Paint & Coatings Industry articles from October 2002

Paint & Coatings Industry archives from October 2002

You know you are getting old. (Viewpoint).
October 1, 2002... when You Remember... * Headlight dimmer switches on the car floor * Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water * Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles * Blackjack chewing gum * Coffee shops with tableside...

Rhode Island lead-paint trial begins with testimony from medical experts. (Industry News).
October 1, 2002... PROVIDENCE, RI -- Trial proceedings began in the state of Rhode Island's landmark lead-paint lawsuit against several former manufacturers of lead paint and pigments, as attorneys representing the state opened their case with testimony from...

Chicago files lead-paint suit. (Industry News).
October 1, 2002... CHICAGO -- The city of Chicago has joined the ranks of jurisdictions that have filed suit against former suppliers of lead-containing paint and pigments. Using an argument being employed in. the state of Rhode Island's lead-paint suit, the city...

ICI Paints appoints Porcellato CEO, N. America. (Industry News).
October 1, 2002... CLEVELAND -- ICI Paints has appointed Larry Porcellato, the company's chief operating officer, CEO of ICI Paints' North American Operations. Porcellato succeeds Ian R. McMahon, who has left the company to pursue another opportunity in Europe,...

RPM Inc. announces plan to incorporate in Delaware. (Industry News).
October 1, 2002... MEDINA, OH -- RPM Inc. said it will seek shareholder approval of a plan to change its place of incorporation from Ohio to Delaware during the company's annual shareholders meeting on Oct. 11. Under the plan, RPM International Inc., a newly...

Lawsuit targets auto-refinish suppliers. (Industry News).
October 1, 2002... Several major manufacturers of automotive-refinish coatings are the target of a lawsuit alleging price fixing for refinish paints. The suit was filed recently by a group of auto-body shops in California against DuPont Co., The Sherwin-Williams...

Asian Paints India to acquire majority stake in Berger Ltd. (Mergers and Acquisitions).
October 1, 2002... BOMBAY -- Asian Paints (India) Ltd., the largest paint manufacturer in India, announced plans to acquire a controlling 50.1% stake in Berger International Ltd., a Singapore-based coatings producer with operations in 11 countries in Asia, the...

Minerals Technologies acquires Polar Minerals. (Mergers and Acquisitions).
October 1, 2002... NEW YORK -- Minerals Technologies Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary, Barretts Minerals Inc. (BMI), has acquired the business and assets of Polar Minerals Inc., a privately owned producer of industrial minerals, for $22.5 million. Polar Minerals'...

DuPont business acquires ATOFINA unit. (Mergers and Acquisitions).
October 1, 2002... PARIS -- DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise has completed the acquisition of the surface-protection and fluoroadditives business assets of ATOFINA, the chemicals unit of the French energy concern TotalFinaElf. The acquisition adds more...

Dyneon to acquire Solvay Fluoropolymers business. (Mergers and Acquisitions).
October 1, 2002... ST. PAUL, MN -- Solvay America Inc. and Dyneon L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of 3M Corp., announced plans for the sale of the North America-based Solvay Fluoropolymers Inc. to Dyneon, pending regulatory approval. Solvay Fluoropolymers is a...

Univar acquires Canadian distribution company Stochem. (Mergers and Acquisitions).
October 1, 2002... AMSTERDAM -- Univar N.V. of The Netherlands has acquired the assets of Stochem Inc., a Toronto-based distributor of specialty chemicals, for $11 million (U.S.) in cash. Stochem is a distributor to the coatings, ink, adhesives, building...

PPG names three to key positions in Industrial Coatings. (Industry News).
October 1, 2002... PITTSBURGH -- PPG Industries Inc.'s Industrial Coatings Division has promoted Bradley M. Bridgham to National Sales director of Industrial Finishes, J. Rich Alexander to vice president of Industrial Coatings and Keith H. Prins to general...

Ask the expert.
October 1, 2002... Q How do I meet future low VOC regulations ( A Air Products Polymers new Airflex[R] EF811 emulsion was developed with these requirements in mind. It has the unique combination of a relatively high [T.sub.g] and low MFFT, making this vinyl...

Roesler named adjunct professor at NDSU. (Industry News).
October 1, 2002... FARGO, ND -- North Dakota State University has appointed Richard R. Roesler, Applications chemist in Bayer Corp.'s Coatings and Colorants Division, adjunct professor of the university's Department of Polymers and Coatings. The appointment...

SSPC 2002 scheduled for Nov. 3-6 in Tampa. (Industry News).
October 1, 2002... PITTSBURGH -- SSPC 2002, the Industrial Protective Coatings Conference and Exhibit, is scheduled for Nov. 3-6 in Tampa, FL. The event sponsor, The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC), said more than 300 exhibitors are expected to participate...

Obituaries. (Industry News).
October 1, 2002... Benjamin R. Fisher Jr., 50; was a PPG Vice President PITTSBURGH -- Benjamin R. Fisher Jr., PPG Industries Inc. vice president of Corporate Marketing and Communications, died Sept. 9 of an apparent heart attack. He was 50. A Pittsburgh...

LANSCO Colors. (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... Jeanne Bernard has joined LANSCO Colors, a supplier of organic and inorganic pigments, as Technical director. Bernard has 34 years of experience in the pigments industry.

PGPhillips & Associates Inc. (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... Rodney Biddle has joined PGPhillips & Associates Inc. as vice president, Strategic Assessment.

Reichold Inc. (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... Nathan Borgmeyer has joined Reichhold Inc. as a Technical manager for the graphic-arts segment of the company's Global Coatings and Performance Resins division.

Akzo Nobel. (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... David A. Cocuzzi, Technology manager for Akzo Nobel Coil Coatings in North America, has been elected to the board of directors of the Cool Roof Rating Council and has been appointed the board's vice chairman, the company announced. Cocuzzi, who...

Foxcolor Inc. (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... Foxcolor Inc., a manufacturer of custom color-matched touch-up paint and a supplier of packaging services for aerosols, bottles, pens, and containers, has named Lee E. Dahlen Process engineer, Michael D. Stryker Inside Sales/Customer Service...

Russell-Stanley Inc. (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... David W. Delaney has joined Russell-Stanley Inc. as manager, Technical Services, based at the company's new drum-testing center in South Brunswick, NJ. Russell-Stanley, Bridgewater, NJ, is a supplier of plastic and steel containers.

Engelhard Corp. (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... Christine A. Gehres has joined Engelhard Corp. as vice president, Marketing, for Appearance and Performance Technologies, with responsibility for marketing and strategic growth initiatives involving products sold to the coatings, automotive,...

Degussa. (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... Degussa has named Douglas M. Harless senior vice president and general manager of the company's Coatings & Colorants business unit's Colorants business line.

H.B. Fuller Co. (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... Patricia Jones has joined H.B. Fuller Co. as chief administrative officer, with responsibility for the company's legal, human resources, community affairs, public-relations, and other administrative functions. Jones, who was most recently...

DuPont Nylon Intermediates. (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... DuPont Nylon Intermediates, Specialties and Polymer has named Kevin Kenaley business manager, Core Intermediates, and Nadine de Vries North American business manager, HMD Specialties and Adipic Specialties.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC). (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... The American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced that Greg Lebedev has been named president and CEO, effective Oct. 1. He will succeed Fred Webber, who recently announced plans to retire. Lebedev was formerly chief operating officer and executive...

The E.T. Horn Co. (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... The E.T. Horn Co. has named Lew Privon to handle sales in Utah, Colorado and northern California. Privon, formerly based in northern California, will relocate to Salt Lake City, the company said.

MD-Both Industries. (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... MD-Both Industries, a supplier of metallic ink, bronze and aluminum pigments and carbon-black dispersions, has named Chris Ravenscroft president. Ravenscroft remains managing director of Wolstenholme International Ltd. of the U.K., a parent...

Ultra Additives Inc. (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... Ultra Additives Inc. has named Dianna Renz and Mary Taylor Regional Sales managers and promoted Paul Fox to account manager, Northeast Sales, for the coatings, adhesives and ink industries. Renz was named Regional Sales manager in the...

Deeks & Co. (Names In The News).
October 1, 2002... Joe Tomek has joined Deeks & Co. as a Technical Sales representative, with responsibility for sales in northern Ohio, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Your guide to New Orleans.
October 1, 2002... Welcome to New Orleans! New Orleans is all about its diverse, vibrant neighborhoods, each with its own special aromas to fill the air and sounds to punctuate the hustle and bustle of daily life. The easiest way to picture New Orleans...

The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI, has appointed Ashland Chemical Co. national distributor of Dow's TRITON[TM], TERGITOL[TM] and DOWFAX surfactants. (Company News).
October 1, 2002... The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI, has appointed Ashland Chemical Co. national distributor of Dow's TRITON[TM], TERGITOL[TM] and DOWFAX surfactants. The products are used in the coatings and other industrial markets, Dow said.

Hauthaway Corp., Lynn, MA, has appointed Welsh & Associates Inc., St. Louis, sales representative for the Hauthane line of waterborne polyurethane dispersions to the architectural and industrial coatings and adhesives markets in portions of the Midwest, South and Rocky Mountain region. (Company News).
October 1, 2002... Hauthaway Corp., Lynn, MA, has appointed Welsh & Associates Inc., St. Louis, sales representative for the Hauthane line of waterborne polyurethane dispersions to the architectural and industrial coatings and adhesives markets in portions of the...

Johnson Matthey Pigment & Dispersions, Jacksonville, FL, announced the appointment of distributors for the company's complex inorganic, cadmium and transparent iron oxide pigments and line of dispersions for the coatings and other industries. (Company News).
October 1, 2002... Johnson Matthey Pigment & Dispersions, Jacksonville, FL, announced the appointment of distributors for the company's complex inorganic, cadmium and transparent iron oxide pigments and line of dispersions for the coatings and other industries....

Meetings & shows. (2002-2003 Calendar).
October 1, 2002... October 27-29 NPCA Annual Meeting NPCA New Orleans 202/462.6272 www.paint.org 28-Nov. 1 International Coatings Expo International Coatings Technology Conference FSCT Annual Meeting FSCT New Orleans...

Lyondell Chemical Co., Houston, announced the launch of the POLYMEG[R] PTMEG (polytetramethylene ether glycol) polyols product line, formerly supplied by Penn Specialty Chemicals Inc. (Company News).
October 1, 2002... Lyondell Chemical Co., Houston, announced the launch of the POLYMEG[R] PTMEG (polytetramethylene ether glycol) polyols product line, formerly supplied by Penn Specialty Chemicals Inc. The company also announced a capacity increase for the...

MD-Both Industries, West Chicago, IL, has appointed The Chidley & Peto Co., Arlington Heights, IL, sales representative for MD-Both's metallic pigments and carbon-black dispersion products in Illinois, northern Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. (Company News).
October 1, 2002... MD-Both Industries, West Chicago, IL, has appointed The Chidley & Peto Co., Arlington Heights, IL, sales representative for MD-Both's metallic pigments and carbon-black dispersion products in Illinois, northern Indiana, Wisconsin, and...

Mozel Inc. (Company News).
October 1, 2002... Mozel Inc., a distribution company headquartered in the St. Louis area, announced the opening of a new 200,000-square-foot facility in Columbia, IL. The company completed a relocation from St. Louis in July. With the opening of the new...

Resolution Performance Products L.L.C. (Company News).
October 1, 2002... Resolution Performance Products L.L.C., Houston, announced plans for a $3.8 million capacity expansion for waterborne epoxy resins at the company's Argo, IL, production plant. Jeff Nodland, the company's president and COO, said the expansion...

Educational programs. (2002 Calendar).
October 1, 2002... November 5-19 Short Courses: Durability and Performance of Coatings (Nov. 5-7) Mixing for Uniform Batches: Improving Product Quality and Productivity (Nov. 6-7) Rheology of Coatings and Dispersions (Nov. 11-13)...

Russell Finex Inc. (Company News).
October 1, 2002... Russell Finex Inc., Pineville, NC, announced a relocation to a new 35,000-square-foot facility in Pineville. The site includes test laboratories for the company's filters, screeners, separators and other equipment. The company also announced...

Sartomer Co., Exton, PA, announced the launch of a strategic alliance with Kaucuk, a.s. of the Czech Republic, a member of the Unipetrol Group, involving marketing and sales of Kaucuk's Krasol[TM] polybutadiene products. (Company News).
October 1, 2002... Sartomer Co., Exton, PA, announced the launch of a strategic alliance with Kaucuk, a.s. of the Czech Republic, a member of the Unipetrol Group, involving marketing and sales of Kaucuk's Krasol[TM] polybutadiene products. The products, currently...

E.M. Sullivan Associates. (Company News).
October 1, 2002... E.M. Sullivan Associates, Paoli, PA, announced the relocation of its offices to a facility in Paoli and a move to a new warehouse facility in Pottstown, PA. The company, a distribution business, also operates warehouse facilities in Wilmington,...

TOR Minerals International Inc. (Company News).
October 1, 2002... TOR Minerals International Inc., Corpus Christi, TX, said it will open a branch warehouse this month in Madison, IL, near St. Louis, to house inventories of the company's HITOX titanium dioxide and BARTEX barium sulfate products. The company...

An applied approach to film formation: the glass transition temperature evolution of plasticized latex films.
October 1, 2002... In coatings science the understanding and modeling of film formation are paramount to the rapid optimization of waterborne formulations. This proves especially true in the design of coatings with targeted properties that meet required VOCs. In...

Staining preventive UV coatings: using colloidal silica acrylates--effects of lipophilic-hydrophilic additives and silica content. (international).
October 1, 2002... Hybrid organic-inorganic UV- or EB-cured coatings can be made from commercial easy-to-use low-viscosity acrylic monomers or pre-polymers containing a high content of pre-dispersed silica nanospheres. The use of such products has been described...

Low-VOC: non-toxic primer for coatings.
October 1, 2002... To even a casual observer, it is clear that laws governing the use of VOC-containing coatings are becoming increasingly more stringent. For example, in California, coatings in the category Essential Public Service Coatings (a group that would...

Designs of the times: or "just the factorials, Ma'am!" The previous article discussed how experiments are chosen when conducting statistically designed experimentation. This article begins a discussion on factorial designs.
October 1, 2002... Editor's Note: This article is Part 7 in a series. See PCI May 2002 for the previous installment. Factorial Designs Factorial is a mysterious word, jargon used by statisticians to keep everyone else in the dark. Factorial comes from...

Global microbiological solutions: innovative products and strong customer focus spur worldwide growth for biocides manufacturer. (international).
October 1, 2002... "We're a global provider of anti-microbial solutions in the most comprehensive sense, with a broad range of technically innovative products reflecting traditional Swiss excellence in engineering design, strong problem-solving capabilities, and...

Polyurea spray coatings: the technology and latest developments. (international).
October 1, 2002... Polyurea spray coating technology is a recent development in the polyurethane coatings industry. Polyurethane chemistry is about 60 years old. Since the 1970s elastomeric urethane coatings have been available. The polyurea elastomer technology...

E-epoxy.com.
October 1, 2002... The modern world has evolved to the point that most things needed in life are available for delivery. Websites allow consumers to get anything and everything delivered right to their door: pizza, groceries, medicine, laundry, and epoxies and...

Self crosslinking polymeric dispersants used in emulsion polymerization; acrylic dispersions have found widespread use in modern coatings technology. Their excellent durability makes them suitable for indoor and outdoor decorative paints, and they can be formulated into high-resistance coatings for industrial uses. (international).
October 1, 2002... Several properties are important for high-performance coatings, including the following. * Hardness and scratch resistance * Anti blocking (for stacking recently coated substrates) * Resistance against household chemicals and...

The right paint test instrument can avoid cracking under pressure.
October 1, 2002... We all know that the right paint can make a part or product more aesthetically pleasing and desirable. Adding a fresh coat of paint to a house or car can raise its value by thousands of dollars. First impressions, often the most important...

Powder coatings additives: new antioxidant and UV absorber deliver performance. (international).
October 1, 2002... The high performance of powder coatings is further increased by the use of additives. Additives are designed to improve properties such as prevention of discoloration during powder coating resin synthesis and curing, ease of spraying the powder...

Combinations of malonate- and pyrazole-blocked isocyanates to improve performance. (international).
October 1, 2002... Blocked isocyanates have been available for many years to produce room-temperature stable, one pack (IK), heat-curable coatings. (1) As in all aspects of coating formulation, there is increasing demand for improved quality without increasing...

Acrylic hybrid technology: designing non-yellowing, high performance exterior topcoat finishes.
October 1, 2002... To design higher performance surface coatings, coating formulators must choose from myriad polymer chemistries. The polymer holds the coating cohesively (internally) together and adhesively (externally) to the substrate to which it is applied....

Fast-curing oligomers for enhanced coating performance.
October 1, 2002... Ultraviolet (UV)-cure coating formulators are always looking for new, efficient ways to achieve faster cure speeds. After all, faster cure speeds mean higher throughput and productivity rates. Formulators are often able to achieve increased...

2001: a year to forget.
October 1, 2002... The total shipments of coatings for 2001 were 1,187 mil. gal. This was the lowest quantity shipped since 1993. Figure 1 shows that the year 2000 was the best year ever for the industry; 2001 followed with a drop of 100 mil. gal., or 8.7%. The...

CEPE 2002: global, metanational, transnational. (international).
October 1, 2002... A round 100 delegates took the opportunity to discuss the term and concept of "internationality" in Cascais (near Lisbon) June 6-7. The future, at least according to the unanimous verdict of the speakers, goes far beyond this. The framework was...

Not your grandfather's black: stringent demands of automotive industry drive 21st-century advances in carbon black pigments.
October 1, 2002... A legendary figure in the automotive world once told an automobile hungry American public that it could have any color car made by his company "as long as it's black." Nearly a century later, automakers are offering an expansive array of...

Penn Color advances its technology with new grinding system.
October 1, 2002... Established in 1964, Penn Color Inc. has manufactured color concentrates and pigment dispersions for over 35 years. During this time, the company has remained on the leading edge of color technology, providing color in virtually every known...

New tint-mix system revolutionizes production finishing; DynaMatch system allows finishers to meet virtually any application, VOC and color requirements for small or large production orders without stocking an expansive inventory.
October 1, 2002... NCP Coatings Inc., commercial and industrial coatings manufacturer since 1948, has developed DynaMatch, a versatile tint-mix system. The new system is designed to meet the demands of application processes, performance specifications and tight...

ICE preview.
October 1, 2002... The International Coatings Expo takes place October 30-November 1 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center New Orleans. The expo will be held in conjunction with the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology's 80th Annual Meeting and the...

2002 ICE show! Booth preview.
October 1, 2002... Air Products Booth #1136 Air Products will feature water-based epoxy resins and curing agents, high solids epoxy curing agents for compliant coatings; Surfynol[R], Dynol[TM] and EnviroGem[R] Gemini-based multi-functional additives for...

Mill: Draiswerke Inc. (Products).
October 1, 2002... The Drais Advantis[R] Perl Mill offers fine grinding down to 20 nanometers for coatings and pigment dispersions. With residence times measured in 3-5 seconds, the equipment can achieve tight particle size distributions. The low-volume chamber...

Mixer: Charles Ross & Son Co. (Products).
October 1, 2002... The VersaMix model VMC is offered in change can sizes ranging from 1-200 gal. working capacity. Similar units are available up to 3,000 gal. The mixer combines up to three separate agitation systems, and is ideal for manufacturing viscous...

Viscometer: Brookfield Engineering Laboratories. (Products).
October 1, 2002... The new CAP 1000+ viscometer can be used for fast, easy, repetitive testing of very small samples on the production floor or in the QC lab. The "cone and plate" single point viscosity measuring instrument features rapid control for sample...

Mixer: Premier Mill Corp. (Products).
October 1, 2002... This company's Hidrobat planetary mixer blends the full mass of material through the vessel and ensures continual product feed to the centrally located high-speed dispersion blade. A range of construction materials is available. For more...

Coating thickness gauges: PHYNIX GmbH & Co. KG. (Products).
October 1, 2002... New portable coating thickness gauges Surfix[R] and Pocket-Surfix are available in a compact design. The gauges work with mobile phone-type menu to provide simple, user-friendly operating instructions, and can measure on steel and non-ferrous...

Touch-up products: Raabe Corp. (Products).
October 1, 2002... A new multi-color touch-up product line is available from this company. The product offering marks the company's entrance into the multi-color or speckle finish touch-up marketplace. For more information, call 800/966.7580 or visit...

Acima. (Materials Watch).
October 1, 2002... Acima, a Rohm and Haas Co., announces that the United States EPA has granted registration for the use of a new preservative, Rocima 607 microbicide. The registration permits applications that include water-based coatings such as paints,...

Daikin America Inc. (Materials Watch).
October 1, 2002... Daikin America Inc. now offers DAIKIN-POLYFLON[TM] F-107, a high-molecular-weight homopolymer PTFE fine powder designed for high stretch applications, For more information, call 800/365.9570 or visit www.daikin.cc.

Dock Resins'. (Materials Watch).
October 1, 2002... Dock Resins' DORESCO[R] AC423 series of solventborne acrylic resins adheres strongly to a variety of plastic film and sheet. The resins can be used in interior and exterior applications. For more information, visit www.dockresins.com.

MD-Both Industries. (Materials Watch).
October 1, 2002... MD-Both Industries has introduced new non-leafing aluminum powders for powder coating applications. These new additions to the Powdal[TM] series of metallic pigment products are available in average particle size distributions ranging from 81...

Rhodia Silicones. (Materials Watch).
October 1, 2002... Rhodia Silicones announces a new anti-misting additive, Silcolease[R] AMA 745, for high-speed thermal solventless coating systems. The material is a silicone additive designed for release systems running at high speeds. For more information,...