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IN THIS ISSUE:

Thermal Spray Cooling Technology Offers Cost Savings 
Appliance Mfg Benefits from New Pretreatment Process 
Bridge Coating Stands Test of Time 
Victrex Installs Plasma Surface Treatment System 
Zircotec Coating Chosen for British Steam Car 
Akzo Nobel Manager Wins Young Captain Award 
Chemetall Oakite Introduces New Surface Treatments 
Tikkurila Launches New UV Coating Method 
Global Warming Solutions Develops Coating for Solar Cells 
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Bridge Coating Stands Test of Time
After more than two decades of use, the aliphatic polyester polyurethane coating on the Windgap Bridge in Western Pennsylvania still looks great. The coating system, manufactured by Tnemec, used polyurethane resin technology developed by Bayer MaterialScience. Not only was it easy to apply, the new coating system exhibited a number of advantages that would eventually prove the coating system to be extremely cost-effective. 
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Victrex Installs Atmospheric Plasma
Surface Treatment System
Victrex  Technology Center in the United Kingdom has installed its first atmospheric plasma surface treating system. The company selected Enercon’s Plasma3™ surface treater to enable downstream converting of its high performance APTIV™ film made from VICTREX^® PEEK™ polymer.
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Zircotec Coating Chosen for British Steam Car
The plasma-sprayed ceramic coating from Zircotec, originally developed for the nuclear industry and currently used in Formula One, classic, performance road and track cars, is going to be used by the British Steam Car Challenge. The Challenge is attempting to bring the world land speed record for steam powered vehicles to the UK by achieving a target speed of over 200 mph.
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Akzo Nobel Manager Wins Young Captain Award
Akzo Nobel’s Conrad Keijzer has won a leading Dutch management award that recognizes young corporate talent. Keijzer, 39, is general manager of the company’s Automotive Plastic Coatings business.
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Air Products has introduced a new thermal spray cooling technology to the North American market that uses cryogenic nitrogen vapor (-320°F) to maintain part temperature during thermal spray coating applications. The technology can enable the user to apply coatings faster and at a lower cost than traditional cooling methods.

Chemetall Oakite Introduces
New Surface Treatment Chemistries
Chemetall Oakite has introduced three new surface treatment chemistries for the finishing industry: OXSILAN® 9810, a non-hazardous prepaint treatment for all-ferrous and most multi-metal surfaces; Chem Cote 3010, a pre-paint treatment for iron and steel; and Pyrene US 1002, an alkaline detergent that is specially formulated to remove metalworking fluids from ferrous substrates.
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Tikkurila Launches New UV Coating Method
Kemira Coatings (Tikkurila), which is responsible for Kemira's paints and coatings business, has developed in cooperation with Phoseon Technology a new UV-curing coating method, called UVITEC® 2D, for wood and wood-based materials, as well as plastic materials. According to the company, the main benefits of the new method are the long lifetime of the UV LED light source and very low energy consumption.
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Global Warming Solutions Develops
New Coating for Solar Cells
Global Warming Solutions, Inc. has developed a new and more efficient solar energy conversion technology based on a novel organic polymer coating. The new technology reportedly will increase solar cell efficiency by 11-15%.
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