Coatings World articles from January 2009

Coatings World archives from January 2009

Cutbacks, closures & consolidation.(Editor's Page)
January 1, 2009... Cars and homes aren't selling well, which means neither are paints and coatings. That's been the story since the second half of 2008 when the subprime mess caused a steep drop in the U.S. housing market, sending the U.S. economy with the rest...

Exousia names international distributor.(As We Go To Press)
January 1, 2009... Exousia Advanced Materials' Aegeon Advanced Coatings division has reached an agreement with The Harco Group, a Brussels-based international distributor, to become the master distributor for Aegeon industrial coatings in the Gulf Cooperation...

AkzoNobel acquires majority ownership of Japanese JV.(As We Go To Press)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... AkzoNobel has agreed to acquire a 75/25-majority interest in its Kayaku Akzo Co. Ltd (KAC) joint venture with Nippon Kayaku. KAC has been a 50/50 joint venture between the two companies for nearly 40 years. A supplier of organic peroxides...

PPG awards Hot Wheels Spectraflame Paint Your Ride Contest trophy.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] PPG's automotive refinish business recently awarded the 2008 PPG Hot Wheels Spectraflame Paint Your Ride Contest trophy Nov. 5, at its exhibit booth for the annual SEMA show in Las Vegas. Larry Wood, Mattel, Inc.,...

Market for environmental protection in China worth $34.4 billion in 2013.(Fresh Paint)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... According to a new technical market research report, "The Environmental Protection Market in China," from BCC Research, the global market for environmental protection products and equipment in China is expected to be worth $13.4 billion in...

Germanischer Lloyd awards Relius.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... Germanischer Lloyd, a classification society for the maritime sector, has tested and certified Relius' coating systems for offshore wind turbines. As a producer of industrial coatings and construction paints, with years of experience in...

BASF reduces production worldwide.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... BASF is temporarily shutting down approximately 80 plants worldwide. In addition, BASF is reducing production at approximately 100 plants. Worldwide, approximately 20,000 employees will be affected by the production cuts. Flexible working time...

Remmers acquires 3H-Lacke.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... Remmers, which specializes in construction chemicals products and the wood coatings industry, will acquire 3H-Lacke Lackfabrik Hammen GmbH & Co. KG. Specializing in coatings and stain for furniture, doors, flooring, parquet and panels, the...

DuPont refinish introduces 'Go Pro' virtual bodyshop.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... DuPont Refinish recently introduced "Go Pro," a virtual bodyshop aimed at informing bodyshops on how to increase productivity in all business areas. It shows how DuPont Refinish can help promote bodyshop businesses more efficiently,...

Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings expands military market presence.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings now has a durable, gloss topcoat certified for the military segment, MILPRF-85285D, Type I, Class H. The approval was recently received from the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) in Patuxent River, MD,...

U.S. metal powder demand to reach $3.5 billion in 2012.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... According to a new study by the Freedonia Group, a Cleveland, OH-based industry market research firm, demand for metal powders is expected to remain steady in value terms at about $3.5 billion in 2012, as prices for many of these materials are...

Texas student receives award for lifesaving coatings research.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... Wen Chyan, one of the nation's brightest young minds, has been recognized for his groundbreaking research of life-threatening infections. He was recently named one of the $100,000 Grand Prize winners in the 2008 Siemens Competition in Math,...

AkzoNobel acquires minority shareholding in coil coatings JV.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... AkzoNobel has acquired Nippon Paint's 25% minority shareholding in their joint venture company in Europe, Akzo Nobel Nippon Paint Holding B.V. The former 75/25 joint venture, which was first established in 1993 between Courtaulds and...

Henkel closes four adhesives plants in Europe.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... Henkel is streamlining its expanded adhesives production and is to close four adhesives plants in Europe, following a major purchase. The integration of National Starch into the Dusseldorf-based group will be accompanied by the closure of the...

Exousia receives initial supply order from Bohai Ship Building.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... Exousia Advanced Materials, Inc., through its China subsidiary, Tianjin Advanced Materials Inc., has received an initial order from Bohai Ship Building and Repair to supply its PowerShield marine coatings. This order, for approximately...

Conformal Coatings for electronics will be worth $9.1 billion in 2013.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... According to a new technical market research report--Conformal Coatings in the Global Electronics Industry--from BCC Research, the global market for conformal coating technology in electronics is expected to be worth $6.6 billion in 2008. This...

Industrial Nanotech receives first major order from China.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... Industrial Nanotech, Inc. has received an order for 12,000 gallons of its patented Nansulate nanotechology-based coatings from Golden Horse Real Estate Co., Ltd. in China, marking the company's first major order from China. The retail value of...

PPG increases role with wind turbine industry OEMS.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... PPG Commercial Coatings has dramatically increased its involvement in the global wind turbine industry. With the growing international demand for alternative energy forms, PPG is assisting OEMs with the development and application of advanced...

Alcro-Beckers acquires flagship store for its Alcro brand in Stockholm.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... Following its strategy of maintaining its position in the Swedish market, Alcro-Beckers AB, part of the Finnish Tikkurila that is responsible for Kemira's paints and coatings business, has signed an agreement to acquire a 100% stake of the...

Research and markets has published "Market Assessment on Nanocoatings".(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... Research and Markets' new report, "Market Assessment on Nanocoatings," provides an assessment of industrial applications for nanoscale coatings. Nanomaterials provide revolutionary properties that are currently incorporated into coatings to...

International paint partners with Devoe Coatings.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... International Paint and its subsidiary, Ceilcote USA, Inc., part of the AkzoNobel family of companies, have partnered with Devoe Coatings of Canada, to deliver coating products to customers throughout Western Canada. AkzoNobel acquired ICI...

Sherwin-Williams completes the acquisition of Euronavy.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... The Sherwin-Williams Company has closed a definitive agreement to acquire Euronavy-Tintas Maritimas e Industrials S.A. of Portugal. Headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, Euronavy is involved in marine and protective coatings applied to ships, off...

Tikkurila to acquire a sales company in Slovakia.(Fresh Paint)(Finncolor Slovakia)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Tikkurila will strengthen its position in Eastern Europe by acquiring the sales company Finncolor Slovakia s.r.o. operating in Martin, Slovakia. Tikkurila will purchase 100% of the company's shares from its management. The ownership will be...

BASF expands coatings business in ASEAN.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... BASF has expanded its coatings business in ASEAN (The Association of Southeast Asian Nations), with Thailand at the center, to serve the large coatings market in the region for motorcycles, industrial coatings and the automotive industry. ...

SWAC expands NA distribution network.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings has added two distribution partners and new locations for two existing partners in its North American sales and service network. The new distributors are Aircraft Paint Supply in Chillicothe, OH, and...

E6 Ventures invests in novel coatings developer.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... E6 Ventures has agreed to participate in the next round of funding in Diamond Hard Surfaces Ltd. Set up in 2005 by its chief technical officer, Sergey Aleksandrov, Diamond Hard Surfaces is a high technology company that has developed a low...

A profile of the Turkish paint industry.(Fresh Paint)
January 1, 2009... Information Research (IRL) has recently published a third edition of "A Profile of the Turkish Paint Industry." The Turkish paint and coatings market has been estimated at 600,000 tons in 2008. A temporary contraction in the Turkish decorative...

PPG patents fluorescent colorants.(Patents Update)
January 1, 2009... Patent No. U.S. 7,338,704 B2 PPG Industries has obtained a patent for a coating composition for applying to a substrate comprised of a resinous binder having dispersed therein colorants and reflective pigments, wherein the colorants absorb...

Timson patents pigment composite.(Patents Update)
January 1, 2009... Patent No. U.S. 7,341,780 B1 Timson Oy, Espoo, Finland has obtained a patent for a particle granule consisting of plate-like pigment particles and a binder having a surface layer, characterized in that the surface layer of the granule...

BASF patents aqueous coating.(Patents Update)
January 1, 2009... Patent No. U.S. 7,338,989 B2 BASF Coatings AG has been granted a patent for an aqueous coating material comprised of a binder comprised of at least one epoxy resin and a curing agent comprised of at least one polyamine wherein at least one...

Coating for inspection of cracking in structure.(Patents Update)
January 1, 2009... Patent No. U.S. 7,341,777 B2 National Maritime Research Institute has been granted a patent for a coating for the inspection of a crack in a structure wherein a first coating layer having dispersed therein microcapsules with a visualizing...

Merck patents silver pigments.(Patents Update)
January 1, 2009... Patent No. U.S. 7,344,590 B2 Merck Patent has been awarded a patent for a silver pigment, consisting of a transparent, platelet-shaped substrate, which is an Si[O.sub.2] platelet, [Al.sub.2][O.sub.3] platelet, a polymer platelet, a single...

Clearcoat paint composition.(Patents Update)
January 1, 2009... Patent No. U.S. 7,342,071 B2 BASF Corporation has received a patent for a coating composition comprised of a glycidyl ester of neodecanoic acid and a copolymerization product of a monomer mixture comprised of one or more...

Ashland patents UV curable low gloss additive.(Patents Update)
January 1, 2009... Patent No. U.S. 7,338,986 B2 Ashland Licensing and Intellectual Property LLC has received a patent for a low gloss, UV curable overprint varnish composition comprised of the reaction product of a low gloss additive, comprised of a liquid...

DuPont takes action against market challenges.(Financial News)
January 1, 2009... DuPont recently announced further actions to address current market challenges and strengthen the company's competitiveness in 2009, including continued focus on maximizing cash flow, and provided earnings guidance for the fourth quarter 2008...

RPM's CEO expects results will be below prior year.(Financial News)(Frank Sullivan of RPM International Inc.)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... In a presentation at the 19th Annual Citi Chemicals Conference, RPM International's chairman and CEO, Frank Sullivan, discontinued the company's current guidance for its fiscal year ending May 31, 2009, and indicated that results would likely...

Freeworld coatings releases year end results.(Financial News)(Financial report)
January 1, 2009... According to Freeworld Coatings' annual report with year ending September 2008, the company's revenue was up 15% to approximately $266 million, while operating profit was up ten percent to approximately $40 million. "We expect the year...

REACH pre-registration begins: chemical companies face the initial stages of REACH implementation.(International Coating Scene: EUROPE)
January 1, 2009... Coatings manufacturers in Europe are now in the unusual position of having to check whether the basic details of chemicals they include in their formulations are in the database of the Helsinki-based European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). ...

White Mountain invests in Chilean Ti[O.sub.2] pilot production facility: Canada's White Mountain looks to Chile to stimulate growth in the down economy.(International Coating Scene: LATIN AMERICA)
January 1, 2009... Vancouver's White Mountain Titanium Co. is banking on a recovery in the world titanium dioxide market, with expectations that its pilot project in northern Chile--the country's first--will blossom into an estimated $280 million production...

Construction adhesives from White Lightning.(New Products)
January 1, 2009... White Lightning Caulks & Sealants has introduced WL2000 Drywall and All-Purpose Adhesive, WL4000 Panel Construction Adhesive, and WL6000 and WL6500 Subfloor Adhesives to simplify the construction process for contractors and DIYers by reducing...

International Paint's new Intertherm 898 CSA.(New Products)
January 1, 2009... International Paint has introduced Intertherm 898 CSA, a two component cold spray aluminum coating system designed to help steel fabricators protect piping from corrosion and a wide-range of temperatures with a single coating solution. The...

New Hempasil X3 hydrogel silicone fouling release.(New Products)
January 1, 2009... Hempasil X3 is a new third-generation system launched by Hempel MS that has been shown to cut a vessel's fuel bill by up to $1.5 million each year and can also significantly lower C[O.sub.2] emissions to reduce a vessel's carbon footprint. ...

New hard coat insulation.(New Products)
January 1, 2009... Firwin Corp, a Toronto-based manufacturer of removable insulation blankets, recently launched a new insulation product--Firwin HC Hard Coat insulation. As opposed to insulation blankets, which are designed to be removable and reusable, Firwin...

Nippon Paint Marine's new hull paint reduces ship drag.(New Products)
January 1, 2009... Nippon Paint Marine Coatings Co., the subsidiary of Nippon Paint Co. that specializes in ship hulls, has begun to market a newly developed paint that helps reduce drag and improve fuel efficiency by roughly four percent, according to the...

New Lumiclad process from Birchwood Casey.(New Products)
January 1, 2009... Birchwood Casey's new Lumiclad black oxide process is an in-house method for blackening aluminum forming a durable satin black finish on all aluminum alloys. The Lumiclad process utilizes a dip-tank procedure, without requiring the use of...

Integran introduces Nanovate.(New Products)
January 1, 2009... Integran Technologies Inc. has launched its Nanovate EM coating, which is designed to provide low frequency magnetic shielding to polymer, composite and metal parts. The Nanovate process achieves high magnetic permeability by reducing the...

Henkel expands line of Loctite medical device silicones.(New Products)
January 1, 2009... Henkel has introduced a line of single-component light and moisture curing silicone adhesives designed for use on medical devices that incorporate silicone materials or require highly flexible bond joints or coatings. All three products in the...

Bailout: another opinion & comments: an up close, personal look at the automotive mess the U.S. is in.(Business Corner: STRATEGIES & ANALYSIS)
January 1, 2009... In the October edition of this column: "No one is immune... we re all in the beat together, we discussed the influence the automotive, electronics, appliance, housing and construction markets have on the well being of the national economy....

Interior decorative coatings: during tough economic times green products flood mature interior deco markets to try and keep sales buoyant.
January 1, 2009... Globally, the decorative sector dominates the paint land coatings market, accounting for approximately half of the $80 billion industry. The U.S. market represents nearly 25% of the global market, however it is not growing well like other...

Pigments market panel discussion.(Cover story)(Discussion)(Company overview)
January 1, 2009... For this year's annual pigments market update, Coatings World asked a panel of experts to address key issues facing the market including the economy, new technology and strategies for moving forward in 2009. The panel is made up of individuals...

Additives market update.
January 1, 2009... The additives market, as is the case for the coatings market as a whole, has continued to feel the effects of the bad economy. "In general, the additives industry enjoyed volume growth during the first months of 2008 and started to feel the...

2009 global trade association directory.(Directory)
January 1, 2009... 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:...

AkzoNobel completes REACH registration.(Industry News)(Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... AkzoNobel has submitted its list of substances in compliance with the European Union's REACH legislation. The company completed the process ahead of the Dec.1 cut-off date and has pre-registered approximately 6,000 substances following the...

Sartomer Americas announces restructuring.(Industry News)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Sartomer Company is restructuring its Americas division. The restructure reflects the growth and independence of the European and Asian operations, which have functionally been supported by the Americas group. The restructuring process...

Cytec Industries.
January 1, 2009... Cytec Industries will be moving its production of monomers from its plant in Pampa, TX to its multi-functional monomers and oligomer plant in North Augusta, SC.

Dow Chemical.
January 1, 2009... Dow Chemical has established the Dow Only Representative Trustee (ORT) to leverage REACH registration and reduce costs all along its supply chains.

Rohm and Haas.
January 1, 2009... Rohm and Haas has launched a polymer emulsions plant near Moscow, Russia.

Ashland has completed its acquisition of Hercules.
January 1, 2009... Ashland has completed its acquisition of Hercules creating a leading specialty chemicals company.

DuPont.
January 1, 2009... DuPont has begun operations on a new titanium tetrachloride purification unit at its New Johnsonville, TN site.

Evonik Industries.
January 1, 2009... Evonik Industries is on schedule with the construction of its polymerization unit for methacrylic resins in China.

Eliokem.(received certificate for Responsible Care Management Systems)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Eliokem has received a certificate of conformance for its Responsible Care Management Systems (RCMS) in accordance with Technical Specification RC101.02. This certificate applies to the North American HQ and manufacturing facility in Akron, OH....

Troy.
January 1, 2009... Troy has announced that the European Parliament will include IPBC as an active substance in Annex 1.

Brookfield Engineering Labs.
January 1, 2009... Brookfield Engineering Labs has published a new 2009 catalog, featuring its complete line of viscometers/rheometers and texture analyzers.

BASF.(PRICING CHANGES)
January 1, 2009... BASF: Effective immediately--5-10% increase for acetylene-based specialty intermediates and carbonates worldwide.

Ecocolor Industries.(DISTRIBUTOR APPOINTMENTS)
January 1, 2009... Ecocolor Industries has appointed MC Technology as a distributor for is entire line of UV/EB dispersions for coatings and inks.

DuPont Tate and Lyle Bio Products.(DISTRIBUTOR APPOINTMENTS)
January 1, 2009... DuPont Tate and Lyle Bio Products has appointed Archway Sales as a distributor for renewably resourced Susterra 1,3-propanediol.

Cognis Dehydran SE 1 for water-based paint.(Supplier's Corner)
January 1, 2009... Cognis has launched Dehydran SE 1, a high-performing, "green" alternative to mineral oil-based defoamers, in the European market. This polymer emulsion defoamer for high PVC water-based paint enables manufacturers to replace mineral oil-based...

Rohm and Haas introduces adhesives for protective films.(Supplier's Corner)
January 1, 2009... Rohm and Haas has extended its line of environmentally advanced Robond adhesives with the addition of the new Robond PS-1000 series of aqueous acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives for protective applications. Formulated to be direct-coated on...

A.W.T. World Trade launches Accu-Cure UV curing units.(Supplier's Corner)
January 1, 2009... A.W.T. World Trade, Inc. has launched Accu-Cure UV curing units, which are engineered specifically for high speed curing of PCBs and other flat and rigid panel substrates. According to the company, by minimizing the level of heat transmission,...

Celanese launches EcoVAE emulsions in Asia.(Supplier's Corner)(Celanese Emulsion Polymers)
January 1, 2009... Celanese Emulsion Polymers has introduced EcoVAE emulsions for low odor, low VOC interior decorative paints to the Asian region. This new line of products was created to meet the regulatory requirements for lower VOC limits and growing consumer...

Brookfield Engineering updates RHE03000 software.(Supplier's Corner)
January 1, 2009... Brookfield Engineering has introduced Rheo3000 software for use with its R/S Rheometers. This new software features an updated appearance and 21 CFR Compliance. Title 21 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) is the U.S. Food and Drug...

Cytec offers new UV curable pressure sensitive adhesives.(Supplier's Corner)
January 1, 2009... Cytec Industries Inc. has launched Gelva multipolymer radiation (GMR) 8020-02 UV curable pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA). This product meets the industry's growing needs for a UV curable adhesive with exceptional adhesive characteristics to...

Eliokem appoints Carabin CEO.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2009... Philippe Carabin has been named chief executive officer of Eliokem International. He replaces Jacques Collonge, who has been CEO of Eliokem since the creation of the company in December 2001. Collonge will retire after 35 years of service to...

International Paint hires Canada account executive.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2009... International Paint has hired Chad Milbrandt to serve as the company's protective coatings account executive throughout the Saskatchewan Province of Canada. Prior to joining International Paint, Milbrandt worked as a marketing administration...

PPG appoints Kahle chief technology officer.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2009... PPG Industries has announced that Charles F. Kahle vice president, coatings research and development, is taking on additional responsibility as chief technology officer for PPG. Kahle will report to chairman and chief executive officer Charles...

Eastman Chemical appoints Rogers CEO.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2009... Eastman Chemical Company's board of directors has appointed James P. Rogers president and chief executive officer, effective May 2009. The board also appointed Rogers director, effective immediately. Rogers is currently president of the company...

Biddle to retire from Reichhold.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2009... Senior vice president, global coatings, W. Rodney Biddle, has announced his "second" retirement. Biddle is a forty-one year veteran of Reichhold. He joined the company in 1964 and worked his way up in the company over the next 35 years at a...

Huntsman appoints new president for pigments.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2009... Huntsman Corp. has appointed Simon Turner president of its pigments division. Turner most recently served as senior vice president of the pigments division and, previously, as vice president of global sales. He has been employed in the pigments...

BASF names Heinz to head global team to integrate Ciba.(People on the Move)
January 1, 2009... Michael Heinz, the current head of BASF's crop protection division, has been appointed head of the global Ciba integration team as of February 1, 2009. Heinz will be succeeded by Markus Heldt who is currently responsible for the company's crop...

The Coatings Summit: Feb. 15-17 in Munich: 2009.(Meetings)(Calendar)
January 1, 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. More info:...

PPG supports USS Intrepid restoration.(Final Coat)
January 1, 2009... PPG's innovative marine coatings are prominently featured on refurbished Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Commissioned in 1943, the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier contributed greatly to winning the war in the Pacific Theater. After World War...