Peru's CPPQ acquires Teknoquimica: an analysis of recent
consolidation in Peru's paint market.(International Coating Scene:
LATI
Peru's paint and coatings producer Corporacion Peruana de
Productos Quimicos (CPPQ) recently acquired 100% control of Teknoquimica
in an estimated $27.7 million stock purchase on the Lima Stock . . .
Housing slump hits paint makers: decorative paints is a big topic
at the moment in Europe due to the state of the housing
market
Suppliers of decorative paints in Europe were expecting to be
severely affected by the credit crunch but so far their sales figures
are better than expected with few suffering any major drops in . . .
Sherwin-Williams' Global Group reports strong 2Q.(Financial
News)
Sherwin-Williams has announced its financial results for the second
quarter and first six months ended June 30, 2008. Compared to the same
periods in 2007, consolidated net sales increased $31.4 . . .
DuPont reports 2Q performance.(Financial News)
DuPont has announced its quarterly financial results. The Coatings
& Color Technologies business unit reported a ten percent sales
increase to $1.9 billion. Higher selling prices in all businesses . . .
Tikkurila 2Q results.(Financial News)(Financial report)(Brief
article)
Tikkurila's revenue in the second quarter rose by nine percent
to 205.7 million [euro] ($188.7). Sales development was high in most
markets both in decorative paints and industrial coatings. The . . .
Valspar reports 3Q results.(Financial News)(Financial
report)
Valspar has reported its results for the third-quarter ended July
25, 2008. Third-quarter sales totaled $957.7 million, a 7.2% increase
from the third quarter of 2007. Net income for the third . . .
PPG reports second quarter results.(Financial News)(Financial
report)
PPG's Performance Coatings segment sales in the second quarter
2008 increased $295 million, or 30%, versus the prior year's
quarter, primarily as a result of the acquisitions of . . .
Cognis patents hardeners for water-based epoxy resin.(Patents
Update)
Patent No. U.S. 7,300,963 B2
Cognis has obtained a patent for a hardener for water-based epoxy
resin systems. The hardener is prepared by a process comprised of
reacting a mixture comprised of at . . .
Chugoku Marine and Shin Etsu patent antifouling paint.(Patents
Update)
Patent No. U.S. 7,297,745 B2
Chugoku Marine Patents, Ltd., and Shin Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. have
been awarded a patent for a method of rendering a base material or a
shaped item antifouling with . . .
Coating with lead-free electrodeposition coating.(Patents
Update)
Patent No. U.S. 7,294,410 B2 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and Nippon Paint
Co., Ltd. have been granted a patent for a method for coating an alloyed
hot-dip galvanized steel plate with a cationic . . .
Cobalt based non-toxic corrosion-protection coating.(Patents
Update)
Patent No. U.S. 7,294,211 B2
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH has been granted a patent for a
solid corrosion-inhibiting conversion coating formed on a substrate
metal. The conversion coating is . . .
BASF patents aqueous coating.(Patents Update)
Patent No. U.S. 7,297,375 B2
BASF Coatings AG has obtained an aqueous coating material curable
physically, thermally and with actinic radiation comprised of at least
one stabilized polyurethane, . . .
FutureCoat! Registration now open; John Mikan to present keynote
address.(Fresh Paint)
Registration is now open for FSCT's FutureCoat! 2008. To be
held October 14-16, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in
Chicago, IL, the program will feature technical . . .
IRL's Profile of the French Paint Industry.(Fresh
Paint)
Information Research (IRL) has publication its report on the French
paint and coatings sector titled, "A Profile of the French Paint
Industry, 2nd Edition."
France is Western Europe's . . .
Brush Wellman licenses coating technology.(Fresh Paint)
Brush Wellman Inc. has entered into a licensing agreement with
Mafco Inc. of Largo, FL, to acquire corrosion protection coating
technology as applied to beryllium materials.
The technology will . . .
A coatings chemist's quest for freedom.(Fresh Paint)
It is not everyday that we receive memoirs about the personal lives
of coatings chemists here at Coatings World. In fact, it's never
happened. That is until a few months ago when we came across the . . .
NPCA, FSCT annual meetings to be joined.(Fresh Paint)(National
Paint and Coatings Association)(Federation of Societies for Coati
The National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA) and the
Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) will hold their
annual meetings concurrently, and offer a new CoatingsTech . . .
DuPont announces price increase of up to 10%.(Fresh
Paint)
DuPont CoatingSolutions announced a price increase of up to ten
percent, effective September 1, on powder and liquid industrial coatings
in the U.S. and Canada. The price increases are driven . . .
CCAI award winners.(Fresh Paint)
The Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI) honored
members for service and dedication and installed its 2008-2009 officers
and national board members during their 2008 annual meeting . . .
Praxair Surface Technologies expands its coatings services.(Fresh
Paint)
Praxair Surface Technologies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Praxair,
Inc., has completed the expansion of its Indianapolis-based ceramic
coating facility, which is used to coat aircraft engine . . .
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