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Univar renews distributionagreement for eco-friendlyacetal solvents with LambiotteUnivar Inc., a global chemical distributor,has renewed its long-standing agreementwith Lambiotte & Cie. to distribute thecompanys range of eco-friendly acetalssolvents. The agreement was first signedin 1995 and covers Belgium, France, Ger-many, Iberia, Italy, and Luxembourg onan exclusive basis, and Ireland and theUnited Kingdom non-exclusively. Lam-biotte is one of the world leaders in thespecialized field of acetals synthesis and isable to produce very low-toxicity solvents,a large proportion of which are bio-sourced. Lambiottes range of acetals hasa wide variety of applications including incoatings and adhesives, aerosols, cleaning,cosmetics and other uses.

ACE Hardware president andCEO to retire March 2013Ace Hardware president and CEO RayGriffith has announced his plans to re-tire from the hardware cooperative onMarch 31, 2013, and the companys

board of directors has named AcesCOO John Venhuizen his successor. Ef-fective September 1, 2012, Venhuizenassumed the role of president, while re-taining his existing COO duties of AceHardware Corporation. Griffith willmaintain his role as chief executive untilhis retirement. When Griffith retires in2013, he will have served as president,CEO or COO for more than eight years,having seen Ace through a period ofdramatic change, growth and financialsuccess. Venhuizen, 42, brings a wealthof experience to the position with a ca-reer already spanning more than 20years at Ace. Since joining the coopera-tive in 1992, Venhuizen has served asCOO and as vice president of business

development, retail development, retailtraining and international. He has ledmany of the major business unitsthroughout the organization, includingsupply chain, category management andinformation technology.

Grace breaks ground onwaterproofing products facilityin Ezhou City, ChinaGrace China Ltd., a subsidiary of W. R.Grace & Co., broke ground on its newproduction facility for waterproofingproducts in the central Chinese city ofEzhou. The planned 11,000 squaremeter facility is located on a 60 Chineseacre site (10 U.S. acres) in the Ezhou


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AkzoNobel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 10, 30

API Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

BASF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Benjamin Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

CIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

DuPont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 30, 36

H.B. Fuller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Hempel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Henkel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Industrial Nanotech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

International Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Master Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Mereco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Pintuco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

PPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 30, 36

Shawcor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Sherwin-Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 30

Valspar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Economic Development Zone of HubeiProvince. The new facility, scheduled tobe completed in the second half of 2013,will be equipped with state-of-the-artproduction and quality control capabili-ties, and house about 100 employees.The facility is expected to double Gracesregional production capacity for spe-cialty waterproofing products sold toChinese customers and exported to therest of Asia, Latin America and otherfast-growing emerging markets. GraceChina Ltd. was founded in 1986 as thefirst wholly foreign-owned company todo business in the Peoples Republic ofChinathrough its can sealants plant lo-cated in Shanghai. Currently, Grace op-erates six manufacturing facilities, foursales offices and four technical servicecenters in China.

GreenVolts to use HenkelsAquence coatings to protect itsCPV solar equipment fromcorrosionHenkel announced that its Aquence Co-Cure technology has been selected for useby GreenVolts, Inc. for its higher-per-forming, lower cost protection againstcorrosion and UV-damage in the solar in-dustry. GreenVolts, provider of theworlds only complete and fully inte-grated concentrating photovoltaic (CPV)solar system, and its investor and global

strategic partner ABB, a leader in powerand automation technologies, are thefirst to use this process for solar energyequipment. Henkel worked with Green-Volts and leading paint and coatingscompany AkzoNobel to customize aprocess that layers Henkels Aquence au-todeposition coatings with a powder top-coat and co-cures them in a singleoven. This lean paint shop process, whichhas been very successful in the automo-tive industry, now provides solar compo-nents with higher quality finishes,increased durability, and ultraviolet pro-tection for 25 years. Additionally, theprocess reduces environmental impact,since it contains no heavy metals orsludge, and lowers water and energy re-quirements. According to Henkel, mostsolar equipment manufacturers use ahot-dip galvanization process to protecttheir metal parts. While industry-stan-dard, this process has drawbacks. Thehigh temperatures can introduce stressesin the dipped metal parts. These stressesand any dimensional distortions can beweak points in a system. Also, the galva-nization process leaves a thick layer thatcan be problematic for complex shapes,especially internal cavities. For example,threaded holes may reduce in size so thatbolts do not fit properly. The Aquenceprocess is more precise, and can providea smoother, higher quality surface fortopcoats and finishes the company said.

AkzoNobel introducesMetaflex SP 1050 pre-treatment for aerospacecoatingsA new chrome free pretreatment for thecommercial aircraft maintenance marketis being presented at MRO Europe byAkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings. Underthe name Metaflex SP 1050 Pre-treat-ment, the chrome free, water-basedproduct is the most recent addition tothe Metaflex brand. Metaflex SP 1050Pre-treatment offers corrosion protec-tion through increased adhesion of painton metal, meeting the rigorous anti-cor-rosion requirements of AMS 3095. Rec-ognized as a universal pre-treatment forcommercial aircraft maintenance,Metaflex SP 1050 Pre-treatment can beapplied over several metals and com-posite. Furthermore, it improves adhe-sion of the paint system on rivets,compared to traditional conversioncoatings and wash primer pre-treat-ments. A solution to simplify the aircraftmaintenance process, the system bringstime and cost saving benefits to thepaint shop and an innovative approachto the way surface pre-treatment prod-ucts are utilized in the repaintingprocess the company said. ReducedVOC emissions by as much as 75 per-cent offer an additional advantage, re-sulting in a non hazardous, odorlessproduct. CW

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Global alternative asset manager The Car-lyle Group and DuPont signed a definitiveagreement whereby Carlyle will purchaseDuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) for$4.9 billion in cash. The transaction is ex-pected to close in the first quarter 2013,subject to customary closing conditionsand regulatory approvals.

DPC is a global supplier of vehicle andindustrial coating systems with 2012 ex-pected sales of more than $4 billion andmore than 11,000 employees. The invest-ment will be funded with equity from Car-lyle Partners V and Carlyle EuropePartners III.

DuPont Performance Coatings is aleader in the automotive and industrialcoatings sectors with world-class productsand customer service. The business con-tinues to grow and deliver solid results.After a careful review, however, we havedetermined that DPCs full growth poten-tial would be best realized outside DuPontand through the sale to Carlyle, saidDuPont chair and CEO Ellen Kullman.This transaction is consistent with ourvision to be the worlds most dynamic sci-ence company and long-term strategy ofdriving competitive advantages in agricul-ture and nutrition, advanced materialsand biotechnology, which represent high-growth, high-margin opportunities.

DuPont Performance Coatings is asuccessful business with attractive marketpositions, next-generation technology andestablished brands, said Greg Ledford,Carlyle managing director and head of theindustrial and transportation team.Through targeted investments we willsupport DPCs product development andgrowth objectives as it transitions to astand-alone company. We look forward toworking with management to fully realizeDPCs great potential.

DuPont Performance Coatings is atechnology innovator and we look forwardto building on its strong market presence toaccelerate growth in emerging markets, par-ticularly in China and Brazil, said Gregor

Bhm, managing director and co-head ofCarlyles Europe buyout team.

Kullman stressed that DuPont remainscommitted to serving the automotive in-dustry. Following the closing of this trans-action, DuPont will generate more than$3 billion in sales of advanced materialsto the auto industry. We will continue towork closely with automotive customersto apply our science-powered innovationsrelated to light weighting of vehicles, rev-olutionary and environmentally friendlyrefrigerants, biobased seat fabrics andheadliners, and next-generation biofuels,Kullman said.

Beginning with the third quarter 2012,DuPont will classify and report results ofDPC as discontinued operations on aretroactive basis.

Carlyles industrial and automotive in-vestments include Allison Transmission,Hertz and PQ Corporation, as well as re-cent commitments to invest in HamiltonSundstrand Industrial, Sunocos Philadel-phia refinery and regional rail freight op-erator Genesee & Wyoming.

BASF sells its German andFrench decorative paintsbusiness Relius to ProsolBASF and Prosol Lacke + Farben GmbHsigned a contract for the sale of the decora-tive paints business of Relius CoatingsGmbH & Co. KG in Germany and ReliusFrance SAS in France. The business encom-passes construction paints and plaster aswell as varnishes and glazes for construc-tion application and is mainly based in Ger-many, France and some other selectedcountries in Europe.The sale of the businessincludes the Memmingen site in Germanyas well as 30 distribution points in Germanyand France. The transfer is scheduled to becompleted on November 30, 2012.The twoparties agreed to not disclose any informa-tion on the purchase price.

The decorative paints business of Re-lius in the Netherlands is not part of thetransaction. BASF is currently negotiating

the sale of this part of the Relius Coatingsbusiness. The industrial coatings businessof Relius Coatings at the Oldenburg sitein Germany is also not affected and willremain part of BASF.

Relius Coatings has a very experiencedteam, state-of-the-art sites and well estab-lished brands. We are confident that thisbusiness can have a successful perspectiveat Prosol that has its core competencies inconstruction paints,said Markus Kamieth,president of BASFs coatings division.

Prosol is a leading wholesale companyfor paints and coatings. The company wasfounded in 1949 and employs 500 em-ployees at 40 sites. The product rangecomprises decorative paints, automotiverefinish paints, industrial coatings andwood coatings of leading manufacturers.

CIN invests 12 million euros inMaia plantCIN, Iberias leading paint and varnishcompany, unveiled plans to invest 12 mil-lion euros in increasing the manufactur-ing capacity of its plant producing powderpaints for the industrial sector, in Maia.

We have been turning away cus-tomers because we do not have any morecapacity. It was essential to increase thecapacity in a segment - Industrial Finishes- which is geared towards exports andwhich has ample business potential for theCIN Group, said Joo Serrenho, chair-man of the CIN Group. Our productsare well accepted by foreign markets andrequests are regularly made.

The investment is scheduled for vari-ous phases over five years. The first phasehas already begun. It comprises a total ofsix million euros and will be completed inJuly this year.

Powder paints currently represent 11percent of the groups total turnover. Thegroup will produce an additional 50 per-cent in the first phase, reaching 10,000 tonsper year. This increase in production willbe almost entirely channelled for export.

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2012 to February 2013, a specificproducts unit will be installed,encompassing an investment of1.5 million euros. The third and

final phase will increase the installed ca-pacity to 14,000 tons/year through the in-stallation of new production lines.

These works will not only allow thebrand to increase its operations in keyoverseas markets such as Central Europe,but also strengthen the CIN Groups lead-ership in Portugal, driving an increase inits current market share.

Environmental sustainability was con-sidered throughout the project, with theintroduction of new technologies and newproduction processes, such as bonding,which allows the development of polyesterpowder coatings with metallic effects, freeof heavy metals, to be used in architecturalprojects. The processes of the current plantwill also be streamlined and made moreflexible. This investment in market leadingtechnology allows the creation of evermore innovative products that are eco-suf-ficient and also more competitive.

The expansion of the Maia plant will ini-tially create an additional 15 jobs to the 58already existing, and increase the area de-voted to R&D, which currently employs 17people solely in the area of powder paints.

CIN INDSTRIA, S.A. was founded in2007. It was created by the demerger ofCIN, S. A., with the aim of optimising thecompanys position in the industrial paintsmarket, a market that CIN has lead since1958.

CIN INDSTRIA sells powder paintsdeveloped and produced in its plant lo-cated in Maia. These paints are sold underthe Megadur and Ibercoat brands and areaimed at the following markets: architec-ture, functional and industrial use asmetal furniture, job coaters, home appli-ances and automotive components.

The Megadur brand has been the seg-ment leader in Portugal since the 90s. Alarge percentage of production is aimed atthe European market, namely Germany,Spain and France.

CIN owns 10 manufacturing plants insix countriesPortugal, Spain, France, An-gola, Mozambique and Chinaand em-ploys about 1,400 workers for thedecorative and civil construction segments,

plus protective and industrial coatings(metal and wood). CIN occupied the 46thplace in the world rankings of producers ofpaint and varnish in 2012 (Ref: CoatingsWorld). It exports to several markets in Cen-tral Europe, Latin America,Africa and Asia.

Drr receives VolkswagenGroup AwardVolkswagen de Mxico has presented Drrwith one of the Volkswagen Group Awards.The Mexican Group company Drr deMxico, which is based in Quertaro, hasreceived the award for its excellent per-formance at the VW factory in Puebla.

In 2010 and 2011, Drr de Mxico in-stalled more than 100 painting robots theretogether with colleagues from Germany.The robots are used, among other things,for the interior painting of passenger carbodies as well as bumper painting. Paintbooths and conveyor systems were alsomodified in the course of the robot installa-tion. In addition, Drr delivered a washingsystem, in which car bodies are cleaned be-tween primer and base coat application.

This award recognizes the strengthsthat Drr stands for: employee commit-ment, decades of experience and innova-tive technologies, which help ourcustomers increase their production effi-ciency, said Bruno Welsch, president atDrr Systems North America, during theaward ceremony in Puebla.

This year, the Volkswagen GroupAward went to 18 suppliers from NorthAmerica. It is presented by Volkswagen tohonor the excellent performance of parts,equipment and services suppliers servingits factories in Chattanooga (USA) andPuebla (Mexico).

PPG and WorldSkillsInternational organizeautomotive refinishingcompetitionWorldSkills International, Chinas auto-motive refinish competition, was held re-cently at PPG Industries new ShanghaiTraining Center. PPG helped organize thecompetition and provided tools, facilitiesand premium car-painting products forcontestants from across the country.

Mou Jun, director of the China Em-ployment Training Technical Instruction

Center, Ministry of Human Resources andSocial Security of the Peoples Republic ofChina, Gu Weidong, director of theShanghai Occupational Skill Testing Cen-ter, and other government officials at-tended the event.

WorldSkills International has a 60-yearhistory in vocational training. This yearscompetition was sponsored by the Min-istry of Human Resources and Social Se-curity of the Peoples Republic of China,the Shanghai Municipal Human Resourcesand Social Security Bureau and the Shang-hai Occupational Skill Testing Center.

As a leading refinish coatings supplier,PPG is honored to cooperate with the gov-ernment to support and host this event,said Pauline Yuen, PPG vice president, re-finish coatings Asia. PPG shows its com-mitment to the development of Chinasautomotive refinish industry by continu-ing to invest in talent-development pro-grams for spray finishing.

PPG began supporting vocational edu-cation programs for automotive refinishin China in 2004, when it initiated aschool-enterprise cooperative program,and the company continues to proactivelydevelop relationships with vocationalschools. In early 2011, PPG entered into aSchool-Enterprise Cooperative Agreementwith the Ministry of Education, markingthe inauguration of official occupationaltraining for automotive coatings in China.In addition, PPG has actively engaged inand organized major spray-finishing com-petitions in China in recent years.

Due to the high demand for spray-fin-ishing talent, PPG debuted its upgradedShanghai Training Center in May 2012.The 3,000-square-meter training center isequipped with state-of-the-art equipmentand facilities. Along with established PPGcenters in Beijing, Guangzhou andChengdu, the new Shanghai facility pro-vides enhanced training experiences fortechnicians from Chinese customers suchas automotive manufacturers, auto serv-ice centers and car dealers.

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This coalition Government is com-mitted to putting innovation and researchat the very heart of its growth agenda,said the UK Chancellor of the ExchequerGeorge Osborne. We are ensuring theUK maintains it competitive edge in sci-ence and we are creating an environmentwhere innovation can flourish. Thats whytop businesses such as BP are investing inthe UK and supporting our world-leadinguniversities in delivering cutting edge re-search. And as an MP for the North Westof England I particularly welcome the factthat BPs International Centre for Ad-vanced Materials will be based at Man-chester University.

Advanced materials and coatings willbe vital in finding, producing and pro-cessing energy safely and efficiently in theyears ahead, as energy producers work atunprecedented depths, pressures and tem-peratures, and as refineries, manufactur-ing plants and pipeline operators seek everbetter ways to combat corrosion and de-ploy new materials to improve their oper-ations, said Bob Dudley, BP group chiefexecutive.Manchester has world-leading

capabilities and facilities in materials andwas chosen after a global search to act asthe hub of the center, working with otherworld-class university departments. Welook forward to deepening further thevery productive partnership that alreadyexists between our professionals in BP andthe academic team at Manchester.

The BP-ICAM hub will be based indedicated premises which will use state-of-the-art tools to support this major in-ternational collaboration. The BP-ICAMwill carry out research into seven primaryareas of direct interest to industry: struc-tural materials, smart coatings, functionalmaterials, catalysis, membranes, energystorage and energy harvesting. Initialfocus will be on: structural materials, suchas new metal alloys and composites fordeepwater production, and high pres-sure/high temperature reservoirs; smartcoatings, for increased protection from the

elements and improving a structures us-able life, protecting pipelines and offshoreplatforms from corrosion; and mem-branes and other structures, for separa-tion, filtration and purification of oil andgas, water and chemicals in production,refining and biofuels processes and petro-chemicals.

This should allow us to change theway we build, operate and maintain ourequipment; manufacture cleaner and moreefficient products; develop imaginative en-ergy sources and then store that energy forwhen it is needed most; and increase theuse of lighter metals and composites forstructures and products, said Dudley.

The universities will have academicfreedom to publish fundamental scienceresulting from the BP-ICAMs work, whilecommercial agreements will cover specifictechnological applications of the work.

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Keller and Heckman LLP to host Chemical Control Law Seminar inWashington, DC

Global law firm Keller and Heckman will be hosting a Chemical Control Law Sem-inar on October 1-2, 2012, in Washington, DC. This comprehensive two-day sem-inar is designed for regulatory and legal professionals involved with the ToxicSubstances Control Act (TSCA) and similar international chemical control laws.

Previous Keller and Heckman Chemical Control Law Seminars have garneredpraise from participants; an environmental specialist reported that the course was"[a]wesome. Great basic course but also great intermediate and refresher course.I have been to many TSCA courses, but this was by far the very best."

This year's offering is poised to be similarly well-received. Highlights from theprogram include an introduction to and advanced analysis of TSCA requirementsand trends; an examination of international chemical control laws in Australia,Canada, China, EU, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, andTaiwan; an overview of globally harmonized systems; and a discussion of importand export laws.

Additionally, Keller and Heckman will be hosting a complimentary program,Special Topics in Chemical Control an Interactive Dialogue, on October 3, 2012.This program has been specifically tailored for attorneys.

Keller and Heckman has a broad practice in the areas of regulatory law, litiga-tion and business transactions, serving both domestic and international clients.With offices in Washington, D.C., Brussels, San Francisco, and Shanghai, the firmhelps the world's most vital businesses achieve their objectives. A pioneer in the useof interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving, Keller and Heckman has hadan in-house scientific staff since 1971 that works closely with the firm's attorneyson matters of technical complexity.

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around the globe and holds anumber of long term strategicpartnerships with leading univer-sities in the UK, US, China, Russia.

The University of Manchester is alreadyhome to BPs Projects and Engineering Col-lege and a major collaborator memberwithin BPs Inherently Reliable FacilitiesResearch Programme and includes a BPfunded research laboratory in corrosion.

The University of Cambridge has along association with BP. Since 2000, theBP Institute for Multiphase Flow hasformed an important part of the relation-ship and in 2010 BP funded the newMcKenzie Chair in Earth Sciences.

Imperial College, London, conducts awide range of research for BP including inthe areas of reservoir characterisation,process modelling, climate change, seismicimaging and urban energy systems. In2009 the start-up company Permasense,providing wireless corrosion and non-de-structive monitoring technology, wasformed based on BP funded research.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is one of three partners sup-porting the BP Energy BiosciencesInstitute (EBI), a 10 year, $500 millionprogram supporting BPs Biofuels busi-ness. The EBI was launched in 2007.

BP p.l.c. is a British multinational oiland gas company headquartered in Lon-don, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largestcompany in the world measured by 2011revenues and is one of the six oil and gassupermajors. It is vertically integratedand operates in all areas of the oil and gasindustry, including exploration and pro-duction, refining, distribution and mar-keting, petrochemicals, power generationand trading. It also has renewable energyactivities in wind power and biofuels.

ASTM proposes test methodfor dirt pick-up resistance ofarchitectural paints and stainsA proposed new ASTM International testmethod will combine existing in-housemethods for dirt pick-up resistance for ar-chitectural paints and stains in an effortto standardize testing for dirt repellencythroughout the industry.

The proposed standard, ASTM

WK38233, Test Method for Dirt Pick-UpResistance for the Films of ArchitecturalPaints and Stains, is currently being devel-oped by Subcommittee D01.42 on Architec-tural Coatings, part of ASTM InternationalCommittee D01 on Paint and Related Coat-ings, Materials and Applications.

According to Amanda Andrews,chemist, Wacker Chemical Corp., and aD01.42 member, the proposed standardwill focus on: Standardizing a dirt com-position; how to apply dirt; the removalof dirt; and a rating technique for an ex-terior coated substrate compared to manyyears of outdoor exposure.

Andrews notes that primary users ofASTM WK38233, once approved, will becoating suppliers and manufacturers.

Andrews invites all interested partiesto participate in the ongoing developmentof ASTM WK38233.We are particularlyinterested in participation from those whoalready have in-house dirt pick up testmethods with formulated dirt, said An-drews. We are also looking for partici-pation from anyone who has interest inappropriate accelerated methods such asartificial UV and water conditioning.

In addition to its work on ASTMWK38233, D01.42 is currently workingon a revision to ASTM D4446, TestMethod for Anti-Swelling Effectiveness ofWater-Repellent Formulations and Differ-ential Swelling of Untreated Wood WhenExposed to Liquid Water Environments,as well as another proposed new standard,ASTM WK32143, Test Method for VisualAssessment of Water Beading on Hori-zontal Coatings.

Luvata breaks ground on itsMexican plant that will offercoatings for HVACR equipmentLuvata, a provider of metal solutionmanufacturing, heat transfer technologyand engineering and design services, hasbroken ground on its latest facilityacoatings plant in Ramos Arizpe,Coahuila, Mexico. The plant will offertwo protective coatings for HVACRequipmentElectroFin E-coat and Lu-vata Insitu. ElectroFin E-Coat is used in-ternationally by HVACR equipmentmanufacturers as a corrosion protectioncoating in coastal environments.

The new facility, located 40 miles froman existing Luvata facility in Monterrey,Nuevo Leon, is the companys fifteenth fa-cility in North America. Located betweenMonterrey and Saltillo off the Monterreybypass highway 40, this area is also hometo Lennox International, Carrier de Mex-ico and Whirlpool.

Construction of the new multi-milliondollar facility includes 50,000-square feetof manufacturing space and 7,000-squarefeet of office space. The building will havefour loading docks and one ground leveldrive in door that can accommodate afull-size tractor and trailer. The plant is ex-pected to be operational in the secondquarter of 2013 and Luvata estimates 45employees will be needed to operate theplant at full capacity.

Luvata Ramos joins Luvatas twoother full service coil-coating centers inLouisville, Kentucky and Jacksonville,Texas in offering the factory applied cor-rosion solution ElectroFin E-coat as wellas the spray applied coil corrosion pro-tection Insitu.

Luvatas protective coil-coatings ex-tend the lives of HVACR systems, main-taining operating efficiency while reducingmaintenance and operating costs. Luvatacoil coatings are widely used by manufac-turers of HVACR equipment and contrac-tors all over the world.

Luvatas spray applied Insitu is alsoavailable through its other locations inTampa and Pompano Beach, Florida andSan Leandro and Temecula, California.ElectroFin E-coat and Luvata Insitu bothcome with a five year warranty and arewater-based.

BASF expands its adhesivecoatings center with a newerlab for coating and laminationBASF expanded its coating center recentlyby adding a tailor-made and flexible lab-oratory coating and laminating facility.The new coater facilitates the develop-ment of adhesive systems for flexiblepackaging, labels, tapes and functionalfilm coatings. It increases the capacity forcustomer tests and speeds up the devel-opment of new products as well as theadaption of existing adhesive formula-tions to new carrier materials.


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only requiring a minimum quantity of onekilo of adhesive. The pre-treatment andlamination of a variety of film combina-tions is possible without any problems.

The center of competence for adhesivecoatings is located in Ludwigshafen, theglobal headquarters of BASF. The coatingexperts closely cooperate with all relevantBASF R&D centers for adhesive raw ma-terials and the respective regional businessunits. The competences and experiences ofthose who work in technical service, de-velopment, research and laboratory are as-sembled here. The centerpiece of thecompetence center is the existing pilotcoater for dispersions. With a coatingspeed of 1,800 meters per minute the coat-ing team holds the world record with thismachine. Further the new universal labo-ratory coater adds to BASFs competences.

To further drive innovation, BASF in-vests every year more than 800,000 inthe modernization and maintenance of itsadhesive coating facilities.

BASFs global automotiverefinish training network isgrowingBASF is expanding its global automotiverefinish training network. In Hanoi, Viet-nam, a new Refinish Competence Center(RCC) has just opened, with new trainingcenters in the pipeline for the UnitedStates and Italy. The openings are influ-enced by an increasing number of trainingrequests the company said.

Spanning the globe from various AsiaPacific countries including Australia andChina, to the United States, France andGermany, BASF offers training for its au-tomotive refinish customers at its RCCs.The training network comprises more than50 training centers, where painters practiceand perfect the use of automotive paints.

At the RCCs, participants learn fromprofessional trainers who share industryknowledge and tips the participants needfor high-quality and technically perfectautomotive refinishing. Innovative prod-ucts and techniques also deliver a high re-turn on investment for the participants.

In 2011, approximately 12,000painters attended training courses at theRCCs worldwide with global demandconstantly increasing. In the region of AsiaPacific, more than 2,000 painters fromvarious bodyshops participate in profes-sional training courses at one of the RCCseach year.

These days, painters need more thantraditional training. For this reason, weoffer training courses at the RCCs thatfocus on both the quality and the effi-ciency of the seminar participants, saidKen Marshall, head of automotive refin-ish coatings in Asia Pacific for BASF.

BASF is expanding its network ofRCCs around the world. In Italy, an RCCis under construction in Cesano Maderno.At the same time, plans for the construc-tion of a new RCC in Atlanta are in fullswing in the U.S., where operations arescheduled to begin with high-quality andmodern equipment in mid-2013.

In addition, in order to meet the in-creasing demand for updated equipmentknow-how, customer service and profes-sional training, the existing RCC in Syd-ney, Australia and the location at RefinishExcellence in Jakarta, Indonesia are nowbeing renovated. Additionally, the RCC inClermont, France is under constructionfor a full upgrade.

BASFs training concept is geared tothe international market, with all RCClocations being equipped with the latesttechnology in order to create an opti-mum learning environment for all semi-nar participants.

Whether in the United States, Viet-nam or France, we work with the samehigh standards at our RCCs worldwide. Inorder to achieve excellent results, ourRCCs have state-of-the-art equipment andfeature best in the industry trainers, saidJrgen Book, who is responsible forBASFs RCCs in Europe.

Industrial Nanotech awardedproject for skylight insulationusing Nansulate coatingsIndustrial Nanotech, Inc., said its patentedNansulate translucent thermal insulationand protective coating was specified into arecently awarded renovation project inMiami, Fla. The nanotechnology-based

coating, which insulates while allowingthrough visible light and providing UV re-sistance, will be used for skylight insula-tion in the Caribbean MarketplaceRenovation Project.

The company said Nansulate coatingtechnology is well suited for use as skylightinsulation because it provides an effectiveway to reduce heat transfer through glassor plexiglass, while also allowing trans-mission of approximately 92 percent ofvisible light, as tested on pane glass, andproviding important UV resistance.

Industrial Nanotechs coatings havebeen used in skylight applications at theTampa Port Authority, The Vernon Bankin Louisiana, and at the Frost Art Mu-seum at Florida International University.Skylights are often used in architecture toallow in natural daylight, which reducesthe need for interior lighting. Unfortu-nately, without the protective advantagethat Nansulate offers, they can act as aproblem area for heat loss and gain, there-fore increasing cooling and heating costs.Another issue is glare and harmful UVrays streaming through the glass, whichare all problems that Nansulate coatingtechnology helps solve the company said.

The return of the Caribbean Market-place marks renewed efforts to boosttourism for Miami while preserving LittleHaitis history. The only building in SouthFlorida to win the American Institute ofArchitects national honor award, thestructure was designed by Haitian-Amer-ican Charles Harrison Pawley and in-spired by the famed Iron Market inPort-au-Prince.

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This is the same product that has beenused by Galp Energia for two large ongo-ing projects at their refinery in Portugalover an oil pipeline and fuel oil storagetanks. Nansulate coatings have been con-tinuing to gain ground in this industry sec-

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Malaysia has progressed from being aproducer of raw materials, such as tin andrubber, in the 1970s to being a multi-sec-tor economy that grew on average 7.3percent between 1985 and 1995. After theAsian financial crisis of 1997-1998 it hascontinued to post solid growth rates, av-eraging 5.5 percent per year from 2000 -2008. In 2010, Malaysia launched theNew Economic Model (NEM) whichaims for the country to reach high incomestatus by 2020.

UCC and TFT Nuclear completea nuclear project usingadvanced underwater coatingsUnderwater Construction Corporation(UCC) and TFT Nuclear have recentlycompleted a nuclear industry project using

UCCs Advanced Underwater CoatingsSystem. This project was the third phasein support of a nuclear plants Life Ex-tension Program.

The concrete, epoxy lined spent fuelbasin and handling ponds were relinedunderwater by nuclear divers as dewater-ing was not a viable option.

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BASF designers receive red dot award forpresentation of automotive color trends

BASF Coatings and the design agency Are We Designer arejoint winners of the red dot award: communication designfor the design of their global au-tomotive color trend book.

The red dot award is a world-wide design awards. More than6,000 works from 43 countrieswere submitted in the communi-cation design category alone.The designers at BASF Coatings impressed customers in theautomotive industry and the jury with their portrayal of auto-motive color trends in their trend book.

Every year, BASF Coatings publishes a limited-edition globaltrend book exclusively for automotive customers. Automotivedesigners use it as a source of information and inspiration. Thetrend book describes the social movements and developmentsresearched by the designers. The resulting color trends are il-lustrated with original coated color samples. This is the seventhtime that BASF has collaborated on this book with Cologne,Germany-based design agency Are We Designer.

The challenge with the trend book was not just to portraythe complex trends in a comprehensible way and bridge thegap to the associated colors.

Putting colors and their fine nuances on paper is difficult.The effect of our coatings is based on the interaction of color andthe surface it is applied to, said BASF designer Mark Gutjahr.Therefore, the color section was completed with individually

coated samples that show automotive designers what is possible.On the basis of these suggestions, the specific car colors can bedeveloped in collaboration with the automotive companies.

With the red dot award, we have won one of the worldsmost important design awards, said Dr. Wolfgang Reckordt,head of marketing for automotive OEM coatings Europe at BASF.In 2011, we won the Materialica Design + Technology Awardand a prize in the Automotive Brand Contest for our color in-novation called XFine. This shows that we are on the right trackwith our color developments and the way in which we arepreparing and illustrating them for the automotive industry.

The North Rhine-Westphalia Design Center (formerly Indus-trieform e.V.) has been rewarding outstanding design since 1954.The coveted red dot has become established as an interna-tionally recognized seal of quality and is awarded in the three dis-ciplines of product design, design concepts and prototypes andcommunication design.

In the communication de-sign category, the 15 jurorsinternational designexpertsmake their decisionsbased on criteria such asrecognition value, social rele-vance, target group-orientedapproach, originality and aes-thetics. The submissions thatreceived the red dot will be ondisplay from October 25 to 28, 2012 in the special exhibitionDesign on stage winners red dot award: communication de-sign 2012 at the Alte Mnze in Berlin.




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PPGs window products featuring Duranarcoatings awarded at the 2012 Glass MagazineAwardsPPG Industries announced that a new series of window productsfeaturing Duranar coatings was among the winners of the 2012Glass Magazine Awards announced earlier this month. Theawards recognize the best products and glass applications in 18categories in the commercial, retail and fabrication markets asvoted by a panel of judges.

Duranar coatings are offered as an optional finish for frameson the EnerGsave G-500 Window Series from Peerless Products,Inc., which was named in Glass Magazine as the years most in-novative commercial window. Peerless Products customers canorder window frames finished with a two-coat Duranar systemengineered to provide long-term color and gloss retention in nor-mal building environments.

Formulated by PPG with proprietary resins, pigments and sol-vents, Duranar coatings have a 40-year track record of per-formance in high-visibility metal architectural applications suchas building panels, curtain walls, window frames and storefrontswhere appearance and durability are essential.

To determine winners, the Glass Magazine staff compilednominations and photographs for a panel of 27 judges repre-senting all areas of the glass industry, and then the panel selecteda winner in each category.

Drr installs a total of 155 painting robots atVolkswagen in BratislavaMachinery and plant engineer Drr has installed a total of 155painting and application robots at VW in Bratislava in 2011 and2012. Forty-five robots are for a new paint shop at the Slova-kian auto plant. Drr has installed another 110 robots to mod-ernize two existing paint lines, on which VW will be able to paintboth the body exterior and interior fully automatically in the fu-ture; the lines are due to be brought into operation by June 2012.The robot orders for VW Bratislava are worth 36 million.

Besides the painting robots, Drr is also supplying the com-plete application and paint supply systems, featuring high-techproducts such as electrostatic high-speed rotating atomizers,paint-saving color changers, and software. The scope of supplyalso includes robots for welded seam sealing and for applyingunderbody protection. In addition to the luxury SUVs Volkswa-gen Touareg and Audi Q7, bodies for the Porsche Cayenne, thenew compacts Volkswagen up!, KODA Citigo, and SEAT Miiare produced in Bratislava. An increase in production capacity to400,000 vehicles is planned for this year.

We won the order from VW on our good technical per-formance in terms of quality of finish, paint consumption, andtotal cost of ownership, said Ralf Dieter, Drr AGs CEO.Bot-tom line, our technology increases production efficiency inBratislava measurably.

The Application Technology division, in which Drr concen-trates its robot and application systems activities, aims to growits sales revenues from 407 million to over 500 million in2012. Sales were already increased by 52 percent in 2011. Thedriver is the buoyant demand in the automotive industry, whichhas continued so far in 2012. Among the main investment mo-tives in the automobile industry are the need for additional pro-duction capacity and the increasing automation of the paintingprocess. For the group as a whole, Drr expects sales revenues inexcess of 2 billion in 2012.

AkzoNobel Powder Coatings receives InnovationAwardAkzoNobel Powder Coatings North America received the Ha-worth 2011 Supplier Innovation Award for developing its Inter-pon F2010 furniture product/technology.

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Over the past year, 95 percent of Ha-worths products have been transitionedto the F2010 technology, generating al-most $1.5 million in savings for Haworth.

We are extremely proud to receivethis award from Haworth, said GeorgeHotchkiss, market segment manager, ar-chitectural and furniture, AkzoNobel. Itis a great credit to our commitment to in-novation and the high standard of ourcustomer service.

The award recognizes a long and suc-cessful relationship between AkzoNobeland Haworth, dating back to 2000 whenHaworth approached AkzoNobel to de-velop a coating product to improve the ap-plication transfer efficiency of theirproduction lines. AkzoNobel rose to thechallenge with its z-chemistry, marking thestart of the relationship built on innovation.

Over the ten years prior to the develop-ment of the F2010 technology, AkzoNobelrepresentatives worked with Haworthmanufacturing to align their cure schedules,reduce rejections and improve overall effi-ciency. Many ideas and solutions were pre-sented, leading to $2.5 million indocumented savings within Haworthsmanufacturing process the company said.

American Coatings Associationpartners with U.S. Departmentof Commerce on exportinitiativeThe American Coatings Association(ACA) recently partnered with the U.S.Commercial Service (CS), part of the U.S.Department of Commerces InternationalTrade Administration, in an effort to help

the country grow the number ofindustry companies that exportproducts. The partnershipcalled the New Market ExportInitiativeconnects ACA member com-panies to international buyers worldwideand provides a wide array of services, in-cluding trade counseling, market intelli-gence, business matchmaking and

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ACA is excited to be a part-ner with the U.S. Commercial Service inencouraging the increase of U.S. exports,said ACA president Andy Doyle.Export-ing accounts for a low percentage of theU.S. gross domestic product, when com-pared to other countries. The coatings in-dustry can be a part of the solution to thisproblem and ACA is strategically posi-tioned to facilitate this effort.

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Receive assistance from U.S. Com-mercial Service in creating an inter-national business plan for entry orexpansion into a target market, in-cluding legal and regulatory docu-mentation and requirements;

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ShawCor to provide protectivecoatings for the Linea 5Pipeline Project in MexicoShawCor Ltd. announced that itspipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, hasreceived contracts with a value in excessof $40 million from the consortium be-tween Dragados Offshore and SwiberOffshore Construction and fromTubacero S.A. de C.V. to provide pipelinecoatings and related products and servicesfor the Linea 5 Pipeline Project operatedby Petrleos Mexicanos (PEMEX).

The Linea 5 Project will consist of ap-proximately 77 km of 36 pipe to be in-stalled offshore between the PlataformaEnlace Litoral and the Terminal Maritimade Dos Bocas in the Bay of Campeche,Mexico. Natural gas will be transportedfrom the Litoral field to the terminal inDos Bocas for supply to the PEMEX dis-

tribution network in Tabasco, Mexico.The contracts involve coating the pipe

with fusion bond epoxy (FBE) anticorro-sion coating at Bredero Shaw MexicosMonterrey plant and the supply of heatshrinkable joint protection sleeves manu-factured by ShawCors Canusa-CPS divi-sion. Lastly, Bredero Shaw Mexico willcoat the pipe with concrete weight coat-ing using its Compression Coat Technol-ogy (CCT) plant in Coatzacoalcos whereanode installation will also be completed.Coating for this project is scheduled tobegin during the third quarter of 2012.

Bredero Shaws CCT concrete coatingsare the pipeline industrys leading coatingsystem for projects requiring rapid mobi-lization or the provision of concrete coat-ings near the right-of-way. CCT concretecoating systems are designed to providenegative buoyancy and mechanical pro-tection for pipelines in submarine envi-ronments, wet environments or rocky andrough terrain configurations. Compres-sion Coat uses a side-wrap applicationprocess, making it ideal for both small andlarge diameter pipelines.

AkzoNobel signs agreement tosell its share in ICI PakistanAkzoNobel has reached an agreement tosell its 75.81 percent shareholding in ICIPakistan Limited to the Yunus BrothersGroup for $152.5 million (124.4 million).

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pleted towards the end of this year, onceregulatory approvals have been obtainedand the purchaser has completed a legallyrequired tender offer for at least 50 per-cent of the shares in ICI Pakistan held bythe other shareholders.

We are pleased to have reached anagreement to sell our shares in ICI Pak-istan, said Keith Nichols, CFO AkzoNo-bel. We are convinced that the YunusBrothers Group is better suited to achievingits obvious potential, while the deal includesconditions to safeguard the terms and con-ditions of our dedicated employees there.

The agreement follows the successfullycompleted restructuring of AkzoNobelsactivities in Pakistan last month, which en-tailed the demerger of ICI Pakistans paintsand coatings businesses into the new listedcompany, AkzoNobel Pakistan Limited.The newly formed company is 75.81 per-cent owned by AkzoNobel and continuesto focus on decorative paints, performancecoatings and specialty chemicals.

ICI Pakistan Limited has been a sub-sidiary of AkzoNobel since 2008, when thecompany acquired Imperial Chemical In-dustries PLC. It is listed on the Karachi, La-hore and Islamabad Stock Exchanges. ICIPakistans business now comprises polyesterfiber, soda ash, life sciences and chemicals.

The Yunus Brothers Group is a leadingconglomerate in Pakistan with interest inthe cement and textile industries, powerand real estate. It had revenues of 775million in 2011.

International Paint andChengxi partner to enhancemarine coatings efficiencyInternational Paint of Shanghai has estab-lished a long term strategic partnershipwith CSSC Chengxi Shipyard, designed toimprove the efficiency and sustainability oftheir businesses. The two organizationsformalized the agreement at a meeting atChengxi Shipyard on June 20, 2012, ledby Aidan Metcalfe, regional directorChina, Hong Kong and Taiwan, marinecoatings for International, and Cao Xuem-ing, deputy general manager of Chengxi.

The agreement signaled Internationalas one of the shipyards first priority paintsuppliers for all newbuilding projects andfrom the end of July International has

been conducting a detailed analysis ofChengxis production processes to identifyways to improve coatings efficiency. Thisincludes best practices for painting, appli-cation procedures and waste and packag-ing reduction.

Weve set up a project team to ana-lyze the whole shipyard application pro-cedure and solve the shipyards practicalproblems, said Metcalfe.

Our program of activity will also in-clude packaging as we should be consid-ering more efficient and long-termsustainable alternatives, said Yang Jun,Internationals marine manager for Cen-tral China.

Sherwin-Williams AerospaceCoatings launches new websiteSherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings haslaunched a new website to assist aircraftcoatings specifiers, influencers and users.It can be accessed by clicking onwww.swaerospace.com.

The new website is one of themost detailed in the aircraft coat-ings industry the company said.It was designed to be easy to ma-neuver and provide more connectivity forvisitors. Users will find a clean appearanceand intuitive navigation that allows themto directly search via their specific marketniche (general, business, commercial andmilitary aviation markets), and/or prod-uct system (interior, exterior coatings,primers, fillers, etc.).

The new site also complements the cor-porate Sherwin-Williams site. This nowbrings a consistent look and better posi-tions the brand in accordance with its sta-tus as one of the aerospace maintenanceindustrys market leaders.

A highlight of the new site is its de-tailed products and systems section. Inparticular, this includes information spe-cific to SKYscapes, its newbasecoat/clearcoat exterior paint system.This state-of-the-art product line now has

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Little Joe Industries offers the ADM Automatic Draw-Down Machine for use withgrind gages. The ADM automates the draw down process controlling scraperangle, speed, and force. Since these aspects are no longer operator depend-ent your grind gage draw-downs will be more consistent while requiring lessoperator training and supervision.Uses existing grind gages and scrapers from your current supplier.US and foreign patents apply.

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two complete coating systems -including pretreatment, corro-sion protective primer, topcoatand clearcoat - certified with SAE

Internationals Aerospace Material Speci-fication 3095 (AMS 3095).

Also featured in the products section isJet Glo Express Polyurethane topcoat,which is a high performance, multi-pur-pose product and painting system forcommercial airline fleets. It is also quali-fied to numerous general aviation OEMspecifications and is military aircraft-qual-ified to MIL-PRF-85285, Type I, Class H.

The new website also allows immedi-ate access to the brands recently launchedYouTube channel. This has been devel-oped specifically for airline manufacturingengineers and procurement executives,maintenance repair overhaul profession-als and painting crews. Now they can seevideo firsthand on both the features, ad-vantages and benefits of Sherwin-WilliamsAerospace Coatings products; as wellstep-by-step instructional video of the air-craft painting and repair process. Themain link to these informational videos isavailable via direct link on YouTube atwww.youtube.com/user/swaerospace1.

In addition, the new site provides moreextensive technical data for its global au-dience. This includes providing informa-tion in more languages and regulatorydocuments that are easily available. Otherfeatures on the new site include:

Re-organized and focused site map; Comprehensive product listings; Paint systems specifically designed

for each product segment; New downloadable product flyers

and sell sheets; and An updated Qualified Products List.For more information on Sherwin-

Williams Aerospace Coatings visit its newwebsite at www.swaerospace.com.

H.B. Fuller completes sale of itspaints business to PintucoH.B. Fuller Company has completed thesale of its Central America paints businessto Compania Global de Pinturas S.A.,(Pintuco), a company of Grupo Mundial,for $120 million. The paints business has aleading market position in Central Amer-ica with strong local manufacturing capa-

bilities and a broad range of quality prod-uct lines, which are widely used for resi-dential and commercial applications. Thesold business includes nearly 800 employ-ees who work across Central America andin production plants and laboratories inCosta Rica, Honduras and Panama.

PPG Atlanta applicationsupport center earns NorthropGrumman supplier awardThe Atlanta application support centeroperated by PPG Industries aerospacebusiness has been recognized by NorthropGrumman Corp. as a 2011 PlatinumSource Preferred supplier for quality andperformance in providing coatings,sealants and value-added services.

This marks the sixth time PPG Aero-spaces Atlanta center in Kennesaw, Ga.,has received the award, which honorsNorthrop Grumman Aerospace Systemssuppliers for distinction in product qual-ity, on-time delivery, customer satisfactionand robust lean processes. It was one of67 supplier locations Northrop Grummanhonored for 2011 performance.

ASC-Atlanta provides state-of-the-artPPG defense coatings and sealant productsto support production, development andmodifications for naval and air forceweapons systems, said David Bohannan,PPG ASC-Atlanta business manager.PPGs flexible manufacturing system en-ables a rapid response to Northrop Grum-man requirements, allowing them to meettheir mission-critical commitments to theU.S. Department of Defense. We are proudpartners with Northrop Grumman in theSoutheast and strive to meet the higheststandards in support of our men andwomen in the armed services globally.

A longtime supplier to NorthropGrumman, PPG provides transparencies,coatings and sealants for the B-2 stealthbomber and E-2D Advanced Hawkeyeaircraft.

AkzoNobel Powder Coatingsacquires South African JV withFreeworld CoatingsAkzoNobel Powder Coatings strength-ened its position in Africa by acquiring100 percent of a powder coatings jointventure in South Africa. After more than

40 years working together, Akzo NobelPowder Coatings South Africa (Pty) Ltdand Freeworld Coatings, through its Plas-con subsidiary, concluded participation inthe original joint venture. The deal comeson the back of Freeworld Coatings ac-quisition by Kansai, and underlines Ak-zoNobels commitment to developingbusiness in the African continent. Thisacquisition highlights our confidence inthis important market, and South Africais strategically well located for us to con-tinue and to expand on the excellent workwe are doing in Africa, said AB Ghosh,AkzoNobel Powder Coatings managingdirector commented.

McCain expands powdercoating operationsMcCain Manufacturing, the outsourcemanufacturing division of McCain Inc.,announced the expansion of its NorthAmerican powder coating operations.Housed at McCains 100,000-square-foot,LEED-certified manufacturing facility inVista, California, the two installations in-clude an automated conveyor and large-scale batch powder coating system.

The automated, overhead I-Beam con-veyor system brings together the latesttechnological advancements in the indus-try including a seven-stage pretreatmentwash, electrostatic application, and cur-ing process. The high-throughput systemalso features dual coating capabilitiesthat save time and money by applyingmultiple coats in half the time the com-pany said. Components too large for theautomated system are treated in thebatch system, where experienced crafts-men apply each coat by hand usingpower pulse technology.

McCains commercial-grade powdercoating is available in an extensive collec-tion of colors and textures for parts of allshapes and sizes including aerospace anddefense products, automotive materials,medical equipment, metal enclosures,solar systems, telecommunications, andmore. Progressive techniques and superiorfinishes ensure a resilient, long-lasting fin-ish that extends product life expectancyby shielding the surface from conditionssuch as chemicals, scratching, weather,harsh use and impact.


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BASF expands automotivecoatings production inShanghaiBASF Shanghai Coatings Company Limitedis investing in a new basecoat plant at theShanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shang-hai, China. The new plant will increase thecompanys local production capacity forbasecoat by 13,500 tons per year. Basecoatgives color to and determines the visual im-pression made by the painted car body.

The new coatings plant is planned tostart production in the first half of 2014.BASF Shanghai Coatings Company Lim-ited is a joint venture with 15 years ofpartnership between BASF and ShanghaiCoatings Company Ltd. The joint ventureis already running a production facility inthe district of Minhang in Shanghai.

In China, BASF has been supplyingcoatings reliably to international and do-mestic car makers for more than 15 years.As a long-term partner, we have witnessedhow China has become a world leader inautomotive production, said Peter Fischer,

senior vice president, coatings solutionsAsia Pacific at BASF. Our investment inadditional local coatings production facili-ties reflects our commitment to address thecurrent and future needs of our automotivecustomers in this dynamic market.

With our latest technologies, innova-tive coatings solutions and processes, wewill continue to invest in strengthening ourinfrastructure to support the growing auto-motive industry in China, Fischer said.

BASF is the coatings supplier who intro-duced waterborne basecoats to China in2005. It is also the worlds number one chem-ical supplier to the automotive industry. Thecompany offers a wide range of products foruse in the automotive industry throughout thevalue chain, for automotive manufacturersand suppliers and in customer service.

BlueScope and Nippon Steelsign JV for coated productsBlueScope and Nippon Steel Corporationhave agreed to form a new joint venture en-compassing BlueScopes ASEAN and North

American building products busi-nesses. Nippon Steel Corporation(NSC) of Japan will be the worldssecond largest steelmaker followingcompletion of its merger with SumitomoMetals.

The new 50:50 joint venture, called NSBlueScope Coated Products, provides astrong platform to capture expected growthin the $40 billion per year building andconstruction sector in ASEAN and NorthAmerica. The JV will facilitate entry intonew markets not currently accessible toBlueScope. For example, the JV will supplywhitegoods manufacturers offering prod-ucts to Asias fast growing middle class.TheJV will also speed up entry into emergingmarkets in the ASEAN region.

NSCs investment recognizes an agreedenterprise valuation for the JV of $1.36 bil-lion. BlueScope will receive approximately$540 million in net proceeds through NSCs50 percent acquisition of BlueScopes interestin the businesses after allowing for taxes, mi-nority interests and transaction costs.CW

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U.S. 8,133,599 B2PPG Industries has received a patent for acoated article comprised of a substrate; afirst coating formed over at least a portionof the substrate, the first coating is com-prised of a mixture of at least two oxidesselected from the group consisting of oxidesof P, Si, Ti, Al and Zr; and a photoactivecoating formed over at least a portion of thefirst coating, wherein the first coating is amulti-layer coating comprised of a firstlayer comprised of phosphorous oxide, sil-ica and titania, with silica present in therange of 70%-80% volume; a second layercomprised of phosphorous oxide, silica andtitania, with silica present in the range of48%-62% volume; and a third layer com-prised of phosphorous oxide, silica and ti-tania, with silica present in the range of70%-80% volume.

Valspar patents coatingcompositions for cansU.S. 8,142,868 B2

Valspar Sourcing has obtained a patentfor an article comprised of a body por-tion or an end portion of a food or bev-erage can comprised of a metal substrate;and a coating composition disposed onan inside surface thereon, wherein thecoating composition includes an emul-sion polymerized latex polymer, andwherein the emulsion polymerized latexpolymer is comprised of a reaction prod-uct of an ethylenically unsaturatedmonomer component polymerized in thepresence of an aqueous dispersion of apolyurethane resin.

HRD Corp. patents wax forreducing mar and abrasion ininks and coatingsU.S. 8,138,250 B2H R D Corporation has been granted apatent for an ink composition, com-prised of between 20%-60% weightpercent of an acrylic resin dispersion;between 5%-30% weight percent of a

pigment; between 20%-75% weightpercent of an aqueous solvent; and be-tween 0.5% to 5% weight percent of ahydrogenated, vegetable-derived wax,the wax being characterized by an io-dine value between 2 to 5, and whereinthe wax is a wax comprising 20% castorwax and 80% soybean wax by weight.

Poly Coat patents paintableprimer systemU.S. 8,158,703 B2Poly Coat Pty. Ltd. has been granted apatent for a dispersion comprised of a ther-moplastic cellulose polymer or a derivativethereof, a phthalate ester of a C1-C6 alky-lated aromatic alcohol, an alkaline earthmetal salt of a C9-C20 aliphatic fatty acid,a surfactant, a C1-C4 alkyl methacrylatepolymer and a solvent, wherein the disper-sion adheres to a substrate selected fromthe group consisting of a plastic, a metaland a composite when applied to the sub-strate as part of a primer.


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Verdezyne granted US patent for a biobasedadipic acid production process

Verdezyne, Inc., a privately-held industrial biotechnology com-pany focused on producing renewable chemicals from non-pe-troleum sources, has been granted a United States Patent for abio-based adipic acid production process. U.S. Patent No.8,241,879, titled "Biological Methods for Preparing Adipic Acid",covers one of the company's proprietary processes for selectivelyconverting non-petroleum oils into adipic acid, a key componentused to manufacture sustainable nylon 6,6, thermoplasticpolyurethane resins and coatings from renewable sources.

"Building on the patent we secured earlier this year on en-gineered microorganisms, this intellectual property protectionfor our adipic acid production process is another strong mile-stone in our technology development program," said E.William Radany, Ph.D., president and CEO of Verdezyne. "Ourfeedstock-flexible approach is just one of many factors thatsets Verdezyne apart from other players in the renewablechemicals landscape."

Verdezyne has designed its proprietary adipic acid processspecifically for the production of nylon 6,6. The company be-

lieves its renewably sourced adipic acid will be cost-advan-taged compared with standard adipic acid, as well as beingmore environmentally-friendly.

"Verdezyne's proprietary process allows us to produceadipic acid at high yields and selectively from any plant-basedoil, regardless of its fatty acid composition, making th

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