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ASTM proposes test method for dirt pick-up resistance of architectural paints and stains

August 27, 2012
A proposed new ASTM International test method will combine existing in-house methods for dirt pick-up resistance for architectural paints and stains in an effort to standardize testing for dirt repellency throughout the industry. The proposed standa…  Read More »
BASF designers receive “red dot award” for presentation of automotive color trends
BASF designers receive “red dot award” for presentation of automotive color trends

August 27, 2012
BASF Coatings and the design agency Are We Designer are joint winners of the “red dot award: communication design” for the design of their global automotive color trend book. The red dot award is a worldwide design awards. More than 6,00…  Read More »
Luvata breaks ground on its Mexican plant that will offer coatings for HVACR equipment

August 24, 2012
Luvata, a provider of metal solution manufacturing, heat transfer technology and engineering and design services, has broken ground on its latest facility—a coatings plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico. The plant will offer two protective c…  Read More »
Evonik launches Tego Dispers 757 W dispersant for high performance waterborne coatings

August 24, 2012
Evonik has introduced Tego Dispers 757 W, designed for premium pigment concentrates used in all waterborne industrial coatings but particularly where durability and corrosion protection are important. Additionally, Tego Dispers 757 W can be utilized…  Read More »
EAG Coatings joins Chemir in Missouri

August 24, 2012
Evans Analytical Group (EAG) announced that EAG Coatings Solutions (formerly CAS-MI) is moving to Missouri and joining their sister company, Chemir. Now called Chemir a division of Evans Analytical Group, the company will continue to offer its analyt…  Read More »
BASF expands its adhesive coatings center with a newer lab for coating and lamination

August 24, 2012
BASF expanded its coating center recently by adding a tailor-made and flexible laboratory coating and laminating facility. The new coater facilitates the development of adhesive systems for flexible packaging, labels, tapes and functional film coatin…  Read More »
BASF’s global automotive refinish training network is growing

August 23, 2012
BASF is expanding its global automotive refinish training network. In Hanoi, Vietnam, a new Refinish Competence Center (RCC) has just opened, with new training centers in the pipeline for the United States and Italy. The openings are influenced by an…  Read More »
Kusumgar, Nerlfi, & Growney says global coatings market worth $120 billion

August 23, 2012
According to an upcoming study by the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi, & Growney, global consumption of coatings in 2012 is projected to come in at 67 billion pounds worth $120 billion. Volume has bounced back from the recession year of 2009 wit…  Read More »
API offers anti-fingerprint oleophobic DIY coating Fussode COAT for electronic devices

August 23, 2012
API Corporation has launched what it says is the world's first anti-fingerprint oleophobic DIY coating kit—Fussode COAT—for smartphones and tablet PCs and started selling the kit on Amazon. This technology was originally developed for…  Read More »
The Little TEGO—also known as The Pocket TEGO—now also available as an App

August 22, 2012
Evonik Industries’ comprehensive reference book for all those training, studying and working in the field of coatings and printing inks, “The Little TEGO,” is now available as a free App in the iTunes Store and Android Market. The A…  Read More »
DuPont Chemicals & Fluoroproducts introduces next generation of ETFE powder coatings

August 22, 2012
DuPont Chemicals & Fluoroproducts has introduced DuPont Teflon ETFE High Build Top Coat Powder, a next-generation product designed to achieve better chemical resistance, higher thermal stability, and is easier to apply. This offering was created…  Read More »
Mereco introduces Metaduct 1245, an epoxy electrically conductive ultra-fast curing adhesive

August 22, 2012
Mereco has unveiled a new, ultra-fast curing silver adhesive which is electrically conductive for cold soldering and bonding electrical and electronic components where soldering is impractical. Mereco Metaduct 1245 is a fast curing rapid bonding room…  Read More »
Pigment Industry Remembers Chris Whiston
David Savastano, Contributing Editor
August 22, 2012
Chris Whiston, a longtime pigment industry leader, passed away in his sleep last week. Mr. Whiston’s career in the pigment industry spanned many decades, most prominently with Ciba. He also worked at Fabricolor, and retired from Toyo Ink&rsquo…  Read More »
Sachtleben introduces Sachtosperse EP barium sulfate particles to help enhance stability of powder coatings

August 22, 2012
Sachtleben has introduced Sachtosperse EP for powder coatings. Powder-coated aluminium sections and profiles, for windows and conservatories, for example, are sealed after production into polymer films to protect them during shipment and storage. The…  Read More »
BASF to modernize and upgrade its BDO production facilites in Ludwigshafen

August 21, 2012
BASF said it will modernize and service its acetylene facility at the Ludwigshafen Verbund site. In the course of these efforts the company will also perform routine maintenance at its facility producing 1,4-butanediol (BDO), which is based on acetyl…  Read More »

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