Coatings World articles from February 2008

Coatings World archives from February 2008

Housing crisis impacts paint makers.(Editor's Page)
February 1, 2008... It is no surprise that the U.S. housing market is going through a severe slowdown, with a sharp rise in mortgage defaults. The subprime mess and $100/barrel oil prices have been a one-two combination blow against the U.S. economy during much of...

DuPont opens plant in China.(As We Go To Press)
February 1, 2008... A new DuPont Performance Coatings plant has begun manufacturing operations in the Jiading district of Shanghai. The new DuPont Jiading plant, near Shanghai, will supply automotive refinish coatings and industrial finishes to China and other...

Jotun to supply paint for Abu Dhabi development project.(As We Go To Press)
February 1, 2008... Jotun Paints has secured a project to supply paint for the Al Raha Gardens development, currently under construction in Abu Dhabi. In line with its aim to provide painting solutions to the region's most prestigious projects, the global paint...

Sherwin-Williams acquires Flex Recubrimientos.(Fresh Paint)
February 1, 2008... The Sherwin-Williams Company has acquired certain assets of Flex Recubrimientos, Acabados Automotrices and related companies. Headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, the privately owned companies are leading manufacturers and distributors of...

PPG, Kansai expand alliance in Europe to include Hungary.(Fresh Paint)
February 1, 2008... PPG Industries and Kansai Paint have expanded their alliance, known as PPG Kansai Automotive Finishes (PKAF), to include the sale of automotive coatings to Japanese-owned or operated OEMs in Hungary. The business was transferred from a previous...

BASF expands waterborne basecoat production.(Fresh Paint)
February 1, 2008... BASF Coatings started the expansion of production and lab capacities at its Wurzburg site. The investment amounts to approximately 21 million [euro]. The groundbreaking ceremony marked the launch of the construction phase. Production capacities...

SigmaKalon acquires a market leader in South Africa.(Fresh Paint)
February 1, 2008... SigmaKalon has acquired the South-African company Neutron Paints with its headquarters in Cape Town and a manufacturing facility in the region of Cape Town. It has 60 employees. The company manufactures and sells high performance, architectural...

Tor Coatings acquires Bollon Fire Protection.(Fresh Paint)
February 1, 2008... UK-based Tor Coatings Ltd. has acquired the Bollom Fire Protection brand and assets. All Bollom fire protection products will now be manufactured by Tor Coatings to the original, tested and certified formulations. Tor Coatings has a...

ShawCor to provide Pipe coating services for Deep Panuke project.(Fresh Paint)
February 1, 2008... ShawCor Ltd. has announced that its subsidiary, Shaw Pipe Protection Ltd., has received a contract in excess of $40 million to provide a negative buoyancy coating for EnCana Corporation's Deep Panuke offshore project in Nova Scotia. The award...

Dupont opens Spies Hecker training center.(Fresh Paint)
February 1, 2008... Spies Hecker, a brand of DuPont Performance Coatings products used in the automotive collision repair industry, recently opened a new training center in Cologne, Germany. In conjunction with the opening of the center, approximately 500...

Helios acquires Avrora in Ukraine.(Fresh Paint)
February 1, 2008... Helios Domale, d. d., has acquired Ukrainian paint maker Avrora. As a result Helios has gained a new production location to add to its current sites in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and in Russia. According to Helios, Avrora's sales are...

DuPont, Prismatic Powders enter agreement.(Fresh Paint)
February 1, 2008... DuPont CoatingSolutions has entered into an agreement with Prismatic Powders, a division of NIC Industries, Inc. to market and sell a segment of their powder coatings under the brand DuPont Colorsplash by Prismatic. The line consists of vibrant...

Ford, U-Haul launch fleet of eco-friendly vehicles.(Fresh Paint)
February 1, 2008... Ford Motor Company and U-Haul launched the industry's first fleet of vehicles painted with Ford's environmentally responsible new technology, which reduces greenhouse gases by 15% and cuts Ford's production costs. More than 200 Ford...

German paint maker selects DuPont EcoConcept.(Fresh Paint)
February 1, 2008... Bollig & Kemper, a German manufacturer of coatings for the European auto industry, has signed a license agreement for DuPont EcoConcept, a patented coatings technology that enables auto manufacturers to realize reductions in energy use,...

Poland to become largest paint market in Eastern Europe.(New Reports)
February 1, 2008... Information Research (IRL) has recently published a third edition of its title, "A Profile of the Central and Eastern European Paint Industry." The study provides overviews and forecasts for 21 national paint and coatings markets across the...

Major growth forecast for Indian paint market.(New Reports)
February 1, 2008... Information Research (IRL) has also published "A Profile of the Indian Paint Industry," a new report on the Indian paint and coatings market. The study points to phenomenal growth prospects for Indian paint demand, which is now estimated at...

Aleris to close its Toronto coil coating facilty.(Fresh Paint)
February 1, 2008... Aleris International, Inc. has announced that it will be permanently closing its Toronto, Ontario, Canada coil coating facility. Production will be phased-out during the first quarter of 2008 and the site will be permanently closed shortly...

UMR coatings institute becomes MS&T coatings institute.(Fresh Paint)
February 1, 2008... On January 1, 2008 the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) officially changed its name to Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T). MS&T was founded in 1870 as the first technological university west of the Mississippi River. The...

Rohm and Haas patents traffic paint.(Patent Update)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,235,595 B2 Rohm and Haas has been granted a patent for an aqueous traffic paint comprised of hard-soft polymer particles comprised of pendant acid-functional groups; wherein each of the hard-soft polymer particles...

JDS Uniphase patents titanium interference pigment.(Patent Update)
February 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,235,300 B2 JDS Uniphase Corp. has been granted a patent for a plurality of color shifting pigment flakes, each flake is comprised of a first titanium nitride absorber layer; a dielectric layer on the first titanium...

Radiation-curable adhesive.(Patent Update)
February 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,238,732 B2 Eastman Chemical has been granted a patent for a radiation-curable adhesive composition comprised of at least one tackifier resin and at least one radiation-curable composition wherein the tackifier resin...

Effect pigments based on coated glass flakes.(Patent Update)
February 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,226,503 B2 Merck Patent GmbH has obtained a patent for an effect pigment comprised of a glass flake with a thickness of 800[degrees]C.

Corrosion-resistant coating for metal substrate.(Patent Update)
February 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,229,700 B2 Innovation Services, Inc. has been granted a patent for a composition comprised of a first nonionic nonylphenol surfactant having an HLB value ranging from approximately 10-15; a second nonionic nonylphenol...

Corrosion-resistant coating for metal substrate.(Patent Update)
February 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,229,700 B2 BASF Catalysts has obtained a patent for an aluminum or aluminum alloy metal substrate coated by a high-velocity oxygen fuel thermal spray coating process with a corrosion- and wear-resistant coating...

Abrasion resistant coating for fiber cement siding.(Patent Update)
February 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,238,391 B2 Valspar has received a patent for a method of making a fiberboard cement siding product, comprised of providing a fiberboard cement substrate, coating a first major surface of the fiberboard cement substrate...

Coating stack comprising a layer of barrier coating.(Patent Update)
February 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,232,615 B2 PPG Industries has obtained a patent for a coating composition comprised of a functional coating comprised of an inner layer and an outer layer; at least one degradable layer located between the inner layer and...

RPM reports record 2Q sales.(Financial News)(Financial report)
February 1, 2008... RPM International Inc. has reported record sales and net income for its fiscal 2008 second quarter ended November 30, 2007. RPM's record net sales of $905.7 million were up 11.9% from the $809.4 million reported in the fiscal 2007 second...

PPG reports 4q sales.(Financial News)(Financial report)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... PPG's performance coatings segment sales in the fourth quarter increased $183 million, or 22%, as a result of increased sales from the 2007 Renner and Barloworld acquisitions, the positive impact of stronger foreign currencies, improved sales...

REACH: preparing for the pre-registration phase: industry gets ready for the first phase of REACH to begin later this year.(International Coatings Scene: EUROPE)
February 1, 2008... The European Union's REACH scheme for the registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals goes through its first vital stage later this year with the pre-registration of substances. The registration of the 30,000 chemicals covered...

Foreign investors fuel Panama construction boom: Panama City is a hotbead for construction activity, creating a healthy market for paint and coatings.(International Coatings Scene: LATIN AMERICA)
February 1, 2008... Panama City's skyline is being pierced by hundreds of new commercial and residential projects in what may be Latin America's fastest growing real estate boom, expanding by an estimated 25% during 2007, according to the Panamanian Chamber of...

New Corr-Paint CP2060 protective coating.(New Products)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Corr-Paint CP2060, a new high temperature, silicon carbide filled, protective coating developed by Aremco Products, Inc., is now used to coat metal components and structures used in industrial applications to...

Nerolac launches Impressions Excel Total.(New Products)
February 1, 2008... India's Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd. has introduced its latest offering, Impressions Excel Total Exterior Emulsion. Nerolac Impressions Excel Total is a technologically advanced exterior paint that is specially designed for application in...

New aliphatic polyurethane line paint resists abuse of athletic flooring.(New Products)
February 1, 2008... Chemline has launched Chemthane 3900, a new aliphatic polyurethane coating for athletic and pedestrian floor systems. The tough, durable satin and gloss finish line paint is ideal for applications where abrasion and scuff resistance are...

Zinsser launches two new products.(New Products)
February 1, 2008... Zinsser has introduced a full line of professional-quality wood finishes under the Bulls Eye brand--Bulls Eye Polyurethanes. Designed to beautify and protect all interior wood surfaces, Bulls Eye Polyurethanes are ideal for use on floors,...

New Sher-Wood One-Pass Primer.(New Products)
February 1, 2008... New from Sherwin-Williams is Sher-Wood One-Pass Primer, a low VOC waterborne primer developed specifically for the wood and composite building products market. Sher-Wood One-Pass Primer covers most substrates such as radiata pine, MDF,...

New Flo Glaze industrial floor finish.(New Products)
February 1, 2008... Flo Glaze ES is the newest product to join the line up of industrial floor finishes for Revere. Flo Glaze ES provides a hard surface that is highly resistant to abrasion and impact, and can be used on any indoor floor. [ILLUSTRATION...

Techspray introduces Licron Crystal.(New Products)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Licron Crystal is a new permanent static dissipative coating introduced by Techspray. It is a versatile, crystal clear urethane coating that adheres to metal, plastic and most other surfaces. Ideal for converting standard bumpers, bins,...

Rustoleum Aqua available from Dy-Mark Coatings.(New Products)
February 1, 2008... The advantages of conventional aerosol application are now available in a water-based paint product, with Rustoleum Aqua. Rustoleum Aqua, distributed in Australia exclusively by Dy-Mark Coatings, is designed to give the ideal finish to DIY...

Henkel launches Hysol PC62.(New Products)
February 1, 2008... Henkel's latest advancement in the electronics area is a new toluene-free conformal coating material called Hysol PC62. Based on the company's popular Hysol PC52 platform, Hysol PC62 is a one component solvent-based acrylic conformal...

Alkyds: a new life and they remain very relevant: new alkyd emulsions offering near zero VOC could be a revolutionary technology for the paint and coatings industry.(Business Corner: STRATEGIES & ANALYSIS)
February 1, 2008... I was recently speaking with the technical director of a major national paint company who reported that his technical staff spends nearly 40% of their time incrementally reformulating their paint offerings in order to meet increasingly...

Wood coatings market: facing a number of challenges including a slumping housing market and VOC regulations, wood coatings manufacturers continue to develop new products and technologies for interior and exterior applications for the professional contractor and DIYer.(Cover story)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To be successful in today's market, domestic wood coatings manufacturers must overcome a major slowdown in the housing market and pro-actively develop products that meet or exceed government regulated VOC levels...

Anti-corrosion coatings: anti-corrosion coatings offer environmentally responsible products that can withstand the harshest conditions.
February 1, 2008... Anti-corrosion coatings are an indispensable tool in fighting the battle against rust. Used on everything from automobiles to bridges and tunnels, anti-corrosion coatings protect structures in some of the harshest environments. Today there...

Mixing equipment directory.(Directory)
February 1, 2008... Here is a look at the latest offerings from select mixing equipment manufacturers. For more information on the products listed, please contact the company directly. A.W.T. World Trade Chicago, IL (773) 777-7889 Fax: (773)...

Rohm and Haas opens manufacturing facility.(Industry News)
February 1, 2008... Rohm and Haas has opened operations at its new manufacturing plant in Sanshui, Guangdong Province, China. To date, the company has invested approximately $10 million in this site, which will manufacture products based on acrylic emulsion...

DSM acquires American resins producer Soluol.(Industry News)
February 1, 2008... Netherlands-based Royal DSM N.V. has acquired the U.S.-based company Soluol, a developer, producer and marketer of high performance urethane resins which are used in a wide range of applications, with annual sales of $20 million. Both parties...

Wacker to acquire Air Products' stake in jv.(Industry News)
February 1, 2008... Wacker Chemie AG has signed an agreement to acquire full ownership of Air Products Polymers (APP) and Wacker Polymer Systems (WPS), its two joint ventures with Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Wacker expects that the acquisition will provide...

D.B. Becker named Distributor of the Year.(Industry News)
February 1, 2008... The D.B. Becker Co., Inc. a Northeast specialty chemical distributor located in Clinton, N J, has been recognized as Distributor of the Year for 2007 by EPS/CCA Corp. Engineered Polymer Solutions (EPS) is a specialty manufacturer of waterborne...

Aakash chemicals and Pritty Pearlescent sign agreement.(Industry News)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Aakash Chemicals and Dye-Stuffs, Inc. and Pritty Pearlescent Pigments (China) have agreed to an exclusive distribution agreement for marketing Pritty's range of Iridesium industrial and Nacreium water-resistant grade pearlescent effect pigments...

Rohm and Haas to acquire polymer dispersions division of OY Forcit AB.(Industry News)
February 1, 2008... Rohm and Haas Company has signed an agreement to acquire the FINNDISP division of OY Forcit AB, a Finnish paint emulsions operation, for approximately E60 million (approximately $85 million). Based in Hanko, Finland, this division of Forcit...

BASF.(PRICING CHANGES)
February 1, 2008... BASF: Jan. 1--10-15% increase for specialty acrylic monomers, including hydroxyethyl acrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate, tert-butyl acrylate, ted-butyl methacrylate and iso-butyl acrylate in North America.

Cytec.(PRICING CHANGES)
February 1, 2008... Cylec: Jan. 1--$0.10/gallon surcharge for all Cymel, Melmac, Beckamine and Uformite aminoplast resins in the Americas; Jan. 14---$0.05/lb. and $0.08/lb. increase for Crylcoat powder coating resins and Additol additives for powder coatings in...

Dow.(PRICING CHANGES)
February 1, 2008... Dow: Jan. 1--$0.20/lb. increase for Voranate toluene diisocyanate (TDI) in the U.S.

Dow Ucar Emulsion Systems.(PRICING CHANGES)
February 1, 2008... Dow Ucar Emulsion Systems: Jan. 1--$0.03/wet lb. increase for all products including acrylic, vinyl acrylics, styrene acrylics and styrene butadiene latexes; Evocar latexes, Neocar polymers an Ucar Polyphobe rheology modifiers in North America....

Evonik Rohm.(PRICING CHANGES)
February 1, 2008... Evonik Rohm: Jan. 1--up to 10% increase for methyl methacrylate-based resins in Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas.

Nuplex.(PRICING CHANGES)
February 1, 2008... Nuplex: Jan. 7--4-9% increase for all solvent- and waterborne products, including alkyds, acrylics, polyesters, emulsions and amino resins in North America.

Rohm and Haas.(PRICING CHANGES)
February 1, 2008... Rohm and Haas: Feb. 1--5-18% increase for acrylate and methacrylate monomers oligomers in the U.S. and Canada.

Sartomer.(PRICING CHANGES)
February 1, 2008... Sartomer: Jan. 1--$0.08/lb. increase for glacial methacrylic acid, $0.11/lb. increase for methyl methacrylate and butyl methacrylate and $0.06/lb. increase for hydroxyethyl methacrylate and hydroxypropyl methacrytate in the U.S. and Canada.

Fusion UV Systems.(DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT)
February 1, 2008... Fusion UV Systems has appointed UVio to distribute its products in the UK/Eire and Benelux countries.

Halox.(DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT)
February 1, 2008... Halox has appointed Falcon Chemical Corp. to distribute its corrosion inhibitors in Africa (except S. Africa), Vietnam and Taiwan.

Shepherd Color launches new pigment black.(Supplier's Corner)
February 1, 2008... The Shepherd Color Company has introduced new high heat resistant pigment black 10C931. Jet black in color, 10C931, C.I. pigment black 26, is generally used in applications where the absence of chromium is desired and resistance to heat, light...

Rohm and Haas offers Fastrack HD-21A binder.(Supplier's Corner)
February 1, 2008... Rohm and Haas' paint and coatings materials business offers Fastrack HD-21A binder, a 100% crosslinking acrylic that is used by traffic paint manufacturers to produce high-build, durable water-based markings. It has excellent glass bead...

Dow Polyurethanes offers renewable resource Renuva.(Supplier's Corner)
February 1, 2008... Dow Polyurethanes introduced Renuva renewable resource technology, a proprietary process that helps polyurethane manufacturers make products that are performance-based and reduce the impact on the environment. Renuva technology is used to...

Eliokem resins for cure and seal concrete coatings.(Supplier's Corner)
February 1, 2008... Eliokem has introduced a new modified solution acrylic for use in high performance cure and seal membranes for concrete. Pliolite LV15S is a tough acrylic copolymer that is dissolved in aromatic 100 and sold in solution. This modified solution...

Lubrizol adds Nomaco K-Flex pipe products to program.(Supplier's Corner)
February 1, 2008... Lubrizol Advanced Materials has added Nomaco K-Flex pipe insulation products to its FGG/BM/CZ system compatible program. Nomaco K-Flex polyethylene products exhibit superior thermal, physical and chemical resistant properties. These low density...

1000[degrees] gas-heated high-temp cabinet oven from Grieve.(Supplier's Corner)
February 1, 2008... The Grieve Corp. now offers No. 887, a gas-fired 1000[degrees]F cabinet oven used for curing metal coatings onto parts. The oven features an aluminum steel exterior, Type 304, 2B finish stainless steel interior, plus inner and outer door...

PPG names director of market development.(People on the Move)
February 1, 2008... PPG coil and extrusion coatings has named Roger Sieja director of market development for coil coatings. In his new position, Sieja will be responsible for directing PPG's marketing efforts in the coil coating industry and for providing...

Aakash Chemicals names new business manager.(People on the Move)
February 1, 2008... Aakash Chemicals and Dye-Stuffs, Inc. has named Miguel Santamaria international business manager. Most recently, Santa-maria served as vice president, Americas, for CPS Color. He has extensive commercial and technical expertise in the paint and...

Sartomer names Oppenstein senior technical sales rep.(People on the Move)(appointment of Adam Oppenstein )(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Sartomer Company has named Adam Oppenstein senior technical sales representative for the U.S. western region. In this position, he will be responsible for sales and technical support for all Sartomer products in Alaska, Arizona, California,...

SEI Chemical names Stephenson chief chemist.(People on the Move)(Calendar)
February 1, 2008... SEI Chemical has appointed Maurice A.S. Stephenson chief chemist. In this newly created position Stephenson will be responsible for expanding and enhancing SEI's anti-graffiti and anti-mold product lines.

Middle East Coatings Show hits Dubai next month.(Meetings)(Conference news)
February 1, 2008... Feb. 13-15: European Coatings Conference: PUR, Berlin, Germany. More info: Vincentz Network, www.coatings.de. Feb. 13-15: Nano Tech 2008, Tokyo, Japan. More info: Messe Stuttgart, www.messe-stuttgart.de. Feb. 26-27: Biocides &...

PPG donates coatings for QantansLink's breast cancer awareness campaign.(Final Coat)
February 1, 2008... A plane with custom pink coatings created and donated by PPG Industries--aerospace business is flying across Australian skies to help QantasLink promote breast cancer awareness in the country's regional and remote areas. More than 50...