American Paint & Coatings Journal articles from May 1992

American Paint & Coatings Journal archives from May 1992

Pace of construction recovery slows: but F.W. Dodge calls March building level "more sustainable".
May 25, 1992... But F.W. Dodge calls March building level "more sustainable" New York, May 21 - Contracting for new construction in March fell 9 percent from February to what the F.W. Dodge Division of McGraw Hill's Construction Information Group called...

Powder sales manage '91 growth: strong fourth quarter results in 5 - percent increase over'90. (general decorative powder coatings) (Industry Overview)
May 25, 1992... Strong fourth quarter results in 5-percent increase over '90 Alexandria, Va., May 20 - A 20-percent improvement in sales of general decorative powder coatings in the fourth quarter of 1991 brought sales to a level 5 percent ahead of...

Covering all the education bases: N.W.SCT gets Federation, academic and industry perspective. (Northwestern Society for Coatings Technology; Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology)
May 25, 1992... N.W. SCT gets Federation, academic and industry perspective Minneapolis, May 21 - The Northwestern Society for Coatings Technology covered all the bases at a recent "Education Night" meeting that featured messages from universities,...

Witco globalization efforts progressing, CEO Toller says. (Witco Corp CEO William R. Toller)
May 25, 1992... New York, May 21 - Witco Corp. chief executive officer William R. Toller told shareholders at the company's recent annual meeting that progress had been made in the globalization of the company's business. "One of Witco's great strengths...

PPG's Sarni lists keys to strong performance in weak economy. (PPG Industries Inc CEO Vincent Sarni) (Company Profile)
May 25, 1992... Pittsburgh, May 21 - A strategy that includes "constant preoccupation" with quality, efficiency, cost reduction and global expansion holds the key to growth for PPG Industries, Inc. in the 1990s, chief executive officer Vincent Sarni said at...

Rohm and Haas, Union Carbide announce Unocal acquisitions. (Rohm and Haas Co. and Union Carbide acquires emulsion polymers business of Unocal Corp. Unocal Chemicals and Minerals Div.)
May 25, 1992... Philadelphia, May 21 - The Rohm and Haas Co. announced the completion of the acquisition of the emulsion polymers business of Unocal Corp.'s Chemicals and Minerals Division. In a separate deal, Union Carbide Corp. said it acquired three...

Point man in California: Paint Council, new director tackling host of issues. (California Paint Council Dir Matt Dustin)(includes related article)
May 25, 1992... Paint Council, new director tackling host of issues The California Paint Council was formed in 1990 to firmly address paint and coatings industry issues in California. Now, to boost its ability to carry out that mission, the council has a...

Not just academic exercise: coatings research center focuses on practical applications. (National Science Foundation's Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in Coatings at Eastern Michigan University)
May 25, 1992... Coadings research center focuses on practical applications After Two Years of making certain that the National Science Foundation's Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in Coatings at Eastern Michigan University is fully ready to...

Continued growth seen for radcure: economic, environmental factors called keys to expansion. (radiation-curable coatings)
May 25, 1992... Economic, environmental factors called keys to expansion Boston, May 21 - The market for radiation-curable coatings, inks and adhesives will see growth of approximately 8.5 percent annually during the rest of the decade, a representative of...

Clean air agency's practices effective, probe concludes. (Los Angeles-area air pollution control agency)
May 25, 1992... Diamond Bar. Calif., May 20 - A state-ordered independent probe of the South Coast Air Quality Management District has concluded that the Los Angeles-area air pollution control agency's management practices are "effective and should be...

Wax agent's benefits explored; King Industries' Rudy Berndlmaier addresses New York society. (polyamide wax thixotrope; New York Society for Coatings Technology) (Technical Report: Thickeners)
May 25, 1992... King Industries' Rudy Berndlmaier addresses New York society East Rutherford, N.J., May 20 - Formulation advantages of a polyamide wax thixotrope in high-solids coatings were described by Rudy Berndlmaier, King Industries, Inc., at a recent...

Radtech '92: in-depth look at UV/EB. (biennial radiation curing conference)(includes related articles)
May 18, 1992... Nearly 200 papers assess status of technology, growth trends Boston, May 14 - If Radtech '92, the biennial UV/EB curing extravaganza staged by Radtech lnternational North America, didn't provide a comprehensive look at the status of...

FATIPEC program to offer 80 papers; Amsterdam congress' focus is on safety, health, environment. (Federation of Associations of Technicians in the Paint, Varnish, Enamel, and Printing-Ink Industries of Continental Europe; Amsterdam, Nethelands)
May 18, 1992... Amsterdam congress' focus is on safety, health, environment Paris, May 13 - The 21st biennial FATIPEC Congress, the European coatings industry's major technical event scheduled for June 14-19 in Amsterdam, will offer a program devoted in...

Ashland revamps, expands with 'focused' coatings strategy. (Ashland Chemical Co.'s selling of chemicals to coatings manufacturers)
May 18, 1992... New York, May 14 - Ashland Chemical, Inc., has made such a mark in what was once its primary business that the coatings industry may not realize that Ashland's far-flung sales organization markets just about every kind of material used by a...

Colorants and pigments. (supply and demand) (The Markets) (Column)
May 18, 1992... New York, May 14 - Demand for colorants and pigments is reported to be continuing its slow uphill climb, but this has not been smooth. Meanwhile, availability of colors is good. Even phthalo green can be bought despite the fact that crude...

Grow Group Inc. (earnings report) (Financial Front)
May 18, 1992... Grow Group Inc. reported net income for the third quarter ended March 31 of $334,000, or 3 cents per share, on revenues of $96.136 million, compared to last year's third-quarter loss of $15.130 million, or $1.33 per share, on revenues of...

Kerr-McGee Corp. (report on net income) (Financial Front)
May 18, 1992... Kerr-McGee Corp. reported a first-quarter net income of $8.6 million, or 18 cents per share, a decrease of 71 percent from $29.7 million, or 61 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. An after-tax charge of $2.4 million, or 5 cents...

Degussa AG. (Financial Front)
May 18, 1992... Degussa AG reported group net income of 99 million Deutschmarks in 1991, down 33 percent from the previous year. For Degussa AG alone, net income declined by 39 percent to 61 million DM, earnings reflected in the recommended dividend per...

Benefits from bearing the brunt. (coatings industry's sponsorship of Emission Evaluation Center's research) (Editorial)
May 18, 1992... Establishing a badly needed organization to deal with emissions from coatings production and end use cost $520,000, and of the 12 raw material suppliers, end-users and one- and only one- paint company that put up the funds, none have any...

New name, new focus. (Scientific Committee renamed Technology Committee of the National Paint and Coatings Association)(includes related article on Eastern Michigan University's Emissions Evaluation Center)
May 18, 1992... NPCA scientific panel, now Technology Committee, broadens scope, targets technical-marketing link SHEDDING ITS identification as the Scientific Committee, the re-christened Technology Committee of the National Paint and Coatings...

The future has arrived at GM plant's robotic paint line. (General Motors Corp.'s use of robots to paint and seal vehicle bodies)
May 18, 1992... Pontiac, Mich., May 14 - Japan auto industry, watch out! GM and its people are on the move. Anyone lucky enough to view the robotized painting and sealing operation at the General Motors truck and bus production plant at Pontiac, Mich.,...

Product range reduction. (use of Product Cube Analysis to discard unprofitable products)
May 18, 1992... Companies in North America each year produce thousands of products that generate little or no profit. Why does this happen? The primary goal of any company is to make money. Low- or no-profit products often are the result of the...

Mattiello choice: Akzo's Dr. Gardon. (Akzo Coatings Inc.'s John L. Gardon named by Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology to present Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture)
May 11, 1992... Blue Bell, Pa., May 7 -- Dr. John L. Gardon, vice president of research and development for Akzo Coatings Inc., was named by the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology to present the Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture at the...

Preliminary look at 'New Directions:' FSCT sets wheels in motion on annual meeting program. (Paint Industries' Show theme, "New Directions for a Changing World;" Federation of Societies for Coating Technology)
May 11, 1992... Blue Bell, Pa., May 7 -- The Program Committee of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology's Annual Meeting announced preliminary plans for the event, scheduled for Oct. 21-23 at McConnick Place North in Chicago. And exhibit...

Talks on national VOC rule backed; move gives green light to negotiations with EPA, NPCA says. (volatile organic compounds; Environmental Protection Agency; National Paint and Coatings Association)
May 11, 1992... Washington, D.C., May 7 -- A move to pursue negotiation of a national VOC rule on architectural and industrial maintenance coatings has won the backing of representatives of industry and environmental groups. And the EPA has given its...

Voice of consumer: give me quality: emerging market, technology trends eyed at S.W. Convention. (Southwestern Paint Convention)
May 11, 1992... Houston, May 7 -- Top quality, not necessarily rock-bottom price, is emerging as a driving force in the marketing of paints and coatings. That was among the messages heard by paint and coatings industry representatives at the recent 49th...

Several solvents have weakened. (prices for isopropyl alcohol, acetone, etc.)
May 11, 1992... New York, May 7 -- Prices have been slowly dropping for isopropyl alcohol, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, monoethylene glycol, and butyl acetate, but butanol has strengthened and a full 2-cents-lb. hike April 1 has been fully implemented. ...

Colorants and pigments. (demand and prices)
May 11, 1992... New York, May 7 -- Higher zinc metal prices have been pushing up prices of zinc oxide. No explanations have been available as to why zinc metal have increased; no strikes or production problems has been reported. Demand may be the cause....

Lacquer materials and solvents. (demand and prices)
May 11, 1992... New York, May 7 -- A number of solvents have been showing a tendency to soften. These include isopropyl alcohol, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, monoethylene glycol (MEG), and some of the acetates including butyl acetate. On the other...

Resins and intermediates. (supply of glycerine)
May 11, 1992... New York, May 7 -- Glycerine suppliers are meeting their commitments under contracts, but that's about all they can do some of them barely. Just about the only company with products to sell outside of contracts is not rushing to move the...

Vegetable oils and fatty acids. (spot prices for soybean oil)
May 11, 1992... New York, May 7 -- Considerable uncertainty in the soybean market in Chicago has not spilled over to affect spot prices for soybean oil. Prices of soybean oil on the spot market were below 20 cents lb., crude, Decatur, but the price on...

Miscellaneous materials. (clay and other perishables)
May 11, 1992... New York, May 7 -- Although clay in all grades is plentiful, customers located some distance from the clay pits and the processing plants may be experiencing some diffuclty getting delivery just exactly when they want it. Truckers are using...

The Sherwin Williams Co. (Financial Front)
May 11, 1992... The Sherwin Williams Co. reported net income of $12.997 million, or 15 cents per share, for the first quarter, compared to $7.503 million, or 9 cents per share, in the same period of 1991. Net sales increased 12.6 percent to $594.561 million...

ARCO Chemical Co. (Financial Front)
May 11, 1992... ARCO Chemical Co. reported preliminary first-quarter earnings of $61 million, or 64 cents per share. First-quarter 1991 net income was $52 million, or 54 cents per share, and included $35 million after tax, or 37 cents per share, in income...

Guardsman Products Inc. (Financial Front)
May 11, 1992... Guardsman Products, Inc. announced net income for the first quarter ended March 31 of $342,000, or 5 cents per share, compared to $125,000, or 2 cents per share, for the first quarter of 1991. Sales for the first quarter of 1992 were $36.321...

Approaching a meeting of the minds. (cooperation between environmental groups and the paint and coatings industry) (Editorial)
May 11, 1992... The way it's been shaping up for the past 25 years, industry and environmental groups have been on different wavelengths, with the EPA operating on a different part of the spectrum altogether. Recently. positive steps were taken to get...

Statistics for the user in coatings. (STATPAK: A statistical package for MS.DOS computers, part 3)
May 11, 1992... I AM A DEVOTED user of statistical data treatment. This results from the days early in my career as a chemist, when it was said I drew too many conclusions from too little data. I took it upon myself to learn what statistical routines were,...

Of pigments and primates: CDIC society members enjoy mix of technical, animal topics. (CDIC Society for Coatings Technology)
May 11, 1992... Cincinnati, May 6 -- The globalization of the paint and coatings industry -- and its raw materials suppliers -- has created new terminology and a "universal" language in the pigments industry, the CDIC Society for Coatings Technology was told...

Quest for performance + compliance; S.W. Convention technical program offers some promising answers. (Southwestern Paint Convention)
May 11, 1992... Houston, May 7 -- Paint and coatings technology is making significant strides in the quest for products that meet lower-VOC demands and do the job, if technical-program offerings at the recent Southwestern Paint Convention are any barometer....

NPCA's Doyle and Zacharias to address N.Y. PCA meeting. (National Paint and Coatings Association's J. Andrew Doyle and Ken Zacharias; Metropolitan New York Paint and Coatings Association)
May 11, 1992... Elizabeth, N.J., May 7 -- Addresses by J. Andrew Doyle, executive director of the National Paint and Coatings Association, and Ken Zacharias, the NPCA's director of member services, will headline the May 14 annual business meeting of the...

Quality message tops PCI agenda; Palm Beach gathering will assess powder industry's progress. (Powder Coatings Institute's 11th Annual Meeting)(includes related article)
May 4, 1992... Alexandria, Va., April 30 -- An address on "The Total Quality Concept and World-Class Manufacturing" by John. Anderson of the Dexter Corp. and a host of leisure activities will highlight the Powder Coating Institute's 11th Annual Meeting,...

Ozone pollution levels show drop; weather conditions, emissions decreases cited as trend factors.
May 4, 1992... St. Louis, April 30 -- Ozone pollution levels in 1990 were the lowest in the last 10 years in the United States, according to statistics from the EPA. The agency, in its most recent report on "National Air Quality and Emissions Trends,"...

DCMA meeting to address future; CONEG update also to highlight annual meeting agenda. (Dry Color Manufacturers' Association; Conference of Northeastern Governors)
May 4, 1992... Alexandria, Va., April 30 -- The Dry Color Manufacturers, Association will take a look at what's down the road for the pigment industry at the general session of its annual meeting, slated for June 14-17 at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur...

Colorants and pigments. (demand for chrome yellow)
May 4, 1992... New York, April 30 -- Demand for traffic grades of chrome yellow is reported to have picked up as states begin to come to grips with what they need to keep their highways safe. Shipments in April were at a pace quite a bit in excess of...

Lacquer material and solvents. (costs of lacquers and solvents)
May 4, 1992... New York, April 30 -- The April 1 increase in butyl and isobutyl alcohol is reported to be in effect. So far, acetate esters have not been included, very probably because acetic add is abundant worldwide and, no doubt, weak enough to balance...

Resins and intermediates. (prices of glycerine, oxylene, phthalic anhydride)
May 4, 1992... New York, April 30 -- Glycerine prices have been zooming straight up in the last few weeks. Improved business and strong overseas demand gobbled up surpluses that had developed here. Now, one major glycerine producer has most of what's...

Comparative performance evaluations of aluminum and conventional pigment systems in anticorrosion coatings. (includes related article) (part 2)
May 4, 1992... Procedures Performance testing of all systems was carried out on a set of unique, practical, heavily pitted steel panels cut from the angled support diagonals of an old bridge structure. Two panels were employed for each system in...