Paint & Coatings Industry articles from May 2001

Paint & Coatings Industry archives from May 2001

Provide Quality Information, and They Will Come.
May 1, 2001... Listening to the news media is often a depressing experience -- particularly when it relates to the economy these days. That is why I find it particularly refreshing to discuss the last two technical symposia that I attended. The annual...

Industry Lawyers Express Optimism About Ruling in Rhode Island Lead Case.
May 1, 2001... PROVIDENCE, RI -- A judge in Rhode Island has rejected a defense request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the state against former producers of lead pigments and lead-based paint. But lawyers for the defendants say the judge has ruled in their...

California Court Rejects Industry Legal Challenge of SCAQMD VOC Limits.
May 1, 2001... LOS ANGELES -- An Orange County (CA) court recently rejected an industry challenge to new VOC restrictions on architectural and industrial-maintenance coatings imposed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). Judge...

City of Milwaukee Files Lead-Paint Suit.
May 1, 2001... MILWAUKEE -- The city of Milwaukee filed suit against Mautz Paint Co. of Madison, WI, and NL Industries Inc., seeking compensation to pay for the cost of cleaning up old lead-based paint hazards. Lawyers representing the city said the suit was...

Duron, Ameron Announce Distribution Agreement.
May 1, 2001... BELTSVILLE, MD -- Duron Inc. announced an agreement with Ameron International Corp.'s Performance Coatings and Finishes Group to distribute Ameron products through Duron's company-owned stores. Duron, which says it is the third-largest paint...

New Product Strategy Planned for StonCor's Carboline, Plasite Units.
May 1, 2001... MEDINA, OH -- The StonCor Group, part of RPM Inc., announced a program to "redefine" the product lines of the Carboline and Plasite units in a move StonCor said would result in more focused marketing, higher levels of service and improved...

Painters' Suit Alleges Exposure to Lead Hazards.
May 1, 2001... NATCHEZ, MS -- A group of 18 professional painters in Mississippi recently filed suit against several former manufacturers of lead pigments and paint, and a number of retail stores, claiming that the painters were exposed to hazards caused by...

PPG, BASF Take Awards for Coatings Developments.
May 1, 2001... BASF Coatings AG and PPG Industries Inc. were recognized for innovative coatings developments, as both companies received PACE Awards sponsored by Automotive News magazine and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. BASF Coatings was cited for the...

Program Details Announced for Plastics-Coatings Symposium for June.
May 1, 2001... TROY, MI -- Paint & Coatings Industry (PCI) magazine has announced program details for the Fourth International Coatings for Plastics Symposium, scheduled for June 4-6 at the MSU Management Education Center, Troy, MI. The symposium program...

PPG Starts Production at New `Workcell' Facility.
May 1, 2001... PITTSBURGH -- PPG Industries Inc. announced the start of operations at a new "Kaleidoscope Workcell" in Janesville, WI, for the production of 5- to 1,000-gallon batches of the company's Duranar coatings for sale to local customers. ...

Bayer Corp. Launches Powder-Coatings Unit, Looks to Expand Business.
May 1, 2001... NEW YORK -- Bayer Corp. formally announced the launch of a new business unit focusing on raw materials for powder coatings, and said the unit's creation reflects a strategic plan to significantly expand the company's global position in the...

Mergers and Acquisitions.
May 1, 2001... Worwag of Germany Acquires Egyptian's Indiana Site DETROIT -- Worwag Coatings LLC North America, a subsidiary of Karl Worwag Lack- und Farbenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, has purchased the assets of Egyptian Coatings' Lafayette, IN, operations....

Product Price Adjustments.
May 1, 2001... Eastman Chemical Co. Products: For n-butyl, isobutyl and isopropyl acetates, including EastaPure n-butyl acetate Increase: 3 [cts.]/lb, list prices worldwide and list and-off-list prices in North America, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean...

BASF Corp. Honored for CLEARCorps Support.
May 1, 2001... SOUTHIELD, MI -- BASF Corp. has been recognized by the CLEARCorps lead hazard reduction program for the company's leadership role in the launch and support of a CLEARCorps affiliate program in Detroit. BASF, through its Coatings & Colorants...

ASTM Seeks Input on Development of Antifouling-Coatings Standards.
May 1, 2001... WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA -- ASTM issued an invitation to any interested parties to provide input in the development of standards for chemical antifouling coatings applied to ship exteriors to control marine-life growth. ASTM Subcommittee...

NAMES IN THE NEWS.
May 1, 2001... Dock Resins Corp., Linden, NJ, announced the retirements of two prominent individuals in the company's history -- founder Philip Barbanel and Chairman A. Wayne Tamarelli. The company, which was sold to Landec Corp. in 1997, will now be headed...

Ask the Expert.
May 1, 2001... Q In my water-borne coatings, I add surfactants to get good wetting and hope that I do not promote foam and water sensitivity. Do surfactants influence other properties such as latex film formation and polymer glass transition temperature (Tg)?...

COMPANY NEWS.
May 1, 2001... Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings, Sassenheim, The Netherlands, and MacDermid Inc., Waterbury, CT, announced an agreement under which Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings has been appointed the exclusive distributor for MacDermid's Chemidize 727ND...

Fourth Quarter and Year, 2000.
May 1, 2001... Industry growth disappears for 2000 The year 2000 started out with promises of another year of growth for the coatings industry. However, as the year progressed, growth disappeared as declines for the third and fourth quarter became more...

VOCs and Regulatory Folly.
May 1, 2001... When the U.S. EPA imposed the final rule on the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone, particulate matter and haze, separate industrial groups filed suit against the EPA for failure to consider the economic impact of their...

No Pigment? No Problem!
May 1, 2001... The phrase "no pigment, no problem" serves well as the mantra of Respect Innovations Inc., a Connecticut-based research company whose latest discoveries in coating technology will make their future -- and the future of the automotive coatings...

BASF Savors Award-Winning Coatings Successes, But Looks to Break New Ground in Automotive Finishes.
May 1, 2001... BASF Coatings' Integrated Process, a system designed to deliver economic and environmental advantages in the application of automotive OEM coatings, has received the PACE award recognizing innovations in automotive technologies. The award,...

GMA POWDER COATINGS: driving the future of AUTOMOTIVE CLEAR TOPCOATS.
May 1, 2001... Evolution in the automotive industry, like many others, is driven over time through technological advances. Think of the Model T Ford, first produced in 1927, and it is apparent how far the auto industry has progressed. While evolution over...

silver Continues its Reign in Vehicle Color Popularity as Global Trends Merge.
May 1, 2001... As e-commerce accelerates the flow of information and trends worldwide, DuPont is predicting speedier, "e-volutionary" change in vehicle styling and color. As an indication, the company points to the rapid rise of silver as the most popular...

What About Bismuth?
May 1, 2001... BISMUTH OXYCHLORIDE AS A HIGH PERFORMANCE PIGMENT Bismuth oxychloride is of great interest as a pearlescent pigment because it provides excellent whiteness, brightness and smooth texture. Today, development work on these pigments is...

Drive Automotive Profits.
May 1, 2001... UV Curing and Light Stabilizer Advances Can Help... One of the top challenges automotive manufacturers and suppliers face is the need to deliver faster production with lower costs and fewer defects -- all on the road to improved profits....

Wonderware HMI Helps Durr Behr Painting Systems Provide Common "Look & Feel" to Diverse Auto Production Requirements.
May 1, 2001... Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany -- If you drive a car, chances are it was painted using a system supplied by Durr Behr, the world's leading supplier of painting installations for the automotive industry and its supply industries. Durr Behr plans,...

A Guide to SIZE REDUCTION EQUIPMENT.
May 1, 2001... Commercially available methods of size reduction (or comminution) can be split into four groups: Impact (imagine the action of a hammer); abrasion (picture a file being used); cutting (consider a knife or a pair of scissors); and compression...

New Tools for Formulating Ultralow VOC, High-Performance 2K Polyurethane Coatings.
May 1, 2001... This article describes the use of TBAc[TM], the latest proposed VOC-exempt solvent, and new, low-viscosity acrylic polyols and isocyanate adducts in ultralow VOC ([is less than] 1 1b VOC/gal) 2K urethane coatings that perform like medium solids...

QS-9000 Drives Continuous Improvement for Chemical Distributors.
May 1, 2001... CHEMCENTRAL Benchmarks Bar Coding with PVS Nolwood When Mike Gallagher and Dave Beattie, vice president of Plant Operations, and Corporate Traffic manager for CHEMCENTRAL Corp., respectively, arrived at PVS Nolwood's headquarters in...

FINDING THE RIGHT Packaging Mix.
May 1, 2001... Every kid who ever owned a chemistry set learned one lesson very early -- some chemicals just don't mix. They also discovered that timing is often crucial even for ingredients that are designed to be combined. These lessons are particularly...

PRODUCT AND LITERATURE SHOWCASE.
May 1, 2001... Mixing Blades The Blade Shop Inc. This company is the leading manufacturer of high-speed mixing and dispersion blades in the United States. With the widest assortment of types and sizes in stock, this company can ship most orders the...

PRODUCTS.
May 1, 2001... Blender Charles Ross & Son Co. Now available is a 100-cubic-feet cylindrical blender. The blender has a paddle-type agitator that allows users to blend relatively small batches when compared to a ribbon design. The machines can be used...

LITERATURE.
May 1, 2001... UV Curing Products Rahn USA This company has introduced an overview brochure that describes the company's line of products that are recommended for UV curable adhesive applications. The new brochure describes properties and gives...

MATERIALS WATCH.
May 1, 2001... Air Products end Chemicals Inc. introduces a new curing agent, Anquamine[R] 701. The material offers formulators of industrial flooring systems the ability to create microporous permeable floor coatings without sacrificing performance. CIRCLE...