Coatings World articles from January 2007

Coatings World archives from January 2007

What to expect in 2007?(Editorial)
January 1, 2007... As we begin the new year, I've been thinking about the stories we covered in Coatings World in 2006. When all is said and done, regardless of who we talked to--manufacturers, suppliers or consultants--or what markets they serve, the year was...

ICI continues to expand in China.(As We Go To Press)(Imperial Chemical Industries PLC)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... ICI is investing in a second emulsion polymerization facility in China, underlining its strategic commitment to 'aggressive growth' in the region. Construction has started on the $20 million facility at the Songjiang Industrial Development Zone...

Ciba Specialty Chemicals to invest in a new plant for high performance pigments in China.(As We Go To Press)
January 1, 2007... Ciba Specialty Chemicals has made plans to expand in China with an investment in a new production plant in Qingdao. The plant will manufacture high performance pigments and additives and will serve as a regional base for Ciba's coating effects...

Akzo Nobel names Rees GM of Car Refinishes.(As We Go To Press)(appointment of Jim Rees as general manager)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Jim Rees has succeeded Rinus Rooseboom as Akzo Nobel's general manager of its Car Refinishes business unit. Rees was most recently general manager of the sub-business unit Car Refinishes Americas. AB Ghosh, previously sub-business unit manager,...

DuPont to sell Protective Coatings and Special Adhesives businesses.(Fresh Paint)(Bostik GmbH and Sika group buys from DuPont Protective Coatings)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... DuPont Protective Coatings has agreed to sell its Protective Coatings product lines and related assets to the Switzerland-based Sika group. DuPont Protective Coatings develops, produces and sells products designed to protect concrete, steel and...

Historic Plock Bridge coated by Akzo Nobel.(Fresh Paint)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Coatings supplied by Akzo Nobel have been used to give Poland's Plock Bridge its first ever anti-corrosive refurbishment. A high performance system was supplied by the company's International Protective Coatings business, including...

SigmaKalon expands presence in the Slovak Republic.(Fresh Paint)(HCH s.r.o. and OP.ARM acquired)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... SigmaKalon has agreed to acquire a stake in two leading Slovakian paint distributors. SigmaKalon will acquire the full ownership of HCH s.r.o.. The company has sales of 13.4 million [euro] and is based in Zilina. SigmaKalon also agreed to...

ANAC establishes manufacturing base in China.(Fresh Paint)(foreign operations of Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings (ANAC) has established a manufacturing base in Suzhou, China. The move supports its existing sales and distribution operations in Asia Pacific, first established in 1980, and is part of the company's key strategic...

Glasurit recommended by seat in Poland.(Fresh Paint)(contracts of BASF Coatings Services Poland and IBERIA Motor Company)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... BASF Coatings Services Poland has signed an agreement with IBERIA Motor Company for the technical and commercial approval of Glasurit's products as well as services offered by BASF Coatings Services Company. The agreement regulates the...

Sika acquires Proxan Dichtstoffe.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2007... Sika has agreed to acquire Proxan Dichtstoffe GmbH. The German company, located in Greiz, Thuringia, is a manufacturer of sealants for the production of insulated glass and for construction joints. Proxan develops, produces and sells sealants...

The Protech/Oxyplast Group buys Flanders Powder.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2007... The Protech/Oxyplast Group, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, through its Belgian affiliate, Oxyplast Belgium NV, has purchased the powder coatings business of Flanders Powder NV, Wevelgem, Belgium. The deal also gives The Protech Group a participation...

SRZ, BASF Coatings form partnership.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2007... With the support of BASF Coatings, the Russian company, Samara Reservoir Zavod company (SRZ), based in the Volga Valley, recently commissioned its first coil coating plant. BASF will be supplying nearly all the coatings for the plant. A...

RRCI to develop Field Weathering Study of Roof Coatings.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2007... The Reflective Roof Coating Institute (RRCI) has announced its design parameters for a Field Weathering Study of Roof Coatings. This study will measure the impact of various factors on the loss of solar reflectance (SR) over time. With the...

KMI publishes Environmental Powder Coating Room.(Fresh Paint)(KMI Systems Inc.)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... KMI Systems, Inc. has introduced the newly published "Patented Environmental Powder Coating Room Guide" for custom powder coatings production lines. The guide illustrates and incorporates the best practices necessary to design, engineer,...

PPG patents crosslinking agent.(Patents Update)(PPG Industries Inc.)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Patent No. U.S. 7,087,683 B2 PPG Industries has been granted a crosslinking agent comprised of an ungelled reaction product of the following reactants: an aminoplast resin and a monofunctional sulfonamide having only one active hydrogen....

Particulate metal alloy coating for corrosion protection.(Patents Update)
January 1, 2007... Patent No. U.S. 7,078,076 B2 Metal Coatings International has been granted a patent for a method for imparting corrosion-resistance to a metal substrate. The method is comprised of forming a liquid coating composition including a liquid...

Toray patents curable coating composition.(Patents Update)
January 1, 2007... Patent No. U.S. 7,091,281 B2 Toray Fine Chemicals Co. has obtained a patent for a method for forming an acrylic emulsion comprised of emulsion copolymerization of monomers comprised of an acrylic monomer having an epoxy group, an acrylic...

Cold setting coating.(Patents Update)
January 1, 2007... Patent No. U.S. 7,084,211 B2 Kansai Paint Co. has been granted a patent for a cold setting coating composition comprised of an urethane-modified vinyl resin produced by reacting a reaction product with an isocyanate group-possessing...

Clariant patents dispersion of pigments in polyolefins.(Patents Update)
January 1, 2007... Patent No. U.S. 7,087,668 B2 Clariant has obtained a patent for a method for dispersing pigments in a polymer matrix comprising the step of adding at least one dispersing auxiliary to the polymer matrix, wherein said at least one...

Non-yellowing polyester coating composition.(Patents Update)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Patent No. U.S. 7,087,672 B2 E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. has been obtained a patent for an aqueous coating composition having a VOC of less than 0.12 kg/L comprised of 25-70% by weight of film-forming binder and correspondingly,...

Valspar reports 4Q and full year results.(Financial News)(Financial report)
January 1, 2007... The Valspar Corporation reported record sales and earnings for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Oct. 27, 2006. Reported net income for the fourth quarter increased two percent to $52,141,000 from $50,966,000 last year. Sales for the...

DuPont updates fourth quarter reported earnings.(Financial News)(earnings of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.)(Financial report)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... DuPont updated its fourth quarter 2006 earnings outlook for significant items. The company previously announced that 2006 reported earnings were expected to be approximately $2.86 billion. The company said additional items will be included in...

H.B. Fuller completes sale of powder coatings business.(Financial News)
January 1, 2007... H.B. Fuller has completed the sale of its Powder Coatings business to The Valspar Corporation. The company predicts this transaction will generate a one-time positive impact to pre-tax income of between $64-68 million in the fourth quarter....

REACH: what does it mean? With the final approval of REACH legislation on the horizon, the coatings industry is facing new challenges.(International Coatings Scene: EUROPE)(Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals)
January 1, 2007... The European coatings sector is complaining about the growing burden of legislation, most of it European Union regulations, which it is having to comply with. In fact, in some countries the industry is feeling so overwhelmed by new rules...

Concrete colorants advance construction design: a look at some of the latest trends in the growing area of colored concrete.(International Coatings Scene: NORTH AMERICA)
January 1, 2007... Colored concrete has become a mainstream trend in commercial and residential design, with applications moving up from floors and countertops to vertical walls and even to ceilings, according to industry sources. "Decorative concrete projects...

Valspar upgrades Flowfresh SR concrete flooring resurfacer.(New Products)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Valspar Flooring, a division of Valspar, Inc., has made an upgrade to its Flowfresh SR chemical resistant cementitious urethane floor resurfacer with built-in antimicrobial. Utilizing a proprietary new aggregate, this next generation of...

GE introduces two new grades of boron nitride coatings.(New Products)(product introduction of GE Advanced Materials)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... The Ceramics division of GE Advanced Materials has introduced two new boron nitride (BN) coatings, grades LPC and TPC, complementing the existing coating product line. Boron nitride coatings protect surfaces from damage caused by exposure to...

The global facets of marketing: whether a company is small or large, it is necessary to adopt a global marketing strategy to ensure success in the future. The first of a three part series.(Business Corner: STRATEGIES & ANALYSIS)
January 1, 2007... One of the widely publicized myths is that the U.S. economy is now a service-oriented one due to the significant decline in U.S. manufacturing. Actually, manufacturing output is now at the highest level in U.S. history; and its share of the...

Interior architectural & decorative coatings market: as paint makers in the U.S. and Western Europe struggle to make money under current market conditions, emerging regions offer opportunities for growth.(Cover story)
January 1, 2007... The interior architectural and decorative coatings market is estimated to be valued at approximately $26 billion globally for 2006, according to consultant firm Orr and Boss. Asia is the largest market representing approximately 32% of the...

Pigments update 2006: although the pigments market must continue to deal with rising raw material prices, improving economic conditions worldwide and cost cutting initiatives offer some much needed optimism.
January 1, 2007... Although the pigments market must continue to deal with the challenges of escalating prices for key raw materials and fuel, improving economic conditions in Europe and increased growth in the Asia Pacific market offer pigment suppliers a ray of...

Toyo Ink celebrates its centennial: having grown to one of the largest ink companies in the world, Toyo Ink has marked its 100th year. Moving forward, the company is focused on growing its paint pigments business.(Toyo Ink Manufacturing Company Ltd.)(Company overview)
January 1, 2007... It is a rare company that continues to succeed in its field for a century. The company must have strong leadership and the ability to develop innovative approaches that meet the needs of the marketplace. Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is...

2007 Global Trade Association directory.(Directory)
January 1, 2007... Asia/Pacific Australian Paint Manufacturers Federation (APMF) Suite 1201, Level 12 275 Alfred Street, North Sydney, NSW Australia 2060 61-2-9922-3955 Fax: 61-2-9929-9743 E-mail: office@apmf.asn.au Web site:...

New Tego defoamer.(Supplier's Corner)
January 1, 2007... Tego Coating Additives and Specialty Resins has introduced Tego Foamex 858, a defoamer that is effective in low-VOC (

Degussa offers Dynasylvan SIVO multifunctional silane systems.(Supplier's Corner)
January 1, 2007... Degussa AG has introduced Dynasylan SIVO, a new generation of organofunctional silane systems. Dynasylan SIVO are designed to fulfill the most demanding requirements of the adhesives and sealant industry. These silane systems are an innovative...

Charles Ross and Son introduces new High Speed Disperser.(Supplier's Corner)
January 1, 2007... Charles Ross and Son Company has introduced a new model of the company's line of High Speed Dispersers, with several unique features to enable its use in a controlled environment. A dust tight cover with enclosed charging openings contains...

PPG names Kenny general manager.(People on the Move)(appointment of Patrick J. Kenny at PPG Industries Inc.)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... PPG Industries has named Patrick J. Kenny to the newly created position of general manager, corporate marketing and construction markets. Kenny has been manager of PPG's construction market team since 2003, and now assumes the additional...

Jotun Powder Coatings names new divisional R&D manager.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2007... Jotun Powder Coatings has appointed Kjell Vidar Bergene divisional R&D manager. He will succeed Martyn Wilmott. Bergene brings 30 years experience in the powder coatings industry to his new position. Most recently, he was regional lab manager,...

PM International elects four senior officers, appoints general counsel.(People on the Move)(appointement of Ronald A. Rice at RPM International Inc.)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... RPM International's board of directors has elected Ronald A. Rice executive vice president and chief operating officer; P. Kelly Tompkins executive vice president and chief administrative officer; Paul G. Hoogenboom senior vice president,...

Masco names new director of corporate communications.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2007... Masco Corp. has appointed Kathleen Volkes director of corporate communications. She will be responsible for the direction of the department's communications, graphic, video and meeting production efforts, and crisis and issues management. Prior...

Sartomer makes personnel changes.(People on the Move)(Alan Pape joins Sartomer Company Inc.)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Sartomer Company has appointed Alan Pape business development manager. In his new position, Pape will be responsible for developing new business and markets for the specialty polymers division of Sartomer and will report to Bill Wittig,...

Eliokem appoints product and process development engineer.(People on the Move)(appointment of Richard Flecksteiner)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Eliokem has appointed Richard Flecksteiner product and process development engineer. In this position Flecksteiner will provide support for existing product lines as well as new product development. Flecksteiner most recently worked as a...

Smithchem & Young names Whiteley vp, business development.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2007... Smithchem & Young LLC has appointed Robert Whiteley to the newly created position of vice president, business development. Whiteley will be responsible for growing the company's customer and supplier base in the Northeast U.S. with an emphasis...

Chemark names Kassner senior advisor.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2007... Chemark Consulting Group has appointed James E. Kassner senior advisor. In this collaborative position, Kassner brings more than 35 years of business and technology management experience to focus on Chemark's client's innovation, project...

ITW Devcon Futura Coatings appoints market development manager.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2007... ITW Devcon Futura Coatings has appointed Lee Curry as market development manager for the water/wastewater industry. Curry came to ITW Devcon Futura Coatings from ICI Devoe, where he was the industrial coatings specialist for Georgia.

E.W. Kaufman hires sales reps.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2007... Mark Rysak has recently been hired as a sales representative for the E.W. Kaufmann Company. He will be responsible for the New Jersey and New York metropolitan areas. Ron Warren has also been hired as a sales representative. He will be...

Auge joins Kelley Technical Coatings.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2007... Nelson Auge has joined Kelley Technical Coatings as executive vice president. Auge was formerly president of the Marcus Paint Company and was vice president of manufacturing and operations for the chemical coatings division of Sherwin-Williams....

DSM Desotech makes new appointment.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2007... DSM Desotech has made a number of new appointments to its staff. Anthony Toussaint has been named market platform manager, Desotech Formulated products. Chander Chawla has been named project manager, new business development. Jeff Zink has been...

Netzsch names Grzelak Midwest sales manager.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2007... Netzsch Fine Particle Technology has named Stephen Grzelak Midwest region sales manager for IL, IA, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD and WI.

Bayer MaterialScience opens facility in UAE.(Industry News)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Bayer MaterialScience AG has established a new innovation center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). This facility is the first development center for high quality polymer materials in the region to have access to a wide range of options for...

Clariant inaugurates Licocene production plant.(Industry News)(Clariant GmbH)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Clariant recently celebrated the inauguration of its new production plant for Licocene, a polyolefin-based high-performance polymer in Frankfurt-Hochst, Germany. After a two-year construction period, the plant, which has an annual capacity of...

Dow Chemical acquires Bayer's Wolff Walsrode business.(Industry News)
January 1, 2007... The Dow Chemical Company and the Bayer Group have reached an agreement for Dow to acquire Bayer's Wolff Walsrode business group, primarily involved in cellulose products. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2007, subject...

Lanxess.
January 1, 2007... Lanxess is expanding production of 1,6 dexanediol (HDO) at its Uerdingen site in Germany by approximately 15% by the beginning of 2007.

Pricing changes.(Industry News)(Cytec Industries Inc. prices)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Cytec Industries: Jan. 1--$0.06-0.10/lb. increase for aminoplast resins in the Americas; $0.20/kg increase for aminoplast resins in Asia Pacific; 0.15 [euro]/kg increase for aminoplast resins in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Elementis...

Clariant.(DISTRIBUTOR APPOINTMENTS)
January 1, 2007... Clariant has appointed Swiss Omya as its distributor for its aluminum finishing products in Europe.

Ineos Melamines.(DISTRIBUTOR APPOINTMENTS)
January 1, 2007... Ineos Melamines has appointed E.W. Kaufman as its distributor for the northeastern states comprising ME, NH, VT, NY, MA, RI, CT, eastern PA, NJ, MD, DE and the District of Columbia.

Wacker Chemie.(DISTRIBUTOR APPOINTMENTS)
January 1, 2007... Wacker Chemie has appointed IMCD Tuirkiye as distributor of its specialty chemicals in Turkey.

The Coatings Summit is in Vienna next month.(Meetings)(Calendar)
January 1, 2007... Jan. 21-23: ASTM Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. More info: ASTM International, www.astm.org. Feb. 4-6: The Coatings Summit, Vienna, Austria. More info: Vincentz Network,...

Akzo Nobel fighting pollution in Venice.(Final Coat)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Venice, Italy--built on a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea--is not only suffering from rising sea levels and ever increasing flooding, but subsidence and high levels of pollution are also causing major concerns for the city. To help prevent...