Coatings World articles from August 2004

Coatings World archives from August 2004

The fear of aviophobia: reluctance to fly hurts not only airlines, but also aerospace coatings makers.(Editor's Page)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Aerospace manufacturers want you to take a vacation--far away from home--and they want you to fly there. While all businesses were affected by 9/11, the aerospace industry was particularly hard hit, and air carriers and their coatings...

Whitford acquires Polymeric Systems.(As We Go To Press)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Whitford Worldwide, a Frazer, PA-based manufacturer of fluoropolymer coatings, has purchased Polymeric Systems, Inc. (PSI), a manufacturer of specialty epoxy adhesives, sealants and caulks Based in Phoenixville, PA, PSI's U.S. manufacturing...

PPG's new Mojave, CA site offers fast formulation and delivery to West Coast market.(As We Go To Press)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... PPG has installed an automated dispense cell at its new Mojave, CA facility that will speed manufacture and delivery of its Duranar coil and extrusion coatings to customers in the west coast region. The dispense cell eliminates pre-assembly...

Sealant, Waterproofing & Restoration Institute's fall technical meeting is Sept. 19-21.(As We Go To Press)
August 1, 2004... The Sealant, Waterproofing & Restoration Institute (SWRI)'s fall technical meeting--"Embracing the History, Building the Future"--will be held Sept. 19-21 at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf, in Boston, MA. The three-day event will include...

Insl-X acquires Coronado and Lenmar.(Fresh Paint)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... As initially reported in our July issue (As We Go To Press, page 8), Wattyl has sold its US businesses--Coronado and Lenmar--to Insl-X, a U.S. coatings maker based in Stony Point, NY. At the close of the deal, Wattyl will exit the U.S., a...

International Paint signs major deal with MSC.(Fresh Paint)(Military Sealift Command)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... International Paint Inc., Houston, TX, has entered into a contract to supply an estimated 3.9 million liters of products to the Military Sealift Command (MSC). The project could last up to five years, according to International. The MSC...

Akzo Nobel to restructure refinish operations, acquires Rhenacoat from Altana.(Fresh Paint)(Altana Group)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Akzo Nobel has announced a major restructuring plan for its car refinishes business, which tallied sales of 880 million [euro] in 2003. Over the next two years, Akzo Nobel will eliminate approximately 600 full-time jobs--or 10%--of the global...

Price increases in marine coatings market.(Fresh Paint)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Sharply rising raw material costs have forced marine coatings makers such as Hempel and International Coatings to institute price increases ranging between five and 15%. According to Hempel, prices for raw materials, such as epoxy resins,...

ICI Paint signs deal with Champion Homes.(Fresh Paint)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... In a three-year exclusive agreement, ICI Paint will supply interior and exterior paint to the manufactured housing division of Champion Homes, one of the U.S.'s largest manufactured housing retailers. Champion operates 78 company-owned retail...

Borden Chemicals acquired by Apollo Management.(Fresh Paint)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Apollo Management has entered into an agreement to acquire Borden Chemical, Inc., the Columbus, OH-based maker of thermoset and other adhesives, resins and specialty chemicals for $1.2 billion, including assumption of outstanding debt.

Kagan to keynote NPCA annual meeting in Chicago.(Fresh Paint)(Robert Kagan)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Robert Kagan, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and director of the Endowment's U.S. Leadership Project, will keynote the NPCA's 2004 annual meeting in Chicago in October. Kagan, who will speak on Oct. 25,...

Colorizer Associates elects new officers for 2004-2005.(Fresh Paint)(Colorizer Associates, Inc)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... At its meeting held in San Francisco, Colorizer Associates, Inc., a marketing group comprised of 33 independent paint manufacturers, reviewed new strategies in marketing, merchandising and technology and elected its officers for the 2004-2005...

Are "McMansions" giving way to smaller, cozy homes?(Fresh Paint)(Lowe's)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... America's love of the "super-size" concept has affected everything from fast food to housing. Take the square footage a new home, which increased 55% between 1970 to 2004--all while the average family size has been on the decline (3.1 people to...

Akzo opens two more plants in China.(Fresh Paint)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Akzo Nobel's industrial finishes business opened two new multi-purpose coatings sites in China in July. Located in Tianjin and Jiashang, the two facilities together will employ approximately 300 people. Both will manufacture wood, coil and...

Western European coatings for plastics market to grow 3.4%.(Fresh Paint)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... According to Information Research (IRL), the Western European market for coatings for plastics was estimated at 119,930 tons in 2003 and is expected to reach approximately 142,000 tons by 2008, equivalent to annual growth of 3.4%. The...

Regal matte finish paint wins Editor's Choice Award from Popular Mechanics.(Fresh Paint)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Benjamin Moore's Regal matte finish washable interior flat latex paint has earned the "Editors' Choice Award" from Popular Mechanics. The announcement was made at The National Hardware Show in Las Vegas. "We looked for innovation, problem...

China is location for DSM Desotech's fourth plant.(Fresh Paint)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... DSM Desotech Inc., a maker of UV coatings and other materials based in Elgin, IL, is expanding its operations by building a new manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China. The facility, DSM Desotech Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai) Ltd., is...

PPG Total Service Solutions.(Wuxi Vehicle Body Co)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... PPG Total Service Solutions has signed a contract with Wuxi Vehicle Body Co. to provide chemical and process management program at its facility in Wuxi, China...

SeaLife Corp.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... SeaLife Corp. has entered into an agreement with Recon Coatings in which the Louisiana-based distributor will market its antifoul marine paint in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S...

DuPont.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... DuPont has filed a formal denial to a complaint issued by the U.S. EPA alleging the company failed to comply with reporting requirements of TSCA and the Resource Conservation Recovery Act regarding PFOA, a processing aid used to produce...

Rust-Oleum.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Rust-Oleum is promoting a contest in which it will award one homeowner a $10,000 backyard makeover, complete with a professional design consultant...

BASF.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... BASF automotive coatings sites in Greenville, OH, Morganton, NC, and Windsor, Ontario, the R&D center in Southfield, MI and its customer service center in Whitehouse, OH have earned ISO/TS16949 quality certification.

Sayerlack celebrates 50th anniversary in Pianoro, Italy.(Fresh Paint)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Sayerlack is doing more than blowing out candles. In addition to hosting a special exhibition of wood coatings at its headquarters in Pianoro, Italy, the company is readying the launch of Wood Color Plus,...

PPG awarded patent for coating: Patent No. U.S. 6,593,423 B1.(Patents Update)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... PPG Industries has been granted a patent for a liquid or powder coating composition for forming a coating comprised of at least one crosslinkable film-forming material, and an adhesion promoting agent. The adhesion promoting agent is comprised...

Eckart patents soft iron pigments: Patent No. U.S. 6,589,331 B2.(Patents Update)(Eckart Gmbh & Co)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Eckart Gmbh & Co. has been granted a patent for flake shaped, metal oxide coated soft iron pigments. The flake shaped pigment substrates are obtained from reduced carbonyl iron powder by deformation, and the oxide coating consists of one or...

BASF Coatings AG patents water-dilutable coating: Patent No. 6,590,029 B1.(Patents Update)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... BASF Coatings AG has been granted a patent for a water-dilutable coating composition comprising polyester, polyurethane and amino resins. The polyurethane is comprised of a mixture of at least two polyurethane compounds, wherein the...

Akzo Nobel patents aqueous coating comprising a mixture of polyurathane dispersions: Patent No. U.S. 6,579,932 B1.(Patents Update)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Akzo Nobel has been granted a patent for an aqueous coating composition comprised of five to 95% of a polyurethane/acrylate hybrid dispersion and 95 to five percent weight of a dispersion of a polyurethane resin with oxidatively drying groups.

Abrasion resistant coatings from DuPont: Patent No. U.S. 6,592,977 B2.(Patents Update)(E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company has received a patent for a primer composition capable of forming an adherent coating to a substrate and exhibiting abrasion resistance. It is comprised of fluoropolymer, polymer binder and inorganic filler...

Radiation-curing coating systems from Degussa: Patent No. U.S. 6,593,393 B2.(Patents Update)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Degussa has received a patent for a radiation-curing coating composition comprised of at least one silanized silica, and a polymerizable reactive binder containing double bonds. The silanized silica is prepared by a process that entails...

Glittering pigment and film: Patent No. U.S. 6,596,069 B2.(Patents Update)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Japan-based Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. and Cashew Co., Ltd. have received a patent for a glittering paint. It is comprised of a coated film forming polymer and a glittering pigment comprising an inorganic powder and a solvent. The coated film...

Mexico's idling auto market: is the Mexican automotive industry ready to rebound.(Latin America)
August 1, 2004... BASF Coatings de Mexico is redoubling its efforts to remain a key supplier of paint and coatings to the Mexican automotive industry, which could be on a recovery drive, after declining for two years. Domestic auto sales in Mexico jumped by more...

Make progress or perish: small paint makers in India need to join forces and innovative if they want to survive.(India)
August 1, 2004... What is likely to happen to the Indian "small-scale" manufacturer when the WTO agreement comes into effect in 2005? Will it be seen as a golden opportunity or a grave threat by the "small" players? These and other questions were...

Services offset slow growth: is service the ticket to growth and profitability?(Europe)
August 1, 2004... European coatings companies are now focusing much of their efforts on services to offset the effects of slow growth in demand in many paint sectors. Services are a means of differentiation at a time when coatings products have become...

Minwax introduces clear brushing lacquer.(New Products)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Minwax has introduced Minwax clear brushing lacquer, a clear, durable protective wood finish that combines the look of a traditional lacquer with the ease of brush application. Formulated specifically for interior wood surfaces and wood...

Diversified Brands offers White Lightning concrete repair product.(New Products)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Diversified Brands, a business unit of Sherwin-Williams, offers White Lightning polyurethane concrete repair, a premium polyurethane sealant that is permanently flexible and offers outstanding adhesion, sealing joints up to one-inch wide....

National Gypsum Company offers ProForm joint compound.(New Products)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... National Gypsum Company has introduced ProForm Brand XP ready mix joint compound for use by drywall contractors and construction professionals. ProForm Brand XP ready mix joint compound is a pre-mixed vinyl-based compound that provides...

Akzo Nobel develops new high solids waterborne exterior paint.(New Products)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Akzo Nobel has developed Tinova VX, a new water-based exterior decorative wood paint which has a high solids content of approximately 65%. As a result, Tinova VX is well below the new VOC regulations introduced by the European Union. Because of...

RPM reports 2004 4Q and full-year results.(Financial News)
August 1, 2004... RPM International Inc. announced record results in sales, earnings and earnings per share for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended May 31. "Our fourth quarter capped off a strong year, with growth generated from a host of new and...

Sherwin-Williams reports second quarter earnings.(Financial News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The Sherwin-Williams Company reported financial results for the second quarter and first six months ended June 30. Consolidated net sales increased 9.9%, to $1.62 billion in the second quarter of 2004 and 12.1% to $2.94 billion in the first six...

How agile is your company? Agility is an necessity in today's fast-paced and competitive marketplace.(Strategies & Analysis)(Editorial)
August 1, 2004... Operating margins rose from 9.8% to 25.5% Variable manufacturing costs fell 50%. The number of carats per manufacturing run rose 500%. On-time deliveries improved 85%. Product quality improved 87%. Late deliveries to customers declined 85%....

Aerospace coatings market: signs of recovery are on the horizon for the aerospace industry as airlines report an increase in passenger travel and expansion of their fleets. Will rising fuel prices stymie the recovery?
August 1, 2004... Although the airline industry has not fully recovered from the devastating effects of 9/11, there are signs that the industry is starting to recover. At the recent Farnborough Air Show in the UK, Boeing released its 2004 Current Market Outlook...

Rad-cure raw materials and equipment: suppliers continue to develop new offerings to improve and expand the use of UV and EB formulations.(Cover Story)
August 1, 2004... While rad-cure remains one of the bright spots for the coatings industry, its growth levels had slowed in recent years. Key end markets were plagued by the overall sluggish economy and the radiation cured market as a whole couldn't escape the...

Form and function: formulators can create paint that performs and pleases when incorporating high performance and special effect pigments.(High-Performance & Special Effect Pigments)
August 1, 2004... Coatings have two main requirements: protect the surface underneath and enhance the quality of the overall product. Today's high performance and special effect pigments have allowed formulators to create coatings that are built to last and turn...

Akzo Nobel sells French resins business.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Akzo Nobel Coatings has sold its French industrial resins business to Spanish company Derivados Forestales S.A. All 36 employees have transferred to the new business. Trading under the name Casco Industries SnC., Akzo Nobel's resins operations...

Pricing changes.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Air Products: August 1--2% increase in North America for Ancamide, Ancamine. Anquamine and Anquamide epoxy curing agents; 2% increase for Epodil reactive diluents, Nourybond adhesion promoters and Hybridur resin dispersions. Arch...

Noveon.(Distributor Appointments)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Noveon has selected S.P. Morell and Company to distribute its entire line of colorants and dry pigments.

Bayer MaterialScience begins operations.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Bayer Polymers has begun operations under its new name Bayer MaterialScience. In November 2003, Bayer announced that its business activities would be reorganized into three groups. Bayer MaterialScience encompasses polyurethanes,...

Troy to host annual 5K Run/Walk at ICE 2004.(Industry News)
August 1, 2004... Troy Corporation and the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology will host the annual Troy 5K Run/Walk Oct. 28 at ICE 2004 in Chicago, IL. The race will begin at 7:00 a.m. across from Buckingham Fountain. The event benefits the Coatings...

Proposed acquisition of UCB group's film business.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The global packaging and labeling film business of Surface Specialties UCB is set to be bought for $396 million by a consortium led by the former managing director of Hays Chemical Distribution, Dennis Matthewman, who will chair the new...

Johnson Matthey sells pigments & dispersions to Rockwood Specialties.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Johnson Matthey has agreed to sell its pigments and dispersions business to a subsidiary of Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., a specialty chemicals and advanced materials company, for 27.0 million [pounds sterling] in cash. The transaction is...

Detroit Coating Society holds FOCUS 2004 event.(Industry News)
August 1, 2004... The Detroit Society for Coatings Technology's FOCUS Conference 2004 was recently held at the MSU Management Eduction Conference Center in Troy, MI. FOCUS moderators Walter Meyer (DuPont Performance Coatings), Michael Hutto (PVS Norwood...

European technical conferences issue calls for papers.(Industry News)
August 1, 2004... The six technical congresses that will run concurrently with the European Coatings Show 2005 in Nuremberg, April 26-28 have issued calls for papers. The following technical congresses are seeking technical papers: 8th Nurnberg Congress Creative...

Engelhard receives 2004 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award.(Industry News)
August 1, 2004... Engelhard Corp. received a 2004 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Five winners received awards for innovative, yet practical technologies that prevent pollution through cleaner, cheaper,...

American Chemical Society seeks Tess nominations.(Industry News)
August 1, 2004... The American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Material: Science and Engineering (PMSE) is seeking nominations for the 2005 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings. This award, which will be presented Aug. 29, 2005 at the national meeting of the...

Dickie to receive FSCT 2004 Heckel Award.(Industry News)(Federation of' Society for Coatings Technology)(JCT CoatingsTech)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The Federation of' Society for Coatings Technology (FSCT) has announced that Ray A. Dickie, editor of JCT Research and JCT CoatingsTech, has been named the recipient of the George Baugh Heckel Award, the organization's highest honor....

Acima launches new biocide in response to carbendazim regulations.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Acima has launched a new product line in response to the European Commission's recently published 29th ATP (Adaptation to Technical Progress) of the Dangerous Substances Directive, which substantially limits paint and coatings containing...

Tiwest produces one millionth ton of Ti[O.sub.2].(Industry News)(pigment titanium dioxide pigment plant in Kwinana)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The Tiwest joint venture pigment titanium dioxide pigment plant in Kwinana, Western Australia has produced its one millionth ton of pigment. Since it opened in 1991, the Kwinana pigment plant, operated by Tiwest using Kerr-McGee Chemical LLS's...

Bayer Polymers sponsors award at Bridge Conference.(Industry News)
August 1, 2004... The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission received the 6th annual Gustav Lindenthal Medal for its work on the Mingo Creek Viaduct in Washington County, PA. The award, sponsored by Bayer Polymers LLC, was presented at the International Bridge...

Obituary: Don Brookfield Sr.(Industry News)(Obituary)
August 1, 2004... Don Brookfield Sr., founder of Brookfield Engineering Labs, passed away May 24 after an extended illness.

SPX Process Equipment.(branded WCB-Flow Products)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... SPX Process Equipment has announced that current products manufactured and/or distributed through the WCB Robert James production facility in Buffalo, NY will now be branded WCB-Flow Products.

DuPont makes sales and marketing changes.(People on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... DuPont Performance Coatings has announced several changes to its marketing and sales management team. Harry Hall, east region sales manager, has been named marketing manager for refinish Americas, reporting to Raymond Anderson, director of...

Fusion UV Systems promotes Elliott to VP operations.(People on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Fusion UV Systems has promoted Jim Elliott to VP operations. Elliott has more than 17 years of manufacturing experience, including the last ten years with Fusion UV where he had increasing responsibilities overseeing manufacturing operations....

Sartomer promotes Razat, makes sales position changes.(People on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Sartomer Company has promoted Thierry Razat to business manager, hydrocarbon resins. In his new position, Razat is responsible for overseeing all sales and marketing activities for its Norsolene hydrocarbon resins throughout North and Latin...

Eckert appointed technical director at Premier Mill.(People on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... SPX Process Equipment has appointed Chris Eckert technical director of Premier Mill. His responsibilities include management of all research and development, lab evaluations and technical support. Eckert was previously lab manager for Premier...

Bayer names Westerhaus head of fine chemicals unit.(People on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Axel Westerhaus, currently serving in the U.S. as head of polyethers in the Bayer MaterialScience AG subgroup, will assume responsibility for the fine chemicals business unit of Bayer Chemicals AG. He will succeed Rudolf Hanko.

ETAD North America elects new officers.(People on the Move)(Ecological and Toxicological Association of Dyes and Organic Pigments Manufacturers)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... ETAD North America (Ecological and Toxicological Association of Dyes and Organic Pigments Manufacturers) has elected Carole Dixon of Clariant Corp. chairperson and Tom Dukes of Ciba Specialty Chemicals treasurer. Both will serve two-year terms....

Expancel adds to sales staff.(People on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Expancel Inc. has appointed Jonathan Slepsky and Chip Gill sales engineers responsible for the North American market.

Heubach offers high performance Tico.(Supplier's Corner)
August 1, 2004... Heubach now offers Tico (titanium color), a new class of high performance yellow, orange and red pigments. These titanium-based colorants are made by "bonding" organic colorants to the surface of titanate carrier pigments. Tico exhibits maximum...

Netzsch releases latest version of Nemo interactive CD-ROM catalog.(Supplier's Corner)
August 1, 2004... Netzsch Inc. has released its third version of the Nemo progressing cavity pumps catalog on CD. This easy to navigate digital catalog describes Nemo's complete line of progressing cavity pumps, geometries, accessories and manufacturing...

Hydraulic adhesion tester.(Supplier's Corner)
August 1, 2004... Elcometer's 108 hydraulic adhesion tester has been designed for many adhesion requirements. Tests can be performed on flat, convex, or concave surfaces. The 108 is available with a digital display or with an analog dial. Hand powered and...

Sun Chemical offers new dispersions for solvent paint.(Supplier's Corner)
August 1, 2004... Sun Chemical's performance pigments group has introduced the Surpass line of easily dispersible products for universal solvent systems. This line of dry dispersions combines ease of dispersion with excellent strength development, according to...

Eastman offers tech tip for waterborne formulations.(Supplier's Corner)
August 1, 2004... Eastman Chemical Company has made formulating waterborne coatings with CMCAB (carboxymethyl cellulose acetate butyrate) cellulose esters easier by updating its recommended solutions and dispersions recipes. The new technical tip, CMCAB...

Degussa publishes new Aerosil adhesives and sealants brochure.(Supplier's Corner)
August 1, 2004... Degussa's Aerosil and Silanes business unit has published a new brochure that outlines its Aerosil fumed silica and Aeroxide metal oxide products for the adhesives and sealants industry. The 24-page brochure provides information on the...

Datacolor introduces Maestro software tool for color quality.(Supplier's Corner)
August 1, 2004... Datacolor has introduced Datacolor Maestro, a software tool that allows users to analyze the performance of one or many spectrophotometers and bring them in tune with a Datacolor reference instrument. The device's diagnostics ensure that...

NPCA's annual meeting is Oct. 24-26.(Meetings)(Calendar)
August 1, 2004... Sept. 9-11: Surface Coatings Australia Annual Conference, Fremantle, Western Australia. More info: www.scaa.asn.au. Sept. 13-17: UMR Coatings Institute's "Basic Composition of Coatings," Rolla, MO. More info: Alice M. Clift, (573) 341-4419;...

Benjamin Moore's "write" occasion.(Final Coat)
August 1, 2004... To debut its newest book, "Interior Style," Benjamin Moore hosted a special launch party in June at the New York Design Center in New York City. At the event, designers involved in the book took part in an interesting panel discussion about the...