Coatings World articles from October 2008

Coatings World archives from October 2008

BASF makes offer to buy Ciba.(As We Go To Press)
October 1, 2008... BASF has unveiled plans to acquire Ciba Holding AG, Basel/Switzerland, a specialty chemical company, and will make a public takeover offer to Ciba's shareholders. BASF will pay approximately $50 in cash for each share. BASF and Ciba have...

Bayer MaterialScience expands PUD production.(As We Go To Press)
October 1, 2008... Bayer MaterialScience has opened a production plant at the integrated production site in Shanghai to manufacture polyurethane dispersions (PUD). The plant has an annual capacity of 20,000 metric tons. Bayer MaterialScience now has facilities in...

Lord Corp. sells resilient floor coatings business.(As We Go To Press)
October 1, 2008... Lord Corporation has sold its resilient floor coatings business to AkzoNobel. The privately-held company, headquartered in Cary/USA, designs, manufactures and markets devices and systems to manage mechanical motion and control noise and...

BASF Coatings and Le Oru form partnership.(As We Go To Press)
October 1, 2008... Industrial Coatings by BASF Coatings is now providing a colored protective finish for concrete mixers owned by the Italian company Le Officine Riunite--Udine Spa (Le Oru), part of the Imer Group. BASF Coatings is now supplying Le Oru with a...

PPG introduces Duranar powder coatings: with the addition of Duranar powder coatings, PPG now offers coatings that meet all relevant AAMA standards in both liquid and powder form.(Fresh Paint)
October 1, 2008... PPG industrial coatings has introduced Duranar powder coatings for architectural aluminum. The coatings are an extension of the existing line of Duranar liquid coatings and are engineered for monumental architectural applications such as...

Double acquisition for AkzoNobel.(Fresh Paint)
October 1, 2008... AkzoNobel is to invest almost 50 million [euro] in its performance coatings activities after agreeing to two acquisitions which will boost the company's car refinishes and industrial finishes businesses. The two deals involve the purchase of...

Dunn-Edwards to open new technology center.(Fresh Paint)
October 1, 2008... Dunn-Edwards Corporation has announced plans to build a 40,000-square-foot coatings technology center on its Los Angeles, CA campus. The new facility will consolidate the paint manufacturer's existing research, product development and quality...

BASF Coatings opens design studio in Europe in Munster.(Fresh Paint)
October 1, 2008... BASF Coatings has opened its first Design Studio in Europe for the coatings industry near its headquarters and production plant in Munster, Germany. The studio covers a total area of about 300 square meters of the converted former Villa Kaven,...

2008 FSCT Heckel Award to be presented to past-president Frederick (Fritz) Walker.(Fresh Paint)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) has announced that past-president, Frederick ("Fritz") H. Walker, has been named the 2008 recipient of the organization's highest honor--the George Baugh Heckel Award. Walker is the...

H.B. Fuller acquires adhesive business in Egypt.(Fresh Paint)
October 1, 2008... H.B. Fuller has completed the acquisition of Egymelt, a manufacturer and marketer of hot melt and specialty water-based adhesives headquartered in Cairo, Egypt. "The acquisition of Egymelt establishes our geographic presence in one of the...

Bollig & Kemper, Nippon Paint form JV.(Fresh Paint)
October 1, 2008... Bollig & Kemper, Cologne, Germany, and Nippon Paint (China) Co. Ltd. have signed a joint venture contract. The two companies have agreed to establish and operate the joint venture company BK & NP Automotive Coatings (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. in...

Corrosion inhibiting paint from Halox.(Patents Update)
October 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,306,663 B2 Halox has received a patent for a paint mixture containing a chemical composition that inhibits corrosion in metal substrates when applied. The chemical composition is comprised of a first complexing agent...

Sumitomo patents method for producing titanium oxide.(Patents Update)
October 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,303,738 B2 Sumitomo Chemical Company has obtained a patent for a method for producing titanium oxide. The method is comprised of adjusting a gas to have a prescribed steam pressure before introducing the gas into a...

Aqueous coating with improved opacity.(Patents Update)
October 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,300,509 B2 Solae LLC has obtained a patent for an aqueous pigmented coating formulation for improving opacity comprised of a pigment, from approximately 3.0 parts (per hundred parts pigment) to about 30 parts (per hundred...

Goniochromatic bright pigments from BASF.(Patents Update)
October 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,300,510 B2 BASF has been granted a patent for goniochromatic luster pigments comprised of at least one dielectric low-refractive interference-colored layer comprised of a polar organic solvent which can interact with the...

Sun Chemical patents low viscosity oil-based dispersions.(Patents Update)
October 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,300,511 B2 Sun Chemical Corporation has been granted a patent for an oil-based pigment dispersion comprised of at least approximately 45% weight of pigment, wherein the pigment is selected from the group consisting of...

Alignable diffractive pigment flakes.(Patents Update)
October 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,300,695 B2 JDS Uniphase Corporation has obtained a patent for an image formed on a medium. The image is comprised of a first region including a first plurality of diffractive pigment flakes each having a diffractive...

Merck patents lustrous black interference pigments.(Patents Update)
October 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,303,622 B2 Merck Patent has received a patent for lustrous black interference pigments comprised of a mixture of different substrates having a coating of [Fe.sub.3] [O.sub.4]; a colorless coating consisting of one or more...

Imerys patents kaolin pigment with high brightness.(Patents Update)
October 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,306,668 B2 Imerys Pigments, Inc. has been granted a patent for a hydrous kaolin pigment having a GE brightness of at least approximately 90.0 and a steepness (d30/d70x100) of at least approximately 39.

Powder coating comprised of urethane (meth)acrylates.(Patents Update)
October 1, 2008... Patent No. U.S. 7,300,979 B2 Degussa AG has been granted a patent for a powder coating composition comprised of from 30-98.5% by mass of a binder comprised of at least one urethane (meth)acrylate having a melting point of from...

Weaker oil prices: a mixed blessing: a look at how the recent drop in oil prices is affecting the coatings sector.(International Coating Scene: EUROPE)
October 1, 2008... The coatings sector in Europe was only a few months ago struggling to cope with the effects of soaring costs of their raw materials in the wake of oil price hikes. By September the outlook for raw material costs had become much brighter....

Metokote expands Mexico base once again: Metokote continues to add capacity to its Mexico operations with the addition of its eighth facility in the country.(International Coatings Scene: LATIN AMERICA)
October 1, 2008... Metokote Corp., of Lima, OH, has added yet another painting facility in Mexico, the eighth in eight years, providing electrocoatings, powder coatings and liquid coatings services. The latest installation, located in San Luis Potosi, is the...

Anvil launches new bonding primer.(New Products)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Anvil Paints & Coatings has introduced a new bonding primer, Anvil 1750 High Performance Water Borne Grip-Tite Bonding Primer, which penetrates into concrete and forms a surface that improves the adhesion,...

Specialty Coating Systems' new adhesion promotion technology.(New Products)
October 1, 2008... Specialty Coating Systems (SCS) has introduced a new adhesion promotion technology--AdPro Plus--specifically developed to improve adhesion of parylene conformal coatings to various substrates. AdPro Plus increases adhesion between parylene...

High temp. nylon flash tape for metal and composite bonding.(New Products)
October 1, 2008... Scapa North America has introduced Scapa 815, a heat-resistant, non-silicone tape that withstands temperatures up to 350[degrees]F. This product is designed to mask and hold tools, forms and parts for metal and composite bonding, and for...

BioCoatings markets new vinyl coating system for the marine industry.(New Products)
October 1, 2008... BioCoatings LLC has unveiled a new vinyl coating system for the marine industry. Featuring the proprietary One Plus Green "0 VOC" solvent and Marine Vinyl Coat (MVC) developed by Tarksol Inc., the system meets all current and proposed...

Empils expands private label line.(New Products)
October 1, 2008... Earlier this year, Russia's largest manufacturer of decorative paint, Empils, developed for the first time a product for private label use. Prostokrasheno! is the trade mark name of paint made exclusively for the Leroy Merlin international...

No one is immune ... we're all in the boat together: a look at the impact of the current financial crisis in the U.S. and its effect on the paint, coatings and related industries.(Business Corner: STRATEGIES & ANALYSIS)
October 1, 2008... CHEMARK will not comment at this time on the near calamity mess we're in with the so-called financial community We can only say that the resolution and potential $700 billion dollar bailout will have a lasting effect on all the segments we...

Exterior architectural decorative coatings: the overall slowdown in economic activity combined with rising raw material costs, greater VOC restrictions and market consolidation are the key issues facing the exterior deco market today.
October 1, 2008... The economic slowdown has taken its toll on paint makers serving the exterior decorative coatings market. With fewer new homes and buildings under construction, the number of gallons of paint sold in key mature markets has fallen. To make...

Automotive refinish market: consolidation of body shops, conversion to waterborne technologies and rising raw material costs are all factors impacting the automotive refinish market.(Cover story)(Company overview)
October 1, 2008... There are many factors influencing the automotive refinish market. Raw material prices and environmental legislation certainly play a major role. But other factors outside of the market's control also influence the automotive refinish market....

Additive suppliers directory.(Directory)
October 1, 2008... The following pages contain a directory of select additive suppliers and their products. For more details on the products listed in this guide, contact the companies directly. Arch Chemicals, Inc. Smyrna, GA (800) 523-7391 ...

Black and white pigments update: black and white pigment producers continue to deal with rising costs.
October 1, 2008... Black and white pigments comprise the foundation of many coatings formulations. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is by far the most important and widely used white pigment in the coatings industry. It imparts whiteness, brightness and opacity to coating...

Dow exploring divestiture options.(Industry News)
October 1, 2008... The Dow Chemical Company is exploring divestiture options for its Clear Lake Operations acrylic acid and esters, and UCAR Emulsion Systems specialty latex business in North America. Dow has engaged J.P. Morgan to act as financial adviser in...

Reichhold to build resin plant in Tianjin, China.(Industry News)
October 1, 2008... Reichhold has recently announced plans to expand into the Chinese market by building a composite resins plant in Tianjin, China. Phase I of the new plant is scheduled for completion by the end of 2009. This first phase will have resin capacity...

Cognis sells its stake in JV to PTT Chemical.(Industry News)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Cognis has sold its fifty percent stake in Cognis Oleochemicals joint venture to PTT Chemical International, a Singapore-based wholly-owned subsidiary of PTT Chemical Public Company Ltd. PTT Chemical is Thailand's largest producer of olefins...

Troy receives Environmental Stewardship Award.(Industry News)
October 1, 2008... Troy Corporation's Newark, NJ manufacturing facility was awarded the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP) Stewardship Award. This award is given to members of the regulated community who are engaged in positive activities...

Altana acquires effect pigment business of USBP.(Industry News)
October 1, 2008... The Altana Group signed a contract to acquire the effect pigment business of United States Bronze Powders Inc. (USBP). In 2007, USBP achieved sales of approximately $8 million in this business area. USBP retains its powder business as well as...

Pricing changes.(Industry News)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Cytec: Jan. 1--up to 5% increase for PTZ phenothiazine. Dianal America: Effective immediately--20% increase for methyl/butyl methacrylate copolymer. Oxea: Sept. 1--$0.04 in the U.S. and $88/MT increase in South and Central America,...

BASF.(DISTRIBUTOR APPOINTMENTS)
October 1, 2008... BASF has appointed D. H. Litter Co. as its exclusive distributor for its Acronal, Acronal Optive, Butofan, Butonal, Styrofan and Styronal latex dispersion products in ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, N J, PA, MD, DE, WV and VA.

Fuji Silysia Chemical.(DISTRIBUTOR APPOINTMENTS)
October 1, 2008... Fuji Silysia Chemical has appointed Majemac Southeast, LLC as its distributor for its amorphous silica in MS, AL and GA.

Eastman expands coatings ecommerce offerings.(Industry News)
October 1, 2008... Eastman Chemical Company has extended its relationship with ChemPoint.com, an online distributor of fine and specialty chemicals. ChemPoint is now actively marketing and offering sales and customer service for Eastman adhesion promoters and...

Dow Epoxy.
October 1, 2008... Dow Epoxy received approval of environmental impact assessments (EIA) by China's Ministry of Environmental Protection for its plans to build a 100,000 MTPA liquid epoxy resin (LER) plant and a 150,000 MTPA glycerine-to-epichlorohydrin (GTW)...

Dow Izolan.
October 1, 2008... Dow Izolan, the joint venture between Dow and Izolan, broke ground on a polyurethane systems manufacturing facility in Vladimir, Russia

Cray Valley.
October 1, 2008... Cray Valley has lifted sales control on its Norsolene A series and S series hydrocarbon resins manufactured in its Channelview, TX facility, effective immediately

Sartomer Company.
October 1, 2008... Sartomer Company and R.M. Ferguson Specialty Chemicals recently marked their 40th anniversary of working together to promote photocure monomers, resins and other products used in coatings, adhesives, inks, rubber and other applications.

BASF appoints Liebelt group VP.(People on the Move)
October 1, 2008... BASF has named Uwe Liebelt group vice president of the company's acrylics and dispersions business in North America based in Charlotte, NC. He replaces Cenan Ozmeral, who retired. In his new assignment, Liebelt is responsible for BASF's global...

CB Mills appoints marketing director.(People on the Move)
October 1, 2008... CB Mills has promoted Ion Despoiu to the position of marketing director/new business development. Despoiu previously served as the company's IT manager. In addition, he has developed a number of marketing strategies, including designing and...

Diamond Dispersions appoints production chemist.(People on the Move)
October 1, 2008... UK-based Diamond Dispersion has appointed Ben Wigley production chemist. In his new role, Wigley will be responsible for new product development and supervising the production of Diamond's range of products.

CPS Color Group makes two appointments.(People on the Move)(Harri Kamppa and Stefan Schroer-Elpers appointed)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Harri Kamppa has been appointed global supply chain director of CPS Color and as a member of CPS Color Group Oy's management team. Kamppa will work at CPS Color's headquarters in Vantaa, Finland. He has comprehensive experience in business...

Evonik names Engel chairman of the board.(People on the Move)
October 1, 2008... Evonik Industries AG, appointed Klaus Engel, member of the executive board of Evonik Industries AG and chairman of the executive board of Evonik Degussa GmbH, effective January 1. He replaces Werner Muller, chairman of the executive board of...

RPM hires senior information technology auditor.(People on the Move)(Mike D. Metivier appointed)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... RPM International has named Mike D. Metivier senior information technology auditor. Metivier has more than 13 years of experience as a network administrator, programmer analyst and information technology consultant. Metivier has served as a...

Archway Sales hires new sales representative.(People on the Move)
October 1, 2008... Archway Sales has hired Bob Stearns as sales representative for the Ohio Valley region. Stearns has nine years experience in the chemical industry, most of which was spent with BASF Corp.

SMC appoints new product manager.(People on the Move)(Matt Van Tiem appointed at Special Materials Company )(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Special Materials Company (SMC) has appointed Matt Van Tiem as product manager, paint and coatings/specialty products. In his new position, Van Tiem will be responsible for all SMC's commercial activities related to the supply and management of...

Cray Valley names Poltz plant manager.(People on the Move)
October 1, 2008... Cray Valley named Tom Poltz plant manager of the company's Beaumont, TX manufacturing facility. In his new position, Poltz will be responsible for all facility operations and safety. He will report to Mohammed Dekoik, global manufacturing...

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

Silberline makes organizational changes.(People on the Move)(James E. Mason, Thomas R. Burleson and Robert D. Haines appointed)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Silberline Manufacturing Company has appointed James E. Mason vice president of operations. Prior to joining Silberline, Mason was employed at BASF. Hai-Hue Lin has been appointed global manager, special effects and substrate technology....

H.B. Fuller names Snyder chief technology officer.(People on the Move)
October 1, 2008... H.B. Fuller Company has appointed Barry S. Snyder chief technology officer. Snyder comes to H.B. Fuller from Celanese Corp. where he served as global technology director for the emulsions/PVOH business unit since 2007. Prior to his time with...

Ecology Coatings appoints CEO, makes board changes.(People on the Move)
October 1, 2008... Ecology Coatings Inc., a manufacturer of nanotechnology-enabled UV curable coatings, has appointed Robert G. Crockett chief technology officer. Crockett replaces Richard D. Stromback, who will remain chairman of the board. Prior to joining...

Stoppert named president and CEO Segetis.(People on the Move)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Segetis, Inc., a manufacturer of a variety of bio-based chemicals and plastics, has appointed James Stoppert president and CEO. Stoppert comes from Cargill where he led the industrial BioProducts business unit focused on renewable routes to...

Arizona Chemical names new president and CEO.(People on the Move)
October 1, 2008... Cornelis Verhaar has joined Arizona Chemical as president and CEO. He replaces, Gerald C. Marterer, who announced his retirement at the end of the year. Marterer will remain on the company's board of directors. Verhaar has more than 30...

Buckman Labs appoints two boards members.(People on the Move)
October 1, 2008... James A. Shepherd and Phil Shannon were elected to the Bulab Holdings, Inc. board of directors for 2008-2009. Bulab Holdings is the parent company of Buckman Laboratories.

Ciba launches two new dispersants.(Supplier's Corner)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Ciba has introduced two new dispersants for industrial and automotive coatings. Ciba EFKA 4310 and EFKA 4320 are designed to improve the stability of pigment dispersions and their compatibility with resins, thereby increasing flexibility in...

Rohm and Haas introduces Duraplus.(Supplier's Corner)
October 1, 2008... Rohm and Haas has launched Duraplus MP emulsion, a new binder for the North American floor finish market. This new multi-purpose, styrene-acrylic waterborne copolymer can be formulated to meet the strictest VOC standards and still outperform...

Hockmeyer introduces new HCPS immersion mill.(Supplier's Corner)
October 1, 2008... Hockmeyer Equipment has introduced the new HCPS immersion mill design, which features the addition of an upper auger and interchangeable scraper blades. Every machine includes both a sidewall scraper and an anchor helix scraper. The S series is...

Sartomer introduces SR533R peroxide-cured elastomers.(Supplier's Corner)
October 1, 2008... Sartomer Company has introduced SR533R, a scorth-retarding version of triallyl isocyanurate (TAIC). This new co-agent allows formulators to mitigate the rapid onset of scorth and increase in-process and cure scorth safety while maintaining...

Netzsch offers LabStar mill conversion kit.(Supplier's Corner)
October 1, 2008... Netzsch Fine Particle Technology LLC has developed a conversion kit that allows its LabStar disc mill users to choose between the TriNex or Zeta grinding systems, as well as various batch sizes in the range of 75 mL to 500 mL. With easy...

DSM Powder Coating Resins launches Uralac Corres.(Supplier's Corner)
October 1, 2008... DSM Powder Coating Resins has launched Uralac Corres, a new technology platform based on polyester resins for corrosion protective coatings. The first product in this line, Uralac P7604 is specifically developed for top coat and primer...

Brookfield offers CT3 texture analyzer.(Supplier's Corner)
October 1, 2008... Brookfield Engineering has introduced the new CT3 texture analyzer, a low cost stand-alone unit. This new generation instrument features not only the traditional compression mode, but now includes a brand new tension mode. The CT3 features a...

Chinacoat 2008 is set for Guangzhou.(Meetings)(Calendar)
October 1, 2008... Oct. 14-15: 6th International Woodcoatings Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. More info: PRA Coatings Technology Centre, e.brewn@pra.org.uk; www.pra-world.com/conferences. Oct. 15-16: FutureCoat! 2008, Chicago, IL. More info: FSCT,...

PPG-painted Alfa Romeo is Best of Show at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.(Final Coat)
October 1, 2008... A 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta porting a lustrous PPG finish took three wards--Best of Show, Best of Class and Most Elegant--at the 58th Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in Monterey, CA., last month. The Pebble Beach...