Jim Knocke

Jim is the co-inventor and original patent holder of Corrosion Prevention Technologies’ revolutionary surface preparation technology, Corr-Ze. Jim developed the second-generation Corr-Ze system in 2009, then, in 2011, enhanced this to a superior two-step method that is the industry-changing product they know today,to clean and passivate mild steel. Jim’s professional experience includes synthetic organic chemistry, both, bench and plant scale, formulating cleaners and industrial processing aids across several industries, the introduction of new anti-microbial formulations into food safety applications, and introduction of new applications using anti-microbials to increase frac well production. Jim also has extensive experience in process development, troubleshooting,formulating, scale-up, production management, technical sales support,regulatory functions, ISO 9002 and quality control.