Paint & Coatings Industry articles from February 2002

Paint & Coatings Industry archives from February 2002

Powder coatings -- alive and thriving. (Viewpoint).
February 1, 2002... "The Solution is Powder" was the theme for the 3rd International Exhibition and Congress for powder coatings technology held in Nurnberg in January. As expected, the event surpassed that held two years ago in Amsterdam. Congress attendees from...

Valspar appoints Ballbach president, names Erdahl, Mansfield to key executive positions. (Industry News).
February 1, 2002... Ballbach joined Valspar in 1990 as general manager, Flexible Packaging Coatings and Adhesives, and was most recently senior vice president -- EPS, CCA and Operations and headed the company's Engineered Polymer Systems and Color Corporation of...

NPCA, industry win key decision in lead-paint lawsuit in Maryland. (Industry News).
February 1, 2002... WASHINGTON -- In a decision favorable to the National Paint & Coatings Association and the coatings industry, a Maryland judge granted a defendants' motion to dismiss a Maryland lead property class-action suit filed on behalf of "one million...

Correction.
February 1, 2002... The January Calendar listed incorrect dates for the Asia Pacific Coatings Markets Conference. The correct dates are March 5-6. PCI regrets the error.

Bay Area Air District approves lower VOC limits on architectural coatings. (Industry News).
February 1, 2002... SAN FRANCISCO -- The Bay Area Air Quality Management District in California has approved new, lower VOC limits on architectural coatings. The action, which reflects the recommendations of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), will require...

BASF announces moves affecting coatings unit, other businesses. (Industry News).
February 1, 2002... MOUNT OLIVE, NJ -- Klaus Peter Lobbe will assume responsibility for BASF AG's newly created Ressort IX, based in Mount Olive, NJ, on March 1, the company announced. BASF's Coatings and North America divisions will become part of Ressort IX. ...

Valspar facility wins `Performance Track' designation from the EPA. (Industry News).
February 1, 2002... PITTSBURGH -- The Valspar Corp.'s Pittsburgh plant has been accepted into the U.S. EPA's National Environmental Performance Track program, becoming only the second paint and coatings manufacturing facility to earn the designation, the company...

ICI agrees to delay sale of stake in venture to Huntsman Corp. (Industry News).
February 1, 2002... LONDON -- ICI plc has agreed to delay the sale of its 30% stake in the Huntsman International joint venture until 2003 due to financing problems encountered by venture partner Huntsman Corp. ICI in October exercised an option to sell its...

ASTM announces name change, citing global use of organization's standards. (Industry News).
February 1, 2002... WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA -- ASTM announced a name change to ASTM International, a move the organization said reflects the increasingly global application and use of ASTM standards. ASTM technical committees represent a diverse range of...

PPG acquires 27 Duron stores in Midwest. (Mergers and Acquisitions).
February 1, 2002... PITTSBURGH -- PPG Industries Inc. has acquired 27 Duron Inc. paint stores in the Chicago, Indianapolis and Columbus, OH, markets in a move that continues an expansion of PPG's retail architectural-coatings operations in North America. For...

Acquisition of Goodyear chemical unit announced. (Mergers and Acquisitions).
February 1, 2002... GREENWICH, CT -- Littlejohn & Co., a private investment firm based in Greenwich, CT, has acquired Eliokem, the former North American and European specialty chemicals businesses of The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Headquartered near Paris,...

ISP acquires Industrial Biocides unit from Degussa. (Mergers and Acquisitions).
February 1, 2002... WAYNE, NJ -- International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary ISP (Canada) Inc. has acquired the Industrial Biocides business of Creanova Inc., a subsidiary of Degussa Corp. Included in the sale were...

OM Group acquires Rhodia Metal Organics businesses. (Mergers and Acquisitions).
February 1, 2002... CLEVELAND -- OM Group Inc. has acquired the metal organics division of Rhodia in a deal that includes Rhodia's Metal Organics businesses and two manufacturing plants, in Manchester, UK, and Bethlehem, PA. OMG said the acquisition expands...

Bayer to acquire diisocyanates assets from Lyondell. (Mergers and Acquisitions).
February 1, 2002... PITTSBURGH -- Bayer Corp. announced an agreement in principle to acquire a portion of Lyondell Chemical Co.'s aliphatic diisocyanates (ADI) assets, including Lyondell's remaining Luxate product inventories and intellectual properties, effective...

Lord Corp. to acquire all of Metech Inc. (Mergers and Acquisitions).
February 1, 2002... CARY, NC -- Lord Corp.'s Chemical Products Division announced plans to acquire 100% of Metech Inc., a manufacturer of thick-film electronic materials in which Lord currently holds a minority stake. Lord said it plans to retain all Metech...

European Coatings Conference to focus on polyurethane advances. (Industry News).
February 1, 2002... HANNOVER, Germany -- Vincentz Verlag, Hannover, Germany, announced program plans for the European Coatings Conference, "Polyurethanes for High-Performance Coatings II," scheduled for March 14-15 in Berlin. The conference will offer 15...

Sherwin `Bud' Steinberg; was retired Carboline CEO. (Obituary).
February 1, 2002... ST. LOUIS -- Sherwin Lewis "Bud" Steinberg, retired president and CEO of Carboline Co., died Dec. 12, 2001, at his home near St. Louis of complications from cancer. He was 64. Mr. Steinberg worked for Carboline for 18 years before he joined...

Elementis Specialties.
February 1, 2002... Christopher J. Bradford has joined Elementis Specialties as Worldwide Marketing manager for Waterborne Coatings. Bradford was formerly Technical Marketing and Sales manager for UV Coatings at BASF Automotive Coatings in Southfield, MI. Paul...

Spraylat Corp.
February 1, 2002... Spraylat Corp. has named Steven Frias to the company's powder coatings sales team, with responsibility for sales in north Texas, Oklahoma, southern Missouri, and eastern Louisiana. Frias joined Spraylat in 1992 and was most recently Quality...

Special Materials Co.
February 1, 2002... David Graham has joined Special Materials Co., Cherry Hill, NJ, as vice president of Sales and Marketing. Graham formerly held a variety of positions with Occidental Chemical Co., including OXSOL business manager. Special Materials Co. is a...

Eckart America L.P.
February 1, 2002... Norbert John Hobrath has joined Eckart America L.P. as director, Marketing Communications, with responsibility for trade advertising, website content, trade shows, media relations, product promotions and other communications functions. Hobrath...

BASF AG.
February 1, 2002... Klaus Peter Lobbe will assume responsibility for BASF AG's newly created Ressort IX, based in Mount Olive, NJ, on March 1, the company announced. BASF's Coatings and North America divisions will become part of Ressort IX. Lobbe has been...

Allied PhotoChemical Inc.
February 1, 2002... Allied PhotoChemical Inc., Kimball, MI, has named Stewart McKenzie president. McKenzie has more than 15 years of experience in the coatings industry, in the areas of UV-cure technology, powder coatings and vacuum metallization, and has held...

Rohm and Haas Co.
February 1, 2002... Rohm and Haas Co. announced the election of Suzanne B. Rowland, business manager for the company's North American Specialty Polymers Business, to vice president. Rowland joined Rohm and Haas in 1985 as Market manager for Textile Chemicals in...

Seegott Inc.
February 1, 2002... Seegott Inc. has promoted Sam Taylor to Regional Sales manager -- New England and Mid-Atlantic states. He was formerly an account manager, and previously held sales, management and other positions with DuPont Co.

Walsh & Associates.
February 1, 2002... Walsh & Associates, St. Louis, has named Robert Welsh Jr. Regional Sales manager. He is a 31-year veteran of the company. Walsh & Associates is a distributor of raw materials and equipment to the coatings, ink, and other industries in all or...

Avecia.
February 1, 2002... Avecia, Manchester, United Kingdom, announced the completion of a major upgrade to its PROXEL preservatives production plant in Huddersfield, United Kingdom, where the company manufactures the 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one (BIT) component for a...

Chemcentral Corp.
February 1, 2002... Chemcentral Corp., Bedford Park, IL, announced the launch of its new website, CHEMCENTRAL Online, www.chemcentral.com. The site incorporates the online purchasing function previously offered on another company-owned site, eFodia.com. The site's...

Degussa AG.
February 1, 2002... Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, Germany, announced a production-capacity expansion for the polyamide 12 powder VESTOSINT[R] at the company's Marl, Germany, chemical complex. The expansion increases the facility's production capacity by one-third and...

Meetings & shows: 2002 calendar.
February 1, 2002... March 4-5 Powder Coating 101 Seminar PCI Magazine Chicago 248/244.6456 SIWEKD@bnp.com 5-6 Asia Pacific Coatings Markets Conference Centre for Management Technology Bangkok, Thailand charmaine@cmtsp.com.sg...

Degussa Corp.
February 1, 2002... Degussa Corp., Parsippany, NJ, has appointed Whittaker, Clark & Daniels Inc. distributor of Degussa's organosilanes product line in the northeastern United States. The distribution area includes Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut,...

Eastman Chemical Co.
February 1, 2002... Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN, announced plans for a production expansion at the company's crude tall oil fractionation unit in Franklin, VA, and the shutdown of the fractionation and rosin ester units in Savannah, GA. The plants, which...

Eastman Chemical Co.
February 1, 2002... Eastman Chemical Co.'s Accurate Dispersions division, South Holland, IL, announced plans to open a new Architectural Color Lab located at the business's South Holland facilities. The 5,000-square-foot lab, scheduled to become operational by...

Premier Mill.
February 1, 2002... Premier Mill, Reading, PA, has appointed Jensen-Sounders Associates sales representative for Premier's line of milling, mixing and dispersing equipment in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and portions of Iowa and Wisconsin. Jensen Souders...

Resolution Performance Products L.L.C.
February 1, 2002... Resolution Performance Products L.L.C., a global supplier of epoxy resins and versatic acids and derivatives, announced the startup of new 20,000-metric-ton-per-year production facility for Cardura E10P glycidyl ester at the company's...

Waterborne: parquet coatings based on crosslinked polyurethane dispersions.
February 1, 2002... Compared with solventborne systems, traditional waterborne parquet coatings lack various properties such as scuff- and chemical resistance. Several approaches have been investigated in the past to overcome these drawbacks, but many of them were...

Finishing medium density fiberboard with powder coatings. (Cover Story).
February 1, 2002... Why Powder Coatings? Powder coatings are the finish of choice in many segments of the metal finishing industry. (1-3) Growth in powder usage is driven by many factors, including the following. * Environmental compliance -- no VOCs or...

UV curing of black pigmented coating materials: black pigmented UV-curable coating materials intended for application on wood veneer and fiberboard were prepared and used to compare different compositions.
February 1, 2002... Reactive oligomer/monomer combinations with high acrylate functionality, a suitable and effective blend of long- and short-wave absorbing photoinitiators, and a careful selection of pigment and pigment concentration were necessary to make...

Polyester/TGIC powder coatings: based on 1,3-propanediol (PDO).
February 1, 2002... Carboxyl functional polyesters have been prepared from 1,3-propanediol (PDO), neopentyl glycol (NPG), and a 76/24 terephthalic/isophthalic acid (TPA/IPA) combination. these polyesters were formulated with triglycidyl isocyanurate (TGIC) resins...

From the lab to the real world: new design in mixing/dispersion equipment allows more efficient development and scale-up.
February 1, 2002... Work in a typical coatings lab is aimed at achieving a long list of goals in product development. But every aspect of business in the lab is also driven by a collection of chronic shortages. Space for equipment in the lab is always tight, and...

Mixer creates an impression without making waves: the patented JBW Mixing System is making a difference for the customers who use it, especially in the coatings industry. It is used in drums, tote tanks and tanks up to 5,000 gal depending on viscosity.
February 1, 2002... The Mixing System The JBW Mixer is becoming an increasingly popular choice for mixing in drums and totes in the coating industry. The mixer is well-built, easy to set up and easy to maintain. James Watkins, president and CEO, is the...

Bematek. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... The new lab model LZ-150 multi-shear in-line mixer features the company's flexible Modular Construction Design; MDC[TM] is easily interchangeable from one to six shear zones providing total product flexibility in one mixing head and the ability...

Bolz-Summix. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... The CyCone conical mixer incorporates the latest technologies in conical mixer/dryers. This unit features the most advanced technology for the drive unit. This design features low internal friction, high resistance against peak loads, strong...

Bowers Process Equipment Inc. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... This company's new line of tank top mounted dispersers/mixers is designed for superior bearing life and easy maintenance. An optional hydraulic lift can cycle the rotor vertically to speed mixing and prevent excessive heat rise in the batch....

Buhler Inc. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... This company has developed a new line of laboratory and small-scale production equipment. The line is completed with a twin-shaft mixer SHP-TS, available with 7.5- and 10-hp motor that is available with identical features of a real...

CB Mills, Div. of Chicago Boiler Co. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... This company offers the new model ECM Poly, a high-production 8-liter mill. The accelerator and screen design ensures its performance. Higher flow rates provide more passes, resulting in a finer grind and narrower particle size distribution of...

Charles Ross & Son Co. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... A new line of high-speed dispersers is offered. The equipment is rugged in design and available in sizes from 1/2 hp to 200 hp, to handle batches as large as 2,000 gal. Built with wetted parts of type 304 stainless steel, the dispersers include...

Chemineer Inc. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... A new line of portable mixers, supplied in standard configurations enabling the company to guarantee a 48-hour delivery on all shipments, is now available. The XPress portable mixers are top-quality, high-performance units, fitted with industry...

Conn and Co. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... The Conn Blades[R] are the only blending/dispersion blades that provide true pumping action for complete material circulation. The ITT style is the most aggressive. The IT style provides the same superior pumping but is gentle enough for...

Corob North America. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... Modula is a flexible and modular automatic dispenser that can meet the most demanding requirements in terms of performance and productivity. Up to 32 circuits with a maximum of 16 external (MODULA TDF). Up to 32 internal canisters of different...

Draiswerke Inc. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... The Advantis[R] Perl Mill surpasses all leading milling technology by maximizing both available motor power per mill volume and product flow rate per mill volume. Superior cooling ability and unique media recirculation method make the Advantis...

Glen Mills. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... The TURBULA Shaker-Mixer blends powders homogeneously by means of a 3-dimensional spiral motion. This uniform mixing occurs even with very large differences in density, concentration and particle size. Use of removable mixing containers...

Hockmeyer. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... Initially, the HSD immersion mill was thought to have a viscosity limitation typical of most other basket and horizontal mills. The availability of several style pumper blades extended viscosity ranges to about 50,000 centipoises. Now with the...

Indco Inc. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... This company offers a range of heavy-duty pail mixers for the coatings industry. The model M-2000 is a turntable-style mixer that features a thorough rolling/scraping mixing action, an adjustable mixing angle up to about 15[degrees], and a...

Jongia. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... Direct drive agitators from this company offer a unique design feature of no gearbox for direct mounting, and require no bearing inside of the vessel to ensure a truly hygienic execution. The other special design feature is a rotating coupling...

Kady International. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... This versatile, compact, continuous flow mill has been engineered to easily upgrade current processing equipment. For a modest investment, and using only 8 square feet of the plant floor, this high-speed mill can double or triple current...

Microfluidics, division of MFIC Corp. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... The MultiSlotted interaction Chamber produces the highest shearing forces in the fluid processing industry. Guaranteed scale up from laboratory to production size, Microfluidizer high-shear fluid processors can be even more precise and less...

Morehouse-COWLES, division of MFIC Corp. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... Morehouse-COWLES[TM], a division of MFIC, is the largest single-source for grinding media. Most media is in-stock at or below factory-direct prices. This is the exclusive source for genuine COWLES disperser/dissolver blades, too. CIRCLE NO. 116...

NaraKom. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... The Micros superfine mill from this company can obtain a sub-micron particle within a short time. It is capable of uniform dispersion of a slurry. The mill has a unique design when compared with existing media agitating or ball mills. Ceramic...

Netzsch Inc. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... The Grinding and Dispersion division of this company offers a compact designed, easy to clean, totally enclosed basket mill. The Turbomill provides finer grinding for enhanced quality, and faster grinding for higher productivity. Its totally...

Premier Mill Corp. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... This company introduces the QMAX Supermill, a high flow recirculation mill that contains a new grinding configuration unlike those in other conventional disc or peg type media mills. The mill uses a specific orientation of grinding components...

Schold Machine Co. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... From the company's line of tank-mounted dispersers and blenders are depicted a resin reactor and a holding/cooling tank. These heavy-duty units come complete with multi-blade wall scrapers in low speed, high speed or multi-shaft designs. The...

Terlet. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... This company offers custom process vessel capabilities and is ASME, U-Stamp and 3A certified in its production facility. It specializes in pressure processing vessels, mixing vessels, reactors, and tanks, especially for paint manufacturing....

Union Process. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... This company introduces the new circulation QC-Mill for super fine grinding. The patented small media mill operates with unique centrifugal high circulation mode. The rotor creates strong centrifugal and shearing forces inside the mill. These...

CUNO Inc. (Filters).
February 1, 2002... [Betapure.sup.7] disposable filter capsules are now available. Absolute-rated Betapure capsule filters, available with removal ratings from 2-190 microns, are designed for small volume filter applications and laboratory testing in the coatings...

Filter Specialists Inc. (Filters).
February 1, 2002... This company has developed a new filter bag seating tool. This tool is manufactured of lightweight, corrosion resistant aluminum and features a t-handle for no-slip grip and ease of use. Use of the tool ensures correct filter bag insertion and...

Filtration Systems. (Filters).
February 1, 2002... Valved, individual filter housings from this company allow liquid flow to be shut off at the unit, rather than at a distant source, saving time during media change-out. Two stainless steel ball valves, on the inlet and outlet of each vessel,...

MM Industries, VORTI-SIV Div. (Filters).
February 1, 2002... Self-cleaning inline filtration equipment is offered for the coatings industry. These heavily reinforced horizontally or vertically mounted all stainless steel units are supplied with 1", 2", 3", and 4" inlets/outlets. A stainless steel screen...

Rosedale Products Inc. (Filters).
February 1, 2002... Quick Access Cover for Bag & Cartridge Filter Housings feature a clamp and spring-assisted hinged cover resulting in the company's fastest and easiest cover to remove, requiring no special tools. These housings can reduce element change-out...

RPA Process Technologies. (Equipment Roundup).
February 1, 2002... DCF mechanically cleaned filters are now available in a twin actuator design. The DCF Twin filters use dual actuators instead of a combination actuator/drive shaft, isolating the pneumatic drive mechanism from the submerged cleaning disc shaft....

Thickness gauge and software: Automation USA. (Products).
February 1, 2002... Automation USA Version 6.1 of the QuaNix software from this company is now available. The software provides detailed statistical reports such as histograms and other charts and graphs. When used with the QuaNix Keyless Coating Thickness...

Spectrophotometer: McPherson Inc. (Products).
February 1, 2002... McPherson Inc. The vacuum ultraviolet absorbance spectrophotometer can perform dual-beam measurements of absorbance, transmittance and reflectance at variable angles. It is the first vacuum-compatible double-beam system that simultaneously...

Measurement system: RHE America LLC. (Products).
February 1, 2002... RHE America LLC A continuous viscosity and acid/hydroxy measurement system from this company can be used in the production of alkyd, polyester, esterimide, phenolic, amine, furane and epoxy resins, and printing ink binders. The system...

Ovens: Eagle Panels. (Products).
February 1, 2002... Eagle Panels This company announces that its Modular 1R Ovens can be made to spec and shipped directly. The ovens are wired and plumbed, and have a new six-way IR mounting bracket for universal adjustment. CIRCLE NO 132

Great Lakes Chemical Corp.
February 1, 2002... Great Lakes Chemical Corp. announced the launch of Anox[TM] 330, a high performance phenolic antioxidant for polyolefins and other plastics. The material is a new addition to the company's portfolio of hindered phenolic antioxidants. It is a...

3M Specialty Materials.
February 1, 2002... 3M Specialty Materials now offers Fluorad[TM] fluorosurfactants FC-4430 and FC-4432 as long-term replacements for its Fluorad[TM] FC-430 in the coatings industry. These new surfactants can outperform Fluorad FC-430. FC-4430 and FC-4432 are...

Nubiola Pigmentos S.L.
February 1, 2002... NUBIOLA PIGMENTOS S.L. introduces ultramarine pigments with considerable improvements to their specifications. As part of this strategy, the company has been offering its ultramarine pigments with considerable improvements to their...

Sartomer Co.
February 1, 2002... Sartomer Co. has made available Poly bd[R] resins, functional liquid polymers used in preparing castable elastomers, adhesives, coatings, and other rubber-fabricated materials. They are especially suited to low-temperature applications; many...

Solutia.
February 1, 2002... Solutia offers Additol VXW 6386, an easily emulsifiable defoamer, developed especially for high-quality waterborne systems. The material can outperform conventional mineral oil-based defoamers, which can decrease desired surface properties such...

Additives: Solutia Inc. (Literature).
February 1, 2002... Solutia Inc. The Resins and Additives business unit of this company announced that a new brochure is available, providing an overview of the company's additives for liquid and powder coatings systems. The brochure is designed for...

Responsible Care: Sartomer Co. (Literature).
February 1, 2002... Sartomer Co. This company announces the availability of its full-color, photo-rich brochure "Miles of Progress: A Roadmap to Responsible Care[R] Management." The brochure provides a comprehensive overview of the company's implementation of...

Mill: Union Process. (Literature).
February 1, 2002... Union Process The QC-Mill, a circulation small media mill for superfine grinding, is examined in a new brochure. The mill operates using a centrifugal high circulation mode, and has a specially designed rotor that creates strong...

Dust Collectors: Scientific Dust Collectors. (Literature).
February 1, 2002... Scientific Dust Collectors A new bulletin on this company's SL series of cartridge dust collectors is now offered. The bulletin details the heavy-duty reverse pulse-jet cartridge collector's standard and optional design features. CIRCLE...

Pumps: Mayno Inc. (Literature).
February 1, 2002... Moyno Inc. The Moyno[R] 1000 progressive cavity pumps are discussed in a new technical brochure. The pumps can handle clean, clear liquids as well as thick, abrasive, and corrosive fluids and slurries. Included are photographs,...