Paint & Coatings Industry articles from January 2008

Paint & Coatings Industry archives from January 2008

CHINACOAT 2007--a massive turnout.(VIEWPOINT)
January 1, 2008... On Nov. 21-23, the 12th CHINACOAT was held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. In total, 24,412 people attended, with 10,950 of them registering on site. This was up 4% over the last event held in Guangzhou in 2006. A total of 796...

Analysis reports growth in pigments market.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... KONSTANZ, Germany -- Ceresana Research has just completed an analysis of the global pigments market, reporting that the worldwide market for inorganic, organic and special pigments had a total volume of around 7.4 million tons in 2006. At...

Valspar identifies color trends for 2008.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... MINNEAPOLIS -- From bold and bright to calm and relaxing, the color trends you'll find in 2008 compliment a wide variety of aesthetics. Valspar predicts 2008 colors will draw heavily from several areas and has created four distinct color...

CSB investigates explosion in Iowa.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Investigators for the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) report that progress is being made in the investigation of a large explosion and fire that occurred at the Barton Solvents facility in Des Moines, IA, on October 29, 2007. The...

ASSE recognizes OSHA's efforts in publishing protective equipment standard.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... DES PLAINES, IL -- The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has recognized the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) efforts in publishing a standard for employer-paid personal protective equipment (PPE). ...

Bennett receives Heckel Award.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... PITTSBURGH -- During the Honors Luncheon of its 120th Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, the National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA) presented Charles E. Bennett, CEO of Cook Composites and Polymers, with the George Baugh Heckel Award, the...

Middle East Coatings Show Set for March.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The Middle East Coatings Show (MECS) will take place March 10-12, 2008, in Dubai. The show has been extended into three halls at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre, increasing its floor space...

Radcure champion Luc Nuijten honored at RadTech.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... VIENNA, Austria -- During the RadTech Europe Conference in Vienna on November 14, 2007, Luc Nuijten was honored with a special commemorative UV/EB medal recognizing his efforts in the promotion of UV and Electron Beam technology. Nuijten is...

Philadelphia Society announces symposium and speakers.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... HORSHAM, PA -- The Technical Committee of the Philadelphia Society for Coatings Technology has announced a new symposium, Green Chemistry and its Effect on Waterborne Industrial and Architectural Coatings. The symposium will be held May 6-7,...

RadTech calls for awards nominations.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... CHEVY CHASE, MD -- Nominations are now open for the biennial UV/EB End User Emerging Technology Awards, to be presented at the RadTech UV/EB Technology Expo and Conference, May 4-7, 2008, McCormick Place, Chicago. RadTech has also...

CPI issues call for papers and posters.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... ARLINGTON, VA -- The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council has issued a call for papers and posters to be presented at the Polyurethanes 2008 Technical Conference on September 29 through October 1, 2008....

Coatings for plastics symposium slated for April.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... TROY, MI -- The 11th Annual Coatings for Plastics Symposium will be held April 21-23, 2008, at the West Yorktown Center in Lombard, IL. The International Coatings for Plastics Symposium explores emerging trends in the coatings for plastics...

Cal Poly offers short course.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA -- The Polymers and Coatings program at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo will offer a short course on polymers and coatings science during the week of February 18-22, 2008. The one-week course will cover many aspects of coatings...

Symco to take place in February.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... CHICAGO -- The Chicago Society for Coatings Technology has announced that the 2008 Symco Technical Conference will be held on February 7, 2008, at the Drury Lane, Oakbrook, IL. This year's theme, Clean and Green, echoes that of ICE 2007. The...

Location of Central European Coatings Congress announced.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... WARSAW, Poland -- The Central European Coatings Congress 2008 will be held November 25-27, 2008 in Warsaw, Poland. In addition to the coatings congress, The Paint and Plastics Department of the Institute for Plastics Processing will be running...

Calendar.(Calendar)
January 1, 2008... Meetings, Shows and Educational Programs JANUARY 20-22 ASTM International Committee GO3 on Weathering and Durability jadkins@astm.org 27-30 PACE 2008 www.pace2008.com/ 29 AutoUkraine 2008 ...

Atlas launches its first outdoor exposure site near Chennai, India.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... CHENNAI, India -- Atlas Weathering Services Group, a division of the U.S.-based Atlas Material Testing Technology, has opened its new facility at Uttermerur, 70 km (44 miles) from Chennai. The new facility is the first independent commercial...

ADM forms industrial chemicals group/names Mann to new position.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... DECATUR, IL -- Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) has formed an industrial chemicals group with a focus on increasing the company's presence in industrial markets. This business will leverage ADM's processing expertise, fermentation and...

Applied Manufacturing Technologies joins the Save Your Factory Initiative.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... ORION, MI -- Applied Manufacturing Technologies Inc. (AMT) has become a member of the Save Your Factory Initiative. The collaborative industry initiative is a growing consortium of leading automation industry companies committed to providing...

Rohm and Haas and Basin Water form water-quality alliance.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... PHILADELPHIA/RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA -- Rohm and Haas Co. and Basin Water Inc. have announced the formation of an alliance that will address the need for quality water across a broad range of market segments in the United States and Canada....

Chemroy Canada named Elementis distributor.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... HIGHTSTOWN, NJ -- Elementis Specialties has announced that Chemroy Canada will be its Canadian distributor, effective February 1, 2008. With over 40 years of experience, Chemroy Canada supplies raw materials to the coatings, inks, adhesives and...

SEI Chemical opens new headquarters/lab facilities.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... LOS ANGELES -- SEI Chemical has unveiled a new 10,000-square-foot laboratory and administrative facility. The new facilities follow the company's acquisition of an industrial coatings company and the introduction of several new products. As of...

DSM opens R&D facilities in Shanghai/completes expansion in Germany.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... ZWOLLE, the Netherlands -- DSM has announced it is opening new R&D facilities for powder coating resins in Shanghai, China. The facilities will feature chemical synthesis as well as application testing. The laboratory will be operational as of...

Sun Chemical signs distribution agreement with Nantong Shanjing.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... PARSIPPANY, NJ -- Sun Chemical has entered into an exclusive distribution ,agreement with Nantong Shanjing Metallic Pigments Co., Ltd., an aluminum pigment manufacturer in China. The agreement allows Sun Chemical to market the Nantong Shanjing...

Nuplex Resins launches new brand.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... LOUISVILLE, KY -- Nuplex Resins is launching a new global brand of waterborne products, Setaqua[TM], effective January 1, 2008. The Setaqua waterborne product line consists of specialty acrylic dispersions, emulsions and alkyd emulsions for...

Dow suspends production at Union Carbide facility/exits hydroxyalkyl acrylates market.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... MIDLAND, MI -- The Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) has announced that Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow, has shut down production at its polypropylene manufacturing facility at St. Charles Operations in Hahnville, LA. The...

HALOX teams up with new international distributor.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... HAMMOND, IN -- Manufacturer and distributor of corrosion inhibitors, HALOX, has assigned Falcon Chemical Corp. distribution territories in Africa (except South Africa), Taiwan and Vietnam. The partnership took effect November 1, 2007. ...

Reichhold expands sales role of North American distributors.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC -- Reichhold Inc., a supplier of unsaturated polyester resins and coatings resins, has announced the enhanced role of two distributors in western North America. TCR Industries and L.V. Lomas Limited have been...

Ciba team wins innovation award.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... BASEL, Switzerland -- An international team, instrumental in developing Novel Encapsulated Additives Technology (NEAT), has received the Ciba R&D Award 2007. NEAT, a technology that allows high-performance light stabilizers to be readily...

Spiroflow Systems adds four representatives.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... CHARLOTTE, NC -- Spiroflow Systems, Inc., a supplier of power-handling equipment, has announced the addition of four new representatives: Clayton Equipment Services, serving process and environmental customers in Texas and Oklahoma; Morin...

HERO Products appoints new sales group.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... VANCOUVER, Canada -- HERO Products Group announced the appointment of Coast to Coast--Sales and Marketing as its representative for Canada. Coast to Coast will represent HERO's line of point-of-sale paint equipment products, including automatic...

Sartomer Asia relocates office.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... EXTON, PA -- Specialty chemicals manufacturer, Sartomer Co., announced that its corporate office in Asia has relocated. Sartomer Asia is now located at: Unit 1106, 11/F., DCH Commercial Centre, 25, Westlands Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong;...

Global Tank Leasing introduces new containers.(COMPANY NEWS)
January 1, 2008... KANSAS CITY, KS -- Global Tank Leasing has announced the addition of ISO Tank Containers to its existing line of liquid tank storage and transport solutions. ISO tank containers are now available for international transportation, domestic...

Ask the expert.
January 1, 2008... Q What are the advantages of cementitious epoxy flooring? A Recent advances in epoxy technology have created a curing agent that can be used in cementitious epoxy flooring with equal thermal shock and chemical resistance as cementitious...

Dow completes acquisition of Edulan/continues growth in Asia.(MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS)
January 1, 2008... MIDLAND, MI -- The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow) announced that it has completed the acquisition of Edulan A/S, an independent polyurethane systems house specializing in rigid foam and elastomer formulation technologies. In addition to Edulan's...

Evonik acquires all interest in Degussa Engineered Carbons.(MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS)
January 1, 2008... ESSEN, Germany -- Evonik Industries has acquired the remaining 50 percent of shares in its former carbon black joint venture, Degussa Engineered Carbons (DEC), from ECI. DEC will now be a 100-percent-owned subsidiary of Evonik. In 2002...

Akzo Nobel completes Organon BioSciences sale/acquires new Zealand importer.(MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS)
January 1, 2008... AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands -- Akzo Nobel N.V. has completed the sale of Organon BioSciences N.V. (OBS) to Schering-Plough Corp. for l1 billion [euro]. "It is with mixed emotions that we say goodbye to these businesses, which have been part...

Marine Performance Coatings buys Advanced Resin Coatings.(MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS)
January 1, 2008... MILLERSVILLE, MD -- Marine Performance Coatings (MPC) has announced that it has officially acquired and launched Advanced Resin Coatings (ARC). ARC will be the product line and brand name for manufactured aromatic, aliphatic, and brush- and...

Archway sales buys Deeks & Company.(MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS)
January 1, 2008... ST. LOUIS -- Archway Sales Inc. has announced the acquisition of Deeks & Co., a specialty chemicals distributor based in Cincinnati, OH. Founded in 1937, Deeks & Co. has served the Ohio Valley market for over 70 years. The acquisition...

OM Group completes acquisition of Borchers GmbH.(MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS)
January 1, 2008... CLEVELAND -- OM Group Inc. (OMG) has completed the acquisition of Borchers GmbH, a European-based specialty coatings additive supplier. The Borchers operation will be integrated with OMG's existing Advanced Organics business. "Borchers is...

Dubai investment company acquires Almatis.(MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS)
January 1, 2008... DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Dubai International Capital LLC (DIC), a Dubai-based international investment company, has agreed to acquire Almatis from its current owners Rhone Capital and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan. DIC will be working...

Cognis and Nuplex close deal on G-Cure[R].(MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS)
January 1, 2008... MONHEIM, Germany/AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Cognis and Nuplex have signed a deal in which Nuplex has acquired the G-Cure[R] business from Cognis. Part of the Functional Products business unit of Cognis, the G-Cure product line is mainly focused...

BASF: Jay Bhatia.(NAMES IN THE NEWS)
January 1, 2008... BASF has appointed Jay Bhatia as Industry Manager for epoxy and polyurea in the company's intermediates business in North America. In his new role, Bhatia is responsible for managing the BASF intermediates' marketing activities relating to...

International Specialty Products Inc.(NAMES IN THE NEWS)
January 1, 2008... Scott Edris has been appointed Director, Global Marketing, Performance Chemicals, for International Specialty Products Inc. He will be responsible for building strategic marketing for the agricultural chemicals, and coatings and adhesives...

Ciba.(NAMES IN THE NEWS)
January 1, 2008... The Board of Directors of Ciba has appointed Thomas Engelhardt as the new head of the Coating Effects Segment and a member of the Group Executive Committee. He will succeed Hermann Angerer who will retire in the first quarter of 2008. ...

BASF.(NAMES IN THE NEWS)
January 1, 2008... Christof Herion has been appointed the Director of Production for BASF's intermediates unit. The BASF Functional Polymers business has hired Joseph M. Gantner as a Technical Sales Representative for the Northeast region of the United States....

DataLase.(NAMES IN THE NEWS)
January 1, 2008... DataLase has named Olaf Jepsen to be its new European Sales Manager. In his new role, Jepsen will be in charge of promoting the DataLase laser imaging solutions throughout mainland Europe. With over 20 years experience in managerial sales...

Rohm and Haas Powder Coatings.(NAMES IN THE NEWS)
January 1, 2008... Rohm and Haas Powder Coatings has appointed Ned Lancaster as Sales Manager for the southeastern region of the United States. In his new role, Lancaster will be responsible for leading sales growth activities for the southeastern United States....

E.W. Kaufmann.(NAMES IN THE NEWS)
January 1, 2008... E.W. Kaufmann, a Pennsylvania-based raw material and equipment distributor, has announced the appointment of J. Brian O'Connor as its President. O'Connor has worked in the chemical industry for more than 37 years and has been with E.W. Kaufmann...

Rhino Linings USA Inc.(NAMES IN THE NEWS)
January 1, 2008... Rhino Linings USA Inc. has named industry veteran Joe Nichy as the company's National Industrial Sales Manager. Nichy brings to Rhino Linings over 20 years of sales management, new business development and coatings industry experience. ...

Allied PhotoChemical.(NAMES IN THE NEWS)
January 1, 2008... Allied PhotoChemical has hired Ron Plooy as a UV Chemist. The appointment is part of the company's internal expansion into the UV coatings marketplace.

Fitz Chem Corp.(NAMES IN THE NEWS)
January 1, 2008... Fitz Chem Corp. has added Jorgie Strossner to its Customer Service Department as a Customer Service Representative. Her duties will include processing incoming orders, confirming pricing and product availability, and maintaining customer codes....

DUX Area Inc.(NAMES IN THE NEWS)
January 1, 2008... John Watson has been appointed the Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing for DUX Area Inc. Watson will manage the strategic direction for worldwide distribution and sales, along with all marketing communications. [ILLUSTRATION...

Freeman Technology.(NAMES IN THE NEWS)
January 1, 2008... Freeman Technology, a powder characterization company located in Welland, UK, has appointed Jon Yin as Application Specialist for the United States. This is the company's first direct appointment in the U.S. market. The move will enable Freeman...

Second quarter--2007.(MARKETPLACE)
January 1, 2008... The coating industry volume continued to decline from 2006 results. The decline began about a year ago as a result of the slow down in the home building and home resale markets. Although the volume has slowed down, shipment value continued to...

Wall Street takes a beating.(stock WATCH)
January 1, 2008... Stocks were pummeled this session, and few remained unbruised as our session ended Nov. 30, 2007. High oil prices combined with the continuously disintegrating credit sector and fears about how that crisis will play out in coming months. Oil...

Going Green with Akzo Nobel.
January 1, 2008... One of the cleanest, greenest buildings on Earth has officially opened in Australia, with Akzo Nobel having made an important contribution to its environmentally conscious design. Built at a cost of AUD 51 million and brimming with...

Innovative technology: helps OEMs satisfy today's consumer color customization craze.
January 1, 2008... Today's savvy consumers are more discriminating than ever before. It's no longer enough to have the latest and greatest; it must also be something that is uniquely their own. From downloading cell phone ring tones to building a personal...

Ask the expert.
January 1, 2008... Q What effective fluorosurfactant replacements are there for my wood coating formulations? A Because of the environmental and health concerns associated with fluorosurfactants, many formulators are seeking effective alternatives for their...

Optimizing low-VOC architectural coatings through additive technology.
January 1, 2008... Stricter environmental, clean air and waste management legislation continues to drive the architectural coatings market toward "green" chemistry and lower-VOC technologies. And the most stringent requirement is the one that sets the de facto...

Colloidal microcrystalline cellulose--a unique suspending agent and stabilizer for waterborne coatings.
January 1, 2008... Colloidal microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) has been used widely in the food and pharmaceutical industries to suspend dense particles, prevent phase separation and stabilize emulsions. This study demonstrates that colloidal MCC has the same...

CEPE gives direction: annual general meeting of the European coatings industry: paint and coatings industry at the crossroads.(Conference news)(Industry overview)
January 1, 2008... The CEPE welcomed some 150 company representatives from the European paint and surface coatings industry to the Cote d'Azur in France, where it held its first annual conference and annual general meeting since restructuring. The small and...

Preservation of coatings with silver: ecological and safe preservation with a new combination of silver plus benzisothiazoline.
January 1, 2008... The combination of silver or silver with isothiazoline gives a new and very effective preservative system. By using this combination, the amount of sensitizing isothiazoline can be significantly reduced and. if an excess of benzisothiazoline is...

Lubrizol expands presence in China with Shanghai Facility.
January 1, 2008... The Lubrizol Corporation is expanding its presence in China by investing approximately US$40 million (equivalent to approximately RMB 310 million) to build a facility in Songjiang, just outside of Shanghai. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New...

Risk factor: complementary pigment combinations: results of a recent case study.(Case study)
January 1, 2008... Several pigment combinations are suitable for the formulation of green color shades. For economic reasons, "complementary pigment combinations" are often used. These are green shades that are generated by mixing yellow and blue pigments....

Black pigment.(MATERIALS WATCH)
January 1, 2008... The Shepherd Color Company: Black 10C931 is jet black in color and is generally used in applications where the absence of chromium is desired and resistance to heat, light and weather are needed. Its characteristics include extreme durability...

Epoxy Tougheners.(MATERIALS WATCH)
January 1, 2008... The Dow Chemical Co.: FORTEGRA[TM] Epoxy Tougheners are low-viscosity materials for use in amine, DICY, anhydride and phenolic-cured epoxy systems. They are suitable for any application where properties of epoxies such as adhesion, corrosion...

Epoxy resin.(MATERIALS WATCH)
January 1, 2008... CVC Specialty Chemicals Inc.: EPALLOY[R] 8350X80 is a high-functionality epoxy phenol novolac resin product. Supplied at 80-percent solids in xylene, this high-functionality, low-viscosity product is ideally suited for use in high-solids...

Resin.(MATERIALS WATCH)
January 1, 2008... Eliokem: Pliotec[R] PA05 for exterior water-based coatings is designed for specialtyapplicationswheregood adhesion, blush and early water resistance, and most importantly hot-tire-pick-up resistance, are needed. Designed for exterior coatings,...

Catalog.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... BYK-GARDNER: This product catalog contains over 350 pages of testing equipment and supplies. It features many new and redesigned products, including drawdown bars and drawdown charts; the new spectro-guide S, a color spectrophotometer...

Dust containment.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... CDCLARUE INDUSTRIES: The PB1500X Extreme is the newest addition to the Pulse-Bac[R] vacuum and dust-containment equipment line. The unit delivers nonstop vacuum power. It is a maneuverable and lightweight machine that can easily fit through any...

Single-size glass beads.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... WHITEHOUSE SCIENTIFIC: This company has introduced single-size glass beads of greater than 1 mm in diameter. Traditionally, sieve analysis has been used for such large sizes, which are also near the upper limit of some laser diffraction methods...

Accelerated weathering testing.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... ATLAS MATERIAL TESTING TECHNOLOGY LLC: The Ci3000+ Weather Ometer and Fade Ometer gives operators more options, flexibility and control of their accelerated weathering testing. It includes a full-color TFT touch-screen display with intuitive...

Hoist bulk bag discharger.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... SPIROFLOW SYSTEMS, INC.: The Type 6 Bulk Bag Discharger (BBD) is used for unloading powder or granular product material into various processing equipment including mixers, sifters and mills, as well as into packing equipment. Transfer from the...

Mini dryer.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... VAN AIR SYSTEMS: The Mini Dryer MD-35 provides small volumes of extremely dry, compressed air. It performs effectively in intermittent flow applications and is designed for air flows up to 35 SCFM. It can be installed indoors or outdoors, with...

Thin-film measurement system.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... FILMETRICS: The F20-UVX is a new thin-film measurement system with an expanded wavelength range of 200 nm to 1700 nm for increased thin-film analysis capabilities. This system can measure the thickness of films from 30[Angstrom], to 450[micro]m...

Change can mixer.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... CHARLES ROSS & SON: This company has a new design option for its line of change can mixers, including the PowerMix, Double Planetary, VersaMix and Dual Shaft designs. The new tilting design allows automated discharge from a tilted mix can to a...

Thickness measurement.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... PAUL N. GARDNER CO., INC.: The new MiniTest FH 7000 Series features SIDSP[R] (Sensor-Integrated Digital Signal Processing) technology, which provides greater accuracy and repeatability. It offers faster scan rates and the ability to measure...

Particle size analyzer.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... MALVER[R] INSTRUMENTS: The Insitec[R] Voyager is a laser diffraction-based particle size analyzer for dry streams with particles in the size range 1 - 1000 microns. Measuring particle size up to four times per second, it provides a continuous...

Dew point meter.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... DEFELSKO CORP.: The redesigned PosiTector Dew Point Meter measures and records climatic parameters including relative humidity, air temperature, surface temperature, dew point temperature, and the difference between surface and dew point...

UV spectrophotometer.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... SHIMADZU SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS: While maintaining the highest level of wavelength resolution in its class (1 nm), the UV-1800 functions as a standalone instrument or can be PC-controlled with USB memory. It comes with UVProbe data processing...

Color formulation software.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... CIBA: COLIBR[TM] 3.2 allows the measurement of transparent samples, the generation of standards through sample averaging, the correction of samples of unknown origin and offers an improved "left-over" function. It can be fully integrated with...

Cartridge.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... ADHESIVE PACKAGING SPECIALTIES, INC.: The Coaxial two-component cartridge takes less space than comparable sized cartridges and fits all standard 380-ml dispensing guns. The cartridge can be used in almost all manual, pneumatic and...

Laboratory viscometer.(PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... NORCROSS CORP.: The Norcross LabPak[TM] Viscometer is a mechanical device that utilizes a piston to measure time-of-fall up to 20 seconds, with accuracy to within 0.1 second. Capable of measuring changes in viscosity as small as 0.02 CPS,...