Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
August 10, 2005
l The shrinking industrial paint market in the UK is forcing Tikkurila Coatings Ltd. to consider consolidating its UK manufacturing to one site.
The company currently has manufacturing and administrative sites at Bury in Lancashire and West Bromwic…
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August 10, 2005
Benjamin Moore’s EcoSpec paint line has earned Greenguard certification, making the paint company the first with a certified low-emitting paint, according to Greenguard Environmental Institute, an independent, non-profit organization based in A…
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August 10, 2005
Baltimore, MD. For more information, contact RCMA (202) 207-0919; Web site: www.roofcoatings.org.
l ICI Paints has donated approximately $200,000 to City of Hope, a biomedical research, treatment and educational institution dedicated to the prevent…
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August 10, 2005
l At the general assembly and annual conference of CEPE, the European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists’ Colours Industry, held June 5-6 in Copenhagen, Denmark, president Neville Petersen addressed the new-found closeness between t…
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August 10, 2005
A recent survey conducted by Lowe’s has given new meaning to the “Y” in DIY. A survey conducted by the home improvement chain and Ipsos-Insight has revealed that Generation Y is hands-on when it comes to home improvement. A good pe…
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August 10, 2005
After being one of the first firms in the paint industry to totally eliminate the use of ethylene glycol (EG) in all water-based products, Dunn-Edwards Corporation is celebrating two decades of selling EG-free water-based products, having voluntarily…
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August 10, 2005
EPA is proposing to remove methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) from the Clean Air Act’s list of 188 hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) emitted from large industrial facilities.
Since 1996, EPA has reviewed the potential health and environmental effects th…
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August 10, 2005
EPA has also invited NPCA, on behalf of the paint and coatings industry, to participate in its sector strategies program. EPA’s Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation (OPEI) established the program to work with manufacturing sectors on a se…
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August 10, 2005
Chrysler has scrapped plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Windsor, Ontario that would have incorporated “innovative supplier initiatives,” such as giving suppliers responsibility for investment, hiring employees and managing ar…
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August 10, 2005
l Sico Paint and General Paint Corp. recently made acquisitions to bolster their businesses in their home market. In early May, Sico, Canada’s largest paint company, acquired Para Inc., a Brampton, Ontario architectural paint maker, for $16.9 m…
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August 10, 2005
l ICI has announced the first stage of a new restructuring program aimed at delivering £30 million of sustainable bottom line savings by 2005. The initiative will have a dramatic affect on ICI’s paint operations, as more than half of the…
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August 10, 2005
ness employs some 15,740 people.
l The Twist & Pour gallon paint container used by Sherwin-Williams’ Dutch Boy brand has garnered several accolades from the media. Among the honors the plastic paint container has received: Good Housekeep…
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August 10, 2005
Week/USA Today’s “best products of the year,” and Popular Science’s “best of what’s new” award.
l Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes has acquired the bus painting facilities of Omni AB in Katrineholm, Sweden. Omni AB…
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August 10, 2005
a leading manufacturer of trucks and buses.
The accord includes the paint shop and adjoining offices.
l Herberts Akzo Red Lion Automotive Coatings Co., Ltd. (HARL), DuPont Performance Coatings’ joint venture in China, has won a 2002 ex…
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August 10, 2005
l International Coatings Ltd. and the Marine Contracting Association, Ltd. (Marcas) have signed a contract for the exclusive supply of drydock coatings for more than 60 vessels. The contract represents more than one million square meters on vessels…
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