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FT ONLINE: Liquid Powder Powder coatings are known for being environmentally friendly, extremely durable and economical. Talk to anyone who uses powder coatings, and they’ll likely rave about the advantages of powder compared to liquid finishes — unless, of course, they’re trying to coat a substrate that requires certain special effects, has a complex surface or cannot handle high cure temperatures. In these cases, powder coaters often are forced to turn to solvent-based liquid coatings because many powder coatings simply aren’t up to the task. The problems encountered by these finishing professionals gave the R&D team at Tech Line Coatings
an idea. Why not disperse powder coating powders in a water-based carrier so that they could be applied like a liquid coating while retaining all the benefits of a powder coating?...MORE
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International Paint Opens New Distribution Center
International Paint LLC, an Akzo Nobel company, has opened a new distribution center to serve customers throughout the North Central region of the U.S. The new 20,000-square-foot facility will provide high-performance protective, marine and specialty coatings to the industrial, aviation, OEM, oil and gas, chemical processing, both hydro carbon and cellulosic fire protection, mining, power and metal fabrication markets. The company’s decision to open the new facility reportedly is the first step of a larger, long-term effort to expand distribution of its high-performance protective and marine coatings throughout Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska…
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BASF Coatings Services GmbH Takes Over Activities of Autolacke Handel GmbH
On February 1, 2007, BASF Coatings Services GmbH will be taking over major parts of the company Autolacke Handel GmbH in Vösendorf, Austria. Autolacke Handel GmbH’s sales activities related to automotive refinish paints and non-paint products, with 18 employees, will be integrated into BASF Coatings Services GmbH, Eugendorf, Austria. In the future, business relations with R-M end customers will be managed and developed by the sales team that was taken over…MORE
IPS Receives Clean Industry, C-TPAT Certifications Industrial Polishing Services, Inc. (IPS), San Diego, CA,
has been recertified by the Environmental Office of the Mexican Federal Government (PROFEPA, equivalent to the Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S.) as a “Clean Industry.” The company has also obtained the “High Environmental Achievement” certification by the Baja California State Government, which is a volunteer program equivalent to the “National Environmental Performance Track” in the U.S. In a separate initiative, the company recently became a certified participant in C-TPAT, the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism…
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CCAI Publishes Third Edition of Training Manual The Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI) has released the third edition of its training manual, Liquid Organic Coatings. The softbound manual is a compilation the latest information on liquid coatings through the efforts of CCAI’s corporate members and
includes additional information on different coating technologies, optional application methods, control and efficiency, and quality control…MORE
FINISHING PEOPLE
Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Names New Executive Leaders
Rohm and Haas Co.’s Electronic Materials business group has made several changes in its executive leadership. Dr. Pierre Brondeau, vice president and business group director for Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, has been promoted to executive vice president and business group executive for both the Electronic Materials and the newly configured Specialty Materials business groups. Dr. Yi Hyon Paik, Dr. Dominic Yang, Sam Shoemaker, Bob Ferguson and David Schram have also been promoted…MORE
NFPA Appoints New Members to Standards Council The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) board of directors has appointed four new members to the Association’s Standards Council. They are: James W. Carpenter of Plano, TX; Ronald R. Farr of Otsego, MI; Roland J. Huggins of Dallas, TX; and Fred M. Leber of Toronto, Canada. All appointments were effective January 1, 2007…
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FINISHING INNOVATIONS
Echo Engineering Develops Hole Masking Cap
The Tight-Rite Cap from Echo Engineering & Production Supplies, Inc., is designed to mask the outer portion of a hole where the shaft increases in diameter. Made from material that is able to withstand high temperature finishing processes such as powder coating, plating and e-coating, the cap fits snugly around the top of a part while the thinner lower lip of the cap accommodates the increase in diameter size. The lip along the top of the cap allows for easy application and removal…MORE
Cytec Launches Energy-Curable Resins for Metals Cytec Industries Inc. has launched two new energy-curable resins for industrial metal applications. EBECRYL® 3213 epoxy acrylate is designed to provide outstanding adhesion to metal substrates for general pipe and tubing applications. EBECRYL® 1701-TP20 acrylated acrylic is designed to provide flexibility, gloss and weatherability, as well as excellent adhesion to cold rolled steel and aluminum…MORE
Atlas Releases Reference Guide on CD Atlas Material Testing Technology LLC has produced an interactive reference guide and educational CD on its Ci-Series Weather-Ometers for predicting the service life of automotive materials, paint and coatings, plastics, packaging, textiles and building materials. The interactive CD is divided into sections that provide detailed information on comparing instruments, specific features, installing and setting up the instruments, running tests, and scheduled maintenance procedures…MORE
FINISHING AGENDA
WESTEC Expo and Conference Slated for March
The WESTEC Exposition and Conference will place March 26-29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The event will include the LA & San Fernando Valley NTMA Luncheon on March 28. The keynote speaker at the luncheon will be David M. Bowman, vice president and C-17 program manager for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, who will speak on the "The Future of Aerospace Manufacturing in Southern California." Bowman is responsible for business, technical, production and support operations for the Boeing/U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III program. Prior to this assignment, he was general manager of the U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier program. For more information, visit
www.sme.org/westec.
2007 NASF Washington Forum Scheduled for May
The 2007 NASF Washington Forum, hosted by the National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF), will be held May 1-3, 2007 at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC. The event will include presentations, panel discussions and briefings on technology, policy, regulatory and economic trends in the industry. The forum will feature three technical courses — the Regulatory Compliance Workshop, Wastewater Treatment and Control Workshop, and the Innovative Pollution Prevention Practices Workshop — as well as keynote remarks by a leading member of Congress and an optional day of meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. For more
information, call 202.457.8404 or visit www.nasf.org.
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