Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
August 10, 2005
● Ace Hardware Corp.’s Ace Paint division has decided to drop freight fees for any quantity of paint ordered,
regardless of the gallonage.
“Our Ace retailers asked for simplification of their program, and we have responded,”…
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August 10, 2005
● BASF’s Glasurit 90 line is celebrating
its 10th anniversary by taking
to the street in a special 16
city-eight country European
tour. A special truck has been
designed to promote the line.
The tour began May 16 at
the BASF Coatin…
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August 10, 2005
● Every golfer wants to hit longer, straighter shots with softer feel. Spalding Sports
Worldwide has enlisted DuPont’s Teflon to help duffers achieve that goal with its
new Strata Tour Straight premium golf ball. The new multi-layered g…
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August 10, 2005
● PPG Industries has been named a supplier of the year by General Motors for its superior performance, quality,
service, technology and value in supplying coatings for GM operations worldwide during 2001. The
award also covers glass products…
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August 10, 2005
● Honda of America Mfg. presented DuPont Kansai Automotive Coatings (DKAC) its 2002 Production
Support Award, recognizing DuPont’s continuous production support of Honda’s electrocoat program.
DuPont supplies the majority of topco…
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August 10, 2005
● You may not see a lot of
them on the road, but
electric cars are growing
in popularity with some
consumers, if not automotive
coatings suppliers.
Unveiled in April in
Santa Monica, CA,
D a i m l e r- C h r y s l e r ’s
newest n…
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August 10, 2005
● Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings (ANAC) has officially opened its new color manufacturing facility in
Sassenheim, The Netherlands. The site features integrated QC and process control labs, spray booths
and humidity and temperature-controlled d…
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August 10, 2005
● Wearz 4-Ever, a polyurethane wood finishing system from Parks Corp., a Fall River, MA-based maker of
coatings, paint removers and refinishing products, has been rewarded for its efforts to create a product
that would stand out from others o…
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August 10, 2005
● The Western European paint market was estimated at almost
5,915,000 tons in 2001 and is expected to grow to almost 6,358,000
tons by 2006, according to Information Research Ltd. (IRL), which
has released a new market study focused on the r…
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August 10, 2005
● Liquid Plastics Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its new North
American manufacturing headquarters in royal fashion. The celebration
included a dedication ceremony for the 25,000-sq.ft.
building, located in in Middletown, CT, by H.R.H.…
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August 10, 2005
l Sherwin-Williams has acquired Johnson Paints, Inc., a Ft. Myers, FL-based manufacturer of paint and related products. Johnson’s product line includes the Flex Bon brand, which is sold through 24 company-owned stores and a dealer network locat…
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August 10, 2005
Christopher M. Connor, chairman and CEO of Sherwin-Williams, said, “We are pleased that the Flex Bon organization has joined our company and are excited about the opportunities that the Flex Bon business presents us in the growing south Florida…
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August 10, 2005
l BASF Corporation’s coatings regional business unit and Loctite Corp. are on five year winning streaks. Both companies have received Quality Master awards from the Smyrna, TN assembly plant of Nissan North America, Inc., marking the fifth cons…
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August 10, 2005
l In late March, the New Jersey Paint Council and NPCA provided testimony at a hearing for a New Jersey bill that would have imposed a $0.50 per container tax on paint. Their testimony convinced the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee to fo…
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August 10, 2005
NPCA and the New Jersey Paint Council said they will closely monitor the bill’s activity, especially since Governor James McGreevey is not likely to agree to take $50 million from the $7 billion tobacco settlement revenue in light of the $6 bil…
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