Viance News

DuPont and Viance Technology UltraPole™ NXT Wins Two Prestigious R&D 100 Awards

UltraPole™ NXT recognized as one of the top 100 innovations in 2020, achieving additional distinction with a Silver R&D 100 Special Category Award for Corporate Social Responsibility.

UltraPole® NXT Announced as 2020 R&D 100 Silver Award Winner!

UltraPole NXT wins the Silver Award in the Mechanical/Materials Category for Corporate Social Responsibility.

UltraPole® NXT Announced as R&D Finalist in Worldwide 2020 R&D 100 Awards copy

UltraPole NXT is a finalist for the 2020 R&D 100 Awards, a renowned worldwide competition since 1962. UltraPole NXT is in the Materials category and is an environmentally advanced wood utility pole preservative that offers low-impact environmental benefits.

Viance Ad Campaign to Promote DCOI Alternative to Penta

See the UltraPole NXT ad in October's issue of RE (Rural Electric) Magazine.

Viance Enters Agreement with A Meredith Schneider Company

Small-scale Fire Testing of DCOI-A Treated Utility Poles

A small-scale and inexpensive burn test was used to compare the fire resistance characteristics of DCOI-A and Penta treated pole stubs. The test is promising as a screening tool for fire resistance properties.

"Co-op Tech: Power Poles, The Key Component" via @NRECANews

"The idea is you put this smaller cell site lower, closer to people, and make it less power. You’ll have fewer people on it, so they’ll each have more bandwidth.”

Viance Launches DesignWood.com Website

See the benefits of DesignWood, pre-colored, preservative treated wood.

Comparative Gaff and Pilodyn Testing of DCOI-A and Pentachlorophenol Treated Pole Sections

Testing shows treatment of southern pine poles with DCOI-A result in poles with climbability characteristics equivalent to that for penta treated poles using similar carrier systems.

X-Ray Fluorescence for the Analysis of DCOI in the Industrial Market

X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) is a relatively fast and accurate way to determine elemental composition of a sample. With minimal sample preparation, the concentration of elements of interest can be determined non-destructively in minutes.