The Journal of Coatings Technology articles from April 2002

The Journal of Coatings Technology archives from April 2002

It's not just paint? (Comment).
April 1, 2002... Coatings technology is not as complicated as brain surgery or high energy physics, but it is a complex field of technology involving principles from many disciplines--principles that we use daily to advance the state of the art of coatings...

Federal issues. (Regulatory Update).
April 1, 2002... Regulatory Agencies Affirm 2002 Priorities Among the primary challenges facing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other regulatory authorities in 2002 is the need to protect the environment from traditional sources of...

U.S. Department of Transportation. (Regulatory Update).
April 1, 2002... Hazardous Materials Transportation--Key regulatory and legislative issues in the transportation of hazardous materials in 2002 are expected to include: efforts to reauthorize the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; federal preemption of...

State issues. (Regulatory Update).
April 1, 2002... ALABAMA Product Liability--H. 222 (Robinson, O.) relates to product liability actions; creates a new definition of a manufactured product. The bill was introduced on Jan. 10 and reported favorably from the House Judiciary Committee on Jan....

International issues. (Regulatory Update).
April 1, 2002... European Commission Wants EU to Ratify PIC Treaty-- The European Commission has proposed that the European Union ratify an international accord on notification of hazardous chemicals in international trade. The EU executive body called for...

NPCA urges response to EPA proposed standards on emissions from paint, ink manufacture. (Industry News).
April 1, 2002... The National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA), Washington, D.C., is urging coatings manufacturers to submit comments on the latest U.S. Environmental Agency's proposed hazardous air pollutant emission standard. This regulatory action will...

ExxonMobil Chemical to acquire Solutia's share of Advanced Elastomer Systems. (Industry News).
April 1, 2002... ExxonMobil, Houston, TX, has announced plans to become the owner of Advanced Elastomer Systems (AES) by acquiring Solutia's 50% interest in AES. ExxonMobil and Solutia have signed a binding contract for this acquisition subject to government...

Acry-Tech launches toll manufacturing division. (Industry News).
April 1, 2002... Acry-Tech Coatings Inc., the Florida-based manufacturer of specialty paints and coatings, has announced the formation of a separate division to handle the custom-design and formulating of toll manufacturing operations. According to Dan...

Sun Chemical to acquire Bayer Corp's organic pigments plant in South Carolina. (Industry News).
April 1, 2002... Sun Chemical Corporation, Cincinnati, OH, has agreed to purchase Bayer Corporation's organic pigments business, located in Bushy Park, SC. Pending approval by regulatory groups, transfer of ownership is expected April 1, 2002. The Bush...

Wacker Silicones Corp. changes name. (Industry News).
April 1, 2002... As part of an internal structural reorganization, Wacker Silicones Corporation, Adrian, MI, will become Wacker Chemical Corporation. President and CEO for the company, Dr. Matthias L. Wolfgruber, said that the change, which became effective on...

Mohamed S. El-Aasser named recipient of 2002 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings.
April 1, 2002... The Officers and the Award Committee of the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) of the American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., have announced that Dr. Mohamed S. El-Aasser, Dean of the P.C. Rossin College of...

Waterborne acrylic-epoxy coatings. (Technical Articles).
April 1, 2002... Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (*) Waterborne two-component acrylic-epoxy coatings are gaining popularity as topcoats in moderate duty industrial and high performance architectural (HIPAC) applications. This increased popularity is due to...

UV curing of a pressure sensitive adhesive coating studied by real-time FTIR spectroscopy and laboratory scale curing experiments.
April 1, 2002... Institut fur Oberflachenmodifizierung (IOM) (*) Real-time FTIR spectroscopy was used to study the U V-light induced crosslinking of a pressure sensitive adhesive based on a saturated acrylic polymer bearing a photoreactive functional group...

Cationic UV-cured coatings containing epoxidized soybean oil initiated by new onium salts containing tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)gallate anion.
April 1, 2002... Dustin Martin (+) Thomas Marino (+) Douglas C. Neckers (**) Bowling Green State University (*) Different formulations containing epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) and a commercial cycloaliphatic epoxy resin (UVR6110) were cured by...

Electrochemical and salt spray analysis of multilayer ormosil/conversion coating systems for the corrosion resistance of 2024-T3 aluminum alloys.
April 1, 2002... Edward T. Knobbe--Oklahoma State University (*) The corrosion resistance characteristics of multi-layer coating systems comprised of a conversion coating base layer and an organically modified silicate (ormosil) topcoat have been analyzed...

Analytical investigations on acrylic polyurethane hybrid-dispersions.
April 1, 2002... H-P. Rink (++) W.A. Jung (++) Universily of Hamburg (*) Water-dispersible polyurethane acrylic graft copolymers are an important class of hybrid polymers for use as resins in waterborne coatings. In order to study fundamental...

JCT Distributors Guide: Advertisers appear in bold (A-M).
April 1, 2002... Advertisers appear in bold. United States Alabama Alchemy-South, Ltd. 1201 Amberley Woods Dr. Helena, AL 35080 Voice: (205) 663-9367 Fax: (205) 621-0635 Dan Brady Representing: See Headquarters in Georgia...

JCT Distributors Guide: Advertisers appear in bold (N-W).
April 1, 2002... Nebraska Harcros Chemicals Inc. 9000 F St. Omaha, NE 68127 Voice: (402) 331-4525 Fax:(402)331-9242 Don Woolsey, District Mgr. Representing: See Headquarters in Kansas Vopak USA Inc. 3002 F St. Omaha, NE...

JCT Distributors Guide: Advertisers appear in bold (A-U).
April 1, 2002... Canada Alberta Canada Colors & Chemicals Ltd. c/o Mte. Logistix 6505- 48th St., SE Calgary, AB T2C 3J7 Canada Voice: (403) 236-5333 Fax: (403) 279-19172 6610-45th St. Leduc, AB T9E 7C9 Canada Voice: (780)...

"New Labeling Regulation For Isothiazalone Biocides". (Birmingham-January).
April 1, 2002... A moment of silence was held in memory of George Hind who recently passed away at the age of 90. Scott Betts, of Thor Specialties, presented, "NEW LABELING REGULATIONS FOR ISOTHIAZALONE BIOCIDES." Mr. Betts reported that regulations,...

"Matte Finishes in Low VOC Coatings". (Chicago-January).
April 1, 2002... Herb Waltenspiel, of Neville Chemical, provided information on SYMCO 2002, "Seeing the Coatings Industry Clearly," to be held on February 21. Dr. Gregory Kharas, of DePaul University, accepted a check for $3000 which will be matched by...

"Formulating to Meet Pending AQMD Guidelines". (Chicago-February).
April 1, 2002... A presentation on "FORMULATING TO MEET PENDING AQMD GUIDELINES" was given by Gary Calhoun, of Noveon. Mr. Calhoun explained some of the raw materials changes that must be made when formulating low to zero VOC coatings. Unfortunately some of...

"UV/EB Curable Coatings". (Kansas City-January).
April 1, 2002... Peter Weisman, of UCB Chemicals, spoke on "UV/EB CURABLE COATINGS FOR INDUSTRIAL MARKETS: CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS." After reviewing how a coating is cured by a light source, Mr. Weisman detailed various lamp systems. UV-radical vs....

"Manufacture of Powder Coating For Use With Electromagnetic Brush Techniques". (Philadelphia-December).
April 1, 2002... President-Elect Sam Firestone, of Norstone, Inc., reported that 25-Year member, Robert D. Thomas, will be relocating and has resigned as Society Director. Mr. Thomas was thanked for his service to the Society. Mr. Firestone congratulated...

Joint PPCA meeting. (Philadelphia-January).
April 1, 2002... President-Elect Sam Firestone welcomed all to the joint meeting with the Philadelphia Paint & Coatings Association. It was announced that the Society's Technical Symposium, scheduled for May 2, will focus on "Coatings Failures," presented...

"Technology Trends For The Powder Coatings Industry". (Pittsburgh-December).
April 1, 2002... The evening's technical speaker was Sharon Fang, who discussed "TECHNOLOGY TRENDS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE POWDER COATINGS INDUSTRY." To sustain the strong growth it has enjoyed in previous years, the powder coatings industry is in...

Accelerated Weathering Testing". (Pittsburgh-January).
April 1, 2002... A presentation on "ACCELERATED WEATHERING TESTING: THE RIGHT CHOICE," was given by Dave Solomon, of Q-Panel Products Co. Mr. Solomon stated that the main causes of material degradation are sunlight, high temperature, and moisture....

"Coatings For Cement Fiber Board". (Pittsburgh-February).
April 1, 2002... FSCT Director of Membership, Amy Whicker, reported that the renewal rate for the Pittsburgh Society is 90%, with 22 new members. She detailed current activities of the FSCT. It was announced that the joint Cleveland/Pittsburgh Societies'...

Larry Evans. (People in the News).
April 1, 2002... NeoResins, Wilmington, MA, has announced the appointment of Larry Evans to Commercial Director for Coatings Americas. He will be responsible for the sales, marketing, and application groups in North and Latin America, and will also continue to...

Obituaries. (People in the News).
April 1, 2002... John D'Amico, the founder of Ultra Additives Inc., passed away on October 22, 2001. He founded Ultra Additives Inc. in 1952 as a paint manufacturing company, and it is now the largest privately held defoamer company in the world. Mr. D'Amico...

Pressure cleaner. (Production Equipment).
April 1, 2002... The Vortex (TM) model 36-9950-15A from NLB Corp., Wixom, MI, has been designed to remove floor coatings and other build-up at rates of up to 2,000 sq. ft. per hr. It is constructed primarily of aluminum, and weighs 138 lb. (62.7 kg). Using high...

Pneumatic screener. (Production Equipment).
April 1, 2002... The Kason Corp, Millburn, NJ, has developed a Pneumati-Sifter vibratory separator that uses twin screening decks for in-line pneumatic scalping or dedusting of up to 60,000 lb/ hr (27,200 kg/br) of bulk material. Applications indude loading and...

Liquid elimination system. (Production Equipment).
April 1, 2002... The RGF TO-30 has been introduced by the RGF Environmental Group, Palm Beach, FL, as a new model to add to their line of Thermo Oxidizer total liquid elimination systems. It is designed to eliminate 30 gal per hour or 700 gal per day of a...

Silanes. (Books/CDs/Publications).
April 1, 2002... Degussa's Aerosil & Silanes business unit, Parsippany, NJ, has published a new brochure titled Silanes for Adhesives and Sealants that outlines its Sivento (R) silanes. The 12-page brochure provides information on the applications for Degussa's...

Epoxy curing agents. (Books/CDs/Publications).
April 1, 2002... Cardolite Corp., Newark, NJ, has published a new brochure to aid coating formulators in the development of quick cure epoxy primers. The brochure contains technical data sheets on Cardolite phenalkamine epoxy curing agents which pertain to...

Microscopy and imaging. (Books/CDs/Pubications).
April 1, 2002... "M&M 2001 Market Survey" has been released by Microscopy/Marketing and Education, Inc. (MME), Springfield, MA. The report highlights significant growth in key microscopy technologies such as confocal and digital imaging and the return of the...

Solveniborne acrylic resins. (Raw Materials).
April 1, 2002... Dock Resins, Linden, NJ, has developed the Doresco(r) AC423 Series of solventborne acrylic resins. These resins are intended to adhere strongly to a variety of plastic film and sheet. These substrates include polyester, polypropylene,...

Hydroxy functional acrylic resins. (Raw Materials).
April 1, 2002... The Resins and Additives business unit of Solutia, Mainz-Kastel, Germany, has introduced two new acrylic resins to its Macrynal product range. Macrynal VSM 2805/80BAC is a hydroxy functional acrylic resin designed for ultra-high solids two-pack...

Silicone resins. (Raw Materials).
April 1, 2002... Tego Coating & Ink Additives, Hopewell, VA, has developed a group of silicone resins for heat-resistant coatings. Silikophen(r) P 80/MPA is an almost-pure (>95%) phenylmethyl polysiloxane resin in a RAPs-free solvent for high heat-resistant,...

Non-slip resin. (Raw Materials).
April 1, 2002... The Securistep(r) Resin has been introduced by ACTS, Chicago, IL, as a new generation of colorless nonslip and nonskid resins. The resins have been specially formulated for application on most floor surfaces in premises such as public...

Broad spectrum dispersant. (Raw Materials).
April 1, 2002... Raybo(r) 57 OptiSperse HS has been produced by Raybo Chemical, Huntington, WV, as a broad spectrum dispersant designed to be equally effective in both low and high HLB pigments with applicability in a wide range of solvent and water-based...

Calendar of events.
April 1, 2002... For a comprehensive calendar of events, please go to www.coatingstech.org. Federation Meetings For information on FSCT meetings, contact Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology, 492 Norristown Rd., Blue Bell, PA 19422,...

Humberg from hillman.
April 1, 2002... Sometimes strange things happen!... Coincidence? First I received the following short story from Tony Indriolo. "Cute," I think--does he want his wife to realize how lucky she is? The story: A bum, who obviously has seen more than his...

Luis Fernandez. (People in the News).
April 1, 2002... Rohm and Haas, Philadelphia, PA, has named Luis Fernandez Sales and Marketing Director, Coatings North American Region. Mr. Fernandez, who has been with the company for 18 years, will manage all sales and marketing activities for the company's...

Monika Riese-Martin. (People in the News).
April 1, 2002... Monika Riese-Martin has joined Solutia Inc., St. Louis, MO, as Vice President and General Manager of the Resins and Additives and Industrial Products business platforms. She was most recently Vice President/General Manager of the Aqualon...

Michael W. Kemmer. (People in the News).
April 1, 2002... Ocean Optics B.V., a Netherlands-based subsidiary of Ocean Optics, Inc., Dunedin, FL, has hired Michael W. Kemmer to manage its growing sales effort in Germany and Austria. Dr. Kemmer is charged with expanding sales and enhancing service in the...

Madan Bhasin. (People in the News).
April 1, 2002... Madan Rhasin has received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2001 Award in Chemical Engineering Practice. Dr. Bhasin, a Senior Scientist for The Dow Chemical Co., South Charleston, WV, has made numerous contributions to Union Carbide...

Gary Krall. (People in the News).
April 1, 2002... Reichhold, Research Triangle Park, NC, has appointed Gary Krall as President and CEO, following the retirement of Yoshi Kawashima, current Chairman and CEO. Mr. Kawashima will continue to advise the company's board of directors through June...

Rick Dolan. (People in the News).
April 1, 2002... Rick Dolan, a member of the Southern Society, has joined Kohl Marketing, Inc., Roswell, GA, as part of the sales organization in the role of Strategic Marketing and Product Management. He has experience in distribution and manufacturing, having...

Paul Woitach. (People in the News).
April 1, 2002... Rheometric Scientific, Piscataway, NJ, has elected Paul Woitach to its board of directors. Mr. Woitach is a seasoned executive with management, marketing, and turnaround experience in different technology industries.

Marcy Riordan. (People in the News).
April 1, 2002... Also, Marcy Riordan has joined the company as the West Coast Territory Manager for Protein Solutions, a division of Rheometric Scientific. Ms. Riordan will be responsible for sales of the company's light scattering and spectroscopy instruments...

Alan E. Barton. (People in the News).
April 1, 2002... Alan E. Barton has been elected to the Board of Directors of the PQ Corporation, Valley Forge, PA. Dr. Barton is the Vice President and Business Unit Director for Coatings at Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, PA, and is also a member of their...

Seymore Hochberg. (People in the News).
April 1, 2002... Seymore Hochberg, former Executive Director of the Paint Research Institute, died December 10, 2001, at the age of 85. Mr. Hochberg held a 36-year career as a Research Scientist for E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.

Columbia University. (People in the News).
April 1, 2002... Born in New York City, Dr. Hochberg received the Bachelor's Degree from City College of New York and the Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Columbia University.

Golden Impeller Award. (People in the News).
April 1, 2002... During his career at DuPont, he invented and founded several patents, one of which includes a process that allows chemicals from waste streams to be reused, thereby lessening ecological pollution. He invented the process for sand-grinding...

"PAINT--Paint Adhesives Ink in New Technology" to be explored at Detroit Society's FOCUS 2002. (Meetings Update).
April 1, 2002... On May 2, the Detroit Society for Coatings Technology will conduct "FOCUS 2002: PAINT--Paint Adhesives Ink in New Technology" at the Michigan State University Conference Center, in Troy, MI. Serving as the Keynote Speaker is John...

FSCT to present Mechanical Properties workshops at "Colour and Coatings 2002," in Manchester. (Meetings Update).
April 1, 2002... From June 24 to 27, the Oil & Colour Chemists' Association (OCCA) will sponsor "SURFEX: Colour and Coatings 2002." To be held at the G-Mex in Manchester, U.K., Colour and Coatings 2002 is a biennial event that combines SURFEX--the leading U.K....

Coatings Research Institute announces short course schedule. (Meetings Update).
April 1, 2002... The Coatings Research Institute at the College of Technology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, has announced its 2002 schedule of short courses: Coatings and Paint Technology: Composition and Application Fundamentals--April...