Altana acquires effect pigment business of USBP.(Industry
News)
The Altana Group signed a contract to acquire the effect pigment
business of United States Bronze Powders Inc. (USBP). In 2007, USBP
achieved sales of approximately $8 million in this business . . .
Troy receives Environmental Stewardship Award.(Industry
News)
Troy Corporation's Newark, NJ manufacturing facility was
awarded the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP)
Stewardship Award. This award is given to members of the . . .
Cognis sells its stake in JV to PTT Chemical.(Industry
News)
Cognis has sold its fifty percent stake in Cognis Oleochemicals
joint venture to PTT Chemical International, a Singapore-based
wholly-owned subsidiary of PTT Chemical Public Company Ltd. PTT . . .
Reichhold to build resin plant in Tianjin, China.(Industry
News)
Reichhold has recently announced plans to expand into the Chinese
market by building a composite resins plant in Tianjin, China. Phase I
of the new plant is scheduled for completion by the end of . . .
Dow exploring divestiture options.(Industry News)
The Dow Chemical Company is exploring divestiture options for its
Clear Lake Operations acrylic acid and esters, and UCAR Emulsion Systems
specialty latex business in North America. Dow has engaged . . .
Black and white pigments update: black and white pigment
producers continue to deal with rising costs.
Black and white pigments comprise the foundation of many coatings
formulations. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is by far the most important and
widely used white pigment in the coatings industry. It . . .
Additive suppliers directory.(Directory)
The following pages contain a directory of select additive
suppliers and their products. For more details on the products listed in
this guide, contact the companies directly.
Arch Chemicals, . . .
Automotive refinish market: consolidation of body shops,
conversion to waterborne technologies and rising raw material costs are
There are many factors influencing the automotive refinish market.
Raw material prices and environmental legislation certainly play a major
role. But other factors outside of the market's control . . .
Exterior architectural decorative coatings: the overall slowdown
in economic activity combined with rising raw material costs, g
The economic slowdown has taken its toll on paint makers serving
the exterior decorative coatings market. With fewer new homes and
buildings under construction, the number of gallons of paint sold . . .
No one is immune ... we're all in the boat together: a look
at the impact of the current financial crisis in the U.S. and its ef
CHEMARK will not comment at this time on the near calamity mess
we're in with the so-called financial community We can only say
that the resolution and potential $700 billion dollar bailout will . . .
Empils expands private label line.(New Products)
Earlier this year, Russia's largest manufacturer of decorative
paint, Empils, developed for the first time a product for private label
use. Prostokrasheno! is the trade mark name of paint made . . .
BioCoatings markets new vinyl coating system for the marine
industry.(New Products)
BioCoatings LLC has unveiled a new vinyl coating system for the
marine industry. Featuring the proprietary One Plus Green "0
VOC" solvent and Marine Vinyl Coat (MVC) developed by Tarksol Inc.,
the . . .
High temp. nylon flash tape for metal and composite bonding.(New
Products)
Scapa North America has introduced Scapa 815, a heat-resistant,
non-silicone tape that withstands temperatures up to 350[degrees]F. This
product is designed to mask and hold tools, forms and parts . . .
Specialty Coating Systems' new adhesion promotion
technology.(New Products)
Specialty Coating Systems (SCS) has introduced a new adhesion
promotion technology--AdPro Plus--specifically developed to improve
adhesion of parylene conformal coatings to various substrates. . . .
Anvil launches new bonding primer.(New Products)
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Anvil Paints & Coatings has introduced a new bonding primer,
Anvil 1750 High Performance Water Borne Grip-Tite Bonding Primer, which
penetrates into concrete and forms a . . .
Metokote expands Mexico base once again: Metokote continues to
add capacity to its Mexico operations with the addition of its ei
Metokote Corp., of Lima, OH, has added yet another painting
facility in Mexico, the eighth in eight years, providing
electrocoatings, powder coatings and liquid coatings services. The
latest . . .
Weaker oil prices: a mixed blessing: a look at how the recent
drop in oil prices is affecting the coatings sector.(International
The coatings sector in Europe was only a few months ago struggling
to cope with the effects of soaring costs of their raw materials in the
wake of oil price hikes.
By September the outlook for . . .
Powder coating comprised of urethane (meth)acrylates.(Patents
Update)
Patent No. U.S. 7,300,979 B2
Degussa AG has been granted a patent for a powder coating
composition comprised of from 30-98.5% by mass of a binder comprised of
at least one urethane (meth)acrylate . . .
Imerys patents kaolin pigment with high brightness.(Patents
Update)
Patent No. U.S. 7,306,668 B2
Imerys Pigments, Inc. has been granted a patent for a hydrous
kaolin pigment having a GE brightness of at least approximately 90.0 and
a steepness (d30/d70x100) of at . . .
Merck patents lustrous black interference pigments.(Patents
Update)
Patent No. U.S. 7,303,622 B2
Merck Patent has received a patent for lustrous black interference
pigments comprised of a mixture of different substrates having a coating
of [Fe.sub.3] [O.sub.4]; a . . .
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