Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
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October 14, 2005
BARLOWORLD ACQUIRES
MIDAS PAINTS OF SOUTH AFRICA
Barloworld has acquired Midas Paints
Limited for approximately $6.3 million.
The company sells Earthcote, a premium
range of wall coatings through 34
franchised stores in South Africa. Midas
wil…
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October 14, 2005
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
ACQUIRES POLYTHANE SYSTEMS
Bayer MaterialScience LLC has acquired
Polythane Systems, Inc. (PSI), a supplier
of spray polyurethane foam roofing systems
in the U.S. Financial terms of the
acquisition were not disclosed.
Bay…
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October 14, 2005
CORUS PACKAGING PLUS,
VALSPAR FORM ALLIANCE
Corus Packaging Plus and Valspar have
formed a joint polymer coatings development
program, with the main objective
being of expanding Corus’ Protact
polymer-coated steel business and providing…
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October 14, 2005
International Paint Japan (IPJ) has been awarded its first newbuilding
contract for the supply of coatings for two Medmax LNG ships. The
75,500 cbm ships, to be built at Universal Shipbuilding Corporation’s
Tsu works, are scheduled for deliv…
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October 14, 2005
REACH $3.4 BILLION IN 2009
Demand in the U.S. for color pigments,
including inorganic, organic and specialty
types, is forecast to increase 5.2% per
year to $3.4 billion in 2009, driven by
above average gains in high-performance
organic pigment…
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October 14, 2005
ASIAN COATING SALES VALUED
AT $20.5 BILLION IN 2004
According to a new study by Kusumgar,
Nerlfi & Growney, Asian coating consumption
surged to 7.9 MM metric tons
(MT) with a sales value of $20.5 billion
in 2004. An eight percent annual
gr…
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October 14, 2005
ACE HARDWARE AND JOHN MADDEN REMAIN TEAMMATES
John Madden and Ace Hardware will remain advertising teammates into the
next decade. Ace has renewed its contract with the legendary football coach and
TV analyst for six additional years. Madden will…
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September 19, 2005
PPG Industries has acquired Crown Coating Industries, a privately held manufacturer of specialty wood coatings based in Singapore. Terms of the accord were not disclosed.
Incorporated in 1991, Crown is a leader the Asian flooring industry in UV coat…
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September 19, 2005
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) has presented a gold Design Excellence Award (IDEA) to Akzo Nobel for its 1-2 Paint System, in which the lid of the rectangular packaging transforms into a paint tray when opened.
Originally launc…
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September 19, 2005
For the second time since 2002, BASF Coatings de Mexico has received a General Motors “Supplier of the Year” award for outstanding performance as an automotive coatings supplier for the automaker’s Silao and Ramos Arizpe assembly pl…
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September 19, 2005
Dunn-Edwards is making it easier for architects, designers and contractors involved in green building projects to navigate the complicated requirements for paint and coatings. The paint maker has published the Green Building Guide, a quick-read refe…
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September 19, 2005
RPM ACQUIRES GERMAN
SEALANT MAKER ILLBRUCK
RPM’s Tremco unit has acquired Illbruck Sealant Systems, a high-performance sealant and installation systems maker based in Leverkusen, Germany. The purchase gives Tremco a “global…
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September 19, 2005
Akzo Nobel has acquired ICI Group’s Zweihorn Gmbh, a maker of industrial wood finishes for the professional joinery sector with sales of approximately €18 million in 2004.
Akzo Nobel will acquire all shares of Zweihorn, which has 55 emplo…
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September 19, 2005
Today’s homeowners overwhelmingly head to the home center when it comes to home improvement products, according to a new survey from the National Hardware Show and the Home Improvement Research Institute (HIRI). According to the poll, 67% of ho…
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September 19, 2005
While the world watched the first A380 airplane successfully complete its first flight earlier this year, the PPG Aerospace–PRC-DeSoto coatings staff watched closely too as the flight marked a new livery that they helped create. The A380 was co…
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