The Journal of Coatings Technology articles from January 2000

The Journal of Coatings Technology archives from January 2000

Shamrock Announces Plans to Build European Headquarters.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Shamrock Technologies, Dayton, NJ, has announced plans to establish a European headquarters in Belgium. The company has entered into a sales agreement to purchase a 6.2-acre building site in Tongeren, Limburg Province (approximately 45 miles...

Creanova Dedicates Isophorone Plant.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Creanova Inc., Somerset, NJ, has opened its 25,000 metric ton capacity plant in Mobile, AL. The plant back integrates on-site supply for the manufacture of isophorone derivatives used as raw materials in epoxy and polyurethane coatings for the...

UCB Reveals Plans to Build New Plants in Asia and China.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... UCB Chemicals, Drogenbos, Belgium, is planning to build a new resins monomer plant in Asia. The location of the 8,000 ton plant is yet to be announced. In addition, the company has begun building a plant in Shanghai, China. The plant will...

Clean Hulls Without Poisons: Devising and Testing Nontoxic Marine Coatings.
January 1, 2000... Robert F. Brady, Jr.--Naval Research Laboratory [*] There is an old curse: "May you live in interesting times." Joseph J. Mattiello lived in interesting times, and so do we. Joe Mattiello was faced with opportunities that offered...

Angular Plane Curtain Coating by Drawdown of Extruded Polymer.
January 1, 2000... A. Jeffrey Giacomint [+]--university of Wisconsin [*] John C. Slattery--Texas A&M University [**] INTRODUCTION In sheet coating, a protective or functional polymeric liquid film is applied to a solid substrate, which is then dried...