Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
August 10, 2005
Akzo Nobel has formed a joint venture in Indonesia with PT Bina Propertindo Edikarya to produce decorative paint for the Indonesian market.
“The decorative paint market in Indonesia is very big, despite the fact that the per capita consumptio…
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August 10, 2005
l DuPont Performance Coatings is supplying paint to BMW for the automaker to use in a new rotating electrodeposition coating process called Ecopaint RoDip3. The procedure was started last year by BMW at its Munich plant.
In the RoDip3 system, car b…
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August 10, 2005
l Ace Paint has been awarded the Good Housekeeping seal of approval for its Ace Royal satin latex and Ace Royal Touch satin wall and trim paint.
“This acknowledgment showcases our commitment to providing customers with exceptional service and…
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August 10, 2005
The Good Housekeeping Institute has been a source of consumer education and product evaluation for more than 100 years, covering a variety of goods and services.
l Valspar Composites, which supplies gel coats, adhesives and specialty products used…
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August 10, 2005
The new equipment installed at the facility has the largest batch capacity for adhesive putty manufacture “that we are aware of in North America,” said Jim Ferleman, manufacturing manager. Operations were slated to begin in July.
l To…
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August 10, 2005
Mr. Mazzarella’s appointment marks the first time in 10 years that PCI’s president has been a representative of its raw material suppliers membership.
l BASF Coatings Ag has taken over the entire auto refinish business of Wattyl Ltd. B…
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August 10, 2005
Rohm and Haas has started production at its new Brazilian adhesives plant in Jacaerí. The facility,…
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August 10, 2005
At a May 23 ceremony conducted by renovation program officials at the Pentagon, The Sherwin-Williams Com-pany was honored for its September 17 donation of 10,000 gallons of paint, which the company committed to help repair damage caused by the Septem…
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August 10, 2005
l Akzo Nobel has opened a new factory for powder-based building adhesives in Rosendahl, Germany. The new facility is an integral part of an expansion plan to grow this sector.
“Our building adhesives business, which mainly trades under the na…
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August 10, 2005
Govesan America Corp., Woodbury, MN, is recalling industrial powder coatings marketed as metals-free because the paint actually contained heavy metals, according to two Minnesota state agencies. In March 2001 the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency an…
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August 10, 2005
l Beginning in September, BASF Coatings will become a system partner to the Barcelona plant of Nissan Motoriberica S.A., an automotive manufacturer that is part of the Renault/Nissan Alliance. The agreement covers all three Nissan coating lines at th…
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August 10, 2005
Recent tests conducted at PPG Industries’ Flint, MI application development center have proven that the company’s patented Fast Flash rapid dehydration process can slash coatings flash-off time by 80% and energy costs by two thirds, while…
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August 10, 2005
l The Glidden Company, with the agreement of the plaintiffs’ counsel, has been dismissed from the Santa Clara County lead paint lawsuit in California. The Glidden Company was dismissed as a defendant because it only came into existence in 1986…
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August 10, 2005
The Glidden Company was also dismissed from 10 other lead paint lawsuits including cases in Rhode Island, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio and Texas. Glidden still remains a defendant in eight other lead paint lawsuits but is optimistic that i…
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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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