Coatings World articles from November 2004

Coatings World archives from November 2004

Eavesdropping on the laboratory.(Editor's Page)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
November 1, 2004... How many times have you seen a closed-door meeting and wished you learned how to read lips? Or maybe at ICE, you saw a customer talking to another rep. If only you had super-human, Bionic Woman-style hearing. Well in this issue, you get to...

BASF launches new cool-roof coating.(As We Go To Press)
November 1, 2004... BASF has introduced a new cool-roof siliconized polyester coating, the Superl SP II ULTRA-Cool system. BASF contends it is the only siliconized polyester system in the metal construction industry that combines energy-saving cool-roof technology...

International opens new distribution site.(Fresh Paint)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... International Pant, Inc. has opened its new central distribution center to serve U.S., Canada and Central American customers. The new 55,000-sq.-ft. facility, located in Houston, TX, will warehouse and distribute the company's full line of...

Private investor buys Smiland's Morwear brand.(Fresh Paint)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Smiland Paint has sold its venerable Morwear brand to Eric von Knipe, a private investor. Von Knipe, who will serve as president and CEO of newly formed Morwear Manufacturing, is no stranger to the paint business; he currently owns Betanix...

DSM Desotech named one of America's Safest Companies.(Fresh Paint)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... DSM Desotech Inc., which focuses on high-performance UV-curable materials, has been named one of America's Safest Companies by Occupational Hazards magazine. The annual award, which was presented to 16 firms this year, recognizes companies...

Rohm and Haas consortium awarded $3.75 million DOE grant to develop new low-voc paint technology.(Fresh Paint)
November 1, 2004... Rohm and Haas Company has been awarded a $3.75 million grant from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Industrial Technologies Program to develop new polymer technologies that can remove as much as 30% of raw materials used to manufacture a variety...

Benjamin Moore issues 2005 consumer color trends.(Fresh Paint)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Benjamin Moore has released its consumer color trends for 2005. The 24-hue palette is characterized by a "bluing," an outcome of frosting, washing, cleaning and diluting colors, according to the Montvale, NJ-based coatings maker. "It...

Paints & Solvents opens distribution facility.(Fresh Paint)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Paints & Solvents has opened sales and distribution facility in Atlanta, GA under the name Accessa Coatings Solutions. It will sell and distribute Valspar's wood coatings, ultimately carrying all of Valspar's metal, wood, electrostatic and...

Eastman patents adhesion promoters.(Patents Update)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. Europe 1,366,087 A Eastman Chemical Company has received a patent for UV-curable non-chlorinated adhesion promoter/primer compositions for improved adhesion of paint, inks and adhesives to plastics and metals. The compositions...

Akzo Nobel patents waterborne composition.(Patents Update)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. Europe 1,285,033 A Akzo Nobel NV has received a patent for a waterborne two-pack composition with good potlife and cure speed and reduced foaming. The coating is comprised of a polyester-polyacrylate hybrid dispersion, solids...

Altair Nanotechnologies receives patent for titanium oxide.(Patents Update)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. U.S. US 6,689,716 Altair Nanotechnologies. Inc. was awarded its fourth patent, "Method for producing catalyst structures," by the U.S. patent office. The new patent describes the process for making microporous structures that...

Electrodeposition coating from Kansai Paint.(Patents Update)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. U.S. 6,784,236 B2 Kansai Paint Co has received a U.S. patent for an electrodeposition coating composition that is comprised of a cationic or anionic resin, a crosslinking agent and an ester compound selected from the group...

Aqueous coating from Rohm and Haas.(Patents Update)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. U.S. 6,797,328 B2 Rohm and Haas has received a patent for a method for providing a coated substrate that is comprised of forming an aqueous coating composition that is comprised of an aqueous emulsion polymer. The polymer has a...

Solvent-free primer for plastics from Bayer.(Patents Update)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Patent No.Europe 1,283,230 A Bayer AG has been granted a patent for a solvent-free primer for use on plastics, giving good adhesion and high gloss. The primer is comprised of an aqueous dispersion of hydrophilic polyurethane resin...

BASF patents stain-resistant powder coatings.(Patents Update)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. Europe 1,345,997 A BASF has obtained a patent for durable stain-resistant, low-gloss textured powder coatings containing at least nine percent weight branched low-MW carboxylic acid functional polyester and carboxylic-reactive...

PPG patents food can coating.(Patents Update)(PPG Industries Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. U.S. 6,794,041 B2 PPG has received a patent for a food can coating composition having a solids content of 26% weight or greater comprising caprylic acid and a film-forming resin, wherein solids content is determined by ASTM D2360...

High chroma effect materials from Engelhard.(Patents Update)(Public Notice)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. U.S. 6,794,037 B2 Engelhard Corporation has received a patent for a color effect material comprising a platelet-shaped substrate sequentially encapsulated with a first highly reflective layer of silver, a second spacer layer...

Acrylic powder coatings.(Patents Update)(Public Notice)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. Europe 1,332,168 Anderson Development Co. has received a patent for high quality powder coatings obtained from a composition containing acrylic resin devolutized by adding HALs with aminoether groups to mixture of organic...

Oxide metallic effect materials from Engelhard.(Patents Update)(Public Notice)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. U.S. 6,800,125 B2 Engelhard Corporation has received a patent for a color effect material comprising a platelet-shaped substrate sequentially encapsulated with a first homogeneous layer of silver, a second homogeneous layer of...

Pigment preparations from Ciba Specialty Chemicals.(Patents Update)(Public Notice)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. U.S. 6,800,127 B2 Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation has received a patent for a pigment preparation comprising from 55 to 99 parts by weight of polyamide particles having an average particle size below 50 mm and one to 45...

Method for improving the transfer efficiency of paint.(Patents Update)(Public Notice)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. U.S. 6,800,332 B2 Gage Products Company has been granted a patent for a method for improving the transfer efficiency of paint. The method is comprised of the following steps: providing an additive comprised of a polymer having a...

Moisture curable hot melt sealants for glass constructions.(Patents Update)(Public Notice)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. U.S. 6,803,412 B2 H.B. Fuller has received a patent for a moisture-curable, hot-melt sealant composition. It contains a polyurethane prepolymer comprising silane functional groups; reactive plasticizer capable of reacting with...

Preservation of wood products.(Patents Update)(Public Notice)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. U.S. 6,753,016 B2 Rohm and Haas has been granted a patent for a method for treatment of wood material. It is comprised of contacting wood material with an iron salt and an oxidant in at least one aqueous solution, emulsion or...

Elementis Pigment patents granular pigments.(Patents Update)(Public Notice)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. U.S. 6,758,893 B2 Elementis Pigments has received a patent for a process for the preparation of granules of iron oxide or chromium oxide, that is comprised of mixing iron oxide or chromium oxide with about one-30% weight water...

Gluing, sealing and coating compound from Henkel.(Patents Update)(Public Notice)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. U.S. 6,800,682 B1 Henkel KgaA has received a patent for an adhesive, sealing and coating composition consisting of a copolymer of styrene with an alkyl acrylate, wherein the styrene copolymer comprises more than 30% by weight...

Organic pigment dispersion for coloring building materials.(Patents Update)(Public Notice)
November 1, 2004... Patent No. U.S. 6,786,965 B2 Sun Chemical Corp. has received a patent for an organic pigment dispersion comprising silica binder, organic pigment, dispersing agent and water.

Gaining greater control.(Europe)
November 1, 2004... European coatings companies are striving to improve their services to customers. But often they are finding they cannot do this properly without more control over the distribution chain. At the same time, many of them have been investing...

Brazil looks to rebound.(Latin America)
November 1, 2004... Brazil's paint and coatings industry is expected to grow by close to six percent this year, prompting a wave of new investments in the range of $50 million to $60 million per year over the mid term, said Dilson Ferreira, the executive director...

A young India offers potential.(India)
November 1, 2004... What happens when India becomes a happening destination? When phrases like "the most promising emerging market" and "exciting destination" become the norm rather than the exception? The continuous GDP growth for the country has helped the...

Columbia Paints adds to Woodtech line.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Columbia Paints & Coatings, a Spokane, WA-based manufacturer of architectural and industrial paint and coatings, has added a new product to its Woodtech line of premium quality wood stains and cleaners. The newest addition is an exterior finish...

Cover-all tintable deep base primer from muralo.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Muralo has introduced new Cover-All tintable deep base primer, which can be tinted to any deep and accent top coat color. This interior latex primer offers maximum hide with fewer coats, helping to eliminate the hiding problems associated with...

Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings launches new range of Aviox products.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings (ANAC) has introduced a new range of Aviox products. The new paint system has been formulated to meet airframe specifications while achieving minimum process time and lower cycle costs. The products perform under...

Tnemec offers series 238 Power-Tread FC.(New Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Tnemec Company, Inc. has introduced Series 238 Power-Tread FC, a multi-purpose, modified polyamine fast-cure epoxy for primer, broadcast, slurry broadcast or mortar applications. Providing concrete floors with protection against impact,...

Sherwin-Williams gets a boost from Duron.(Financial News)
November 1, 2004... The Sherwin-Williams Company announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2004. Consolidated net sales increased 11.6% to $1.7 billion in the third quarter and 11.9% to $4.6 billion in the first nine...

Akzo Nobel coatings reports increased sales.(Financial News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Akzo Nobel has reported that coatings sales for the third quarter 2003 have increased due to a combination of' growth and acquisitions. Autonomous growth of four percent came mainly from Asia-Pacific and the U.S., resulting in a 10% increase in...

RPM reports first quarter results.(Financial News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... RPM International recorded record quarter for sales, earnings and earnings per share for its fiscal 2005 first quarter ended Aug. 31. "Market demand remained solid in both our industrial and consumer segments during our first quarter," said...

U.S. paint market update.(Strategies & Analysis)
November 1, 2004... I thought it might make sense to address the current U.S. coatings industry and bring it into perspective. It is always best to look at the "big picture" first, and then focus on segments and their specific dynamics. Two of the questions...

Third annual R&D salary survey: our annual look at what R&D staffers earn and what's on their minds as they formulate today's coatings and raw materials.
November 1, 2004... Welcome to the third annual R&D salary survey conducted by Coatings World. We were quite pleased with the industry's response in 2002 and 2003, and this year, we had even more respondents. More of the industry's chemists are voicing their...

P.O.S. tinting, coloring & dispensing technologies: color accuracy, ease of use and efficiency remain key to users of P.O.S. colorant and dispensing systems.
November 1, 2004... Color accuracy is certainly one of the most important attributes in the paint business. Customers want to be confident that the color they bring home in their paint cans is an exact match to the shade they selected from the color card in the...

Problem solving in the paint industry: What I wish I had known: now on the other side of the manufacturer-supplier relationship, an industry insider offers five tips for paint chemists.
November 1, 2004... Experience is the best teacher, or so the adage goes. This saying seems particularly fitting in the paint and coatings industry, where formulators often learn by experimentation. While trial and error is an integral part of R&D life, it is not...

UCB sells Surface Specialties to Cytec.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... UCB has signed an agreement to sell its Surface Specialties business to Cytec Industries Inc. for 1.5 billion [euro]. The sale is expected to be concluded by the end of December. Through its acquisition of Solutia's coating resins,...

Albemarle.(Pricing Changes)(Albemarle Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Nov. 15--$0.40/lb. minimum increase for Martinal ATH flame retardants in North America and Asia-Pacific.

BASF.(Pricing Changes)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Effective immediately--up to 25% increase worldwide for colorants and resins.

Dow.(Pricing Changes)(Dow Chemical Co.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Nov. 15--$0.15/lb. in the U.S., $0.42 CAN/kg in Canada, 350 [euro]/metric ton in Europe, $300/metric ton in Asia-Pacific and $200/metric ton in Latin America for Derakane epoxy vinyl ester resins; $0.08-$0.10/lb. increase for epoxy resins in...

Ferro.(Pricing Changes)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Sept. 15--$0.05-$0.10/lb. increase for benzyl phthalate plasticizers, $0.08/lb. increase for benzyl chloride, $0.10-$0.15 increase for phosphate ester plasticizers and $0.05/lb. increase of isothiazalone biocides.

Lanxess.(Pricing Changes)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Oct. 1--10% increase worldwide for flame retardants; 40-80 [euro]/metric ton for Bayferrox, Colorterm, Bayoxide and chrome oxide inorganic pigments.

Roehm GmbH & Co.(Pricing Changes)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Sept. 1--0,12 [euro]/kg increase for all acrylic coating raw materials.

Rohm and Haas.(Pricing Changes)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Oct. 15--4-7% increase for acrylic emulsions, vinyl acrylic emulsions, solution polymers, solid grade resins and additives.

Sartomer.(Pricing Changes)(Sartomer Company Inc)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Sept. 1--$0.14/lb. increase for standard acrylates and epoxy acrylate oligomers; $0.10/lb. increase for all other acrylates and oligomers; and $0.08/lb. increase for methacrylates.

Solvay Chemicals.(Pricing Changes)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Oct. 15--3% increase for CAPA caprolactone product line.

Akzo Nobel receives 110 million [euro] offer for coatings resins business.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Akzo Nobel has received an offer of 110 million [euro] from Nuplex Industries Limited for its coating resins business, which had sales of 256 million [euro] in 2003. "The transaction would complete a major round of divestments in chemicals...

Akzo Nobel divests its UV/EB resins business.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Akzo Nobel has signed an agreement to sell its UV/EB resins business to Cray Valley S.A. of France, which is part of the Total Group. Sales of the business were 27 million [euro] in 2003. Akzo Nobel announced its intention to sell this...

Bayer MaterialScience builds new production facilities in China.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Bayer MaterialScience will build two new production facilities near Shanghai for polyurethane and coating raw materials. By 2006, a production facility for hexamethylene (HDI) and a production plant and logistics facilities for diphenylmethane...

ASTM Paint Committee develops new standards.(Industry News)(American Society for Testing and Materials)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Three subcommittees of ASTM Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications are currently at work on proposed new standards. Subcommittee D01.42 on architectural coatings has developed a proposed new standard, WK3931,...

BASF researchers win award for nanocomposite based films.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... BASF researchers, Franca Tiarks and Jorg Leuninger of BASF's polymer research and development architectural coatings, won this year's Farbe & Lack award. Awarded by the German trade magazine of the same name, the award was presented during this...

RadTech forms UV composites group.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... RadTech has added a composites focus group, dedicated to aiding in the safe adoption of UV technology in the composites industry through education, information, assistance and the promotion of UV to a wide range of industries including...

Clariant begins production of high performance DPP pigments.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The pigments and additives business of Clariant has begun production of diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) pigments at its production site in Frankfurt-Hochst, Germany. Initially five new pigments will be produced at the plant, based on DPP...

Wacker sells ADDID silicone additive brand to Degussa.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Wacker-Chemie GmbH has sold its ADDID surface coating additives business to Degussa AG's oligomers and silicones business unit. The agreement calls for Tego Coating and Ink Additives, an Essen-based business line of oligomers and silicones to...

Surface Specialties UCB.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Surface Specialties UCB has announced plans to establish a new Asia regional headquarters in Shanghai...

Atofina Chemicals.(Elf Atochem North America Inc. Agrichemicals Group)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Atofina Chemicals has changed its name to Arkema...

Fusion UV Systems.(Fusion UV Systems Inc)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Fusion UV Systems has launched a new Chinese language web site, www.fusionuv.com.cn.

CEPE names new managing director.(People on the Move)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Jan van der Meulen has been named the new managing director of CEPE. He will replace Jean Schoder, who is retiring. Van der Meulen has held several positions in coatings-related companies, including Acheson Colloid, Sigma Coatings, DSM and...

Degussa names Evans director of corporate communications and Uhrlandt director of technical marketing, pigments & fillers.(People on the Move)(Degussa Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Jonathan Evans has been appointed director of corporate communications for Degussa Corp. In his new position, Evans is responsible for communications, government relations, media relations and public relations. Evans comes to Degussa from BASF...

Ferro names Kirsch president and CEO.(People on the Move)(Ferro Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Ferro Corporation has named James F. Kirsch president and CEO of the company. Responsible for Ferro's global operations, Kirsch has also been named a member of the newly formed office of the chairman. Kirsch joins Ferro after serving as...

Stevens named vice president of Occidental.(People on the Move)(Occidental Petroleum Corp)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s board of directors has elected Todd Stevens to the position of vice president, acquisitions and corporate finance. Stevens joined Occidental in 1995, and has filled a series of progressively more responsible roles...

Grace Performance Chemicals names Richardson quality assurance manager for Darex.(People on the Move)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Grace Performance Chemicals has named Michael S. Richardson worldwide quality assurance manager for its Darex business unit. Darex is a supplier of can and closure sealants and coatings to the package food and beverage industry. As quality...

Bolton elected to Ace Hardware's board of directors.(People on the Move)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... William Bolton has been elected to the Ace Hardware Corp, board of directors as an outside director. Bolton has served the board since Oct. 2003 in a retail advisory capacity.

Marcantonio elected to H.B. Fuller's board of directors.(People on the Move)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Richard L. Marcantonio has been elected to H.B. Fuller's board of directors. His election expands the board to nine members. Marcantonio is currently president and CEO of G&K Services, a North American apparel provider headquartered in...

Cognis launches Starfactant wetting agents.(Supplier's Corner)
November 1, 2004... Cognis Corporation's industrial coatings and adhesives division has expanded its Star product line with the introduction of a new range of wetting agents. Starfactant wetting agents are star-shaped hyperbranched polymers for substrate...

Triple action mixer from Lee Industries.(Supplier's Corner)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The Lee Tri-Mix Turbo-Shear can handle a variety of mixing applications, including dispersion of powders and oils to mixing viscous materials of more than 2,500,000 CPS. The center-mounted, high-shear agitator produces speeds as high as 3,600...

KMI Systems offers Mass Flow sludge removal system.(Supplier's Corner)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... KMI Systems, Inc. has launched the Mass Flow sludge removal system for use in water washed paint spray booth applications and other sludge producing-environments. The sludge removal system and method provide close, constant monitoring and...

Tru-Fit close coupled PD pump.(Supplier's Corner)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Waukesha Cherry-Burrell, an SPX Process Equipment operation has launched Tru-Fit PD pump, its new close-couple pump drive. With an average of 20-25% reduction in overall pump length, Tru-Fit has a smaller footprint than traditional coupled...

Gardco offers color window tint and reflectance meters.(Supplier's Corner)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The ColorQA from Gardco is a lightweight, hand-held device that measures color in red, green and blue percentage format. Users apply a sensor tip to any colored surface, press the read button and the LED will illuminate and send the reading to...

Ross SLIM system accelerates powder induction.(Supplier's Corner)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Charles Ross & Son Company offers a new in-line system that improves powder induction in a liquid stream. Unlike previous mixers designed for fast powder induction, the new In-line SLIM requires no pump or eductor, which greatly simplifies...

Waterborne symposium is Feb. 2-4, 2005.(Meetings)(Calendar)
November 1, 2004... Nov. 9-11: ChinaCoat 2004, Guangzhou, China. More info: E-mail: info@sinostar-intl.com.hk. Nov. 10-12: USGBC International Green Building Conference and Expo, Portland, OR. More info: (312) 541-0567; Fax: (312) 541-0573. Nov. 15-16:...

Minwax hosts "chair-ity" event.(Final Coat)
November 1, 2004... Minwax, with the help of some celebrity designers, created several one-of-a-kind chairs for its Chairs for Charity event. The company invited noted personalities such as Regis and Joy Philbin, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani,...