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Featured in Factory floor – 09-2026

Fighting coastal corrosion

Salt in the air can wreak havoc with projects that lack the necessary corrosion resistance, proving costly for asset owners or the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies that built them. Alexander Gebert, sales director at Tobsteel, argues that quality stainless steel fasteners can save costs for solar investors and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors in the long run.
Matthew Lynas
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Matthew Lynas
These rusted bolts have been exposed to the elements. | Image: Thibauld Nion, CC BY-SA 3.0

The owner of a solar park on Portugal’s Atlantic coast was walking his dog when he noticed something. His solar park was only two years old, but there were rusting bolts. The project was built by a German EPC company with a workmanship guarantee. The owner called the EPC to invoke the warranty, a quality …

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