Paint & Coatings Industry articles from January 2005

Paint & Coatings Industry archives from January 2005

Happy New Year.(Viewpoint)
January 1, 2005... Happy New Year to all! I am thinking positively about this upcoming year in the industry, despite some problems that we will address in future issues. There are some very exciting events coming up in the industry, and certainly exciting new...

Architectural segment sets growth pace for coatings in Western Europe.(Industry news)
January 1, 2005... LONDON -- Manufacturers of coatings used in architectural applications are experiencing significant volume growth in the Western European market, but paint and coatings demand in general is projected to post only modest gains in the next...

EPA approves removal of solvent EGBE from air toxics list.(Industry news)
January 1, 2005... WASHINGTON -- The U.S. EPA has approved an action removing the solvent ethylene glycol mono-butyl ether (EGBE) from the Clean Air Act's list of hazardous air pollutants, also known as air toxics. EGBE remains on the EPA's list of VOCs that must...

Lyondell announces EPA action defining TBAc solvent as non-VOC.(Industry news)
January 1, 2005... HOUSTON -- Lyondell Chemical Co, announced that the U.S. EPA issued a final rule excluding tertiary butyl acetate (TBAc) from the definition of a VOC. Publication of the rule in the Federal Register is anticipated in the near future. The action...

Appeals court says Milwaukee lead-paint suit can go to trial.(Industry news)
January 1, 2005... MILWAUKEE -- A Wisconsin appeals court ruled that the city of Milwaukee could proceed to trial with a lead-paint lawsuit filed in 2001 against NL Industries Inc. and Mautz Paint Co., now owned by The Sherwin-Williams Co. The suit, which was...

Technical symposium on waterborne and other coatings slated for Akron.(Industry news)
January 1, 2005... CLEVELAND -- The 48th Annual Technical Symposium of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Societies for Technology is scheduled for May 24-25. 2005. Billed as Waterborne and Innovative Coatings: Sink or Swim 2005, the event will be held at Akron...

FSCT announces plans for 2005 conferences.(Industry news)
January 1, 2005... BLUE BELL. Pa. -- The FSCT has announced the launch of three conference and tabletop-exhibition programs for 2005: * "Research Methods in the 21st Century: A Toolkit for Competitive Advantage," May 18-20 in New Orleans: *...

UV-curing health and safety guide available.(Industry news)
January 1, 2005... CHEVY CHASE, Md. -- RadTech International, the industry association for UV- and EB-curing technology, has released "Safety and Handling Guidelines for UV-Curing" for the collision-repair and automotive-refinish industry, In addition to the...

New OTC VOC rule for primers is 200 g/L, not 250 g/L.(Industry news)
January 1, 2005... TROY, Mich. -- On page 12 of the December 2004 issue. PCI reported that five Mid-Atlantic States and the District of Columbia, all members of the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC), had finalized stringent new VOC regulations on architectural and...

BASF forecasts future auto colors; red may retake the lead.(Industry news)
January 1, 2005... SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- BASF's automotive color forecasters unveiled an analysis of trends in automotive color preferences at its recent "Color Trends" exhibits and meetings for automotive-industry color designers. "The most important U.S....

Coatings Summit for senior managers meets this month.(Industry news)
January 1, 2005... HANNOVER, Germany -- The Global Strategy and Networking Forum for Senior Managers From the International Coatings Industry will be held Jan. 24-25, 2005, in Nassau, Bahamas. The Coatings Summit is a global strategy and networking event. ...

Papers invited for coatings fest Northwest.(Industry news)
January 1, 2005... PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Pacific Northwest Society For Coatings Technology has issued a call for papers for its annual Spring Symposium, Coatings Fest Northwest, to be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Tacoma, Wash., on May 5-7, 2005. The theme for...

Meetings, shows and educational programs.(2005 Calendar)(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... JANUARY 23-26 Paint and Coatings Expo (PACE) 2005 PDCA and SSPC Las Vegas 877/281.7772 www.sspc.org 24-25 The Coatings Summit International Paint and Printing Ink Council and Vincentz Network ...

PPG recognizes technology contributions with three inductions into 'Collegium'.(Company news)
January 1, 2005... PITTSBURGH -- PPG Industries inc. announced that Coatings Scientist Kurt Olson and two other significant contributors to business and technology achievements have been elected to the PPG Collegium. the company's highest research and development...

SICO wins 2004 Innovation Grand Prize for 'wet-on-wet' drying process.(Industry news)
January 1, 2005... LONGUEUIL, Quebec -- The Industrial Coatings Division of SICO, the largest manufacturer of architectural paint and industrial coatings in Canada, has won the 2004 Innovation Grand Prize from the Association of Manufacturers of Transport...

Reichhold announces creation of coatings 'Business Development' team.(Industry news)
January 1, 2005... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Reichhold Inc. announced the creation of a team of Business Development representatives focusing on new-product introductions in the coatings industry. The team is organized by product type and includes four...

DuPont plans construction of auto-coatings lab in Japan.(Industry news)
January 1, 2005... TOKYO -- DuPont announced plans to build a $10-million automotive-coatings laboratory in Japan to facilitate technical approvals for coatings used by Japanese auto manufacturers worldwide and to support auto-assembly operations. The new...

Eastman awarded Chinese certificate for green products.(Company news)
January 1, 2005... KINGSPORT. Tenn. -- Eastman Chemical Co. said the Chinese government has awarded the company a certificate of Environmental Labeling Type ll. known in China as the "Green Label," for Texanol ester alcohol and TXIB plasticizer. Eastman said the...

Flood Co. announces opening of Earl F. Flood R&D center.(Company news)
January 1, 2005... HUDSON, Ohio -- The Flood Co. announced the formal dedication of the company's newly expanded and renovated Research and Development Center. named in honor of former Chairman and CEO Earl E Flood. A dedication ceremony and open house were held...

Johnson Polymer restructures relationship with Essential Industries.(Company news)
January 1, 2005... STURTEVANT, Wis. -- Johnson Polymer L.L.C. announced the termination of a global polyurethanes technical and commercial alliance with Essential Industries. Johnson Polymer said urethane products currently sold by the company and its...

BASF consolidates production of liquid coatings.(Company news)
January 1, 2005... CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- BASF announced plans to consolidate its coatings-manufacturing operations in North America in moves that will include the discontinuation of automotive liquid-coatings production at the company's Morganton. N.C., site and the...

Asian Paints to exit Mauritius; will build new plant in India.(Company news)
January 1, 2005... MUMBAI, India -- Asian Paints (India) Ltd. announced plans to divest its 89.6% ownership stake in its Mauritius subsidiary Asian Paints (Mauritius) Ltd. in a plan to exit its operations in the country. Separately, the company said it will build...

Akzo Nobel CEO says Coatings business will fuel growth.(Company news)
January 1, 2005... ARNHEM, Netherlands -- Akzo Nobel CEO Hans Wijers said the Netherlands-based coatings, chemicals and pharmaceuticals company will pursue growth of its Coatings segment as part of a strategy to focus on core operations. Wijers, addressing...

Rhodia starts producing low-VOC solvent in Korea.(Company news)
January 1, 2005... SEOUL, Korea -- Rhodia announced the start of production for the company's Rhodiasolv RPDE solvent at the Yangsan, Korea, plant operated by DongAh Chemical Co. Ltd. The startup is the result of a partnership agreement signed by the companies in...

Daiwa Can Co. launches DS Containers in U.S.(Company news)
January 1, 2005... TOKYO -- Daiwa Can Co. announced the launch of DS Containers Inc., a Batavia, Ill.-based company that will initially manufacture aerosol cans. William J. Smith, founder and CEO of U.S. Can Co. until his retirement in 1998, was named chairman of...

Hoover Materials Handling adds Mazak Laser capabilities.(Company news)
January 1, 2005... ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- Hoover Materials Handling Group, Inc., has purchased a Mazak Laser to add to its ISO 9001:2000 production facility located in Beatrice, Neb. The machine will enable Hoover to provide its customers with world-class quality and...

Ask the expert.
January 1, 2005... Kevin Merlo Senior Principal Applications Chemist Air Products Polymers Q Why is Airflex[R] EF811 polymer emulsion an excellent binder choice when formulating an interior flat paint with excellent touch-up? A Good film formation is...

Lyondell completes acquisition of Millennium Chemicals.(Mergers and acquisitions)
January 1, 2005... HOUSTON -- Lyondell Chemical Company completed its acquisition of Millennium Chemicals Inc. effective November 30, 2004. The transaction creates North America's third-largest independent, publicly traded chemical company with consolidated pro...

Coventry Coatings acquires North American Technologies.(Mergers and acquisitions)
January 1, 2005... GARNERVILLE, N.Y. -- Coventry Coatings Corp., Garnerville, N.Y., has acquired North American Technologies. a New Jersey-based manufacturer of industrial coatings and specialty finishes. Coventry Coatings said the acquisition marks a major move...

PPG, Kansai Paint to launch automotive-coatings venture.(Mergers and acquisitions)
January 1, 2005... PITTSBURGH -- PPG Industries and Kansai Paint of Japan announced plans to launch an automotive-coatings alliance that will focus on sales to the global OEM market. The joint venture. to be known as PPG Kansai Automotive Finishes (PKAF), has...

Ciba Specialty Chemicals acquires remaining 50% stake in Daihan Swiss of Korea.(Mergers and acquisitions)
January 1, 2005... BASEL, Switzerland -- Ciba Specialty Chemicals announced the acquisition of the remaining 50 percent stake in the Daihan Swiss Chemical Corp. in Korea for a consideration of 28.5 billion Korean won (CHF 30.5 million). The transaction gives Ciba...

Celanese to acquire Vinamul Polymers from ICI.(Mergers and acquisitions)
January 1, 2005... DALLAS -- Celanese Corp. announced agreement to acquire Vinamul Polymers, the emulsion polymers business of ICI pie's National Starch and Chemical Co., for $208 million, pending regulatory approvals. The Vinamul Polymers product line includes...

Reichhold Inc.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2005... Reichhold Inc. has promoted Rodney Biddle to vice president of North American Coatings. with responsibility for management of commercial and technology aspects of the company's coatings-related business operations in North America. Biddle held...

Freeman Technology.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2005... Freeman Technology, Malvern, U.K., has appointed Dr. Terry Cooper as sales director. This new position has been created as part of the company's continuing program of expansion. Cooper brings extensive international sales and management...

ECKART America L.P.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2005... Guy Decelles has joined ECKART America L.P. as Technical director, Coatings & Plastics. with responsibility for technical service and quality control for the company's Coatings & Plastics Division. Decelles was formerly general manager at...

Rohm and Haas Company.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2005... Rohm and Haas Company announced that Dr. J. Michael Fitzpatrick. president and COO. has elected to retire, effective this month. Fitzpatrick also will retire from the board. Fitzpatrick. 57, joined the company in 1975 and was named to his...

American Colors Inc.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2005... American Colors Inc., Sandusky Ohio. has appointed Guy Harkness of Guy Harkness Enterprises Inc. as a sales and marketing consultant. Harkness has 38 years of sales and technical experience in the areas of unsaturated polyester resins, gel...

CHEMARK Consulting Group Inc.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2005... John Lowry has joined the CHEMARK Consulting Group Inc., Southern Pines, N.C., as vice president and director of Strategic Development, Lowry has 30 years of experience in the adhesives, sealants, composites and coatings industries, and has...

Michelman Inc.(Names in the news)
January 1, 2005... Robert Poletti has joined Michelman Inc. as chief Marketing executive with responsibility for global marketing programs and the development and implementation of a global branding and strategic marketing plan. Poletti was formerly Global...

Novel, "breathable" polyurethane dispersions.
January 1, 2005... Most people like comfort. For outdoor activities like sports, hunting, military activities and the like, this staying dry and warm. These are very demanding requirements for the protective apparel to meet. On the one hand, outdoor garments are...

Designer polymers.(designs of the Times)
January 1, 2005... Predictive Equation for a Simple Mixture In the previous installment of this series where we learned to bake the perfect cake (1), the mathematical definition of mixture designs and their uses were described. The full, predictive, quadratic...

Effect pigments: metallic and pearlescent pigments in waterborne systems.
January 1, 2005... Manufacturers are constantly seeking ways to differentiate their products and to more effectively attract the consumer's attention. This drive for differentiation is causing a major move for the inclusion of special effects in color application...

Selling my company: seven common pitfalls that can produce failure.
January 1, 2005... For many owners, the sale of their company is the largest, most complex transaction of their career. Due to its magnitude and impact on their future, it also is one of the most stressful. A seller will often find solace and security, if they...

Brookfield viscometers create an immediate impact at gravure operation.
January 1, 2005... Brookfield Engineering Laboratories. Inc,. a world leader in process viscometers, recently assisted a leading northeast corporation in its gravure printing operations with in-line viscosity measurement and control. A leading manufacturer...

Copper Phthalocyanines.
January 1, 2005... Copper Phthalocyanine (CPC) pigments, by virtue of their exceptionally brilliant shade, high tinctorial strength, low cost and outstanding fastness properties, have been ruling the colorant industry ever since their commercial introduction in...

Coatings industry measurements: Census report September 2004.
January 1, 2005... Every five years, the Census Department conducts industry surveys based on data from the individual establishment level. In early 2003, each manufacturing establishment in the United States received a survey that by law they were required to...

Air Products Polymers, L.P.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Novel Vinyl Acetate-Ethylene (VAE) Technology Air Products Polymers is a joint venture between the two world leaders in VAE (vinyl acetate-ethylene) emulsion technology--Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. and Wacker-Chemie GmbH. The venture...

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Epoxy Additives and Resins Founded in 1940, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) has built leading positions in key growth markets and is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the...

Clariant.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... COMPANY CAPABILITIES Clariant Corporation Pigments & Additives 500 Washington Street Coventry, RI 02816 Tel: 800-441-4414 Fax: 401-823-2565 www.pa.clariant.com Company Overview Clariant Corporation is the...

Degussa Methacrylates.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Since 1907, Methacrylates, a business unit of Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, Germany, has been developing new methacrylate and acrylate monomers, some of the most versatile building blocks of macromolecular chemistry. As the industry's leading...

Eastman Chemical Company.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Eastman Chemical Company is committed to delivering innovation and solutions to the coatings industry. For more than 70 years, Eastman has been a leading provider of high-quality raw materials and services for the global paint and coatings...

Heubach.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Company Description Heubach is a world leader in the production of pigments and pigment preparations with production facilities in Germany. the United States and India. The company began producing color and performance pigments two hundred...

International Specialty Products.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... International Specialty Products (ISP) is a world leader in industrial biocides and preservatives formulated for the protection and preservation of paints, coatings and many other architectural products at every stage in the products' life...

King Industries.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... King Additive Innovation From the introduction of a unique line of synthetic sulfonates to replace critically scarce natural sulfonates during World War II to pioneering the use of acid catalysts to cure amino crosslinked coatings in the...

Lyondell Chemical Company.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Lyondell Chemical Company and its Equistar Chemicals and Millennium Chemicals businesses offer a broad range of raw materials to the paint and coatings industry. High-Performance Solvents The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

Noveon Performance Coatings.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Noveon Performance Coatings is a leading global supplier of high-performance Resins and Polymers and Specialty Additives to the coatings industry. We are dedicated to providing innovative solutions to the problems lacing manufacturers of paints...

Reichhold, Inc.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Bringing Solutions to the Surface 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 related to...

Ultra Additives.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Company Description In 2000, Ultra Additives became a member of the Munzing Group (established 1830). Together, Ultra Additives and The Munzing Group create a new and unrivaled force in high-performance specialty additives that are...

New construction, preservation or restoration, your structures demand more than superficial protection.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Strength How a coating performs is determined by its binders and other key components. With SILRES[R] a coating's properties can be selectively optimized to open new fields of application and expanded levels of performance. Excellent...

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... 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. Air Products has been a leader...

Alberdingk Boley, Inc.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... More than 176 years ago in 1828, Alberdingk Boley was founded in Krefeld, Germany, with the production of castor oil and linseed oil. About 40 years ago, we began manufacturing waterborne emulsions based on vinyl acetate and styrene acrylic...

Buckman Laboratories.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... 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...

CCP.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... CCP's Coatings Resins product lines serve a multiplicity of markets: * Paint * Coatings * Graphic arts * Construction * Adhesives * Electronics *... and more With a focus on environmentally friendly...

Degussa Corporation Coatings & Colorants.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Degussa is a multinational corporation consistently aligned to high-yield specialty chemistry. Our particular strengths are the ability to innovate, reliability, excellence and intelligent linking. All this is expressed in the claim "creating...

ISOCHEM: Groupe SNPE.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Companies seeking a competitive advantage look to ISOCHEM for specialty chemicals that meet their standards and specifications. As part of ISOCHEM/Groupe SNPE, ISOCHEM North America is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey and operates an...

Micro Powders, Inc.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... 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 ...

R.T. Vanderbilt Company, Inc.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... R. T. Vanderbilt Company serves the coatings industry with a line of mineral fillers: NYTAL[R] and VANTALC[R] industrial talcs. VANSIL[R] W wollastonite, VANCOTE[R] treated wollastonite, PYRAX[R] pyrophyllite, and PEERLESS[R] and BILTPLATES[R]...

Soluol Chemical Co.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Since 1931 SOLUOL has established a reputation for outstanding quality, customer service and a willingness to develop products to meet individual needs. "ONE-ON-ONE" customer care is responsible for our growth in many of the unique markets we...

Troy Corporation.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... 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...

Unimin Corporation.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... COMPANY DESCRIPTION Founded in 1970, Unimin has grown through both customer satisfaction and acquisition to become North America's largest producer of silica sand. olivine and microcrystalline silica. International in its scope, Unimin has...

EFKA Additives.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... FOR INNOVATIVE TAILOR-MADE SOLUTIONS EFKA Additives develops, produces and markets additives for the paint, plastic and graphic arts industries, where it brings important processing and performance advantages. EFKA's product range consists...

Goldschmidt Industrial Chemical Corporation.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... goldschmidt Goldschmidt Industrial Chemical Corporation is a supplier of metal and acid-based catalysts for the coating and polymer industries. Sold under the TEGOKAT, trade name, our product lines include both standard catalysts such as...

HALOX.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... HALOX offers a full line of organic and inorganic corrosion, flash rust, and tannin stain inhibitors to the paint and coatings industry. Introduced at ICE 2004, HALOX[R] 430 is a non-toxic, heavy-metal-free anticorrosive pigment designed...

MD-Both Industries.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Company Description MD-Both Industries was formed in 1982 as a North American partnership between Wolstenholme International Ltd. (U.K.) and Schlenk Metallpulver GmbH & Co. (Germany). We are backed by over 150 years of experience,...

Morflex, Inc.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... Morflex, Inc., is located in Greensboro, in the north central piedmont of North Carolina. Morflex is a member of SOCMA and has maintained ISO 9001 registration since 1994. We have been in the chemical manufacturing business since 1927 when the...

The Shepherd Color Company.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... The Shepherd Color Company is one of the world's leading producers of high-performance Complex Inorganic Color Pigments (CICPs). Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the United States, Shepherd has sales offices in Belgium, Australia and...

RAHN.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... RAHN--Excellence in Energy Curing RAHN is a global supplier of additives, oligomers, reactive diluents, photoinitiators and other customized specialty chemicals. Our products are used in ultraviolet, electron beam. peroxide, amine and hybrid...

Silberline Manufacturing Company, Inc.(2005 PCI Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2005... 130 Lincoln Drive, RO. 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 Served ...

Curing agent.(Materials watch)
January 1, 2005... Air Products Anquawhite 100 is a waterborne curing agent dispersion designed for use in ambient- or heat-cure two-part epoxy systems. It can be formulated with a variety of epoxy resins and waterborne epoxy dispersions while maintaining...

Blocked isocyanates.(Materials watch)
January 1, 2005... Baxenden Chemicals Ltd. This company has launched a new DMP (Di Methylpyrazole) blocked isocyanate--NMP (NMethyl Pyrollidone)-free Trixene B17987, a low-viscosity, water-based dispersion. It is designed for use in one-component waterborne...

Universal pigment dispersant.(Materials watch)
January 1, 2005... Troy Corporation Troysperse 90W is a high-performance, universal pigment dispersant for both aqueous and solvent systems. The product, which acts as a dispersant and wetting agent, can enhance the properties of many products and...

Wetting agents.(Materials watch)
January 1, 2005... Cognis Corp. Starfactant[TM] wetting agents are star-shaped hyperbranched polymers that are targeted for substrate wetting. They efficiently lower static and dynamic surface tension to help coatings wet difficult-to-wet substrates, while...

Rheometer system.(Products)
January 1, 2005... ATS RheoSystems The VISCOANALYSER rheometer system is an efficient, easy-to-operate research rheometer that was designed for R&D and QC. The system was designed following a modular concept, and can be upgraded to meet a user's expanding...

Color and gloss measurement.(Products)
January 1, 2005... BYK-Gardner The spectro-guide combines color and gloss measurement in one unit. It is the only instrument to measure color (45/0 and sphere) and 60[degrees] gloss simultaneously in compliance with ISO, ASTM and DIN specifications. Color...