and industry expertise from start to finish.
Tnemec (pronounced tah-KNEE-mick): an unusual name for an unusual coatings company. In 1921, Albert C. Bean, Sr. made an unusual discovery that marked Tnemec's beginning. Bean noticed a reinforcing bar in the midst of concrete rubble that hadn't rusted in decades and decided to further investigate. Through his investigation, not only did he discover that the alkaline condition of the cement inhibited rust, he used this information to patent a revolutionary coatings formula. As a tribute to this discovery, he reversed the letters of cement and changed the name of his company from Armor Oil and Chemical to what it is known as today. Tnemec.
