Industrial Paint & Powder articles from February 2001

Industrial Paint & Powder archives from February 2001

Industry Fuels R&D Funding.(research and development)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Thanks in large part to industry efforts, total U.S. R&D expenditures are expected to increase about 5% to $277 billion in 2001, according to the annual Battelle-R&D Magazine research and development forecast. The increase is largely...

Valspar's Acquisition of Lilly Approved by the FTC.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Company Profile)
February 1, 2001... The Federal Trade Commission has approved Valspar Corp.'s (Minneapolis) purchase of Lilly Industries Inc. (Indianapolis). Under the terms of the agreement, Valspar will acquire all outstanding shares of Lilly common stock for $31.75 per share....

Dow Enters Epoxy Market in Korea.(Dow Chemical Co. acquired Pacific Epoxy Co.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Ml) has acquired 80% of Pacific Epoxy Co. Ltd., a manufacturer of converted epoxy resins in the Republic of Korea. Saehan Industries will retain the remaining 20% of the company. Terms of the agreement have not...

Grace Acquires DuPont's Colloidal Silicas Business.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, MD) has purchased the Ludox colloidal silicas business of DuPont Co. (East Chicago, IN). The company will add these specialty additives, typically used in the coatings, metal casting and catalysts industries, to its...

New Site Provides Indoor/Outdoor Exposure Testing.(Q-Lab Weathering Research Service)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Manufacturers concerned with the lightfastness and durability of products, such as paints and coatings, can now have them tested at the new 0-Lab Weathering Research Service facility in Homestead, FL. The new A2LA-accredited facility houses...

Avecia Expands Additives Capacity at UK Plant.(Avecia Pigments and Additives, United Kingdom)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Avecia is investing an estimated $3.69 million to increase additives production at its manufacturing site in Huddersfield, United Kingdom. "The investment will increase manufacturing capacity by 30% and enhance the enabling technology, which is...

Industrial Paint & Powder Sold to BNP.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Industrial Paint & Powder magazine has been acquired by Business News Publishing Co. (Troy, MI).The editorial and existing sales personnel are remaining with the magazine. Brett Ryden, formerly with Paint & Coatings Industry magazine, has been...

SME Manufacturing Technologies Program Targets Girls.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... A $372,000 grant from the Bush Foundation will allow the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation to invest in a three-year program meant to attract girls and minorities to careers in manufacturing and technology. The...

Air Products Opens Exterior Coatings Testing Facility.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Air Products Polymers LP (Allentown, PA) has opened a new testing facility designed to evaluate the exterior durability of coatings containing the company's resins and additives. The Trexlertown, PA, facility exposes coated substrates with...

Lean Manufacturing Training Available to Small Companies.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... A partnership between centers in the U.S. Commerce Department's Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) network and Productivity Inc. will give small manufacturers access to "lean manufacturing" training previously unavailable to them. ...

Coatings Specialists Sought to Review ISO Test Methods.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Committee D01 on Paints and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications is seeking volunteers and co-operators to assist in reviewing and critiquing ISO test methods to assure conformance with...

Akzo Nobel Resins.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Akzo Nobel Resins (Louisville, KY) has opened an application resins laboratory in Louisville. This new research and development application facility will serve as a central location for technical and intellectual resources formerly spread out...

U.S. Bronze Powders Group.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... U.S. Bronze Powders Group (Flemington, NJ) has opened a 3,100-square-foot technical center for corporate research and development at its U.S. Aluminum plant in Haskell, NJ. The center will focus on product development and process optimization...

Scott Bader Inc.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Specialty polymers manufacturer Scott Bader Inc. (Wollaston, UK) plans to open a new technical service center in Stow, OH, this spring. The center will support the company's growing business in specialty polymers and additives in North America....

Walgren Co.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Walgren Co. (Grand Rapids, MI), a manufacturer of high-production finishing lines, has entered into an alliance with Otefal Engineering (Bergamo, Italy), a producer of surface treatment facilities. The companies are working together to bring to...

EPA Eyes New Tool to Classify Nonattainment Areas.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Some EPA regional offices are experimenting with a new analytical tool for measuring air quality. Agency sources say this could help resolve disputes between EPA and the states over nonattainment boundaries. The move could also boost national...

Phosphoric Acid Reporting Requirement Dropped.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... EPA has deleted phosphoric acid from the list of chemicals subject to reporting requirements under EPCRA and the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. The ruling is in response to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruling that...

EPA Issues Final Rule on Chlorinated Aliphatics.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... The EPA is listing two types of chlorinated aliphatics waste as hazardous under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Beginning May 7, the wastes will be subject to emergency notification requirements for releases of hazardous...

Transporter Charged in Hazardous Waste Diversion to Mexico.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Cleanmex International Corp. of Brownsville, TX, has been charged with violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by falsifying a hazardous waste manifest. The company imports hazardous waste generated by maquiladora plants in Mexico...

Report: Acid Rain Cut Significantly Since 1980s.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... The United States and Canada have gone beyond what the law requires to successfully reduce emissions of the major contributors to acid rain, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, according to a new joint study on cross-border air pollution...

Coatings R&D 2001: Increasing Demands and Higher Budgets.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... In planning projects, estimating budgets and setting primary research objectives, R&D planners reveal what matters most and least as they chart the year's course. As government regulations continue to evolve, the pressure on coatings...

Automated Powder Booth Satisfies Finisher's Need for Speed.
February 1, 2001... Color changes became a snap after this custom finisher installed a new powder booth designed for the task. When a company is changing the colors on its finishing lines from 25 to 55 times per week, a slowdown, for whatever reason, will...

TAKING THE E-COAT PLUNGE.
February 1, 2001... A 12-stage indexing monorail E-coat system and QS and ISO registration are just two of the things that make Superior Powder Coating an unusual finisher. From its modest beginnings in 1989 as a finisher of point-of-purchase display...

Roobol on Painting.
February 1, 2001... Clear E-coat Possible We are not E-coating now, but might consider it. Is it possible to apply clearcoat finishes by E-coat, or can only pigmented coatings be applied this way? Clearcoats, both anodic and cathodic, can indeed be...

Powder Coating with Collins.
February 1, 2001... How to Reduce Rejects We're making it a top priority to reduce rejects, particularly contamination and seeds, on our powder line. Can you offer any suggestions? Contamination can be a big problem on powder coating lines. Because the...

Coatings R&D Notebook.
February 1, 2001... Pigment Dispersing Agents in Powder How do pigment dispersing agents function in powder coatings compared to their function in waterborne and solventborne coatings? The dispersion of pigments in waterborne and solventborne coatings has...

MEP: A Helping Hand From Uncle Sam.
February 1, 2001... If you want to improve your productivity, strengthen your competitiveness and increase profits, then Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) may be able to help you. Reached via the Internet at www.mep.nist.gov, MEP is a network of 400...