Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of China officially issued the national standard GB/T 11372-2025 Terms for Rust Prevention, which will come into force on May 1, 2026. As one of the core drafting entities, Nanjing Kerun Industrial Medium Co., Ltd. has deeply participated in the formulation of this national standard.
Standard Overview and Significance
GB/T 11372-2025 Terms for Rust Prevention is a fundamental standard in the field of temporary rust prevention for metal products in China. It systematically defines the full-chain professional terms covering basic theories, pretreatment, materials, processes, testing and evaluation, providing a unified linguistic specification for scientific research, production, trade and technical communication. This revision is the first comprehensive update to the 1989 edition, reflecting the profound changes in rust prevention technology, material science and environmental protection requirements over the past three decades.
Company Participation and Contributions
With profound expertise and technological advantages in industrial media and rust prevention technologies, Nanjing Kerun Industrial Medium Co., Ltd. was invited to draft the standard. Its technical experts collaborated with specialists from research institutes and renowned enterprises to ensure the standard’s scientificity, advancement and practicability. This participation in national standard formulation marks the national high recognition of Kerun’s technical strength and industrial influence.
Impact on the Industry
The release and implementation of this standard will effectively standardize professional terminology in the rust prevention sector, reduce technical misunderstandings and communication barriers caused by inconsistent terms, and promote the innovation of rust prevention technologies, improvement of product quality and healthy development of the industry. For downstream sectors including machinery manufacturing, equipment, automotive, aerospace and power equipment, the unified terminology standard will also provide an important basis for product design, process formulation, quality control and supply chain management.
Nanjing Kerun Industrial Medium Co., Ltd. will continue to uphold the philosophy of technological innovation and standards first, actively engage in industrial standardization construction, and contribute to the high-quality development of China’s manufacturing industry.
