American Paint & Coatings Journal articles from March 1992

American Paint & Coatings Journal archives from March 1992

Cold realities cited amid the cactus: industrial coatings conference tackles tough issues in Tucson.
March 30, 1992... Tucson, Ariz., March 25 -- There was no escaping harsh realities at the National Paint and Coatings Association's recent Industrial Coatings Conference here. For one thing, the weather was decidedly un-desert-like. Eastern- or...

End of the recession heralded: but don't rush to revise profit projections, economist Reeder warns. (Charles Reeder)
March 30, 1992... Tucson, Ariz., March 26 - "The recession will end in 92." That assertion, made by economist Charles Reeder, was greeted with as much enthusiasm as the appearance of bright sunshine that finally began chasing away the clouds and rain at...

Dodge Index: good news, bad news. (McGraw-Hill Inc. F.W. Dodge Division's monthly summary of construction contract value) (Industry Overview)
March 30, 1992... New York, March 25--The total of newly started construction in January nearly kept pace with December's partially recovered rate of contracting, the F.W. Dodge Division of McGraw-Hill's Construction Information Group reported. A...

Study cites low exposure levels: research shows minimal risk from painting, NPCA says. (National Paint and Coatings Association) (Industry Overview)
March 30, 1992... Washington, D.C., March 26 -- A recently completed National Paint and Coatings Association research project to evaluate worker and consumer exposure to the volatile components of a typical vinyl acrylic house paint indicates that exposures...

New Sherwin-Williams division to focus on DIY, stain markets. (Sherwin-William Co. Consumer Brands Division)(do-it-yourself paint) (Company Profile)
March 30, 1992... Cleveland, March 25 -- The Sherwin-Williams Co. formed a new Consumer Brands Division that will focus on the Do-It-Yourself paint and stain markets, said Sherwin-Williams president and COO Tom Commes. Newly appointed president and general...

Colorants and pigments. (The Markets) (Industry Overview)
March 30, 1992... New York, March 26 -- One logical explanation for the absence of imported chrome yellow in this country is that a number of the exporting countries have become net importers themselves. Overseas, according to reports here, indicate that...

Lacquer materials and solvents. (The Markets) (Industry Overview)
March 30, 1992... New York, March 26 -- Gradual price erosion continues in the ethylene glycol ether market, especially in EO and EB. Still, shipments are considered strong for a recessionary period. Stable pricing, in general, has been reported for...

Resins and intermediates. (The Markets) (Industry Overview)
March 30, 1992... New York, March 26 - Strong demand for plasticizers has led to a modest upturn in demand for phthalic anhydride, and this may be the reason several producers have decided to raise list and off-list prices by 2 cents lb., effective at...

UV curing: a compliance technology for the 1990s. (ultraviolet curing of coatings, ink or adhesives)
March 30, 1992... Introduction UV curing is a technology that utilizes ultraviolet light to cure or crosslink coatings, inks or adhesives. It is often discussed within the broader context of radiation curing -- which also includes electronbeam curing...

Grow Group, Inc. restructuring plan nears completion.
March 30, 1992... New York, March 25 -- Grow Group, Inc. completed the sale of several of its consumer and professional product lines, nearly completing the restructuring of its Consumer and Professional Products Group. The transactions include the...

Use of Hansen theory explored. (Technical Report: Solvent/Resin Solubility) (Industry Overview)
March 30, 1992... Cleveland, March 25 -- Reformulation of solvent-based coatings can be simplified with the use of Hansen solubility parameters, a Dow Chemical Co. representative told the Cleveland Society for Coatings Technology at a recent society meeting....

Examining extender applications. (precipitated calcium carbonate in coatings) (Technical Report: Precipitated Calcium Carbonate) (Industry Overview)
March 30, 1992... Linthicum, Md., March 25 -- The use of precipitated calcium carbonate in coatings -- particularly as an extender -- was described at a recent meeting of the Baltimore Society for Coatings Technology. Dr. George Green, Pfizer, Inc.,...

Hazardous chemicals database. (Softrak Systems Easy Jersey Release 2.0) (New Products) (Evaluation)
March 30, 1992... Softrak Systems introduced Release 2.0 Of the company's "Easy Jersey" hazardous chemicals database and right-to-know label software for IBM and IBM-compatible PCs. The New Jersey hazardous chemicals list database, including nearly 3,000...

2nd-half acquisition pace quickened: major venture deals linked U.S., Asian paint manufacturers. (Industry Overview)
March 23, 1992... St. Louis, March 19 -- When it came to acquisition activity, 1991 took the thoroughbred route -- starting slowly, then picking up steam as the finish line neared. With the Persian Gulf war and its accompanying jitters surely cooling the...

Plenty of singles but no homers. (acquisitions and consolidations in the paint and coatings industries) (Industry Overview)
March 23, 1992... LAST YEAR was not the year for large transactions in the paint and coatings industry; not one paint transaction was completed with a value in excess of $100 million. So, for the first year in almost a decade, there were no "Home Run" deals....

Colorants and pigments. (supply and demand)
March 23, 1992... New York, March 19 -- Although paint manufacturers have not shown signs of buying normally large quantities of colors for their finished-goods inventories for the upcoming spring market, their purchases have been increasing. The scale of...

Lacquer materials and solvents. (supply and demand)
March 23, 1992... New York, March 19 -- So far, higher prices slated for butanol, isobutanol and 2-ethyl hexanol have not triggered any pricing action by makers of esters of these alcohols. The main reason is that the ester market is driven by...

Akzo. (Akzo N.V.'s 1991 financial report)
March 23, 1992... Akzo reported a 5-percent decline in its 1991 net income, to 691 million Netherlands guilders from 729 million guilders in 1990. Including extraordinary items, net income was down from 663 million guilders in 1990 to 580 million guilders in...

Ed Kaczmarek: salesman, Dar-Tech Inc.; past president, Buffalo Paint and Coatings Association.
March 23, 1992... IT DOESN'T TAKE a rocket scientist to determine that some of Edwin Kaczmarek, s most prized earthly possessions come with four wheels and big engines. Here he is, looking positively suave next to one of six Corvettes he has owned, this one...

Mixed hints about trends. (paint and coatings industries) (Editorial)
March 23, 1992... We can feel upbeat from the news that the last two months --back-to--back showed gains in retail sales; this is the first time this has happened since 1985. But we can't shout "hurrah" yet, because statistics also show that 459,000...

Seeking the best of both worlds. (coatings research)
March 23, 1992... PAPERS PRESENTED at the 19th Water-Borne, Higher-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium showed that the goal of achieving solid coatings performance and environmental compliance is getting closer, thanks to the volume of research being done at...

Coatings property key: particle size.
March 23, 1992... New York, March 18-- Attention to pigment particle size can help the coatings formulator deal with a number of coatings property problems, the New York Society for Coatings Technology was told at a recent meeting. Gloss, durability, and...

Biocide, drier strategies suggested. (CDIC Society for Coatings Technology)
March 23, 1992... Indianapolis, March 18 -- With mercury gone from the biocides scene in paint and coatings manufacturing, paint producers face the challenge of using more than a single product to counteract in-can and dried paint film biological...

1991: the year of the 'blockbust': industry's acquisition fever cooled, at least for the big catch.
March 16, 1992... Industry's acquisition fever cooled, at least for the big catch St. Louis, March 12 - If the paint and coatings industry were in the same business as Hollywood, 1991 would be considered a flop in the acquisitions game - the year of the...

No letup in regulatory burden seen: New York legislative update dispels any notion of easing.
March 16, 1992... New York legislative update dispels any notion of easing East Rutherford, N.J., March 12 - Any notion that regulatory actions are on the decline was dispelled recently when two New York area paint organizations gathered for their...

NCCA's 1992 theme a green one: annual meeting to mark coil coaters association 30th year. (National Coil Coaters Association)
March 16, 1992... Annual meeting to mark coil coaters association's 30th year Philadelphia, March 12 - "Coil Coating - Color It Green" is the theme of the 1992 Annual Meeting of the National Coil Coaters Association, scheduled for April 11-15 at Marriott's...

Colorants and pigments. (The Markets)
March 16, 1992... New York, March 12 - Antimony oxide is the subject of some new drama, as domestic producers raised objections before the Tariff Commission to the way China's producers were pricing their material. The dread word "dumping" has been heard in...

Lacquer materials and solvents. (The Markets)
March 16, 1992... New York, March 12 - Butanol, isobutanol and 2-ethyl hexanol are to be raised 2 cents lb., effective April 1. Suppliers are reported to be snug and tightening, and prices, according to producers, had eroded in the last few months. With...

Resins and intermediates. (The Markets)
March 16, 1992... New York, March 12 - At least two major producers of epoxy resins have announced the cancellation of 4 cents lb. from discounted prices, effective March 15 for non-contract customers and a month later for those with contracts. The...

The shakeout continues. (mergers and acquisitions and consolidations) (Editorial)
March 16, 1992... MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS and consolidations last year continued at almost the same troubling rate as the year before. (See story on page 7). If we agree that the number of paint companies in this country totals roughly 900, then the 32...

Recession? No one told symposium. (Water-Borne, Higher-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium) (Editorial)
March 16, 1992... Economy's cold, but water-borne program proves hot LAST YEAR, the Persian Gulfwar, travel safety uncertainties and a weak economy put a damper on attendance at the Water-Borne, Higher-solids and Powder Coatings Symposium. This year,...

Color Guild's tough taskmasters. (Color Guild Associates)
March 16, 1992... Practical suggestions offered at technical director gathering MARTY BALOW and Fred Marschall, who arranged the recent annual meeting of technical directors of the Color Guild Associates, believe in offering down-to-earth fare, free of...

Year-end '91 results: more of the same. (effects of recession on paint industry) (Industry Overview)
March 9, 1992... St. Louis, March 5 -- The paint and coatings manufacturing industry suffered the same fate as the national economy in general in the last quarter of 1991, as coatings shipments continued to reel from a recession that refused to release its...

More talks on possible VOC rule set: meetings slated for exploration of EPA, industry negotiations. (volatile organic compounds; Environmental Protection Agency; paint industry)
March 9, 1992... St. Louis, March 5 -- The National Paint and Coatings Association and the EPA are scheduled this month to resume exploration of prospects for development of a national rule regulating VOCs in two major categories of coatings. ...

Colorants and pigments. (paint industry)
March 9, 1992... New York, March 5 -- Of the two colorants that have posed problems for the past few weeks, carbozole violet is less troublesome to get, but phthalo green woes continue. One report has phthalo green from an Asiatic source moving to...

Lacquer materials and solvents.
March 9, 1992... New York, March 5 -- Ethylacetate is now generally regarded as easily available. Suppliers, other than one with plant trouble, have enough to meet the market's needs, probably thanks to help from one overseas source. The official word...

Resins and intermediates.
March 9, 1992... New York, March 5 -- Reports are that an important new source of acrylic latex will be entering the market later this year. The company is an important supplier of acrylate monomers. Another bit of news in the acrylic latex field is the...

Laboratories council backs national accreditation system. (American Council of Independent Laboratories)
March 9, 1992... Washington, D.C., March 4 -- The American Council of Independent Laboratories, Inc. released a position statement advocating the establishment of a national system for accrediting the nation's laboratories. The statement cited a...

Raffi and Swanson names officers, technical director. (Raffi and Swanson Inc.)
March 9, 1992... Wilmington, Mass., March 4 -- Raffi and Swanson, Inc. announced a series of executive appointments. The appointments include: Gabriel Paci as chief operating officer, William J. Kotek as chief financial officer and controller, and Dr....

Error, accuracy, precision and bias. (Statistics for the User in Coatings, part 1)
March 9, 1992... Part 1: Error, accuracy, precision and bias Introduction THE FORMULATION made in the lab (or in production) is made from a "recipe" that uses numbers. Materials are weighed out in grams, or liters, with some cognizance that...

Stretching the dollar in R&D: Cleveland society PCA offered 'bang for the buck' strategy. (research and development; Cleveland Society for Coatings Technology and Cleveland Paint and Coatings Association)
March 9, 1992... Cleveland, March 5 -- The Cleveland Society for Coatings technology and Cleveland Paint and Coatings Association heard some suggestions on getting the most for the R&D dollar when an area paint manufacturing executive addressed a recent joint...

'State of the Federation' assessed: color science advances also explored at L.A. society session. (top officials of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology meet with Los Angeles Society for Coatings Technology members) (Technical Report: Color Measurement)
March 9, 1992... Los Angeles, March 5 -- The "state of the Federation" was on the minds of Los Angeles Society for Coatings Technology members recently, as top officials of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology paid a call on Tinseltown. ...

SSCT to head for Disney World. (Southern Society for Coatings Technology meeting at Walt Disney World, Florida)
March 2, 1992... South Charlotte, N.C., Feb. 27 -- The site may be Walt Disney World, but Southern Society for Coatings Technology members won't be in Fantasyland March 11-13 at the society's annual meeting. They'll be taking a serious look at some...

Fighting off the chill in Chicago. (symposium sponsored by the Chicago Society for Coatings Technology and the Chicago Paint and Coatings Association)
March 2, 1992... Lisle, Ill, Feb. 27 -- The prospect of dealing with environmental and performance demands in the regulatory age may seem as chilling as the gales blowing off Lake Michigan, but the expertise offered at a recent symposium near Chicago offered...

Using the Hansen solubility parameter theory in reformulating solvent-based coatings.
March 2, 1992... One key element in formulating or reformulating solvent-based coatings is selecting a suitable replacement for the existing solvent. This selection process can be simplified by using the Hansen solubility parameter theory. Through a...