Paint & Coatings Industry articles from January 2004

Paint & Coatings Industry archives from January 2004

Controversy.(Viewpoint)
January 1, 2004... 2004 will definitely be filled with controversy--and not only in the political arena. I am going to use this forum to stir some debate and hopefully get some feedback on a controversial topic affecting our own industry. That topic is the loss...

Lower VOC limits for AIM coatings approved by South Coast Air District.(Industry news)
January 1, 2004... DIAMOND BAR, CA -- The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) approved a new round of VOC-limit reductions for several types of architectural coatings. Rule changes approved by the district's board also include the elimination of...

SCAQMD asked to reconsider new rules on use of cleanup solvents.(Industry news)
January 1, 2004... DIAMOND BAR, CA -- Architectural-coatings manufacturers are urging the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to reconsider the recent enactment of a rule that will prohibit the use of conventional paint thinners such as mineral...

EPA taking comment on proposed removal of EGBE from HAP list.(Industry news)
January 1, 2004... WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formally proposed the removal of the solvent ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGBE) from the agency's list of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) with publication of a notice in the Federal...

Mayor's group, DuPont announce award program for lead-safety initiatives.(Industry news)
January 1, 2004... WASHINGTON -- The United States Conference of Mayors and DuPont Co. recently announced a program to award $1 million to cities that demonstrate lead-safety excellence in 2004. The Conference of Mayors and DuPont also launched the USCM-DuPont...

Walker, Ryntz elected to Federation Leadership.(Industry news)
January 1, 2004... PHILADELPHIA -- Frederick H. "Fritz" Walker, Air Products and Chemicals Inc., was elected president-elect of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology for 2003-04 during the FSCT's recent Annual Meeting. Rose A. Ryntz, Visteon Corp.,...

Ivan Hurtado elected Nova Paint Club president.(Industry news)
January 1, 2004... The Nova Paint Club, an international organization of 14 independent coatings companies, has elected Ivan Hurtado, general manager of Inversiones Mundial, president of the club. He succeeds Rainer Votteler, executive director of the...

Q is there a non-MDA-based epoxy curing agent available that provides high chemical resistance?(Ask the Expert)
January 1, 2004... A Air Products' new Ancamine[R] 2625 epoxy curing agent offers the unique advantage of providing high performance plus it is noncarcinogenic. When used with multifunctional epoxy novolac resins, this non-MDA aromatic amine yields two-package...

2004 calendar: meetings, shows and educational programs.(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... FEBRUARY 1-6 Third International Symposium on Service Life Prediction Conference National Institute of Standards and Technology Sedona, AZ www.ebiks.com/slpsymposium 2-6 Short Course: Polymers and Coatings Science Col...

BASF forecasts bold auto colors accented by 'glitz' of effect finishes.(Company news)
January 1, 2004... SOUTHFIELD, MI -- BASF's automotive-coatings color forecasters say car buyers will look to shake the "conservative, comforting" colors of the past few years in favor of more "lively, exuberant and exotic" colors. At the company's recent...

DuPont to cut work force, take other restructuring actions.(Company news)
January 1, 2004... WILMINGTON, DE -- DuPont Co. announced plans for a major restructuring program that will include employment reductions and other moves aimed at generating $450 million in cost savings this year and $900 million in savings in 2005. The...

Resolution to revamp epoxy product line.(Company news)
January 1, 2004... HOUSTON -- Resolution Performance Products L.L.C., reported to be the world's largest producer of epoxy resins, announced a rationalization of certain solid epoxy, resin products and a consolidation of its solid epoxy resins product line. The...

BASF AG.(Company News In Brief)
January 1, 2004... BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, said it will invest 4 million euros by the end of 2004 to expand production capacity for the company's Paliocrom effect pigments by 30% in Ludwigshafen. The move is being taken in response to strong demand in...

BASF Corp.(Company News In Brief)
January 1, 2004... BASF Corp., Mount Olive, NJ, announced plans to modify an existing manufacturing facility at its Wyandotte, MI, site to produce amino resins for the North American coatings market, with construction of the facility scheduled to begin by the end...

Reichhold boosts capacity for GMA resins in Europe.(Company news)
January 1, 2004... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC -- Reichhold Inc. said it has completed the expansion of a plant in Vienna that brings production of glycidyl methacrylate acrylic (GMA) powder-coating resins to a company site in Europe. The expansion provides...

CPS Color.(Company News In Brief)
January 1, 2004... CPS Color, Vantaa, Finland, said it will open a sales and service office in Moscow to serve markets in Russia and other former Soviet Union countries. The move is part of a worldwide plan to provide local service capabilities for equipment. CPS...

Crompton Corp.(Company News In Brief)
January 1, 2004... Crompton Corp., Middlebury, CT. announced the opening of a new technology and manufacturing center in Nanjing, China. The facility includes manufacturing and administrative facilities, laboratories and warehousing for the development of...

Eastman Chemical Co.(Company News In Brief)
January 1, 2004... Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN, formally dedicated its newly built regional headquarters facility in Capelle aan den Ijssel, near Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The facility will serve as headquarters for Eastman's Europe. Middle East and...

Huber Engineered Materials, Atlanta, announced an agreement with Nubiola Pigments, Barcelona, Spain, that is expected to lead to an exclusive marketing alliance involving anticorrosion products for coatings.(Company News In Brief)
January 1, 2004... Huber Engineered Materials, Atlanta, announced an agreement with Nubiola Pigments, Barcelona, Spain, that is expected to lead to an exclusive marketing alliance involving anticorrosion products for coatings. The agreement, which was expected to...

Huntsman Corp.(Company News In Brief)
January 1, 2004... Huntsman Corp., Salt Lake City, announced the launch of the company's Surface Technologies unit, a move that reflects the addition of the former Vantico business to the Huntsman group of companies in 2003. The Surface Technologies unit is part...

3M Co.(Company News In Brief)
January 1, 2004... 3M Co., St. Paul, MN, said it has given the brand name 3M Novec Fluorosurfactants to the company's fluorosurfactant-technology product line. The company said the brand differentiates its reformulated surfactant chemistry, which is based on...

Sherwin-Williams Co. acquires accurate dispersions from Eastman Chemical.(Mergers and acquisitions)
January 1, 2004... CLEVELAND -- The Sherwin-Williams Co. has acquired the colorants product lines and related assets of Accurate Dispersions from Eastman Chemical Co. Terms were not disclosed. Accurate Dispersions is a supplier of pigment concentrates and...

Professional Paint's Frazee unit acquires Classic Paint stores in Arizona.(Mergers and acquisitions)
January 1, 2004... DENVER -- Professional Paint Inc.'s Frazee Industries subsidiary has acquired the non-manufacturing assets of Classic Paint, an Arizona-based company that operates retail stores in Prescott Valley, Prescott, Kingman, and Bullhead City, AZ. ...

DuPont announces agreement to sell INVISTA unit to Koch Industries.(Mergers and acquisitions)
January 1, 2004... WILMINGTON, DE -- DuPont Co. announced an agreement to sell its INVISTA textiles business, formerly DuPont Textiles & Interiors, to Koch Industries Inc.'s KED Fiber Ltd. and KED Fiber L.L.C. subsidiaries for $4.4 billion in cash. Completion of...

Hoover Materials Handling Group Inc.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2004... John "Jack" Ashcom has joined Hoover Materials Handling Group Inc. as manager of the company's Dry Material Handling product line. He will work with Hoover's manufacturer's-representative network to provide sales and technical service to...

Dow Emulsion Polymers.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2004... Dow Emulsion Polymers, a supplier of latex-based materials for paper coatings, named Donna Babcock Marketing executive and Murat Orhon senior Marketing manager for the company's North American Coated-Paper business. The Emulsion Polymers...

Plasticolors Inc.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2004... Tim Ferguson has joined Plasticolors Inc. as a Sales engineer, with responsibility for sales accounts in northeastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania. Ferguson has held account-manager and technical-sales positions with chemicals and...

BASF.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2004... BASF named Patrick M. Prevost executive vice president of BASF Corp. and president of the company's chemicals businesses in North America. Prevost assumes responsibility for BASF's Petrochemicals, Performance Chemicals, Intermediates,...

Dow Chemical Co.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2004... The Dow Chemical Co.'s board of directors elected Andrew N. Liveris, Business Group president for Performance Chemicals, to the positions of company president and chief operating officer. William S. Stavropoulos resigned as Dow's president but...

BYK-Chemie.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2004... Klaus Schulte has joined BYK-Chemie, Wesel, Germany, as End-Use manager for the company's Additives for Wood and Furniture Coatings segment. Schulte was formerly responsible for sales and marketing of titanium-dioxide and barium-sulfate...

Netzsch Inc.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2004... Netzsch Inc.'s Grinding and Dispersing Division named Mark Seale South Central Regional Sales manager, with responsibility for sales in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Scale was formerly Project manager with...

CPS Color.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2004... CPS Color has named Stefan Schroer-Elpers vice president of the company's worldwide Customer Support activities. Schroer-Elpers has held engineering, sales and management positions with coatings-manufacturing companies in Germany.

Eastman's Murray Deal discusses growing with customers and doing business in China.(Global perspectives)
January 1, 2004... What is the size of Eastman's global coatings business today? Our coatings business is part of Eastman's CASH (coatings. adhesives, specialty polymers and inks) segment, which had sales revenues last year of about 1.5 billion dollars....

View on Hungary.(World marketplace)
January 1, 2004... The end of communist rule in Hungary came in 1990. In 1999 Hungary joined NATO, and in a referendum on April 12, 2003, on whether Hungary should join the European Union, 84% voted "Yes," "although voter turnout was only 46%. Therefore, Hungary...

In the (1910s): humble beginnings: titanium dioxide, packing unmatched hiding power, emerges to revolutionize pigment marketplace.(90 years with PCI: a retrospective)
January 1, 2004... Chances are the French-born chemist A.J. Rossi had no clue in the early 1900s that his efforts to develop titanium-based alloys for steel would lead to a discovery that would revolutionize coatings technology. Rossi, according to historical...

A history of pigment use in Western art: part 1.(international)
January 1, 2004... Pigments are the raw materials of painting and art. They are insoluble particles that impart colour and some degree of hiding power over the surface to which they are applied. (1) Pigments, and advances in their technology, have influenced the...

A cost-effective, water-reducible: polyester polyol for two-component waterborne urethane coatings.
January 1, 2004... The 1990s brought the introduction of the first commercially available two-component (2K) waterborne polyurethane coatings technology in an effort to address VOC concerns and performance issues with existing urethane technologies. While it is...

Providing unique solutions: with a new pigment chemistry.(international)
January 1, 2004... As industries continually strive to manage their environmental impact, the way in which color targets are achieved is undergoing radical change. Increasing attention on the use of heavy metals means that color formulators are more restricted...

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Performance Solutions for Waterborne Systems Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD) is an international supplier of industrial gases and related equipment and specialty and intermediate chemicals. Our 17,000 employees working at...

CCP.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Driven by solution-oriented research, readiness to assist customers, and its long-held reputation for product innovation, CCP consistently brings to the marketplace the best in product technologies. Earlier in 2002, Charles E. Bennett,...

Company capabilities.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Company Overview Clariant Corporation is the North American affiliate of Clariant Ltd., Muttenz, Switzerland, a leading global specialty chemicals company with more than 32,000 employees and annual sales of more than $6.3 billion. Our...

Eastman Chemical Company.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... About Eastman Eastman Chemical Company has been a leading provider of high-quality raw materials and services for the global paint and coatings industry for 70 years. Today, Eastman offers a comprehensive product portfolio for use in...

Hoover Color Corporation.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Hoover Color Corporation is now offering EnvironOxide pigments to the paint and coatings industry, offering a way companies can further develop their "green" technologies. Through an accord between Hoover Color Corporation and Iron Oxide...

International Specialty Products.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... International Specialty Products (ISP) is a world leader in industrial biocides formulated for the protection and preservation of paints, coatings and many other related products at every stage in the products' life cycle: manufacturing,...

Lubrizol coating additives.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Lubrizol Coating Additives is a global supplier of high-performance additives to the coatings industry. We are dedicated to providing innovative solutions to the problems facing manufacturers of paints and coatings. Broad Product Range ...

Lyondell Chemical Company.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Leading. Listening. Winning Together in the Paints and Coatings Industry Lyondell Chemical Company and its joint venture Equistar Chemicals. LP offer a broad range of raw materials to the paint and coatings industry designed to help solve our...

Reichhold, Inc.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Creatively Connecting Knowledge and Application Reichhold, a subsidiary of Dainippon Ink & Chemicals (DIC), is one of the world's leading suppliers of synthetic materials to the composites and coatings industries supporting key applications...

Sartomer Company.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Sartomer Company, based in Exton, Pennsylvania, is the premier global supplier of specialty chemicals for ultraviolet and electron beam (UV/EB), peroxide, two-part epoxy/amine, polyurethane, and thermal curing applications. Over the past 40...

Troy Corporation.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Company Description: Troy Corporation is a global leader in performance materials--principally preservatives and additives--used in the manufacture of paint and coatings, building products, adhesives and sealants, textiles, metalworking...

Ferro Corporation.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Ferro Corporation is a global producer of Geode[R] High Performance Complex Inorganic Color Pigments (CICP's). Our pigments are used in many high performance applications such as Coil Coatings for exterior metal buildings and components,...

VanDeMark.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... For more than 60 years, VanDeMark has produced specialty chemicals to meet the needs of business and industry Located in Lockport, New York, VanDeMark is a subsidiary of ISOCHEM/Groupe SNPE, and is certified in accordance with ISO 9000 quality...

MD-Both Industries.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Company Description MD-Both Industries began in 1982 in Boston, MA as a partnership between Wolstenholme International Ltd. (U.K.) and Schlenk Metallpulver GmbH & Co. (Germany), and is backed by over 150 years of experience providing North...

BASF Corporation, Architectural Coatings Raw Materials business unit.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Date Founded 1865--BASF Aktiengesellschaft (AG) incorporated 1986--BASF Corporation, the North American affiliate of BASF AG, formed Company Description BASF is the world's leading chemical company with sales of approximately $29...

Buckman Laboratories.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... In today's competitive marketplace, economic issues, environmental regulations, and concerns over quality create constant challenges for the coatings industry. More now than ever before, you expect a supplier to deliver more for your money than...

Engelhard Corporation.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... COMPANY DESCRIPTION: Engelhard Corporation is a Fortune 500 surface and materials science company that develops technologies to improve customers' products and processes. The company's Appearance and Performance Technologies group produces...

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Paint and Coatings Group.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... GEO Specialty Chemicals, Paint and Coatings Group, is your global industrial resin additive source with the products and expertise of the TRIMET Products Group behind it. GEO Specialty Chemicals claims the number one global position in...

MANA (Makhteshim-Agan of North America Inc.: Oxsol 100[R] solves solvent problems. All but one, that is.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Oxsol 100[R] the original PCBTF When Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) introduced Oxsol 100[R] paints and coatings manufacturers had access to a real problem solver. Parachlorobenzotrifluoride, "PCBTF" is both a versatile solvent...

Micro Powders, Inc.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Supplying Micronized Wax Additives to the Ink, Paint and Coatings Industries Micro Powders, Inc. 580 White Plains Road Tarrytown, NY 10591 Tel: 914/793.4058 Fax: 914/472.7098 Web site: www.micropowders.com ...

OMNOVA Solutions Inc.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... OMNOVA Solutions produces decorative functional surfaces and specialty chemicals for a number of end use markets. The company was spun off from GenCorp Inc. in October 1999. OMNOVA's Performance Chemicals segment produces highly engineered...

R.T. Vanderbilt Company, Inc.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... R. T. Vanderbilt Company serves the coatings industry with a line of mineral fillers: NYTAL[R] and IT industrial talc. VANSIL[R] W wollastonite, PYRAX[R] pyrophyllite. and PEERLESS[R] and McNAMEE[R] kaolin clays. Vauderbilt also supplies...

Unimin Corporation: MINEX[R]--add function and performance to powder coatings.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... MINEX[R] delivers premium performance and proven value to the wide range of baked UV/EB and IR cured powder coating systems. MINEX is a high brightness filler/extender with unique physical and chemical characteristics, which can functionally...

Chartwell International, Inc.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Chartwell International, Inc. is a manufacturer of high performance proprietary metal organic adhesion promoters for manufacturers of waterborne, solventborne, and powder coatings. From our modest beginnings in 1991 with just live products,...

Halox.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... HALOX[R] XTAIN[R] L-66 is a strong ionic, alkaline-based liquid tannin stain inhibitor for use in water-based coatings for wood. The unique chemical composition on of XTAIN[R] L-66 provides excellent tannin stain blocking properties but...

Goldschmidt Industrial Chemical Corporation.(Company Profile: Raw Materials)
January 1, 2004... Goldschmidt Industrial Chemical is a supplier of metal and acid-based catalysts for the coatings and polymers industries. Sold under the Tegokat[R] tradename, our product lines include both standard catalysts such as stannous octoate, methane...

Silberline Manufacturing Company, Inc.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... SILBERLINE[R] 130 Lincoln Drive, P.O. Box B Tamaqua, PA 18252 Telephone: 800-348-4824 570-668-6050 Fax: 570-668-0197 E-mail: sales@silberline.com Web site: www.silberline.com Date founded: 1945 Markets...

Wayne Pigment Corp.(Company profile: raw materials)
January 1, 2004... Simple is not the first word that comes to mind for most coatings industry manufacturers. Wayne Pigment Corp., however, has found success developing simple solutions to complex problems. Moving beyond the industrial sector into the...

Internet directory.
January 1, 2004... Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. www.airproducts.com/coatings Surfyno[R]. Dynol[TM] and EnviroGem[R] additives. Airfle[R] and Flexbond[R] emulsions, and epoxy additives Alberdingk Boley, Inc. www.alberdingk.com Thingk Alberdingk...

Q I have been experiencing orange peel with my waterbone coatingformation. What is the cause of this surface defect and how can I overcome it?(Ask the Expert)
January 1, 2004... A Orange peel is a common surface defect seen when waterborne coating formulations have poor flow and leveling. Based on extensive research conducted with numerous waterborne formulations, Air Products has developed EnviroGem[R] AE surfactants,...

Defoamer.(Materials watch)
January 1, 2004... Air Products and Chemicals Surfynol[R] MD-20 molecular defoamer offers defect-free foam control with dynamic wetting, long-lasting defoamer efficacy, ease of incorporation and good compatibility without separation. The product has wide...

Fluorosurfactants.(Materials watch)
January 1, 2004... 3M This company's fluorosurfactant technology has been branded 3M[TM] Novec[TM] fluorosurfactants. Current Novec fluorosurfactants, FC-4430 and FC-4432, are mm ionic, polymeric fluorochemical compounds that provide excellent wetting....

Matting agents.(Materials watch)
January 1, 2004... Degussa ACEMATT[R] HK 440 is an untreated, efficient matting agent designed to meet market needs for matte surfaces in the coatings industry. Specifically developed for applications requiring low gloss to-sheen ratios...

Rheology modifiers.(Materials watch)
January 1, 2004... King Industries K-STAY[R] 501 theology modifier is designed to prevent sag without affecting gloss in non-aqueous systems. It is effective in both ambient and high-temperature systems where it imparts catalytic properties. The K-STAY 700...

Acrylic emulsion.(Materials watch)
January 1, 2004... Reichhold Arolon[R] 848 is an acrylic emulsion designed to produce durable coatings thai offer very good corrosion and humidity resistance, even in coatings as thin as 1 mil. Other features include good thin-film prohesion and hardness,...

Latex products.(Materials watch)
January 1, 2004... UCAR Emulsion Systems, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Co. Four new latex products for architectural coatings have been introduced. UCAR[TM] Latex 657 offers all-acrylic performance for interior applications. It provides washability and...

Polymer for powder coatings.(Materials watch)
January 1, 2004... AGA Chemicals Inc. Lumiflon LF-710F is a 100%-solid polymer for powder coatings. The product boasts a 90-98% application rate (vs. 70-80% in solvent grades) and compliancy with international VOC environmental standards. It is ideal for...

Resin.(Materials watch)
January 1, 2004... Sartomer Co. Krasol[R] HLBH-P 3000 weather-stable resin is an odorless, water-clear, saturated aliphatic liquid polyol. The saturated nature of the resin makes it lightand weather-stable, which enables formulators to develop polyurethane...

Q Can I formulate a zero-VOC paint with Airflex[R] EF811 emulsion?(Ask the Expert)
January 1, 2004... A Yes, Airflex EF811 emulsion, a nextgeneration VAE binder recently introduced by Air Products Polymers, can be formulated into zero-VOC paints. Although this product performs best in formulations that contain some level of filming aid, Aifflex...

New blender design.(Products)
January 1, 2004... Charles Ross and Son Co. This company offers a new, streamlined Ribbon Blender design. The blenders feature 1-, 5-. 10-, 18-, 25-, 36-, 52-, 62-, 100- and 120-cu.ft. working capacity, and are all designed and stocked with compact,...

Rheological testing.(Products)
January 1, 2004... Anton Paar The CTD-1000 environmental chamber enables rheological measurements from -100 [degrees]C to +1000 [degrees]C, and is available as an accessory for all Physica MCR rheometers. The unit can accommodate plateplate and coneand-plate...

Color-control software.(Products)
January 1, 2004... X-Rite. Inc. This company introduces a new feature of X-RiteColor[R] Master 6.0 software called Workoff, which reformulates the "press return" ink into any color. including special colors. Customers can control their entire workoff...

Coating measurement gauge.(Products)
January 1, 2004... Oxford Instruments Coating Measurement (OCM) The CMI 100 Series is a portable coating measurement gauge that packs electronics, probe and back-lit display into a compact unit for single-handed use. The unit is battery-operated, weighs 2.3...

Dispersers.(Products)
January 1, 2004... INDCO, Inc. This company offers variable-speed electric dispersers for use with batches up to five gallons. The electric motors come in 1-1/2, 2 or 3 horsepower, and are either totally enclosed fan-cooled or explosion proof. The speed...

Accelerated weathering testing.(Products)
January 1, 2004... Atlas Material Testing Technology LLC The Controlled Irradiance (Ci) Xenon Are Systems deliver constant levels of irradiance, and precise temperature and humidity control. The series, including the Atlas Ci3000+. Ci4000 and Ci5000...

Progressing cavity pumps.(Products)
January 1, 2004... NETZSCH This company offers a lull range of NEMO[R] Progressing Cavity Pumps for the most difficult municipal applications. The company offers a variety of universal joint options, rotor geometries and a modular construction. The...