Paint & Coatings Industry articles from February 2004

Paint & Coatings Industry archives from February 2004

A lose/lose situation.(Viewpoint)
February 1, 2004... Sorry folks, but I am still concerned about the future of jobs in the U.S. coatings industry. My January column dealt with that issue, and I think it important enough for further discussion. PCI Marketplace this month reports, "The U.S....

International paint and ink council backed for UN 'consultative' status.(Industry news)
February 1, 2004... WASHINGTON -- The United Nations' Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) has recommended consultative status for the international Paint and Printing ink Council (IPPIC), an alliance of coatings and ink manufacturing associations...

CARB issues updated list of companies in line for VOC fees.(Industry news)
February 1, 2004... SACRAMENTO, CA -- The California Air Resources Board (CARB) issued an updated list of coatings-manufacturing companies that will be obliged to pay millions of dollars in new lees based on estimated emissions of VOCs from architectural coatings...

DuPont PPG forecast dramatic changes in auto-color choices.(Industry news)
February 1, 2004... Automotive-color trend watchers at DuPont Co. and PPG, echoing predictions issued earlier by BASE say color choices will shift dramatically in the coming years as new effects and shades mark a departure from the recent dominance of silver and...

Raymond D. Stevens Jr.; was retired as chairman and CEO of Pratt & Lambert.(Obituary)
February 1, 2004... BUFFALO, NY -- Raymond D. Stevens Jr., retired chairman and CEO of Pratt & Lambert Inc., died Nov. 15, 2003, in Buffalo following a brief illness. He was 76. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of...

2004 calendar.(Industry news)(Calendar)
February 1, 2004... Meetings, Shows and Educational Programs FEBRUARY 18-20 International Waterborne, High Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium University of Southern Mississippi New Orleans 601/266.4475 E-mail: waterborne@usm.edu MARCH 9-10...

DuPont, Kansai Paint to terminate automotive-coatings joint ventures.(Company news)
February 1, 2004... WILMINGTON, DE -- DuPont Co. and Kansai Paint Ltd, of Japan agreed to terminate their automotive-coatings joint-venture relationships, citing "incompatible global strategies." The companies did not provide further details or comment on the...

BASF launches revised long-term business strategy, unveils new logo.(Company news)
February 1, 2004... LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany -- BASF AG, saying sales growth in the chemicals sector is expected to trail global economic growth over the next decade, announced revisions in its business strategy and introduced a new corporate logo, and said it will...

Flood Co. announces additional move aimed at boosting overseas business.(Company news)
February 1, 2004... HUDSON, OH -- The Flood Co. named Guillermo "Willy" Rosenberg European Sales manager for the company's newly formed European subsidiary Owatrol International S.L. The announcement is the third recent major executive appointment for Flood's...

Ross & Son Co. opens second China plant.(Company news)
February 1, 2004... HAUPPAUGE, NY -- Charles Ross & Son Co. announced the opening of a second manufacturing plant in China, located in Wuxi City, approximately 70 miles from Shanghai. The plant produces a number of mixing and processing systems, including...

Dow Chemical announces business-unit realignment.(Company news)
February 1, 2004... MIDLAND, MI -- The Dow Chemical Co. announced a reorganization of its global business groups into three units as part of an effort to improve the company's financial performance and strengthen long-term prospects. The announcement follows a...

BASF.(Company News In Brief)
February 1, 2004... BASF, Wyandotte, MI, has expanded its Wyandotte site with a new applications-development laboratory for the company's consumer refrigeration insulation systems business. The company said the laboratory will enhance efforts to develop, evaluate...

Degussa AG.(Company News In Brief)
February 1, 2004... Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, Germany, said its Coatings & Colorants Business Unit plans to build manufacturing facilities for the production of colorants and polyester resins for coatings at the Degussa Chemicals (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. site in...

Netzsch Inc.(Company News In Brief)
February 1, 2004... Netzsch Inc., Exton, PA, has appointed Vessco Inc., Eden Prairie, MN, sales representative for Netzsch Filtration Systems in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Netzsch also has appointed Woods Industries, Houston, sales...

Noveon Inc.(Company News In Brief)
February 1, 2004... Noveon Inc., Cleveland, announced plans to move production of its Sancure polyurethane dispersions product line to Avon Lake, OH. from the company's Leominster, MA, facility. The Leominster site will be closed in the near future, the company...

Wacker Chemical Corp.(Company News In Brief)
February 1, 2004... Wacker Chemical Corp., Adrian, MI, announced an expansion of the company's distribution agreement with Brenntag Inc., Reading, PA, to include both the United States and Canada. The companies said the move expands Brenntag's existing regional...

Plasticolors Inc.(Names in the news)
February 1, 2004... Benjamin Arnold and Peter Gall have joined Plasticolors Inc., Ashtabula, OH, as Technical Service representatives. Arnold has held operations-engineering, laboratory and research positions. Gall has worked as a chemist and has held...

The Valspar Corp.(Names in the news)
February 1, 2004... The Valspar Corp. announced that President and Chief Operating Officer John M. Ballbach will leave the company for undisclosed personal reasons. The company said Ballbach will work on special projects through March. His responsibilities will be...

BYK-Gardner USA.(Names in the news)
February 1, 2004... Tom Ferrari has joined BYK-Gardner USA as National Sales manager for Retail Color Systems. Ferrari has more than 20 years of experience in the paint and coatings industry.

Eckart America L.P.(Names in the news)
February 1, 2004... Eckart America L.P. has promoted Frank Jischke to general manager. Louisville Operations, with responsibility for aluminum-pigment production, technical-service, product-development, and sales and marketing functions for the coatings and...

National Coatings Corp.(Names in the news)
February 1, 2004... William Kirn has joined National Coatings Corp., Camarillo. CA, as Technical director and Key Account manager. The company said Kirn is recognized as a pioneer in the construction-chemicals and building-materials industry, with more than 20...

Hoover Materials Handling Group Inc.(Names in the news)
February 1, 2004... Hoover Materials Handling Group Inc. named Jim Pry Business Development manager. Dry Materials Handling Division, with responsibility for sales growth of the company's line of dry material handling equipment. He will work with Hoover's...

Hercules Inc.(Names in the news)
February 1, 2004... Hercules Inc.'s board of directors elected Craig A. Rogerson president and CEO, effective immediately. Rogerson has been acting president and chief operating officer since October, John K. Wulff will continue as non-executive chairman of the...

CHEMARK Consulting Group.(Names in the news)
February 1, 2004... Ira S. Miller has joined CHEMARK Consulting Group as vice president of Strategic Consulting. Miller has held senior executive positions with companies involved in diagnostic-imaging manufacturing, telecommunications, financial services and...

Third quarter--2003.(Marketplace)
February 1, 2004... Architectural coatings continued to be the segment of the industry that experienced solid growth for the quarter and year by responding to the strong growth in the housing construction and resale markets. Architectural coatings for the first...

Diamond Vogel to acquire Davis-Frost operations in Minneapolis and Tulsa.(Mergers and acquisitions)
February 1, 2004... ORANGE CITY, IA -- Diamond Vogel Paint Inc. announced an agreement to acquire certain assets of Davis-Frost Paint Co., Lynchburg, VA. The companies said the assets are associated with the industrial-coatings business of Davis-Frost and based at...

Investment group bids to acquire Celanese AG.(Mergers and acquisitions)
February 1, 2004... NEW YORK -- An investment group led by New York-based The Blackstone Group submitted a buyout offer for Celanese AG, the Germany-based chemicals company. The investment group, BCP Crystal Acquisition GmbH & Co. KG, is offering 32.50 euros...

ICI Paints acquires eight Wilshire paint stores in California.(Mergers and acquisitions)
February 1, 2004... CLEVELAND -- ICI Paints' North American division has acquired eight architectural-paint stores in the San Joaquin Valley of California from Wilshire Paint Co. in a transaction that ICI Paints said expands the company's total of retail paint...

Avecia to sell additives business to Lubrizol Corp.(Mergers and acquisitions)
February 1, 2004... HUDDERSFIELD, UK -- Avecia announced a definitive agreement to sell its Additives business, part of the company's Specialty Products portfolio, to The Lubrizol Corp. for an undisclosed price. The agreement is subject to regulatory and other...

Valspar acquires Netherlands-based auto-refinish manufacturer De Beer.(Mergers and acquisitions)
February 1, 2004... MINNEAPOLIS -- The Valspar Corp. has acquired De Beer Lakfabrieken, a privately owned manufacturer of automotive-refinish coatings based in Lelystad, The Netherlands. The acquisition includes De Beer's subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and...

Tikkurila Coatings acquires Akzo Nobel unit in Hungary.(Mergers and acquisitions)
February 1, 2004... VANTAA. Finland -- Tikkurila Coatings Oy, responsible for Kemira's industrial coatings activities, has acquired Akzo Nobel Coatings' general industrial liquid coatings activities in Hungary Financial details were not disclosed. "The...

Wattyl announces sale of Wasser coatings unit.(Mergers and acquisitions)
February 1, 2004... SYDNEY, Australia -- Australian coatings company Wattyl Ltd. announced the sale of its Wasser High-Tech Coatings business, based in Kent, WA. to an investment group. Terms of the sale and other details were not announced. Wattyl did not...

Ask the expert.
February 1, 2004... Q Is there a non-MDA-based epoxy curing agent available that provides high chemical resistance? A Air Products' new Ancamine[R] 2625 epoxy curing agent offers the unique advantage of providing high performance plus it is noncarcinogenic....

Ultraviolet cure-in-place technology: using polyester acrylate oligomers in wood coatings.(Cover Story)
February 1, 2004... The wood used for furniture, flooring and other interior-decoration applications is particularly susceptible to abrasion. scratches and general soiling, as well as water and chemical staining. To protect the sensitive substrate, wood coatings...

Paint wastewater compliance.
February 1, 2004... In the past 10 or 15 years, as waterborne coatings have become increasingly appropriate and accepted for large-scale commercial applications, the industry has been presented with an entirely different type of wastewater compliance issue....

UV-curable acrylic urethane coatings for weatherable applications.
February 1, 2004... Acrylic urethane coatings are used in a variety of applications due to their versatility, durability, appearance and superior weatherability compared to other resin systems. These applications include automotive clearcoats, industrial...

Chemical company builds state-of-the-art emulsion plant.
February 1, 2004... Alberdingk Boley GmbH, headquartered in Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of polyurethane and acrylate emulsions used in producing high-quality coatings and adhesives. Founded in 1828 as an oil mill factory...

Paint filtration.
February 1, 2004... Paint filtration can be one of the simplest or one of the most complicated liquid-particle separations encountered in the process industries. Paint filtration, or to be more accurate. "coatings" filtration, involves paints, oils, varnishes and...

Advances in VOC/HAP-control technology.
February 1, 2004... Since the Clean Air Act (CAA) was enacted in 1970, and amended in 1977, and again in 1990, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has continued to tighten the limits on emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HaPs) and Volatile Organic...

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.(company profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... Epoxy Additives and Resins Founded in 1940. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:API) has built leading positions in key growth markets and is recognized for its innovative culture. operational excellence and commitment to safety and the...

Charles Ross & Son Company: a 150-year record of growth and leadership in specialty mixing worldwide.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... Superior manufacturing and engineering resources--for higher quality, faster delivery and lower costs. The investment Ross has made in its people and facilities during the last 150 years has yielded a proud record of leadership and...

TA Instruments.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... TA Instruments is the world's leading supplier of thermal analysis and theology instruments, products used extensively for materials characterization in academic, government and industrial research and development laboratories. Our thermal...

Warren Rupp, Inc.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... Warren E. Rupp and Charles E. Young, Jr. founded Warren Rupp, Inc., A Unit of IDEX Corporation in 1965. Located in Mansfield, Ohio, Warren Rupp, Inc. is the exclusive manufacturer of SANDPIPER[R] and MARATHON[R] Brand Air-Operated Double...

Anton Paar USA.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... Anton Paar GmbH produces high-quality measuring and analysis instruments for research and industry all over the world. With the fastest growing sales of any rheometer supplier in the world, Anton Paar is also known for their continuous...

Atlas Material Testing Solutions: the global leader in weathering testing services and technology.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... For more than 85 years, Atlas has pioneered innovations in the way companies test the durability of their products. From our first instrument in 1915 to today's comprehensive network of weathering testing instruments and services, Atlas has...

BYK-Gardner.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... BYK-Gardner is part of Altana (NYSE AAA. 2002 sales $2.8 billion USD), and is the world's leading manufacturer of quality control instrumentation for paints, inks and coatings, with instruments to measure: Gloss The micro-gloss is...

Conn and Company, LLC.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... Conn and Co. has been designing and manufacturing industrial mixing equipment since 1948. We build equipment to meet customer requirements and recognized the need for a mixing blade that provides good pumping action instead of plowing action....

Draiswerke, Inc.: DCP MegaVantis V-3 Perl Mill for lab applications.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... No Development Lab should be without the MegaVantis[R] V-3 bench-top media mill from DRAIS. This low-cost, highly versatile mill is the answer to all processing problems experienced with existing lab mills. Accurate scale-up, heat removal, and...

Elcometer, Inc.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... For over 50 years, Elcometer has been a world leader, not only in the manufacture and supply of inspection equipment to the coatings industry, but also in the design and development of new products specifically to meet our customers'...

Hendee Enterprises, Inc.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... Hendee Enterprises, Inc,, an industrial fabric product manufacturer, has had a tremendous success with a new product innovation that has been a great solution for the paint and coatings industry. The product line of special antistat covers has...

Kady International.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... POWER AND PRODUCTIVITY DEFINE THE KADY MILL Kady provides a clear advantage to processors who add a Kady Dispersion Mill to their production line. Kady international produces batch mills from 1 pint to 2,500 gallons in both top- and...

Inline Services.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... Pigging/product recovery systems have an important role to play in process efficiency, when products are transferred through piping. The biggest savings come from reclaiming product. which would otherwise be left on the pipe wall or in...

Morehouse-COWLES[TM], a division of MFIC Corporation.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... Super-High Efficiency Horizontal Media Mill The patented Morehouse-COWLES Zinger[R] horizontal media mill offers a cost-effective solution for the toughest milling applications in the paint, coatings and ink industries. Its proprietary...

NETZSCH.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... NETZSCH Incorporated is dedicated to providing highly advanced, quality engineered, durable equipment for particle processing technology. Our Exton, PA, headquarters houses every phase of machinery development and production: R & D,...

Norstone Inc.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... Norstone, Inc. was started in 1982 and is located near Philadelphia, PA. We are a distributor and manufacturer of grinding media, mixing and dispersing blades, laboratory equipment and abrasion resistant parts. Our company focuses on...

Reynolds Industries, Inc.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... Reynolds Industries. Inc. manufactures a variety of mixing and process equipment encompassing a broad range of industrial applications. We offer a complete range of services including design, engineering, fabrication, training, installation and...

VORTI-SIV Division of MM Industries.(Company profile: equipment)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... Self-Cleaning Liquid Filters The VORTI-SIV Division of MM Industries in Salem, Ohio, highlights its VORTI-SIV[R]/Airpel[R] range of self-cleaning inline filtration equipment. Shown is our Model 300LP-EX extra capacity filter unit. This...

DL/Calcoast Labs.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... DL/Calcoast Labs, the largest "fully accredited" independent paint, coatings, sealants and materials testing laboratory in North America. We provide analytical and expert services to the legal community. DL LABORATORIES 74 Kent Street...

Measure color ... measure quality.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... HunterLab Product color or lack of color can be a key indicator of quality. Learn the theory of how we see and measure color from the educational CD entitled "The Basics of Color Perception and Measurement", Contact HunterLab for your free...

Surface Tensiometers.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... SensaDyne Instrument Div. Solve coating formulation problems with SensaDyne Surface Tensiometers for laboratory and in-process applications. Formulators can improve transfer, spreading and adhesion of inks, coatings and other formulations...

UV Transparent Filler.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Pacer Corp. R500 potash feldspar exhibits excellent transparency in the 300nm to 400nm range making it an excellent filler in UV applications. This 8 micron sized inert mineral imparts superior abrasion and chemical resistance properties...

www.ColorShift.com.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Flex Products, Inc. Visit for product & technical information about ChromaFlair[R], light interference pigments and SpectraFlair[TM] pigments from the ColorShift[TM] Effects Leader. New SpectraFlair[TM] pigments create exciting 'liquid...

Dispense system.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Novaflow Systems Inc. A dispense system from Novaflow delivers improved quality and lower costs, greater blending accuracy, faster mixing reduced waste and improved inventory control. And what it can do for your bottom line in this...

CM-100 and CMA-150 laboratory and production high shear dispersers.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... D.H. Melton Co., Inc. Benchtop, or floor standing, variable speed dispersers provide high shear dispersion from 1/2 pint to 5 gallon production batches. Motor horsepowers available are 1, 1.5, and 2 HP, dispersion shaft speeds up to 16,000...

Coatings adhesion tester.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... SEMicro Division M.E. Taylor Engineering, Inc. PATTI adhesion testers provide accurate quantitative measurement of the pull-off strength of your paint, adhesive, or coating. A patented, self-aligning system uses compressed gas to apply a...

Corrosion Test Chambers.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Singleton Corp. For over 50 years, customers around the world have selected Singleton Corrosion Test Chambers to satisfy their testing requirements. Singleton chambers can be used for salt fog, CASS, humidity, water fog and cyclic test...

Sandpiper[R] SB Series.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Warren Rupp, Inc. Warren Rupp, Inc, manufacturer of the Sandpiper brand of air-operated double diaphragm pumps, continues to distinguish itself by providing distinctive solutions to your problem applications. The Sandpiper SB Series...

PLANETARY BALL MILL.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Glen Mills Inc. PLANETARY BALL MILL is used for ultra-fine grinding. Specially encased grinding jars from 12ml to 500ml are available in several materials to allow for contamination-free batch milling to Choices include on stand alone...

New Elcometer Catalogue.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Elcometer Inc. The new Elcometer Catalogue is here. Our full product line includes test methods and instrumentation for the quality control of surface coatings as well as concrete and physical test equipment instruments. Offering more than...

Largest selection of grinding media & genuine COWLES blades.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Morehouse-COWLES[TM] 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...

Accessories for processing equipment.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Norstone, Inc. Norstone, Inc specializes in providing accessories for processing equipment designed to grind, mix, disperse and sieve. These accessories include grinding media, mixing and dispersing blades, replacement screens and tanks In...

VAE emulsion for low-VOC paints.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Air Products Polymers Air Products Polymers' Airflex[R] EF811 emulsion, a next-generation VAE binder, can be formulated into low VOC paints. Performing best in formulations that contain some level of filming aid, Airflex EF811 can also be...

High-speed dispersers.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Charles Ross & Son Co. A line of high-speed dispersers is 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 air/oil hydraulic...

Why Kady?(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Kady International Kady international offers innovative mixing/dispersion solutions to help reach your production line's maximum potential. Kady's unique rotor-stator technology reduces production time and equipment costs, lake advantage...

Coating thickness gages.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... DeFelsko Corporation DeFelsko's new catalog features their line of coating thickness gages and inspection instruments. Included is the popular PosiTector 6000 series used to measure coating thickness on all metals quickly and accurately....

Product Services catalog.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... CHEMCENTRAL Corp. CHEMCENTRAL, the nation's largest independent chemical distributor, is a convenient, single-source supplier for a complete line of quality products and value-added services. Its Product and Services catalog features a...

Product Displacement Pigging Systems.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Inline Services Inline Services' new brochure illustrates their Product Displacement Pigging Systems. Used for product displacement and pipe cleaning, the system is highly effective for displacing usable product, separating product batches...

Methacrylate monomers and polymers.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Degussa Methacrylates Degussa Methacrylates offers the complete range of methacrylate monomers and polymers for coatings, adhesives, and polymer manufacture from Rohm America, LLC. Methacrylates and acrylates, which can be combined almost...

JONCRYL[R] 1982 and JONCRYL 1984.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Johnson Polymer Johnson Polymer consistently shows environmental commitment with innovations in water-based polymer technology. New self-crosslinking acrylic emulsions, JONCRYL[R] 1982 and JONCRYL 1984, offer improved hardness, excellent...

ACRYFLOW[TM] Polyols for high-performance automotive refinish and transportation coatings.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Lyondell Chemical Company This new brochure from Lyondell provides details on how tire ACRYFLOW Polyols' unique chemistry and properties can be applied to formulate high-performance, low-VOC coatings for automotive refinish and...

Thingk Alberdingk!(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Alberdingk Boley, Inc. Alberdingk Boley, Inc. is a global leader in water borne resin technology with manufacturing in North America and Europe. Albeldingk Boley has a long history of developing and marketing innovative, high performance...

New byko-charts.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... BYK-Gardner BYK-Gardner, your reliable partner for innovative testing solutions for coatings, is introducing our new byko charts. Our new byko-charts are available in many different forms and styles including opacity, penopac,...

Resins Catalog.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... CCP CCP (Cook Composites and Polymers), along with its sister companies Cray Valley and Sartomer, ranks second worldwide in production of coatings resins All three companies are affiliates of ATOFLNA, fifth largest chemical company in the...

EnvironOxide pigments.(product & literature showcase)
February 1, 2004... Hoover Color Hoover Color Corporation now has EnvironOxide pigments, offering a way companies can further develop their "green" technologies EnvironOxide pigments are light-fast and chemical resistant. Br-832 is heat stable to temperatures...