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AET Tests Energy-Saving Marine Vessel
Coating
 Global tanker owner-operator AET has entered into a partnership with Nippon Paint to trial the manufacturer's latest
low-friction (LF), anti-fouling (AF) coating on AET vessels. The innovative LF-Sea AF Paint is expected to reduce fuel consumption by 4%,
resulting in lower CO2, SOx and NOx emissions, thus helping AET fulfil its environmental
responsibilities in line with ISO 14000.
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Wagner Demonstrates Capabilities at Open House
 Wagner
Industrial Solutions held an open house on May 14 at its facilities in Elgin, IL. More than 100 systems integrators, suppliers, associates and
members of the trade press toured the liquid and powder coating facilities and had a firsthand opportunity to try out Wagner's newest products,
including fully automated powder coating in the SuperCube™ and the flexibility of a manual PrimaCell™.
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DuBois Participates in Environmental
Partnership Summit
DuBois Chemicals is participating in the National Environmental Partnership Summit, held May 19-22, 2008 in
Baltimore, MD, at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel. Bruce Dunham, director of innovation at DuBois, will be presenting as part of the
Next Generation Conversion Coatings session, which is being held on Wednesday, May 21.
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Exousia Granted Import Approval from
China
Exousia Advanced Materials, Inc. has passed its Importation Tests with the National Commodity Testing Bureau of China, which
permits the company to ship high-performance industrial coatings from its AEGEON Plant in Texas into the People's Republic of China. The
approval will allow Exousia to begin fulfilling product orders and commitments to its Northern China Territory Distributor, Northern
International Group (NIG), as well as other customers and distributors.
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BASF Coatings Launches New Production Site in
Russia
 BASF
Coatings has started up its new production site for paints in Russia. The new facility at Pavlovski Posad, 60 kilometers east of Moscow, has an
annual production capacity of 6,000 metric tons of paints (basecoats and clearcoats). The new site will supply customers in the burgeoning
Russian automotive market with high-quality coatings.
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Soliant Establishes Clean-Room
Laminating Service
Soliant has begun offering precision clean-room laminating services with its new custom roll stock lamination
equipment. The company reportedly developed the technology with in-house resources after failing to find suitable equipment to laminate its
Class A decorative paintfilms and bright films.
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PPG Supports China's Earthquake Recovery
Efforts
PPG Asia/Pacific is donating RMB 500,000 through the Red Cross Society of China to help purchase emergency equipment for
the earthquake-ravaged Sichuan region. In addition, thousands of employees from PPG Asia/Pacific plants, trading companies, offices, labs and
joint ventures are donating to a special account the company created to support earthquake relief.
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Linetec Celebrates 25th Anniversary
in 2008
Linetec, a paint and anodize finisher headquartered in Wausau, WI, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The
company serves a national customer base and has more than 500,000 ft2 of capacity for finishing metal architectural products.
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RadTech UV&EB Conference Hosted
"Terrific Turnout"
With more than 2,200 in attendance, the May 4-7 RadTech 2008 Conference in Chicago highlighted the energy and
environmental benefits of using "electron beam" (EB) and "ultraviolet energy" (UV) industrial technologies. According to Petra L'Abbe of PPG
and president of RadTech, the event saw a "terrific turnout," despite growing economic concerns.
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