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August 10, 2005
A 2003 U.S. Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) award for excellence in technology transfer has been given to Toshifumi Sugama of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Keith Gawlik of DOE’s National Rene…
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August 10, 2005
l In an October 1 message to employees, Hempel Group president and CEO Ditlev Engel announced the first phase of a reorganization plan: the shuttering of production in Germany and the elimination of 110 employees in Germany, Spain and Denmark.
Mr.…
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August 10, 2005
Akzo Nobel’s International Protective Coatings business is supplying products for a new bridge which will link two European countries. All told, International Protective Coatings will supply approximately 30,000 liters of paint to protect the 6…
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August 10, 2005
l After more than 20 years spent studying paint that was used in George Washington’s Mount Vernon mansion, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association has granted the exclusive rights to Duron Paints & Wallcoverings to create a new historica…
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August 10, 2005
l Akzo Nobel has taken control of Interpon Powder Coatings (Korea) Co., Ltd. (IPCK), its equal-share joint venture with DPI Co., Ltd. of Korea. IPCK, which manufactures and markets powder products in Ansan-City, near Seoul, reported sales of E19 mil…
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August 10, 2005
Pantone, Inc. and Cardinal Industrial Finishes have inked an international licensing agreement in which Cardinal will codify its industrial liquid and powder coatings with designations from the Pantone Matching System and Pantone for architectu…
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August 10, 2005
“Typically, a designer will specify a product’s color using a Pantone reference,” explained Michael Garin, vice president of Pantone. “The fabricator’s paint shop will then attempt to translate the Pantone Color to anoth…
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August 10, 2005
BASF Coatings AG has announced it will implement a reorganization plan within its industrial coatings operations to capitalize on the company's position in the automotive sector and focus on profitable growth markets. The plan, which will go into eff…
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August 10, 2005
l Cathelco Ltd. has acquired the cathodic protection business of Jotun A/S. According to Cathelco, the purchase has made it the world’s largest combined manufacturer of electrolytic anti-fouling (EAF) systems for seawater pipework and hull corr…
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August 10, 2005
Akzo Nobel will spend an estimated $30 million to create an international R&D center and build a dispersion facility in Pontiac, MI to support its car refinishes business. The site will play a major role in the development of new products for the…
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August 10, 2005
Cor de Grauw, general manager of Akzo Nobel car refinishes added, “The Pontiac site will play a major role, not just in growing the market for car refinishes in the U.S., but it will also help to support our global activities in research and d…
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August 10, 2005
l Colorcon, a division of Berwind Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has opened its new No-Tox product facility in Chalfont, PA, which will serve as the company’s primary source for the development and manufacture of non-toxic specialty inks and coatings.…
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August 10, 2005
Ace Hardware Corp. has signed a letter of intent with Hardware Enterprises de Mexico, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Commercial Mexicana de Pinturas (COMEX), to establish a strategic alliance in the Mexican hardware market. COMEX is the largest paint m…
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August 10, 2005
The allure of the Chinese coatings market remains strong, as two of the top coatings companies—Akzo Nobel and DuPont Performance Coatings—announced plans to expand their operations in the country.
DuPont Performance Coatings announced t…
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August 10, 2005
Akzo Nobel Coatings, which already operates six production sites in China, employs more than 1,600 people in China. The company said its sales in the market rose to more than E200 million in 2002, stemming from organic growth and selective acquisitio…
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