Paint & Coatings Industry articles from October 2003

Paint & Coatings Industry archives from October 2003

More on nanotechnology.(Viewpoint)
October 1, 2003... Since my August comments on this subject, I have been following the developments in this area with great interest and scientific curiosity. If I were a young scientist today this would be the field of endeavor I would definitely choose. For...

Market report forecast 2.5% annual growth rate for coatings additives.(Industry News)
October 1, 2003... The report from Business Communications Co. Inc., "Additives for Paint," estimates total U.S. consumption of coatings additives at $710 million in 2002, with thickeners comprising the largest product group at approximately $209 million, or 29%...

South Coast District issues proposal for further reductions in coatings VOCs.(Industry News)
October 1, 2003... DIAMOND BAR, CA -- The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is seeking to enact very low VOC limits on additional types of architectural coatings in a proposal that could be approved by the district's governing board as soon as...

'U.S. Paint & Coatings' report to be issued this month by NPCA.(Industry News)
October 1, 2003... WASHINGTON -- The NPCA announced that its comprehensive industry market study, "U.S. Paint & Coatings Analysis (2002-2007)," is scheduled for publication in October The report, a single-volume source of marketing, economic and technical...

New test method reported to reduce acid-etch cycle time.(Industry News)
October 1, 2003... SOUTHFIELD, MI -- BASF and Q-Panel Lab Products have developed an accelerated Florida acid-etch test method that is reported to reduce the time required to test a coating's resistance to acid rain by a factor of 13 to 1. The companies said...

Detroit Society issues call for papers for 2004 conference.(Industry News)
October 1, 2003... DETROIT -- The Detroit Society for Coatings Technology issued a call for papers for its 29th annual FOCUS Conference, scheduled for May 4, 2004, in Troy, MI. Titles and contact information for potential technical presentations should be...

ASTM launches Internet-based system for standards development.(Industry News)
October 1, 2003... WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA -- ASTM International, the voluntary standards development organization, recently announced the launch of a new Internet-based system designed to initiate, develop and track draft standards and revisions before and during...

2003-04 calendar: meetings, shows and educational programs.
October 1, 2003... October 20-22 Short Course: Dispersion of Pigments and Resins in Fluid Media Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI 734/487.2203 E-mail: sandy.tanner@emich.edu 21-23 Short Course: Improving Durability and...

Philadelphia: dining guide.
October 1, 2003... Welcome to Philadelphia, the place that loves you back! The fifth-largest city in the United States and the second-largest on the East Coast, Philadelphia is one of the world's most dynamic destinations. In Philadelphia, you will be at the...

BASF announces reorganization of Industrial Coatings business unit.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany -- BASF AG announced a reorganization of the company's Industrial Coatings business unit in moves aimed at strengthening the unit's focus on major individual markets. The reorganization will include actions designed to...

Akzo Nobel to divest resins, two other businesses.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... ARNHEM, The Netherlands -- Akzo Nobel said it has placed three of its Chemical businesses, including its Coatings Resins unit, on the sale block as part of recently announced restructuring moves. The company said it also will seek to divest its...

Eastman to restructure or divest parts of units supplying coatings market.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... KINGSPORT, TN -- Eastman Chemical Co. announced plans to pursue "strategic alternatives" in an effort to improve the profitability of its coatings, adhesives, specialty polymers and inks (CASPI) segment. The company said it will consider...

Rohm and Haas starts operations at India site.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... PHILADELPHIA -- Rohm and Haas Co. announced the formal start of operations at the company's new Adhesives and Sealants and Coatings Manufacturing and Technical Service Facility in Taloja, India. The facility will supply the domestic market in...

Akzo Nobel to build U.S. auto-refinish R&D, dispersion facilities.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... ARNHEM, The Netherlands -- Akzo Nobel announced plans to build an international R&D center in Pontiac, MI, for the company's Car Refinishes business, and said the site will play a "major role in the development of new products for the global...

Akzo Nobel Polymer Chemicals.(Company News In Brief)
October 1, 2003... Akzo Nobel Polymer Chemicals, Arnhem, The Netherlands, announced additional cost-cutting actions following moves earlier this year that included the discontinuation of production at the business's sites in Gillingham, UK, and Burt, NY.

Alberdingk Boley Inc.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... Alberdingk Boley Inc. announced a move to new North American Corporate headquarters, located at 6008 High Point Rd., Greensboro, NC. The company is a supplier of polyurethane dispersions; acrylic, styrene-acrylic, urethane-acrylic and...

Arch Chemicals Inc.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... Arch Chemicals Inc., Norwalk CT, announced plans to consolidate its operations in China under the direction of Arch International Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., a new business based in the Waigaoqiao free-trade zone of Shanghai. The Shanghai...

Cargill Inc.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... Cargill Inc., Minneapolis, announced an agreement with the Kansas Polymer Research Center at Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, to undertake a joint research and development program to produce soy-based polyols for use in urethane...

DuPont Co.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... DuPont Co., Wilmington, DE, said it will donate approximately 16,000 acres of land adjacent to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Georgia to The Conservation Fund, in the largest such donation in the history of DuPont's Land...

GretagMacbeth, New Windsor, NY, said Benjamin Moore & Co. has entered a multi-year licensing agreement for GretagMacbeth's new Internet-based "NetProfiler" technology.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... GretagMacbeth, New Windsor, NY, said Benjamin Moore & Co. has entered a multi-year licensing agreement for GretagMacbeth's new Internet-based "NetProfiler" technology. The technology, combined with spectrophotometers, is part of GretagMacbeth's...

ICI.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... ICI, London, said its Uniqema specialty chemicals business will streamline its operations in a series of actions to be taken over the next two years. The moves will include the closing of Uniqema's Paterson, NJ, surfactants-manufacturing site...

Lord Corp.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... Lord Corp., Cary, NC, announced a corporate reorganization that includes the elimination of the company's division-based organization and the merger of business units under common leadership. As a part of the restructuring, the company named...

Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, said ATOFINA Chemicals Inc. has granted a license to Rohm and Haas for the production of powder coatings using ATOFINA's Kynar 500 PC PVDF resin.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, said ATOFINA Chemicals Inc. has granted a license to Rohm and Haas for the production of powder coatings using ATOFINA's Kynar 500 PC PVDF resin. The license allows Rohm and Haas to formulate powder coatings in...

The Sherwin-Williams Co.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... The Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland, said its Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corp. division announced the launch of a strategic alliance with Chemical Specialties Inc. Ltd. (Chem Spec) of South Africa, a partnership that Sherwin-Williams...

Illinois Tool Works unit acquires Futura Coatings assets.(Mergers & Acquisitions)
October 1, 2003... ST. LOUIS -- ITW-Devcon, a division of Illinois Tool Works Inc., has acquired the primary assets of St. Louis-based Futura Coatings Inc. Terms of the transaction were not announced. The purchase includes all Futura manufacturing and...

Acquisition, relocation of Agate Lacquer announced.(Mergers & Acquisitions)
October 1, 2003... MIDDLESEX, NJ -- Leslie P. Trinity and James Natalini have acquired the assets of Agate Lacquer Mfg. Co. Inc., Long Island City, NY, and will operate the business as Agate Lacquer Tri-Nat L.L.C. The new company has relocated to a larger...

HALOX acquires Ciba corrosion-inhibitor business.(Mergers & Acquisitions)
October 1, 2003... HAMMOND, IN -- HALOX, a division of the Hammond Group Inc., has acquired the IRGACOR organic corrosion-inhibitor business from Ciba Specialty Chemicals. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition includes coatings parents, manufacturing...

Harbour Group unit acquires JASCO Chemical.(Mergers & Acquisitions)
October 1, 2003... ST. LOUIS -- Fluid Enterprises, a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Harbour Group Ltd., has acquired JASCO Chemical Corp., a manufacturer of paint removers and surface-preparation products based in Santa Ana, CA. Terms were not disclosed. ...

Ferro sells Petroleum Additives, Specialty Ceramics units.(Mergers & Acquisitions)
October 1, 2003... CLEVELAND -- Ferro Corp. announced the sale of its Petroleum Additives business to Dover Chemicals, a subsidiary of ICC Chemicals Inc. The business produces fuel additives and metalworking lubricants at a single operating facility in Hammond,...

BASF sells silicones unit, surfactants manufacturing site.(Mergers & Acquisitions)
October 1, 2003... MOUNT OLIVE, NJ -- BASF announced separate agreements to sell its North American-based silicones business to The Lubrizol Corp. and its ester, alkoxylates and silicones surfactant manufacturing site at Gurnee, IL, to Petroferm Inc. Terms of the...

Wacker Silicones.(Names In The News)
October 1, 2003... Scott Borst has joined Wacker Silicones as Business Team leader, Building and Coatings, with responsibility for directing the business's North American sales, marketing, supply-chain and technology development/technical-support functions. Borst...

Jamestown Powder Coatings.(Names In The News)
October 1, 2003... Jamestown Powder Coatings has named Bradley Hamm manager of Regulatory Affairs. Hamm will retain his current responsibilities at the company's corporate headquarters in Jamestown, PA. Jamestown Powder Coatings operates facilities in Jamestown...

Degussa.(Names In The News)
October 1, 2003... Degussa has named Stephan Holtzman general manager, Industrial Colorants, Americas. He succeeds Robert Mitchell, who has retired. Holtzman assumes responsibility for the colorants business in the industrial-maintenance, special-purpose and...

Plasticolors Inc.(Names In The News)
October 1, 2003... Plasticolors Inc. announced a reorganization of sales and marketing operations, creating separate departments for sales and marketing and naming Mark Lodwick director of Sales and Larry Haines director of Marketing. Lodwick, who formerly...

M.A.B. Paints.(Names In The News)
October 1, 2003... Nail Lubell has joined M.A.B. Paints as Metro New York City Sales representative. Lubell was formerly a sales representative and operational manager with New York Bell Paint Corp. M.A.B. is based in Philadelphia.

The Hanson Group L.L.C.(Names In The News)
October 1, 2003... The Hanson Group L.L.C., Atlanta, has appointed John Leon, Freedom Technologies Inc., Hampshire, IL, as an independent marketing and sales representative for specialty chemicals for the polyurea and polyurethane markets. Leon formerly has held...

SPX Process Equipment.(Names In The News)
October 1, 2003... SPX Process Equipment has named Jeff Neiweem National Sales manager for Waukesha Cherry-Burrell. Neiweem was formerly general manager of Bran+Luebbe's U.S. operation in Roselle, IL, now part of SPX Process Equipment, and is responsible for...

Reynolds Industries Inc.(Names In The News)
October 1, 2003... Reynolds Industries Inc., Fort Mill, SC, has named Stephen E. Speer National Sales manager for North American operations, with responsibility for all outside sales functions. Speer has 25 years of experience in the paint and coatings industry....

Silicone elastomeric coating stops leaks, saves building owner $1 million.(Case History)
October 1, 2003... The owners of a five-story office building near downtown Austin, Texas, have been spared the need to replace the structure's brick masonry curtain walls through the use of an innovative elastomeric coating to seal the face of the building. Not...

Tiny particles, huge effect: radiation-curable silica nanocomposites for scratch and abrasion resistant coatings.(international)
October 1, 2003... Nanotechnological-reinforced composites consisting of monodisperse, non-agglomerated Si[O.sub.2], particles and radiation-curing acrylic resins show a great enhancement of scratch and abrasion resistance and hardness without possessing the...

New silicone foam-control agents for waterborne coatings.(international)
October 1, 2003... Environmental concerns over the levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released into the atmosphere have exerted pressure on the coatings industry to produce waterborne alternatives for almost all classes of solventborne coatings. As the...

Graphite: a multifunctional additive for paint and coatings.
October 1, 2003... Graphite is familiar to most people as the "active ingredient in lead pencils However, its use in writing instruments is far outweighed by a myriad of other industrial applications whose performance depends on the unique chemical and physical...

Upon tinting: associative thickener for viscosity retention.
October 1, 2003... Rheology is an important topic in waterborne paints. Compared to solventborne pain there is a greater variation of thickeners like cellulose ethers, acrylates, bentonite clays the group of associative thickeners. In high-quality waterborne...

Proven non-chromated technology.
October 1, 2003... A major pollution-prevention goal for the aerospace industry is to reduce and eliminate the use of chromates. Efforts for pollution prevention by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through Executive Order 12856 (1) identified the...

The Canadian pigment market at a crossroads?(international)
October 1, 2003... There have been a number of changes in the Canadian pigment industry in recent years The magnitude, significance and uncertainty of these changes have brought the industry to a crossroads This article considers an overview of the Canadian...

Flouroadditives: antiblock characteristics in architectural paint systems.
October 1, 2003... Blocking performance, as defined for architectural paints, is a measure of the coatings' ability to resist adhesion to itself (on another freshly coated surface) or adhesion to other substrates (for example, weather-stripping, doors, hardware,...

Nanoparticle: a versatile core-shell a solution to coating challenges.
October 1, 2003... The promised benefits of nanotechnology have generated considerable excitement not only in the media but within the scientific community as well. In fields as diverse as biotechnology and stain-resistant fabrics, reduction to nanoscale levels...

Defining and predicting performance of surface modifiers in coatings.
October 1, 2003... Wax-based surface modifiers are commonly used additives in the coatings industry. They are used by coatings formulators to optimize abrasion resistance, raise or lower coefficient of friction, or improve chemical resistance. Unfortunately, many...

Feldspar and nepheline syenite: fillers with a purpose.
October 1, 2003... Feldspars are the most widespread mineral group, comprising approximately 60% of the earth's crust. The feldspar minerals are sodium, potassium and calcium aluminosilicates. Their ores are commonly associated with quartz and mica, and may also...

The development of nonblooming polyester resin and its application to low-temperature-curing powder coatings.
October 1, 2003... To conserve energy and also for heat-sensitive substrates, low-temperature-curing powder coatings are receiving increasing attention in tire coatings industry. (1 2) The problems associated with low-temperature-curing powder coatings have been...

ICI Paints: implements Content Management System in global web overhaul.(International)
October 1, 2003... As a leading international paint business, with well-established brands such as Dulux, Glidden, Valentine, Coral, Alba and Color Your World, ICI Paints manufactures in 26 countries and sells in over 100 countries worldwide. But as our Web...

Cheers for the recovery! 2002.
October 1, 2003... The United States economy is still in a holding mode, slightly up but uncertain as to the future The paint industry, however, showed a strong recovery in 2002. Yes, it could have been better if the Product OEM segment had been stronger, but...

Ice preview.
October 1, 2003... The International Coatings Expo will take place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, November 12-14, 2003. The event combines the International Coatings Expo (ICE), the International Coatings Technology Conference and the FSCT...

The PCI challenge.
October 1, 2003... Are you puzzled? Acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures have been abundant in the coatings industry over the past decade. PCI magazine has created this crossword puzzle as a fun way to demonstrate just a sample of the innumerable company...

Ashland Specialty Chemical Company.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #409 Drew Industrial's Specialty Additives business is a technology leader in foam control solutions. Visit our booth where we're featuring new technology for low VOC paints, high gloss systems, industrial coatings and graphic arts....

GSI EXIM America, Inc.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #242 Carbodilite[TM] is a multifunctional polycarbodiimide crosslinking agent manufactured by Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. It reacts with carboxyl and amino groups, and is designed to crosslink dispersions and emulsions at ambient or...

Lamberti USA Inc.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #538 Lamberti USA, Inc. exhibits specialty products from their Coatings Divisions. Lamberti USA, Inc., subsidiary of Lamberti SpA, Italy, promotes the Esacol fine of Guar Derivatives offering the Paint and Building application...

Revelli Chemicals.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #1109 Revelli Chemicals will feature three new, improved titanium dioxide grades, RGU, RG-18 and RGZW. These new products were designed specifically for coatings applications. Revelli Chemicals offers a full line of organic,...

CIMBAR Performance Minerals.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #629 Cimbar's functional fillers are the products of choice for a wide variety of coating applications. The company's wide range of Cimbar white barium sulfate and Barimite tan-colored barium sulfate is specified for powder coatings,...

HunterLab.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #812 Measure color... Measure Quality. HunterLab provides bench top, hand-held, and on-line color measurement systems for color quality control, color formulation, and process control. Quantify color as it appears to the human eye....

Norstone, Inc.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #1133 Norstone, Inc. will be showing their full line accessories for coating and ink plants. These accessories include steel and polymer impellers, grinding media, abrasion resistant parts, non-metal parts, replacement screens, and...

Shamrock Technologies Inc.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #612 Shamrock Technologies, Inc. is featuring its full line of PTFE products designed for Powder Coating, UV, and Water Based applications. Specialties include: non-settling PTFE Micro dispersions, fibrous PTFE's, and sub-micron...

Stewart R. Browne Manufacturing.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #1130 GROUND VERIFICATION SYSTEM The Bond-Rite ground verification system continuously tests the static ground connection to drums, containers, road tankers, railcars and barges that contain hazardous materials. A flashing green...

Draiswerke, Inc.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #414 The original DRAISWERKE, INC. is proud to introduce the latest in ultimate grinding machines from the DCP family. The MegaFlow and MegaVantis Perl Mills dominate the coatings dispersion industry for unbeatable performance and...

Hoover Materials Handling Group, Inc.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #543 Hoover Materials Handling Group, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of metal and rotationally molded intermediate bulk containers ("IBCs") for both liquid and dry applications. We have more than 50 years of experience as North...

Union Process, Inc.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #1621 Union Process, inventors of Attritor technology, offers the circulation QC-Mill[TM] super fine grinding. The patented (5,791,569} small media mill operates with unique centrifugal high circulation mode and provides efficient...

Alex Color.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #347 The Alex Color Company manufactures low-cost, high quality aqueous dispersions for use in water-based inks and coatings. Since 1977, Alex Color has worked hard to become not the biggest dispersions manufacturer, only the best....

Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #302 Brookfield will be featuring the CAP+ Series Viscometers for simulating rolling, brushing and spraying; the new DV-II+ PRO Laboratory Viscometer, now with direct digital control and our In-Line Model AST100 with easy clean...

Reichhold, Inc. technical papers.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Reichhold will not have an exhibit booth at this year's show; however, we are an ICE sponsor and will have representatives on hand to meet with customers. Additionally, Jeffrey Danneman, coatings research associate, will speak on "Alkyds and...

VanDeMark Inc.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #417 VanDeMark, a subsidiary of ISOCHEM, Groupe SNPE, will be featuring its PTSI, a sulfonyl isocyanate additive. PTSI is a highly reactive moisture scavenger used to produce urethane-based coatings. PTSI works well when used in the...

NeoResins Inc.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #138 NeoResins will focus on specialized emulsions with excellent adhesion properties. These emulsions can be used in various coatings markets such as high gloss decorative coatings, opaque deck stains on wood and composite wood,...

Netzsch Grinding.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #1122 In Booth #1122, NETZSCH Grinding will feature a full range of products engineered to products the finest size reduction results possible. The NETZSCH De-Aerator, newly designed ZETA[TM] Mill and all new [??]-Mix[TM] will all be...

King Industries.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #202 King, the "Leader of the Pack in Additive Innovation", will feature technical and application information on its eight, core product lines including; Nacure[R] acid & blocked acid catalysts, K-Kat[R] urethane catalysts,...

Wacker Silicones.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #802 WACKER SILICONES is showcasing its WACKER SREP[R] Silicone Resin Emulsion Paint, WACKER BS[R] coatings and sealers and WACKER HELICONE[R] HC Liquid Crystal Pigment product brands. Selected reference objects will be on display...

Myers Engineering, Inc.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #1036 Myers Engineering will be exhibiting a PLC controlled dual shaft Basket Mill with enhanced features that promote maximum reliability and trouble free performance. Each basket mill includes a unique submerged heat exchanger...

R.T. Vanderbilt Company, Inc.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #829 Our booth introduces new grades of VANSIL[R] Wollastonite for high performance industrial coatings, including VANCOTE[R] treated wollastonite and our expanded VANTALC[R] talc offerings. Our technical staff will be available to...

Paar Physica USA.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #209 Anton Paar and Physica design and build instruments for materials characterization. Our Modular Compact Rheometer (MCR} is perfect for characterizing paints, inks, and coatings, while our Automated Microviscometer (AMVn) is...

Soluol Inc.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #1032 This years' exhibit will feature Soluol's newest developments in their line of waterborne and solventborne polyurethane resins. Their latest NMP free grades will be of particular interest as Soluol continues to grow this family...

Degussa Corp.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #621 Several of Degussa's business units will be on hand to exhibit high performance products for the paint and coatings industry, including: Advanced Fillers & Pigments, showcasing the ACEMATT[R] line of matting agents; Aerosil &...

Jyoti Ceramic Inds. P Ltd., India.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #245 Jyoti presents Zirconox Micro-Macro Milling Media which lasts around 160 times longer than glass, 8 to 9 times than ZTA, 6 to 8 times than zirconium silicate and 15 times than MGO stabilized zirconia micro beads. To know more...

Air Products.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #422 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 water-based...

BYK-Gardner USA.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #402 BYK-Gardner USA will display quality control instruments for color, gloss, haze, orange-peel, and physical testing properties--including application, dispersion, film thickness, flexibility, and more. Featured instruments will...

Troy Corp.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #702 Troy presents a full line of preservatives and additives that offer a number of advantages, including maximum efficacy, cost performance, and safe handling. Troy also introduces Troysan[R] 680, a new, EPA registered in can...

Dow Chemical Company.(2003 Ice Show! booth preview)
October 1, 2003... Booth #122 Apply Dew Paints and Coatings Technology For Exceptional Results! Dow offers a broad range of products that can help you deliver outstanding and innovative formulations... from polyurethanes to propionates, solvents to...