The Journal of Coatings Technology articles from January 2002

The Journal of Coatings Technology archives from January 2002

Working together for our future. (Comment).
January 1, 2002... In the coming years, the FSCT faces many opportunities and challenges. Our mission is to provide technical education and professional development to our members and the global industry. We will work this year, as we have always, to continue to...

FSCT invites nominees for 2003 Mattiello Lecturer. (Federation News).
January 1, 2002... The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology is seeking nominations for the 2003 Joseph J. Mattiello Lecturer. The 2003 Mattiello Lecture will be presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the FSCT, to be held November 13-15 in...

FSCT "Introduction to Coatings Technology" to be offered at "Sink or Swim" seminar. (Federation News).
January 1, 2002... As part of its continuing Professional Development Seminar Series, the FSCT will offer a short course, "Introduction to Coatings Technology for the Non-Technologist" on April 17, 2002. The course will be held in conjunction with the 45th Annual...

FSCT supports Latin American coatings industry with cooperative educational programs. (Federation News).
January 1, 2002... Continuing its support of collaborative educational events with "sister" coatings organizations in Latin America, the FSCT has planned a variety of programs for 2002. Andina Paint 2002 On March 6-7, 2002, Andina Paint 2002 will be held...

FSCT past presidents, Mullen and Penny, receive honors from SATER. (Federation News).
January 1, 2002... J. Dick Mullen, of Rampart Coatings, Inc., and Colin D. Penny, of Coatings Technology Ltd., recently were named Honorary Members of Sociedad Argentina de Technologos en Recubrimientos (SATER), the Argentina Society of Coatings Technologists....

FSCT sponsors short course on durability at Andina Paint 2002 in Ecuador. (Federation News).
January 1, 2002... The FSCT will sponsor a short course on "Durability and the Performance of Coatings," as part of Andina Paint 2002 to be held at the Hilton Colon in Guayaquil, Ecuador on March 6-7. The objective of this course is to discuss and convey the...

2001 annual report Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology.
January 1, 2002... Fall 2001 Board of Directors Meeting The Fall 2001 Board of Directors Meeting of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology was held on November 4,2001 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel, Atlanta, GA. In addition to the...

In memoriam: We report with deep regret the passing of the following members durng the past year.
January 1, 2002... In Memoriam We report with deep regret the passing of the following members durng the past year Arizona Society Hollis Conover, Jr. TCR Industries 25-Year Member Baltimore Society John P....

Federal issues. (Regulatory Update).
January 1, 2002... This summary of current regulatory activity of interest to the coatings industry is published to in form readers of actions that could affect them and their companies, and is designed to provide sufficient data to enable those interested to...

Security issues. (Regulatory Update).
January 1, 2002... Chemical Facility Security Bill Debated in Senate--At a Nov. 14 hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control and Risk Management, legislation that would markedly monitor chemical using...

State issues. (Regulatory Update).
January 1, 2002... NEW YORK State High Court Rules Against Landlords in Lead Poisoning Case--The New York State Court of Appeals court ruled Nov. 15 that landlords can be liable for the lead-based paint poisoning of their tenants under certain circumstances...

International. (Regulatory Update).
January 1, 2002... European Environment Committee Calls for Chemical Phaseout The European Parliament's Environment Committee Oct. 16 approved a report calling for all hazardous chemicals to be phased out by 2020 and backed a proposal for a registration,...

Eastman donates coating technology to EMU's coatings research institute. (Industry News).
January 1, 2002... Furthering its commitment to the advancement of higher education, Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN, announced its donation of intellectual property covering thermosetting coating compositions to Eastern Michigan University's (EMU)...

SOCMA announces winners of first annual responsible care rewards and recognition awards. (Industry News).
January 1, 2002... The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA), Washington, D.C., has announced the winners of its first annual Responsible Care[R] Rewards and Recognition Program, which honors manufacturing facilities' commitment toward...

EPS and Color Corp. merge; Distributors named. (Industry News).
January 1, 2002... Engineered Polymer Solutions (EPS), Marengo, IL and Color Corporation of America (CCA), Rockford, IL, have merged their two businesses, with each retaining their names. "Combining the businesses allows EPS and CCA to improve efficiencies...

Bayer to build production site near Shanghai, China. (Industry News).
January 1, 2002... Bayer, focusing on long-term growth in Asia, has signed a basic agreement on a production site in China with a total investment of U.S. $3.1 billion (EUR 3.4 billion). Bayer signed the agreement with the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Co....

Raabe Corporation receives safety award from NPCA. (Industry News).
January 1, 2002... Raabe Corp., Menomonee Falls, WI, has received the Safety Award of Merit from the National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA) for the second consecutive year. The award is given to members who demonstrate an exceptional safety record and...

Parker Hannifin moves to new high-tech facility. (Industry News).
January 1, 2002... Parker Hannifin Corp.'s Process Filtration Division, Indianapolis, IN, has moved to a new state-of-the-art research and development center. Almost a year after signing the lease, Parker Hannifin has completed the move into its new office...

Condea Servo LLC names Canadian distributor. (Industry News).
January 1, 2002... Condea Servo LLC, South Plainfield, NJ, has appointed St. Lawrence Chemical as their exclusive Canadian distributor. St. Lawrence Chemical will be responsible for the Canadian sales and marketing of the quality additives manufactured by...

ChemCentral acquires Southwest Solvents & Chemicals. (Industry News).
January 1, 2002... ChemCentral Corp., Bedford Park, IL, has acquired virtually all assets of Southwest Solvents and Chemicals, Houston, TX. According to M.K. Hacas, Southwest Regional Vice President of ChemCentral, the acquisition of Southwest Solvents and...

Q-Panel opens new international headquarters. (Industry News).
January 1, 2002... Q-Panel, Cleveland, OH, has offically opened the doors to its new international headquarters. Located in Cleveland, the 53,000-square foot facility is located on a 30-acre site close to from the company's former headquarters. The...

Price increase.
January 1, 2002... CP Kelco Wilmington, DE PRODUCT: Biogum and pectin products INCREASE: TBA EFFECTIVE: January 1, 2002

Sink or Swim 2002: 45th Annual Technical Symposium preliminary program. (Meetings Update).
January 1, 2002... The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Societies for Coatings Technology, event co-sponsors, have announced the program for Sink or Swim 2002: the 45th Annual Technical Symposium. The event is to be held April 18-19, 2002 at the Airport Marriott in...

Program released for USM's 29th Waterborne Symposium--February 6-8. (Meetings Update).
January 1, 2002... The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, will host their 29th Annual International Waterborne, High-Solids, and Powder Coatings Symposium on February 6-8, 2002, at the Hyatt Regency, in New Orleans, LA. Six short courses...

Kansas City Society for coatings technology annual symposium slated for March 12, 2002. (Meetings Update).
January 1, 2002... The Kansas City Society's Fourth Annual Symposium is scheduled for March 12, 2002 at Harrah's Casino in Kansas City, MO. This year's theme, "Freedom to Experience New Technology," will be centered around our country maintaining our ability...

Perspectives on weatherability testing of automotive coatings. (Technical Articles).
January 1, 2002... David R. Bauer-Ford Motor Company (*) Automotive coatings continue to evolve rapidly in order to reduce the environmental impact of coating operations and to meet rising customer expectations for appearance, and performance. The anticipated...

Anticipating paint cracking: The application of fracture mechanics to the study of paint weathering.
January 1, 2002... Mark E. Nichols--Ford Research Laboratory (*) The relationships between the fracture energy ([G.sub.c]), film thickness, stress level, and weathering time were investigated for a number of automotive clearcoats. As weathering progressed,...

Chemical depth profiling of automotive coating systems using slab microtome sectioning with IR/UV-VIS spectroscopy and optical microscopy.
January 1, 2002... Karlis Adamsons--DuPont Performance Coatings (*) Chemical surface/near-surface analysis and depth profiling of high performance automotive coating systems can be done efficiently by commonly available infrared (IR), ultraviolet-visible...

Unexpected electronic effects on benzotriazole UV absorber photostability: Mechanistic implications beyond excited state intramolecular proton transfer.
January 1, 2002... Joseph C. Suhadolnik (+) Revathi Iyengar (**) Mervin G. Wood--Ciba Specialty Chemicals (*) INTRODUCTION Derivatives of 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzotriazole (BZT) are widely used as UV absorbers (UVA) to protect polymers from...

Patterns of erosion from acrylic and fluoropolymer coatings in accelerated and natural weathering tests.
January 1, 2002... P. Jeanene Willcox--ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc. (*) Commercial poly (vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF)/acrylic coatings show minimal gloss loss or bulk chemical change even after sustained Florida or accelerated weathering testing. Previously, we...

New accelerated weathering tests including acid rain.
January 1, 2002... Magnus Palm and Bo Carlsson--SP Swedish National Testing and Research Institute (*) Aprocedure for the design of reliable accelerated weathering tests for service life prediction of automotive coatings was developed and used in designing...

Computer analysis of a polymer coating exposed to field weather conditions.
January 1, 2002... Mark R. VanLandingham--National Institute of Standards and Technology (*) A heat and moisture transfer model was used to study weathering of polymeric materials, such as paint, asphalt, sealants, plastics, textiles, and polymeric...

Weathering performance of thermoset and photoset acrylate coatings.
January 1, 2002... K. Zahouily--Ecole Natianale Superieure de Chimie de Muihouse-Universite de Haute-Alsace (*) A. Valet--Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc. (+) Thermosetting and photosetting acrylate polymers have been tested for their resistance to...

EM Industries, Inc. (Product Overview--Pigments).
January 1, 2002... CRYSTAL SILVER PIGMENT EM Industries, Inc., Hawthorne, NY, is offering Xirallic[R], a crystal silver effect pigment for coatings. Xirallic[R] is bright, pure white, and combines a glittering luster effect with a silver gleaming property....

Hoover Color Coporation. (Product Overview -- Pigments).
January 1, 2002... OXIDES Hoover Color Corp., Hiwassee, VA, is featuring some of their new oxides: two new high strength pigments, 215RS Raw Sienna and 320BS Burnt Sienna; two new black iron oxides--HB-1090 with a blue undertone and HB-1030 with a browner...

Kraft Chemical Company. (Product Overview -- Pigments).
January 1, 2002... MICACEOUS IRON OXIDE Miox[R], natural micaceous iron oxide ([Fe.sub.2][O.sub.3]) with a soft gray color, a metallic sheen, and a lamellar structure, is being offered by Kraft Chemical Company, Melrose Park, IL. This structure combined with...

Millennium Chemicals. (Product Overview -- Pigments).
January 1, 2002... TITANIUM DIOXIDE PIGMENT Millennium Chemicals, Red Bank, NJ, has developed Tiona[R] 696 titanium dioxide ([TiO.sub.2]) pigment, which combines the durability of silica-encapsulated products with the optical performance of...

Rockwood Pigments. (Product Overview -- Pigments).
January 1, 2002... RED IRON OXIDE SERIES Rockwood Pigments, Beltsville, MD, is offering a new Ferroxide[R] line of red iron oxide color pigments designed specifically for coatings and high-performance applications. The new series covers the spectrum from...

"Thermally Activated Catalysts". (New York-November).
January 1, 2002... A moment of silence was held in memory of Morris Gafino, of Century Paint, who passed away. Dan Miller, of King Industries, spoke on "THERMALLY ACTIVATED CATALYSTS FOR CATIONIC CURE OF EPOXY BASED FORMULATIONS." Mr. Miller began with a...

"A Novel Technique to Improve Hiding". (Philadelphia--November).
January 1, 2002... President-Elect Sam Firestone of Norstone Inc. announced that information regarding future meetings can be found on the Society website, www. psct.org. Members and guests can register online to attend meetings. "A NOVEL TECHNIQUE TO...

People.
January 1, 2002... Atlas Electric Devices Co., Chicago, IL, has named Larry W. Masters as their President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Masters will oversee Chicago-based Atlas Electric Devices Co. and Atlas Weathering Services Group (AWSG). He was previously...

Polysiloxane topcoat. (Paints/Coatings).
January 1, 2002... Akzo Nobel has developed a new polysiloxane topcoat, Interfine 979. Available from International Protective Coatings, the topcoat is designed to offer fewer required coats and a durable finish on offshore structures, bridges, and stadia. When...

Touch-up product. (Paints/Coatings).
January 1, 2002... A new RAL exact match touch-up product line has been offered by Raabe Corp. The line contains more than 185 standard RAL colors. The colors are available in 12 oz. aerosol and 0.6 oz. brush-in-cap bottles. Circle No.31 on Reader Service...

Epoxy coatings. (Paints/Coatings).
January 1, 2002... Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc. has produced the Corro-Coat FC 2100 and 2100N nonhazmat, 100% solids epoxy It is designed to bond to wet or damp surfaces or to be applied underwater. The epoxy is available in gray, black, red, or green in 15...

Paper industry guide. (Books/CDs/Publications).
January 1, 2002... The Birkner 2002 International Paper World has been produced by Birkner as a book, CD-Rom, and Internet database. Included are more than 24,700 company profiles, from 132 countries, of producers, converters, paper trade, trade services,...

Polymer gels. (Books/CDs/Publications).
January 1, 2002... Marcel Dekker, Inc. has published Polymer Gels and Networks, edited by Yoshihito Osada, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan and Alexei R. Khokhlov, Moscow State University. Russia. The publication contains 400 pages, 37 contributors, 12...

Pipeline strainers. (Books/CDs/Publications).
January 1, 2002... Hayward Industrial Products, Inc. has published a full color catalog on the company's basket and Y pipeline strainers. A special section focuses on the new line of cast iron and cast bronze Y strainers. The pipeline strainers are illustrated in...

Polyurethanes. (Books/CDs/Publications).
January 1, 2002... Polyurethanes, V is a new techno-economic marketing study completed by Skeist Inc., consultants to the polymer. industries. The fifth in a series of comprehensive reports begun in 1978, the study details the profit opportunities of the...

Acrylic binders. (Raw Materials).
January 1, 2002... Noveon, Inc. has expanded its line of acrylic emulsions and colloidal dispersions to include Carboset[R] 7722, an acrylic binder for architectural coatings for low VOC interior and exterior semi gloss, high gloss, satin, and flat latex enamels....

Polyol. (Raw Materials).
January 1, 2002... A new polyol has been announced for use in coatings and spray elastomer applications. Available from Arch Chemicals, Inc., the poly-A[R} 37-5000 poly oxypropylenetriamine is a trifunctional primary amine product with a nominal molecular weight...

Design of Experiments. (Software).
January 1, 2002... Design-Expert[R] 6.0 software for design of experiments (DOE) from Stat-Ease, Inc. offers design and analysis capabilities for mixture, process, and categorical factors. Propagation of error (POE) can be explored for mixtures, crossed designs,...

Inventory Manager. (Software).
January 1, 2002... Bindicator[R] Level Instrumentation has developed the i-Level[TM] Inventory Manager software to provide real time silo levels. The software provides Windows[TM] 95/98 and Windows NT interface to view numerical and graphic data and communicate...

Hydraulic pump selection. (Software).
January 1, 2002... Sterling Fluid Systems USA Inc. has announced that access to RAPID/Web, the industry's hydraulic pump selection software, is now available at: www. peerlesspump.com. The software system is designed to provide hydraulic pump selection,...

Calendar of events.
January 1, 2002... FEDERATION MEETINGS 2002 (Mar. 6-7)--Andina Paint 2002, sponsored by FSCT, STAR, and APROQUE. Hilton Colon, Guayaquil, Equador. (Mar. 7)--"Mechanical Properties of Coatings: Fundamentals of Property Determinations." Virtual...

Humbug from Hillman.
January 1, 2002... I was very surprised and pleased to receive contributions far the column from two members of the Birmingham Club. The first was from John F. Slatford who sent a long list of "Medical Research Phrases Explained." A few of which hit our...

Obituaries.
January 1, 2002... Mel Harmon, a 25-year-member of the Los Angeles Society, age 63, died on February 14, 2001. Mr. Harmon began his career at Holly Sugar Lab. He later spent 17 years with Sinclair. At the time of his death he was employed at Surface Protection...