Coatings World articles from December 2008

Coatings World archives from December 2008

In today's market, finding the right supplier is key.(Editor's Page)
December 1, 2008... If the key to succes in the paint and coatings industry is finding the right supplier for your formulation needs, than you hold in your hands the master key to unlock all doors. The December issue contains our annual International Buyers'...

AkzoNobel targeting growth in India.(As We Go To Press)
December 1, 2008... AkzoNobel is set to break ground on a new coatings manufacturing plant in India, signaling the company's ambition to become one of the country's leading industrial players. The new industrial finishes facility, which will produce coil and...

Hempel acquires Hempel-Hai Hong in China.(As We Go To Press)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Hempel A/S has reached an agreement to acquire Hempel-Hai Hong in China. The deal is completion expected to close on January 5, 2009 and will cost Hempel A/S ~$170 million (DKK $1 billion). Increasing its share in Hempel-Hai Hong from 36% to...

Int'l Paint, Kazakhstan working together.(Fresh Paint)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] International Paint LLC, an AkzoNobel company, and one of the world's leading providers of high-performance and fire protection coatings, is the first coatings manufacturer to sponsor the NACE Coatings Inspector...

BASF introduces waterborne basecoats in Romania.(Fresh Paint)
December 1, 2008... BASF Coatings has introduced waterborne basecoats in Romania. BASF Coatings' waterborne basecoat technology is used to coat carmaker Dacia's Logan and new Sandero models, which are produced at the Dacia plant in Pitesti, approximately 150...

Durr and Ford sign agreement.(Fresh Paint)
December 1, 2008... Durr and automaker Ford are further expanding their collaboration in the area of painting systems. For that purpose, the two companies signed a framework agreement giving Durr the status of an aligned business framework (ABF) partner worldwide....

Erkki Jarvinen is new president and CEO of Tikkurila.(Fresh Paint)
December 1, 2008... Erkki Jarvinen has been appointed president and CEO of Tikkurila Oy. He is currently working as president and CEO of Rautakirja Corporation, which belongs to Sanoma Oyj. He has held the position since 2001. Jarvinen is also a member of the...

AkzoNobel strengthens protective coatings portfolio.(Fresh Paint)(Company overview)
December 1, 2008... AkzoNobel has strengthened its marine and protective coatings portfolio following the acquisition of the Enviroline business from Florida-based Industrial Environmental Coatings Corporation. Enviroline is a specialist supplier of high...

BASF uses AI for color matching.(Fresh Paint)
December 1, 2008... BASF Automotive Refinish Solutions has developed a software program that applies artificial intelligence using neural networks to the process of color matching paint. Developed by BASF's Craig McClanahan, manager of color research for BASF...

DuPont opens office in Abu Dhabi.(Fresh Paint)
December 1, 2008... DuPont has opened its second office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), focusing specifically on strengthening the company's relationships with the oil and gas industry. Additional markets include building and construction, automotive coatings,...

Durr and Henkel cooperate on dip coating technology.(Fresh Paint)
December 1, 2008... Henkel and Durr have joined together to further develop Henkel's patented Aquence technology, an autophoretic dip coating process that needs no heavy metals whatever and thus reduces impact on the environment. The two companies will begin...

Qioptiq group completes sale of coatings business.(Fresh Paint)
December 1, 2008... Qioptiq, an international designer and manufacturer of optical solutions, has completed the sale of its Plymouth, UK-based coatings business. In a management buyout, the team, led by Ian Moyes, has agreed to purchase the business from Qioptiq...

Colorcon opens new technology center.(Fresh Paint)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Colorcon, a formulator of a wide range of film coating products and other excipients for the pharmaceutical industry, has opened its new Western Region Technology Center in Irvine, CA. This new facility will feature state-of-the-art coating...

TexCote's Coolwall chosen to modernize USCIS building.(Fresh Paint)
December 1, 2008... TexCote has applied its Coolwall patented energy-saving exterior coating to the new U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services immigration buildings in South Florida. The application of the Coolwall system may save the federal government up to...

Rohm and Haas patents aqueous coating: Patent No. U.S. 7,314,892 B2.(Patents Update)
December 1, 2008... Rohm and Haas has obtained a patent for a method of producing a coating on the surface of a substrate, the method is comprised of the steps of applying to the surface an aqueous composition comprised of an anionically stabilized binder polymer;...

Air Products patents conductive coating: Patent No. U.S. 7,323,121 B2.(Patents Update)
December 1, 2008... Air Products and Chemicals has obtained a patent for an annealed, conductive, infrared-absorbing composition comprised of particles of indium tin oxide having a color index in terms of x and y wherein x is 0.404 to 0.414 and y is 0.418 to...

BASF Catalysts patents effect pigment: Patent No. U.S. 7,318,861 B2.(Patents Update)
December 1, 2008... BASF Catalysts LLC has been granted a patent for an effect pigment comprised of a coated mixture of at least two different materials wherein each of the at least two different materials is present from at least approximately 5-95% weight based...

Engelhard patents powder coating precursors: Patent No. U.S. 7,335,695 B2.(Patents Update)
December 1, 2008... Engelhard Corporation has received a patent for a powder coating precursor comprised of a pearlescent pigment coated with at least one silane coupling agent; and leveling agent that is present on the outer surface of the silane coated...

DuPont patents epoxy powder coating: Patent No. U.S. 7,323,234 B2.(Patents Update)
December 1, 2008... E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company has received a patent for an epoxy powder coating composition comprised of an intimate mixture of approximately 60-80% weight, based on the total weight of the powder coating composition, of at least one epoxy...

Merck patents stabilized BiOCl pigments: Patent No. U.S. 7,318,862 B2.(Patents Update)
December 1, 2008... Merck Patent GmbH has obtained a patent for a stabilized BiOCl pigment, which is comprised of a base BiOCl pigment which has a coating comprised of one or more polymers and a coating comprised of one or more oxides, oxide hydrates or hydroxides...

National Starch and Chemical patents conductive adhesive: Patent No. U.S. 7,326,369 B2.(Patents Update)
December 1, 2008... National Starch and Chemical has obtained a composition for use in microelectronic devices comprised of a functional acrylic copolymer or terpolymer, wherein the functional acrylic copolymer or terpolymer has a Tg in the range of approximately...

Copper phthalocyanine blue pigment composition: Patent No. U.S. 7,329,315 B1.(Patents Update)
December 1, 2008... Sun Chemical Corporation has been granted a patent for a composition comprised of milled phthalocyanine blue and a dispersant, wherein the dispersant is comprised of a poly(oxyalkylene) modified dialkylsuccinyl succinate or poly(oxyalkylene)...

Henkel patents coating composition: Patent No. U.S. 7,332,021 B2.(Patents Update)
December 1, 2008... Henkel has obtained a patent for a coating composition comprised of an aqueous mixture comprised of acidstable particles and one or more fluoroacids, wherein the amount of the acid-stable particles in the coating composition is from 0.005-8% by...

AkzoNobel's earnings increase for 3Q.(Financial News)
December 1, 2008... AkzoNobel released its results for the third quarter 2008. The decorative paints business unit reported four percent growth and one percent growth from the acquisition of Barloworld in South Africa. Asia and Latin America continued to...

Solid earnings for Asian paints in 2Q.(Financial News)(Financial report)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Asian Paints has released results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. For the quarter, net profit of the group has increased by 15.5% to Rs. 131.5 crores (-$26 million) from Rs. 113.9 crores (-$22 milion) over the previous corresponding...

DuPont reports solid third quarter results.(Financial News)(Financial report)
December 1, 2008... DuPont has reported its third quarter results. For the companies Coatings & Color Technologies platform, sales of $1.8 billion were up seven percent over the same period last year. According to the company, higher selling prices and volume...

PPG growth continues in 3Q.(Financial News)
December 1, 2008... PPG reported record sales for the third quarter of $4.2 billion, surpassing the prior year's third quarter results by 37%. Third quarter reported net income was $117 million. Performance Coatings segment sales in the third quarter 2008...

Seeking recession-proof solutions: paint and coatings companies invest in sustainable solutions during hard economic times.(International Coatings Scene: EUROPE)
December 1, 2008... During the recession, which is already hitting large parts of Europe, there will still be growth sectors in the region's coatings market some of which will be driven by new government regulations. One of these will be coatings helping to...

Brazil shines for AkzoNobel: AkzoNobel's operations in Brazil continue to post positive growth figures.(International Coatings Scene: LATIN AMERICA)(Financial report)
December 1, 2008... Brazil's demand for paint and coatings is a bright spot in AkzoNobel's worldwide operations during the current world economic crisis, and new investment in the country will help assure it continues to shine in the company's financial...

Mentoring: a lost technique: the tactic of mentoring could be a valuable asset for business managers.(Business Corner: STRATEGIES & ANALYSIS)(Column)
December 1, 2008... Over the years Chemark has written about the attributes and merits of mentoring as a tactic when, properly administered and supported, can provide a great number of positives at the management level in our industry today. This remains true...

Muralo launches NanoKote ceramic paint.(New Products)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Muralo Company has introduced NanoKote ceramic paint, designed to provide a mold and mildew resistant coating to interior surfaces. Guaranteed for 10 years, Muralo's NanoKote is a premium quality, high hiding...

Cerama-Dip 538N-Green coating for ceramic resistors now available.(New Products)
December 1, 2008... Cerama-Dip 538N-Green is a single part, water-based, green-pigmented, inorganic-ceramic coatings system used to electrically isolate high power, high temperature ceramic resistors. This advanced coating exceeds the temperature limitations of...

BASF launches Foose signature colors.(New Products)
December 1, 2008... BASF recently launched its new Foose Signature Line of automotive colors. The 12 Foose-inspired automotive refinish paint colors combine BASF's coatings technology with colors personally formulated by the legendary car designer. BASF's Foose...

International Paint offers Intertherm for pipe coating.(New Products)
December 1, 2008... International Paint has launched Intertherm 898 CSA, a new product designed for coating the externals of pipework in new construction. Intertherm 898 CSA makes is possible to specify one product from cryogenic service temperatures of...

Krylon Commercial Coatings offers Atrium latex paint.(New Products)
December 1, 2008... Krylon Commercial Coatings has introduced Atrium interior latex paint, the first Krylon product featuring the Green Cert label. This interior latex finish has zero VOCs and low odor properties, making it safe for use in occupied areas without...

Aegeon offers underwater curable epoxy coatings.(New Products)
December 1, 2008... Exousia Advanced Materials, Inc., a manufacturer of advanced coatings and industrial materials, announced through its wholly owned subsidiary, Aegeon Advanced Coatings, the introduction of its 9400 Series Underwater Curable Epoxy Coatings....

Bondaflex Sil 200 MJS for construction and industrial applications.(New Products)
December 1, 2008... Bondaflex Sil 200 MJS is a general purpose, one-component, miter joint silicone sealant which can help reduce labor and increase productivity. The semi-self-leveling 200 MJS sealant bonds to most substrates without tooling or priming, including...

Worthen launches UV cure low gloss coating.(New Products)
December 1, 2008... The specialty adhesives business unit of Worthen Industries has recently introduced a new 100% solids, low gloss UV cure coating for use on TPO and other durable plastics. The new coatings, SZ-0760, exhibits excellent adhesion characteristics...

The International Buyers' Guide.(Buyers guide)
December 1, 2008... The following directory contains chemicals and equipment suppliers for the paint and coatings industry. To contact a specific company in this guide, refer to the company directory, which begins on page 67, or consult our online directory found...

Company directory.(Directory)
December 1, 2008... A.W.T. World Trade, Inc. 4321 N. Knox Ave. Chicago, IL 60641 USA 773-777-7100 Fax: 773-777-0909 www.awt-gpi.com sales@awt-gpi.com Michael Green, President ADM 4666 Faires Parkway Decatur, IL 62526 USA...

Eckart completes production site in China.(Industry News)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Eckart has completed its first production facility in Asia, located in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. The 33,000 square-meter site includes manufacturing for aluminum pigments for use in coatings and metallic printing inks. The facilities will also...

Sun Chemical forms JV with Lianyungang Haidi Chemicals.(Industry News)
December 1, 2008... Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC Corp., has formed a joint venture with Lianyungang Haidi Chemicals, Co. Ltd., a leading high performance pigment manufacturer in China. "This agreement expands Sun Chemical's manufacturing...

Eliokem receives Energy Saver award.(Industry News)
December 1, 2008... Eliokem has received the 2008 Energy Saver award presented by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its savings at its Akron, OH manufacturing site. The award is part of the Save Energy Now program that honors companies that have achieved...

AkzoNobel opens Elotex production facility in China.(Industry News)
December 1, 2008... AkzoNobel functional chemicals has opened a new production site in Shanghai, China for its Elotex building material additives business. The facility, which produces redispersible powder polymers, has an annual capacity of approximately 20,000...

Rohm and Haas Co.
December 1, 2008... Rohm and Haas Co. recently celebrated the opening of its new manufacturing facility in Gebze, Turkey, for plastics additives acrylic impact modifiers and processing aids.

Wacker.
December 1, 2008... Wacker opened its new Vinnapas Academy Training and Competence Center in Moscow, Russia.

Pricing changes.(Industry News)
December 1, 2008... BASF: Nov. 1--$0.15/lb. increase for polyetheramines in North America; 5-10% increase for acetylene-based specialty intermediates and carbonates. Tronox: Oct. 15--150 [euro]/ton increase for all titanium dioxide grades in Eastern Europe...

Lanxess Corp.(DISTRIBUTOR APPOINTMENTS)
December 1, 2008... Lanxess Corp. has appointed CNX Distribution to distribute its products in AK, OK and TX; Dowd and Guild in AZ, CA, CO, HI, NV, NM and UT; J E Shilton Company in ID, MT, OR, WA, WY and in the Canadian Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia,...

Rockwood Color Pigments.(DISTRIBUTOR APPOINTMENTS)
December 1, 2008... Rockwood Color Pigments has appointed the following sales agents to represent the company's full line: TCR Industries (Western and Pacific Northwest U.S); Hall Technologies (Midwest, CO and WY); Ribelin Sales, Inc. (Southwest and Southeast...

Troy Chemie GmbH.(DISTRIBUTOR APPOINTMENTS)
December 1, 2008... Troy Chemie GmbH has appointed CSC Jaklechemid GmbH & Co, KG to distribute its in-can preservatives, film preservatives and wood preservatives in Germany and Austria.

Management change at Relius Coatings.(People on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Martin Wulle became the new managing director of Relius Coatings GmbH & Co. KG, with headquarters in Oldenburg, Germany and head of BASF's architectural coatings for Europe. Prior to this, Wulle was head of BASF Coatings Services GmbH Germany...

Jarvinen appointed president and CEO Tikkurila Oy.(People on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Erkki Jarvinen has been appointed president and CEO of Tikkurila Oy. He previously worked as president and CEO of Rautakirja Corp. Simo Laitala has been appointed regional director for Tikkurila Deco East, Central Asia, as well as the new...

Heucotech promotes Poemer to business manager.(People on the Move)(Heucotech Ltd. promotes Robert Poemer to business manager)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Heucotech Ltd., a Heubach company, has promoted Robert Poemer to business manager. In his new role Poemer will be responsible for the marketing strategy of Heubach's pigments and preparations in the NAFTA region for all markets. Prior to...

Evonik inorganic materials names Luppino vice president.(People on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Evonik Industries has appointed John Luppino, vice president, key account management--specialty inorganics, for the company's North American inorganic materials business unit. Luppino, an experienced sales and marketing professional, will be...

ISP appoints Le Pagne senior sales engineer.(People on the Move)
December 1, 2008... David Le Pagne has joined International Specialty Products' (ISP) North America performance chemicals and biocides sales team as senior sales engineer for the West Coast region of the U.S. He will be based in Pasadena, CA and reports directly...

Eliokem appoints director for North American operations.(People on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Eliokem has appointed John Malloy director, Eliokem, Inc. Malloy was previously the director of finance and administration for Eliokem and will retain those duties along with the new director appointment effective immediately.

Fusion UV Systems appoints chief technology officer.(People on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Fusion UV Systems, Inc. has appointed P.K. Swain chief technology officer and vice president technology. In his new position, Swain is responsible for providing technology leadership for the company; driving the evaluation, development and...

Sartomer names Austin plastics market development engineer.(People on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Sartomer Company has named Jeremy Austin market development engineer. He is responsible for market and technology development of functional additives exclusively for the global plastics industry. Austin reports to Al Pape, business development...

RPM hires senior financial analyst.(People on the Move)
December 1, 2008... RPM has hired Treena C. Johnson as a senior financial analyst. She will report to RPM's vice president and controller, Barry Slifstein, and succeeds Melissa Schoger, who transferred to RPM's European headquarters. RPM has also elected...

Micro Powders makes changes.(People on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Karen Brophy, controller of Micro Powders has announced her retirement. Brophy served as controller and office manager of Micro Powders for 19 years. Taking over for Brophy's responsibilities will be Bill Paladino as controller and Toni-Raye...

Sun Chemical offers HPP for auto coatings.(Supplier's Corner)
December 1, 2008... Sun Chemical has introduced Palomar Delta Blue 60, a new durable reddish blue high performance pigment for automotive coatings. By virtue of the pigment's reddish blue shade, compared with conventional Blue 60, up to 50% of the pigmentation in...

Huntsman Pigments launches two TI[O.sub.2] pigments.(Supplier's Corner)
December 1, 2008... Huntsman Pigments has introduced two new titanium dioxide pigments for the European market. Deltio 81X is the first pigment in the Deltio range designed specifically for the industrial coatings market. It is a low dust free-flow pigment which...

Ross' new 150 HP ultra high shear mixer.(Supplier's Corner)(Charles Ross and Son Co. )(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Charles Ross and Son Company has introduced the new model of the PreMax Mixer, one of the company's specialty high shear mixer designs. The PreMax is a highly efficient mixer, often used to improve dispersion prior to milling. The PreMax...

Greive offers walk-in batch oven.(Supplier's Corner)
December 1, 2008... Grieve offers No. 942 gas-fired, 350[degrees]F walk-in batch oven. Used for curing epoxy this large-capacity oven features 4" insulated walls throughout, aluminized steel interior and exterior, three independent doors for workspace access on...

BASF introduces glyoxal website and brochure.(Supplier's Corner)
December 1, 2008... BASF offers details on the chemical intermediate glyoxal through its website and a brochure, "Glyoxal: The Sustainable Solution for Your Business." These publications provide information on the properties of glyoxal in various applications and...

Bondaflex offers Ucolor for color matching sealants.(Supplier's Corner)
December 1, 2008... Bondaflex Ucolor color matching for silicone sealants is a new coloring system that enables users to add pigments to both one-part silicone and two-part polyurethane sealants on the job site. This colorization system can eliminate lead times...

Brookfield Engineering's new informational website.(Supplier's Corner)
December 1, 2008... Brookfield Engineering hosts viscosityjournal.com, a free informational website and resource dedicated to professionals in the viscosity and texture analysis marketplace. The site features live presentations with industry leaders and educators....

The Coatings Summit: Feb. 15-17 in Munich.(Meetings)(Calendar)
December 1, 2008... 2009 Feb. 6-8: India International Coatings Show 2009, Chennai India. More info: Services International, Vivek Gupta; www.coatingsindia.com. Feb. 15-17: The Coatings Summit: Shaping the Future of a Dynamic Industry, Munich, Germany....

International Paint brings color to Houston's revitalization project.(Final Coat)
December 1, 2008... Houston's city leaders recently completed one of the area's largest urban revitalization projects. The landscape design team of Page Sutherland Page, along with artist Margo Sawyer, designed and executed plans for a 12-acre park in downtown...