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June 2012 Vol. 17, No. 6 Table of Contents

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International Coatings Scene ....................................24Europe Industrial Coatings Segment Tackles VOC Issues

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If you were able to make it to Indianapolis last month for the American Coat-

ings Show and Conference Im sure you were just as impressed as I was with

the way the whole event turned out. Hats off the American Coatings Associ-

ation and Vincentz for organizing a great exhibition that seems to get better

and more cohesive with each installment. The show really does feel like the

younger sibling of the European Coatings Show.

With 427 exhibitors and more than 7,500 overall participants from 69

countries the third edition of the ACS 2012 broke all of its previous records

for visitors, exhibitors and footprint.

Exhibitors from 19 countries displayed a comprehensive range of products

on more than 91,000 net square feet of exhibit space covering all aspects ofpaint and coating formulation. Companies from abroad accounted for 35 per-

cent of the exhibitors, and in addition to the U.S., leading countries repre-

sented at the show included China, Germany, Canada, India, South Korea,

United Kingdom and Turkey.

Aside from all the great networking opportunities the show offered along

with the high level of show oor trafc and a top notch technical conference,

Indianapolis was the perfect choice of host city. Literally everything is within

walking distance which made was extremely convenient.

While the next regularly scheduled ACS will take place on April 7-10, 2014

at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga. due to scheduling con-

icts from what I hear, the show will return to Indy in 2016 and beyond. Next

month look for a comprehensive report that will include lots of informationon what we compiled from all the booths in terms of new products and tech-

nology innovation in the industry as well as lots of photos.

Next month will also feature our annual Top Companies Report, which is

Coatings Worldsmost widely read and highly anticipated editorial event every

year. As the global coatings community continues to expand so too does our

report, which will cover more than 90 paint and coatings manufacturers from

around the world.

To qualify for inclusion in the report, you must be a paint and coatings

manufacturer of any kind with sales revenue of $100 million or more for s-

cal 2011. Does your company qualify? Do you know of a company that might

t this criteria? Please let me know! Coatings Worldaims to bring you the

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H.B. Fuller Company has signed an agree-

ment to sell its Central American paints busi-

ness to Compania Global de Pinturas S.A.,

(Pintuco), a company of Grupo Mundial.

H.B. Fullers Central American paints

business has a leading market position in the

region with strong brands, a broad offering

of quality product lines and a local manu-

facturing presence. Sales are made through

multiple distribution channels,including re-

tail distributors and the companys network

of retail stores located throughout CentralAmerica.Its brands are well recognized,and

its products are widely used for residential

and commercial applications, including ar-

chitectural, marine and highway safety.

This business has a strong market po-

sition and excellent leadership, said Jim

Owens, president and CEO of H.B. Fuller.

Our strategic vision is to be the best ad-

hesives company in the world, and the

paints business is not, therefore, core to

our strategic plan. Our divestiture enables

this business to be part of a company witha strategic position in the paint industry.

The Central American paints business

began operations in Costa Rica in 1949

and has been a member of the H.B. Fuller

portfolio since 1967. The business being

sold includes nearly 800 employees who

work across Central America and pro-

duction plants and laboratories in Costa

Rica, Honduras and Panama.

Based in Medellin, Colombia, Pintuco is

a leading company in the paints industry in

the Andean region, with a presence inColombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Costa Rica,

Panama and the Caribbean. Grupo

Mundial operates 53 companies in 12 coun-

tries and exports products to 25 countries.

Group sales for 2011 were $1.073 billion.

Grupo Mundial was founded in 1921 and

has six company divisions: Paints, Chemi-

cals, General Wholesaler, Water Pipes, Inks

and Packaging.

The transactions closing is subject to cer-

tain conditions, including the notication of

government and regulatory authorities andshould be completed within 60 days. The

purchase price to be paid for the business is

$120 million. In 2011, the business to be

sold had revenue of $113.5 million and gen-

erated EBITDA of $13.3 million, before al-

location of corporate expenses. The Central

American paints business will be accounted

for as a discontinued operation in H.B.

Fullers current 2012 scal year.

AkzoNobel to supply roofcoatings to Maracan Stadium

AkzoNobel has reached an agreement to

supply coatings for the roof of Brazils fa-

mous Maracan Stadium, which will host

a major soccer nal in 2014. In addition,

AkzoNobel has also secured a contract to

paint the mezzanine of the Grmio Arena

located in Porto Alegre. The Maracan

Stadium contract involves the supply of

Interseal 670HS protective coatings, while

both Interseal 670HS and Interne 979

will be used at the Grmio Arena. Both are

supplied by AkzoNobels marine and pro-

tective coatings business. CW

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AsWeGoToPress

Index to Companies

This index gives the starting page for a department or feature with a signifi-

cant reference to a manufacturer of paint, coatings, adhesives and sealants.

Subsidiaries are indexed under their own names.

3M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,19

AkzoNobel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 16

BASF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,19,30Biocoat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Chesapeake Bay Coatings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Complimentary Coatings Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Dunn-Edwards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Dur-A-Flex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

H.B. Fuller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Hempel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Henkel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Hydromer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Industrial Nanotech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

International Paint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Pintuco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

PPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,50

Quest Specialty Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

RPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Sansin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

SCIGRIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Shawcor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Spies Hecker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Valspar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,19

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addition Bredero Shaw has also re-

ceived a contract for anode pro-

curement and installation. Work

will commence during the second

quarter of 2013. The company will execute

the work at Bredero Shaws facility in Kuan-

tan, Malaysia. The Kuantan facility is a

technology-based, full service coating plant

that was built specically to process large,

complex projects in the Asia Pacic region.

BASF and DeutscheNanoschicht to introduceinnovative process forsuperconducting coatingsHigh-temperature superconductors can be

manufactured much more efciently and

with less environmental impact by means

of the innovative production process de-

veloped by technology company Deutsche

Nanoschicht GmbH. Superconductors

carry current virtually without loss, so

they allow potentially huge savings in gen-

erating and transporting electricity. BASF

Future Business GmbH supports Deutsche

Nanoschicht as a cooperation partner.

The wires for high-temperature super-

conductors are manufactured by a coating

process developed by Deutsche Nanoschicht

that uses chemical solution deposition. The

ceramic layers produced in this way have

superconducting properties because they

feature awless crystal orientation.Chem-

ical deposition processes are technically

challenging but hold enormous economic

potential, said Dr. Michael Bcker, manag-

ing director of Deutsche Nanoschicht.

Industrial and energy sector customers,

in particular, can benet from the com-

panys patented solutions. Wherever large

volumes of electricity are generated, trans-

ported or used, the technologies we have

developed facilitate innovative power engi-

neering systems that operate efciently with

little impact on resources, said Bcker.

Manufacturers of generators and mo-

tors or of cable and mains supply net-

works for metropolitan areas will be

particularly interested in superconductor

technology. Among other applications it

enables energy to be harvested highly ef-

ciently from renewable resources by

means of wind and hydro power genera-

tors, especially in offshore wind farms.

High-temperature superconductors

conduct current without resistance at tem-

peratures just above the boiling point of

liquid nitrogen (77 Kelvin/-196 degrees

Celsius). This temperature can be reached

reliably at little cost and maintained dur-

ing operations by means of commercial

cryo technology. As the current carrying

capacity is high compared to copper, ex-

tremely compact and lightweight systems

become an option in electrical engineering.

Deutsche Nanoschicht has developed a

unique process for manufacturing supercon-

ductors cost-effectively. Customized formu-

lations are deposited on a substrate by means

of continuous processes.The crystallographic

structure of the substrate is effectively trans-

ferred to the ceramic layers being deposited

so that all crystals of the superconductor ob-

tained are perfectlyaligned to each other.The

coating consequently features the ideal elec-

trical properties of a monocrystal but does

not show its mechanical properties such as

brittleness or impact sensitivity.

BASF Future Business and Deutsche

Nanoschicht intend to bring this innovative

coating technology to market together. The

superconductor manufacturing process al-

lows a broad range of applications far be-

yond the energy sector.We believe that the

coating technology of Deutsche

Nanoschicht is a promising technology

platform. Combined with our expertise in

formulation, it can form the basis for the

development of new system solutions for

sensor and energy technology as well as

electronics, said Dr. Ralf Nrenberg,mem-

ber of the scouting team at BASF Future

Business. By cooperating with Deutsche

Nanoschicht GmbH we can bring together

our expertise in chemicals and the innova-

tive coating process of our partner.

Drr presented its innovativeautomotive paint technologiesat the Drr Open HouseAt the Drr Open House, the companys

business divisions presented innovative

technologies to industry professionals.

Under the motto Production Efciency

for Your Advantage, Drr demonstrated

new solutions in painting, gluing and au-

tomation technology.

Aspects such as the reduction of emis-

sions and energy consumption, material

savings and efcient use of space, exibil-

ity, and efciency in planning, process and

maintenance from the Eco Efciency sys-

tem are guidelines for Drrs operations.

At the application technology and the

paint and assembly part of the exhibition,

products, technologies and solutions from

this range of performance were presented.

EcoBell3 atomizers for exterior and direct

charging are convincing with their minimal

color change loss and short color change

times.The atomizer plays an essential role in

todays painting process. The EcoBell3 offers

many advantages and alternatives and not

least, it makes signicant contributions in

dealing with energy and resources efciently.

The new swing arm robot EcoRP L153

provides accessibility for small and large car

bodies on a production line, thus increasing

exibility. At the exhibition, the robot was

integrated into a fully-automatic station for

interior and exterior painting in a painting

zone (box concept). The reduction of the

zone length and a more exible production

are essential features of this concept.

The continuous development and im-

provement of the application technology

products guarantee the highest quality,

greatest exibility and protability during

painting. In the future, the painting robot

from Drr will be available with a uniform

robotic arm for all applications. The second

generation of the color changer EcoLCC

scores points with a new skid positioning

system with servo drive and weight reduc-

tion through new valve technology. The

robot control EcoRPC with a new genera-

tion of controllers saves up to 30 percent

more energy and has a uniform bus system

for motion and process with Sercos 3.

The seam sealant applicator EcoGun

Sealing IDS with integrated dosing system

reduces complexity and increases dynam-

ics. The EcoGun Sealing IDS reduces ma-

terial consumption with high dosing

accuracy, improves seam quality through

highly dynamic brush changing, and re-

duces maintenance effort through reduced

complexity and high durability.

For all gluing requirements in the

body-in-white and nal assembly, Drr of-

fers advanced technologies and products.

For example, during gluing in body shell

construction, the required amount of glue

is reduced by up to 30 percent with the

new, patented, electrically controlled ap-

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plicator. At the same time, the

availability of the system in-

creases, and the cycle time is re-

duced by higher robot speeds.

Drr showed solutions for coating and

gluing rotor blades in the wind power indus-

try for the rst time at this open house. The

company uses its automation know-how

from its traditional business areas in this eld.

The automated application of adhesives and

paint in rotor blade manufacturing increases

quality and process reliability together with

lessmaterial consumption.Additional advan-

tages include saving time by overlapping

processes during activation, cleaning, paint-

ing and drying, as well as greater durability

through reliable manufacturing processes.

For systems and automation Drr pres-

ents the compact, modular paint booth

concept, EcoReBooth. This is based on the

proven EcoDryScrubber technology for dry

separation of paint overspray, which saves

60 percent of the energy required in the

paint booth. New with EcoReBooth is the

integrated, powerful ventilation system lo-

cated within the cabin cross-section, mak-

ing the system highly compact. Other

benets include rapid installation through

construction with pre-assembled modules,

and the fact that all maintenance-related

components are situated on one level. The

exible cabin width should also be high-

lighted, as it is individually adaptable to the

customers setting. This newly designed

paint booth reduces the space required,the

complexity, the number of lter modules,

as well as the consumption of media - and

thus ultimately the costs.

Drr offers a new perspective for sus-

tainable painting with alternative concepts

for the production of industrial process

heating. Drr utilizes solar energy for the

Eco Paintshop, which reduces energy and

material consumption as well as emissions.

Low maintenance and compact Fresnel

collectors are used, which concentrate sun-

light and thus function very efciently.

While conventional collectors produce

process heat of only 80 C, Drr achieves

temperatures of up to 400 C with these

high-performance collectors. This way

Drr can heat ovens whose operation re-

quires temperatures up to 220 C. This pi-

oneering step of energy independence is

topped off with the use of combined heat

and power. With it electricity is produced

via a low-emission combustion process in a

micro gas turbine, whose waste heat is used

to heat the oven. Both technologies result

in signicantly lower CO2 emissions and

conserve non-renewable energy sources.

Drr also supports the introduction of

new drive and mobility concepts with in-

novative automation solutions. For their

customer, Better Place, Drr has manufac-

tured automatic battery exchange stations

for electric cars for Better Place, as part of

the companys expanding global network

footprint. The rst systems are being in-

stalled and a framework agreement has

been concluded for supplying additional

equipment. Its a simple concept: You need

not tediously charge a battery that is run-

ning low, but instead completely automat-

ically exchange it at a changing station.

This takes no more time to complete than

a visit to the gas station.

As a specialist in vehicle assembly with

know-how in gluing,testing and lling tech-

nology, as well as in automation,Drr is op-

timally positioned to supply assembly lines

for complete drive batteries in electric cars.

This expertise was demonstrated to cus-

tomers at the eighth Drr Open House.

Hydromer signs agreementwith Chinese companies to useits Hydromer medical coatingsHydromer, Inc. announced that during its

last scal quarter, ending on March 31st

2012, it had entered into license agree-

ments with three separate Chinese med-

ical device manufacturers.

Under the terms of these agreements,

each Chinese company is licensed to use cer-

tain proprietary Hydromer medical coatings

on medical devices, such as intraocular lens

injection nozzles, tissue culture dishes and

rods, and various intravenous catheters.

These Chinese medical device compa-

nies will make their Hydromer coated de-

vices available for their Chinese and

international clients.

We are delighted with our new Chinese

relationships and are proud to have our in-

novative Hydromer medical coating tech-

nologies contribute to the growing Chinese

medical device market sector, said Martin

von Dyck, executive vice president of Hy-

dromer, Inc. Each of these Chinese compa-

nies is using different Hydromer medical

coating technologies that are formulated for

theirrespective device material selections and

coated device performance requirements.

Hydromer, Inc. is a bio-technology-

based company involved in the research

and development, manufacture, contract

coating and commercialization of special-

ized polymer and hydrogel products for

medical device, animal health, cosmetic,

personal care and industrial uses. These

technologies include Hydromer lubricious

/ anti-microbial / anti-thrombogenic / cell

anti-mitosis / cell growth enhancing coat-

ings for the medical marketplace.

Industrial Nanotech to open

office in IndiaIndustrial Nanotech, Inc., is opening a sales

ofce in India due to increased demand for

its Nansulate energy saving and protective

coatings from OEM manufacturers as well

as end manufacturing users to reduce energy

costs.The company plans to establish an of-

ce rst in Southern India, in or near Ban-

galore, with expansion to Northern India

and Western India in the near future.

India has become an increasingly im-

portant country as their manufacturing sec-

tors and economy as a whole continue to

have a healthy growth rate, said Francesca

Crolley, vice president of business develop-

ment for Industrial Nanotech, Inc. We

began a strategy this year focused on boost-

ing our marketing and brand presence in

India as an energy saving solution and it has

returned signicant results. These include

multiple inquiries from manufacturers that

want to useNansulate coatings for insulation

of their equipment for energy savings and

surface temperature reduction, as well as a

meeting with a leading OEM manufacturer

of process cooling systems with 14 locations

throughout India,and an international client

base, that is interested in incorporating our

technology into the process cooling systems

they manufacture and sell.

Indias economic growth is expected to

remain robust in 2012 and 2013, despite

likely headwind of double-dip recessions

in Europe and the U.S., according to a

United Nations annual economic report,

World Economic Situation and Prospects

2012. The Indian economy is expected to

grow between 7.7 percent and 7.9 percent

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this year, as per the report. India is the sec-

ond most preferred destination for foreign

investors, according to the report, Doing

Business in India by Ernst & Young.

The American Coatings Showsets new records with highestattendance in 2012With 427 exhibitors and more than 7,500

overall participants from 69 countries(2010:

328/6,700), the third edition of the Ameri-

can Coatings Show and Conference broke

all of its previous records for visitors, ex-

hibitors and footprint. The organizersthe

American Coatings Association and Vin-

centz Networksaid they were very pleased

that each of the biennial events has increased

in attendance.

Exhibitors from 19 countries (2010:

17) displayed a comprehensive range of

products on more than 91,000 net square

feet of exhibit space (2010: 68,100 square

feet) covering all aspects of paint and coat-

ing formulation during the show held from

May 8-10, 2012 at the Indiana Conven-

tion Center, Indianapolis. Companies from

abroad accounted for 35 percent of the ex-

hibitors, and in addition to the U.S., lead-

ing countries represented at the show

included China, Germany, Canada, India,

South Korea, United Kingdom and Turkey.

The keynote speakers at the conference

this year emphasized the ties between sci-

ence and industry at the plenary session.

More than 1,000 attendees learned at the

conference from May 7-9 about the most

recent research results and industrial de-

velopments in 16 thematically structured

sessionsamong them hot topics like the

latest developments in the world of smart

and functional coatings.

TheAmerican CoatingsAward, presented

by the American Coatings Association and

Vincentz Network, honors the most out-

standing conference paper. This year, Dr.

Antony van Dyk of Dow Coating Materials

and Dr. Alan Nakatani from The Dow

Chemical Company received the award for

their paper,Shear Rate Dependent Structure

of Polymer Stabilized TiO2 Dispersions.

The Roon Award, sponsored by the

Coatings Industry Education Foundation,

recognizes exceptional technical papers in

the protective coatings eld. The rst place

award went to Marshall Ming, Georgia

Southern University, for Smart Coatings

for Self-Healing Corrosion Protection,

while second place went to Thomas Nelson,

North Dakota State University, for Cat-

alyzed Crosslinking of Highly-Functional

Bio-Based Resins.

Dr. Stuart Croll, chair of the depart-

ment of coatings and polymeric materials

at North Dakota State University, was rec-

ognized with the J. Mattiello Me-

morial Lecture Award for his out-

standing contributions to science,

technology, and engineering re-

lated to the coatings industry.

The next regularly scheduled American

Coatings Show and Conference will take

place on April 7-10, 2014 at the Georgia

World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga.CW

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Valspar Sourcing, Inc. has been granted a

patent for a coated substrate comprised of

a substrate coil, and a coating composition

applied to at least one major surface of the

substrate coil, wherein the coating compo-

sition is comprised of a binder comprised

of a polyester resin that is formed using at

least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid and

using polyols comprised of at least one

symmetric diol in an amount greater than

50% weight based on the total weight ofpolyols and at least one asymmetric diol in

an amount greater than 20% weight based

on the total weight of polyols, wherein the

polyester resin is comprised of between

50% and 75% weight isophthalic acid

based on the total weight of resin and has

a glass transition temperature of at least

approximately 35 C; and wherein the

exibility of the coated substrate is at least

0T with no tape off.

Akzo Nobel Coatings patentsreactive diluent malonatecoatingU.S. 8,124,688 B2

Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.

has received a patent for coating compo-

sition comprised of an oxidatively drying

binder and a reactive diluent, wherein at

least a part of the diluent is an ester of

malonic acid, the ester is comprised of a

building block derived from an aldehyde

coupled to the malonate backbone by a

Knoevenagel reaction, wherein the alde-hyde-derived building block is selected

from the group consisting of citronellal,

furfural, isobutyraldehyde, benzylalde-

hyde, anisaldehyde and cinnamaldehyde.

Sachtleben Chemie patents UV-curable undercoatU.S. 8,114,513 B2

Sachtleben Chemie GmbH has received a

patent for a UV-curing primer comprised

of barium sulfate having an average par-

ticle size of 10 to 120 nm, a binder, a UVinitiator, and a reactive thinner, wherein

the binder is from 40% to 80% weight,

the reactive thinner is from 20% to 45%

weight, the UV initiator is from 2% to 10

% weight and the barium sulfate is from

1% to 25% weight.

Lumimoive patents corrosionresistant coatingU.S. 8,114,206 B2

Lumimove, Inc. has obtained a patent for

a corrosion-responsive agent comprised of

a neutralized metal salt of a corrosion-in-hibiting organic anion, wherein a 2.5% by

weight aqueous solution of the dried salt

has a pH that is above 6 and below 8.

DuPont patents low tempcurable melamine coatingU.S. 8,114,481 B2

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

has been awarded a patent for a process

for producing a coating on a substrate.

The process is comprised of the steps of:

(A) mixing components of a coating compo-sition to form a pot mix,wherein the coating

composition consists of: i) a crosslinkable

component consisting of 15% to 99%

weight of total solid weight of the crosslink-

able component a polyester having hydroxyl

crosslinkable groups and a weight average

molecular weight in a range of 1,500 to

100,000, and 1% to 35% weight of total

solid weight of the crosslinkable component

a melamine having crosslinkable groups se-

lected from an NH group, a hydroxyl

group, or a combination thereof; and ii) acrosslinking component consisting of a poly-

isocyanate compound having two or more

isocyanate groups that react with the

crosslinkable groups at temperatures in a

range offrom 40 F (4 C)to 200F (93C);

iii) one or more pigments or effect pigments;

and iv) one or more additives selected from

conductive additives, viscosity adjuster, cata-

lyst, one or more solvents, or a combination

thereof; wherein the coating composition is

formulated as a primer, or a color matched

primer; (B) applying the pot mix over thesubstrate to form a layer; and (C) curing the

layer on the substrate to form the coating.

Denka Singapore patentsmethod for producing carbonblackU.S. 8,114,937 B2

Denka Singapore Private Limited has ob-

tained a patent for carbon black comprised

of a chain body which is comprised of a re-

gion of spherical carbon particles and a re-

gion of rod-shaped carbon particles, the

region and the region are connected.

Sensient patents self-dispersedpigmentsU.S. 8,118,924 B2

Sensient Colors LLC has received a patent

for a method of modifying a pigment com-

prised of reacting cyanuric chloride with ap-

proximately three equivalents of a secondary

compound or a mixture of secondary com-

pounds to displace all reactive chlorines to

form a substituted triazine; and reacting the

substituted triazine with a surface of a pig-ment to form a surface modied pigment.

Bayer MaterialScient patentsdual-cure coatingU.S. 8,119,245 B2

Bayer MaterialScience LLC has been

granted a patent for a radiation-curable

coating composition comprised of an

amino-functional polyaspartate; a (cyclo)

aliphatic polyisocyanate; a urethane acry-

late; and a photoinitiator, wherein the ure-

thane acrylate is essentially free fromhydroxyl and isocyanate groups, and the

amount of the urethane acrylate comprises

30% to 85% weight of the composition.

Aldehyde reducing coatingfrom AWI LicensingU.S. 8,119,560 B2

AWI Licensing Company has been awarded

a patent for an aldehyde reducing surface

coating comprised of a binder, the binder

being ethylene vinyl chloride; and an alde-

hyde reactive material which will reduce thealdehyde concentration in a room to which

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it is applied, wherein the aldehyde

reactive material is well dispersed

and has a ne crystal size of ap-

proximately 5 nm to 50 nm.

3M patents water-solubleadhesiveU.S. 8,119,732 B2

3M Innovative Properties Company has

been granted a patent for a method of ap-

plying an adhesive to a paper substrate, the

method is comprised of applying a liquid,

water-soluble adhesive composition to the

paper substrate, the liquid, water-soluble

adhesive composition is comprised of an

adhesive polymer dissolved in water and the

adhesive polymer is comprised of a poly-

ethyloxazoline; wherein the total amount of

polyethyloxazoline polymer in the water-

soluble adhesive composition is from 52%

to 70% weight based on the total weight of

water-soluble adhesive composition.

AkzoNobel Coatings patentssolventless coatingU.S. 8,114,920 B2

Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V. has

been granted a patent for UV-curable aque-

ous emulsion comprised of a urethane reac-

tion product of 1% to 10% by weight of a

polycarbonate polyol or polyester polyol,

1% to 10% by weight of an isocyanate com-

pound, 0.1% to 5% by weight of a reactive

carboxylic acid, 1% to 10% by weight of a

UV-curable acrylic oligomer having 2 to 9

functional acrylate groups and 5% to 20%

by weight of a UV-curable acrylic monomer;

and 0.1% to 20% by weight of a urethane-

reactive acrylate,0.01% to 1% by weight of

a radical polymerization inhibitor and 55%

to 75% by weight of water, based on the

total weight of the UV-curable aqueous

emulsion, wherein the UV-curable acrylic

oligomer is a mixture of an oligomer having

4 or more functional acrylate groups and an

oligomer having 3 or less functional acrylate

groups, and wherein the UV-curable acrylic

monomer is selected from the group consist-

ing of trimethylolpropane triacrylate

(TMPTA), tripropyleneglycol diacrylate

(TPGDA), 1,6-hexamethylenediol diacrylate

(HDDA), 1,4-butanediol diacrylate (1,4-

BDDA), 1,3-isobutanediol diacrylate,

isobonyl acrylate (IBOA) and a mixture

thereof.

Henkel patents roomtemperature curing adhesiveU.S. 8,119,754

Henkel Corporation has obtained a patent

for room temperature cure adhesive compo-

sition comprised of at least one polyurethane

oligomer having (meth)acrylate functionality

present in an amount of from approximately

25% to 30% by weight of the total compo-

sition; a reactive monomer comprised of cy-

cloalkyl(meth)acrylate present in an amount

of 10% to 50% by weight of the total com-

position; at least one maleimide-functional-

ized compound present in an amount of

from 15% to 30% by weight of the total

composition; and a cure system comprised

of at least one free-radical initiator.

Mayan Pigments patents nearinfrared reflecting hybridpigmentsU.S. 8,123,850 B2

Mayan Pigments, Inc. has been granted a

patent for a hybrid pigment composition

comprised of a pigment or a dye reacted

with a brous clay, wherein the pigment

composition has higher reectance in a near

infrared region than a visible light region of

the electromagnetic spectrum, and wherein

the pigment or dye is selected from the

group consisting of Solvent Yellow 33, Vat

Red 1, Vat Red 41, and Vat Orange 5; and

at least one additional dye or pigment.

BASF patents method offinishing organic pigmentsU.S. 8,123,851 B2

BASF has been granted a patent for a

method of nishing an organic pigment

comprised of dry-comminuting an organic

pigment in the presence of a sulfonato-func-

tional condensation product of an arylsul-

fonic acid and at least one aliphatic aldehyde

having 1 to 6 C atoms as crystallization

modier; dispersing the resulting mixture of

pigment and crystallization modier in min-

eral acid; and swelling the pigment in the

presence of the crystallization modier in

mineral acid to obtain a swollen pigment.

Hamilton Sundstrand SpaceSystems patents hydrophiliccoatingU.S. 8,124,113 B2

Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems Inter-

national, Inc. has received a patent for an an-

timicrobial hydrophilic coating slurry com-

prised of between approximately 13.9 %

and 17.1% weight of a wetting agent; be-

tween 5.4 % and 6.6 % weight of an insol-

ubilizer; between 1.0 % and 1.2% weight of

a biocide agent; between 6.8 % and 8.8%

weight of an inorganic material comprising

lithium oxide, the balance being water.

DuPont patents process forproducing TiO2 with reducedchloridesU.S. 8,114,377 B2

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company has

been granted a patent for a process for pro-

ducing titanium dioxide pigment comprised

of reacting titanium tetrahalide vapor, a ru-

tile-forming agent and at least a stoichio-

metric amount of oxygen in a reactor to

form a gaseous suspension comprised of ti-

tanium dioxide particles; introducing sili-

con tetrachloride into the reactor at least

one point downstream of the point of con-

tact of the titanium tetrahalide, the rutile

forming agent and the oxygen, and where

at least 97% of the titanium tetrahalide has

been converted to titanium dioxide; pass-

ing the gaseous suspension to a cooling

conduit; introducing scouring, material

particles, selected from the group consist-

ing of calcined titanium dioxide and com-

pressed titanium dioxide, and mixtures

thereof, into the cooling conduit; wherein

the scouring material particles have a di-

ameter in the range of 0.25 mm to 12.7

mm and forming a cooled product having a

solid and a vapor phase; separating the

vapor phase from the cooled product to

form a powder comprised of the titanium

dioxide particles, chlorine-containing ma-

terial comprising 500 to 3000 ppm of one

or more oxychlorides, and the scouring ma-

terial; and subjecting the powder to uid

energy milling in a uid energy mill and

substantially uniform heating at a temper-

ature of approximately 200 C to 600 C,

in the presence of moisture, the substan-

tially uniform heating in the presence of

moisture taking place in the uid energy

mill, to reduce the content of chlorine con-

taining materials to an oxychlorides con-

tent of less than about 60 ppm; wherein the

moisture present is in at least a stoichio-

metric amount with the oxychloride.CW

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The Valspar Corporation reported its results

for the second quarter ended April 27,

2012. Second-quarter sales totaled $1.03

billion, a four percent increase from the sec-

ond quarter of 2011. Net income for the

second quarter of 2012 was $76.5 million,

up from $56.3 million a year ago.We were

pleased with our performance in the quar-

ter, said Gary Hendrickson, president and

CEO, Valspar. Our earnings growth was

driven by new business in our industrial

product lines, better price-to-cost balance,productivity improvements and benets

from last years restructuring actions. Our

volume trend improved sequentially in both

our coatings and paint segments in the

quarter. Looking ahead to the rest of the

year, we are raising adjusted full year earn-

ings per share guidance to $3.20 to $3.30,

reecting our expectation of further volume

growth and continued execution of our key

operational initiatives.

BASF reports six percent growthin sales over last years Q1BASF had a solid start to 2012. Sales were

higher than in the very good rst quarter of

the previous year and rose six percent to

20.6 billion. Income from operations

(EBIT) before special items decreased as ex-

pected and, at 2.5 billion (down seven per-

cent), was slightly below the same quarter

of the previous year. Increased raw mate-

rial costs could not be fully passed on in all

business areas, which put pressure on our

margins. Our Oil & Gas and Agricultural

Solutions segments increased their earnings

signicantly, said Dr. Kurt Bock, chairman

of the board of executive directors of BASF,

at the annual shareholders meeting in the

Congress Center Rosengarten inMannheim. After a weak fourth quarter in

2011, BASFs business recovered in the rst

quarter of 2012. However, higher raw ma-

terial costs could only be partly passed on.

The company expects global economic

growth to continue over the course of 2012.

Uncertainty on the nancial markets damp-

ens growth prospects. Positive stimulus for

the chemical industry will mainly come

from the emerging markets. Sales increased

in the Chemicals segment, mainly due to

positive currency effects and sales to Styro-lution Group companies. Sales in the Per-

formance Products segment were at the

level of the very good previous rst quarter.

Demand was slightly lower. Sales in the

Functional Solutions segment increased

slightly as a result of higher demand from

the automotive and construction industries.

3M reports four percentgrowth in net income withrecord sales in Q13M reported record rst-quarter sales of

$7.5 billion, up 2.4 percent year-on-year.

On a segment basis, sales increased 8.6

percent in Industrial and Transportation,

5.5 percent in Safety, Security and Protec-

tion Services, 4.3 percent in Consumerand Ofce and 2.0 percent in Health

Care. Sales declined 3.4 percent in Electro

and Communications and 11.8 percent in

Display and Graphics, both impacted by

the consumer electronics industry. On a

geographic basis, sales grew 8.4 percent in

Latin America/Canada, 6.3 percent in the

United States and 0.1 percent in Europe.

Sales declined 1.9 percent in Asia Pacic.

First-quarter net income rose four percent

year-on-year to over $1.1 billion. We are

off to a very good start in 2012 withrecord rst-quarter sales and strong earn-

ings, said Inge Thulin, 3M president and

CEO. 3M employees everywhere did an

outstanding job of managing in a chal-

lenging environment for growth. CW

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The paints and varnishes market in the

BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China)

countries was valued over US$29 billion

in 2011, representing an increase of 56.3

percent from the value recorded in 2007,

according to a new report released byRe-

portlinker.com. The market recorded pos-

itive annual growth rates every year

during the review period (2007-2011),

apart from in 2009 when it declined by

3.2 percent due to the adverse impact of

the global economic crisis. Water-basedpaints and varnishes accounted for the

largest share of the BRIC paints and var-

nishes market in 2011 with a market

share of 46.4 percent. The second largest

category in the market was solvent-based

paints and varnishes, which recorded a

market share of 26.6 percent. China was

the largest paints and varnishes market

among the BRIC countries during the re-

view period. The Chinese paints and var-

nishes market grew rapidly and recorded

a CAGR of 16.90 percent during the re-view period.

The BRIC countries have played a

major role in the growth of the paints and

coatings market during the review period,

as population growth, rapid urbanization,

increasing disposable income and focus

on nuclear or smaller families have all

combined to considerably raise demand

for residential construction.

Global sporting events such as the

2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016

Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will re-quire substantial construction activity in

infrastructure, commercial and residential

sectors over the forecast period which will

stimulate growth for paints and varnishes.

Brazil is undergoing an extensive pe-

riod of reconstruction, with plans to com-

plete 12,265 infrastructure projects

throughout the country by the end of

2016. An investment of US$800 billion

for infrastructure spending is expected in

Brazil over the forecast period, which will

create a large demand for paints and var-nishes in the country.

Russia is preparing to host major in-

ternational events including the 2018

FIFA World Cup, the 2014 Winter

Olympic Games in Sochi and the 2012

APEC Summit in Vladivostok which will

require substantial construction activity

in infrastructure, commercial, and resi-

dential sectors over the forecast period

which will stimulate the growth for

paints and varnishes.

The Indian government announced

an investment of US$514 billion(INR23.5 trillion) in its 11th five-year

plan, covering the 2007-2012 period. In

addition, the government has increased

infrastructure spending, from seven per-

cent of GDP to 10 percent, which indi-

cates the potential for increased

infrastructure construction activities that

could require paints and varnishes.

The level of construction activity in

China will increase due to increasing FDI,

rapid urbanization, ongoing industrializa-

tion, the expanding manufacturing sectorand government efforts to develop infra-

structure. This will create demand for

paints and varnishes in China, enabling

the countrys paints and varnishes market

to achieve a CAGR of 12.91% percent

over the forecast period.

GIA says growth in end-usemarkets drives the pigmentsdyes industry

The market for pigments and dyes re-sponds to the coloring needs of a wide

range of end-use industries, ranging from

paints and coatings to construction. With

robust demand in key markets of paints

and coatings, plastics, paper and printing

inks, the pigments market is forecast to

register steady growth in the coming

years, according to a new report titled,

Pigments and Dyes: A Global Strategic

Business Report, published by Global In-

dustry Analysts Inc.

Aided by a choice for brighter aes-thetics and higher pigment concentra-

tion, the pigments industry is expected

to propel ahead at a steady rate. The in-

dustry is witnessing a fundamental shift

in the form of greater preference for

high performance metal-based inorganic

pigments, and away from solvent-based

raw materials. The dyes market, mean-

while, largely depends upon the fortunes

of its principal end-user, Textiles, which

account for about 70 percent of the

total demand.

After a brief decline in volume andvalues, in 2008 and 2009, which was a

result of the global economic downturn,

the future for global pigments and dyes

market appears to be bright. Global

market for pigments and dyes began to

show signs of recovery in 2009 and reg-

istered positive growth in 2010, albeit by

a small margin. The market, however, is

expected to post significant growth in

terms of volume as well as value in the

coming years. Surge in the coming years

would be fueled by growth in the paints,inks, coatings, and construction indus-

tries. Growing demand for high quality

value-added pigments is one of the key

factors expected to result in a spurt in

growth. Further, the market, although

mature, would also receive a boost as

companies increasingly feel the need to

evolve and design their products in sync

with changing requirements for new and

emerging technologies. Higher rates of

capacity utilization are expected to fur-

ther drive prices upwards. Mounting en-ergy costs would also considerably

impact global pigments consumption.

Asia-Pacific represents the largest and

the fastest growing regional market for

pigments and dyes worldwide, as stated

by the new market research report. A

key trend witnessed in the recent past is

the migration of manufacturing capacity

from the West to low-cost countries in

the Asia-Pacific region, driven mainly by

stringent environmental compliance is-

sues. China will continue to be the singlelargest and fastest growing market. CW

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Celanese Corporation said it is raising the

price of all emulsions sold in Europe, the

Middle East and Africa by up to EUR

80/MT effective June 1, 2012, or as con-

tracts allow. This price increase includes all

vinyl acetate and acrylic-based emulsions

and affects applications including, but not

limited to, adhesives, paint and coatings,

building and construction, nonwovens, glass

ber, carpet, paper and textiles. Celanese also

previously announced it will increase the

price of all emulsionsvinyl acetate/ethyl-ene (VAE), vinyl acrylic, pure acrylic, PVAc

homopolymers and other copolymerssold

in the Americas by $0.03/wet pound effec-

tive May 14, 2012, or as contracts allow.

Kraton Polymers announcesAsia Pacific SIS price increaseKraton Polymers LLC has announced a

general price increase in the Asia Pa-

cific Region of 200 USD/MT for all

Kraton SIS polymers and compounds.

Subject to the terms of any applicable

contracts, these price increases took ef-

fect June 1, 2012.

Wacker Polymers raises priceson Vinnapas in AmericasWacker Polymers is raising its prices for

its Vinnapas vinyl acetate-ethylene and

ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymerdispersions in the Americas. Effective June

1, 2012, or as customer contracts allow,

Wacker will implement a price increase of

$0.03 per wet pound.

Troy Corp. announces priceincreaseEffective May 1, 2012, or as contracts

allow, Troy Corp. increased global prices

for Polyphase and other dry film preser-

vatives, Mergal wet-state preservatives

and additives up to 15 percent. This

price increase is due to increases in the

cost of key raw materials, global regula-

tory support, energy, transportation and

labor said the company.

Price increase for carbon blackand pigment preparations

Orion Engineered Carbons LLC in-creased prices for domestically produced

carbon black and pigment preparations

Corasol, Derussol and Tack by $0.15/lb

for deliveries to the Americas. Imported

pigment prices increased by up to nine

percent depending on grade. The price

increases became effective for all deliv-

eries as of May 1, 2012. CW

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Spies Hecker has introduced Permasolid

2.1 Surfacer 5157 is a 2K acrylic urethane

with low VOC levels and is designed for

use with both waterborne and solvent-

borne base coats.

Permasolid 2.1 Surfacer 5157 is ideal

for renishers because of ease of applica-

tion and increased productivity the com-

pany said. Spraying requires two to four

coats and ash-off time is ve to 10 min-

utes between coats. Its leveling properties

means less sanding is required.Permasolid 2.1 Surfacer 5157 gives

shops a low VOC, productive surfacer

that will help increase productivity and

improve nal results, said Debbie Curry,

product manager, North America. This

new surfacer is not only fast and easy to

spray, it also provides good absorption of

overspray and exceptional feather edge ca-

pabilities, enabling technicians to achieve

optimal nal results.

Permasolid 2.1 Surfacer 5157 is avail-

able in white and dark gray.Based in Cologne, Germany, Spies

Hecker is one of the worlds leading man-

ufacturers of renishing paints.

Dunn-Edwards improvesSuprema interior flat andvelvet paintDunn-Edwards has improved its Suprema

product line. The Flat and Velvet nish

levels (10 and 20) now provide better

hide, burnish resistance and touch up thatwill go a long way to ensure that painting

professionals can provide the best possi-

ble interior paint for their clients homes

the company said. The high quality resins

in its formulation provide better scrub re-

sistance by creating a harder lm.

Suprema has excellent ow and leveling

because it uses a special thickening agent

that interacts better with the resin parti-

cles to allow the paint lm to ow better.

This ensures a smooth, even nish.

Suprema is eco-friendly, ethylene glycol(EG)-free and produced in the nations

only LEED Gold-Certied paint manufac-

turing plant. Suprema is ultra-low VOC at

50 grams per liter, and has very low odor

both during and after application. The im-

proved Suprema Flat and Velvet are now

available in Dunn-Edwards stores.

PPG launches new CRE SeriesprimersPPG Commercial Coatings has introduced

an enhanced version of its CRE Series cor-rosion-resistant epoxy primers. The new

primers replace all versions of the CRE

products currently sold in North America.

The CRE-X21 Series primers provide a

range of performance features that include

improved chemical resistance, enhanced

corrosion protection, a broad 96-hour re-

coat window, and excellent adhesion to

galvanized, galvaneal and stainless steel as

well as to current compatible substrates.

Also, with a 2.1 lbs/gal blended VOC, the

new series meets current regulations in theU.S. and Canada in PPG target markets.

This series of greatly improved

primers is the result of new raw material

technology we are utilizing at PPG, said

Steve Podlas, marketing manager for PPG

Commercial Coatings. We have com-

pletely redesigned both sides of the

primer/hardener package in making the

improvements.

According to Podlas, the CRE-X21 Se-

ries primers offer higher lm build capa-

bilities and excellent sag resistance. The llproperties make the primers an ideal

choice for application over sandblasted

proles. The primers also provide a

smoother appearance allowing for a better

nish appearance after the topcoat is ap-

plied.

The CRE-X21 Series primers are of-

fered in three standard colorsblack,

gray and whitein addition to a tintable

version. They are intended for use on trail-

ers, cranes, service bodies, cryogenic

equipment, and a variety of other manu-factured items. The primers can be applied

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New

Products

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using conventional equipment, pressure

pots, airless, air-assisted airless, or elec-

trostatic spray equipment.

Chesapeake Bay Coatingsintroduces Devran 224HSepoxy coating for industrialapplicationsBaltimore, Md.-based coatings manufac-

turer Chesapeake Bay Coating has re-

cently introduced several new high

performance steel coating products to

their product catalogue. One of the latest

steel coating solutions that the company

has added to their in-house inventory is

the Devran 224HS high solids epoxy coat-

ing product. This solution has been de-

signed as a coating for structural steel,

piping, tanks and equipment in chemical,

fertilizer and power plants among other

applications.

Devran 224HS is a high performance

multi-purpose, two-component chemi-

cally-cured epoxy semi-glass coating de-

signed for use on properly prepared steel

and masonry surfaces. The company said

many of its clients have found the prod-

uct to be the ideal solution for coatings

within correctional facilities, schools and

commercial areas and restaurant kitchens

where high performance is mandated by

federal legislation.

As one of the leading providers of

coatings to the federal government,

Chesapeake Bay Coatings has a long his-

tory in meeting the set stands of govern-

mental agencies for the production of

coatings solutions for the military.

Biocoat adds three successors

to its HydroSleek hydrophiliccoatings for medical devicesBiocoat, Inc., maker of lubricious Hydak

hydrophilic coatings introduced three

new hydrophilic coatings for medical de-

vices to its lineup. HydroSleek2 is the

new successor to the original Hy-

droSleek lubricious coating, with im-

proved processing and biocom-

patibility. The HydroSleek Kit is

another variation on the Hy-

droSleek coating, which allows

the product to be stored and transported

under a wider array of conditions. The

Hydak T-040 Kit is a remake of Hydak

L-110, also allowing for wider availabil-

ity to Asian and European markets. All

of these coatings are based on high mo-

lecular weight hyaluronic acid (HA).

This technology has applications among

a range of fields including ophthalmol-

ogy, urology, cardiology, endoscopy, and

neurovascular. HydroSleek coatings have

overcome the trade off between lubricity

and durability seen in cross-linked coat-

ings. Additionally, HydroSleek involves

a heat-cure process so both ID and OD

may be coated without the concerns sur-

rounding UV curing. These new prod-

ucts will act as Biocoats front line

solution to medical device firms seeking

to reduce surface friction for their de-

vices the company said. CW

New

Products

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Industrial Coatings Segment TacklesVOC Issues

International Coatings Scene Europe

by Sean Milmo

Europe Correspondent

[email protected]

European regulations aimed specically atlimiting emissions of volatile organic

compounds (VOCs) from coatings have

been mainly conned to decorative paints and

the manufacture of the coatings themselves.

The last piece of major European Union legis-

lation targeting VOCs was the decorative paints

regulation dubbed Decopaint, which in two

phases from 2007 and 2010 decreased the VOC

content of certain coatings by over 90 percent.

The European Commission, the EU executive

which is responsible for drawing up new EU leg-

islation for approval by the European Parliamentand EU governments, appears to have abandoned

tentative plans to extend VOC limits to other

coatings sectors, especially industrial paints.

It has also put aside plans for regulations on

interior air quality (IAQ) which would proba-

bly trigger not only tighter restrictions on VOCs

in decorative paints but also in wood coatings

on ooring and furniture and in plastic coatings

in household appliances.

Nonetheless producers of industrial paints,

especially anticorrosion and protective coatings,

have been feeling under pressure to reduce theVOC emissions from their products.

They are being pushed by other legislation

not specic to VOCs, new guidance from stan-

dards organizations, by customers or by their

own environmentally friendly strategies.

(Were) not waiting until the last minute for

legislation to show the way, said Dimitris Lik-

ouressis, group marketing manager at Hempelof Denmark. We are trying in all our develop-

ments to explore ways of combining high per-

formance competitive products with the least

impact on the environment. We need (also) to

understand that our customers with their own

sustainability policies have every intention to

work for a safer environment.

NORSOK, the Norwegian organization that

sets international bench marking standards for

the North Sea oil and gas, energy and marine

sectors, has just been tightening up its VOCs and

other rules. Certain water tanks now have tohave solvent-free coatings under NORSOC.

Among non VOC-specic EU regulations the

biggest inuence on solvents usage is being exerted

by REACH, the regions legislation on the regis-

tration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals.

It requires that all chemicals manufactured

or imported in quantities of 10 tons or more a

year will have to be registered with data about

their derived no effect levels (DNELs). These

show the extent of exposure to a substance

below which no adverse effects are expected to

occur. The REACH denition of DNEL sub-stances include VOCs.

Previously confined

to the decorative

coatings segment,

the VOC issue is

now at the forefront

of industrialcoatings as well.

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Manufacturers of industrial coatings

are steadily moving over to low-solvent or

solvent-free products. Weve seen grow-

ing interest from our customers for lower

VOC alternatives, said Mary Rose Cor-

rea, industrial market manager for Dow

Coatings Materials.

International Paint, the marine and

protective coatings division of AkzoNo-

bel, has reported that ABB, the global

leader in power and automation tech-

nologies, had recently awarded it a coat-

ings supply contract for transformers in

which a priority was a reduction in

VOC emissions.

International Paint has a wide range of

VOC contents in its paintsextending

from virtually zero to over 400 grams per

liter. In discussions with ABB before the

award of the contract International

stressed that VOC emissions were not nec-

essarily linked to VOC content.

While VOC per liter is important it is

also essential to understand the relative

volume solids content of the coatings, the

total dried lm thickness (DFT) of the ap-

plied lm coating system and the overall

VOC released per area painted, said

Jamie OBrien, worldwide power market

manager at International.

Hempel has just introduced a new sol-

vent-free epoxy coating for the interior of

storage tanks and pipelines, specied for

temperatures up to 93C (200F), which

enables oil and gas companies to store and

handle high temperature crude oil and

water without risk of contamination.

The coating with the brand name

Hempadur 35900 does not release VOCs

during application so that it conforms

with strict environmental regulations such

as those of California in the US and the

new NORSOK standards.

It was quite a challenge conforming

to the NORSOK standards because it

took nine months of testing according to

NORSOK requirements, said Kunal

Nadkami, Hempels group oil and gas

segment manager. It was particularly

demanding for solvent-free coatings,

which had to show that they operate at

high temperatures.

Hempel believes that the trend to low-

VOC emissions or VOC-free paint in sec-

tors like oil and gas will extend to other

coatings segments.

There is a strong momentum behind

the move to low or solvent-free anti-cor-

rosion and protective coatings in oil and

gas production, both off- and on- shore,

said Nadkami. The large players in the

market are taking the lead on the issue.

They are taking on the responsibility of

ensuring that the coatings they use have

both a high level of performance and are

environmentally-friendly.

The formulation of anticorrosion and

protective paints with low VOC contents

can be technologically challenging to coat-

ings producers, particularly if their per-

formance has to be at least equivalent to

that of solventborne products.

The durability, hardness and chemical

and UV resistance of protective solvent-

borne epoxy coatings can be difcult to

replicate in low-VOC paints. Dow Coat-

ing Materials has recently introduced wa-

terborne systems with very low VOC

contents, which it claims rivals solvent-

borne properties.

One option when switching to low

VOC formulations with epoxy coatings is

to use liquid instead of solid systems. But

while these give high levels of hardness

they can also have less exibility than the

solid epoxies.

Poor gloss and foaming can present

problems in low-VOC protective coatings,

requiring the use of new types of deaera-

tors or defoamers.

At a time of slow economic growth

and low capital investment, the move

away from solventborne anticorrosion

and protective coatings may be a gradual

process in Europe because of the neces-

sity for expenditure on new equipment

for applying more environmentally com-

patible paints.

This is now a trend, said Nadkami.

The technology, which is now showing it-

self to be suitable for the oil and gas sec-

tor will be suitable for other sectors. At

the moment the oil and gas sector and to

some extent the marine segment is driving

this extension into other segments.CW

Europe International Coatings Scene

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Keeping the Family Business In the Family

Business Corner Strategies & Analysis

by Ira Miller

The Chemark Consulting Group

Irecently interviewed the founder and CEO of

a successful small business and his two sons.

The founder wants to grow the business and

ensure a place for his sons. The boys want the

business to succeed and become the foundation

for employment in their community and wealth

for the family for generations to come.

We have put together a three-step game plan

for this business that brings the sons into the de-

cision-making process both as executives and

owners.The three steps include:1. Finding Capital (pricing models; cash cy-

cles; packaging models)

2. Strategic Direction (external view; in-

ternal view; implementation of change)

3. Organization Impact (structure/ manage-

ment; policies/methods; involvement)

In the process of discovering this particular

familys goals, I came across a number of gaps

that we will need to bridge as we work together.

As you will see below, Priscilla Cale and David

Tate have identied some of the more frequently

encountered gaps in family-owned businesses.

Excerpted from Building Commitment in the

Family Business Begins with YOU, By Piscilla

M. Cale, MBA and David C. Tate, PhD

Generational differences between owners and

successors can account for some of the inter-

personal challenges that surface in family-

owned or closely held businesses. Members of

the veteran generation may see Baby Boomers

as self-absorbed and view those of Gen X or Y

as stubborn, unaware and disrespectful. Baby

Boomers may characterize members of Gen Xor Y as rude, impatient and having little regard

for established processes. And members of Gen

X or Y might characterize Baby Boomers as

workaholics, self-righteous and clueless. Either

way you slice it, those in Gen X and Y are of-

tentimes (and unfairly) labeled as irreverent

and uncommitted.

But when it comes to family businesses,

most family business owners want the business

to remain family-owned. And so, members of

the senior generation face a dilemma: while

they may want to transition the business to thenext generation, they are fearful that the next

generation is not or will not be as committed

to the business as they are.

In a number of surveys, commitment is ranked

as thesecond-most important successor attribute

just behindintegrity. Conversely, lack of committed

leadership has been cited as a barrier to succession.

So, for family business leaders, the question be-

comes:HowcanI build commitment in successors?

Here are a few tips on how leaders can foster

commitment in the succeeding generation.

Exhibit commitment

One gripe heard from successors is that it is unfair

to expect them to be committed to a business that

(a) doesnt have an established plan for succession;

(b) doesnt have leaders who have built an estate

plan that protects corporateassets; (c)doesnt have

formally identied career paths and job descrip-

tions; and (d) doesnt have a strategic plan. And

their concerns are not baseless.In fact, only about

one-third of family businesses have a strategic

plan, one-third have built a succession plan, one-

third have an estate plan (that goes beyond a sim-

ple will),half have developed job descriptions and

only one in ve have descriptive career paths by

job function.So for the next generation to be com-

mitted to the business, leaders must exhibit com-

mitment by establishing plans and processes that

will ensure there will be a strong business that can

survive beyond the transition of leadership.

Appreciate different work styles and the ef-

ciencies technology brings

Globalization of the late 20th century (and the

dotcom era) has brought much efciency to the

boardroom, and it also allows leaders to delegate

tasks to others more effectively and outsource

those tasks that are not value-added. Technology

allows leaders to videoconference, work remotely,

monitor progress toward goals and be plugged in

virtually anywhere and at anytime. Yet, just be-

cause successors may notphysically be at theofce

for 12-hour stretches every day doesnt mean

theyre being unproductive.Understandthat tech-

nology brings opportunities to have a work/life

balance, and brings about greater efciency that

places less cost demands on the business.

Be a participatory leader

When leaders involve successors in current busi-

ness decisions, it fosters buy-in and feelings of in-

clusion. It also generally leads to better decisions

(being that the leader has considered multiple opin-

ions) and helps successors to believe that the busi-

ness will be strong enough to survive a transition.

In fact, studies of leadership in family rms found

that participative leadership was associated with a

number of positive results, including favorable

family and nancial outcomes, greater employee

satisfaction and greater levels of commitment.

Be transformational

Closely related to participatory leadership, trans-

formational leaders motivate others and help to

build cohesion in ways that increase loyalty. There

are four ways in which leaders can become trans-

formational: (1) by giving individual considera-

tion to employees and acting as a mentor or

coach; (2) by articulating a compelling vision and

communicating optimism about future goals; (3)

by providing intellectual stimulation and chal-

lenging employees to think,learn, and share ideas;

and (4) by exhibiting charisma, pride, respect,

trust, high standards and ethical behavior.

With a new generation entering the business

comes a new set of norms and practices that

sometimes mystify those members of the senior

generation. But change is natural, and new ways

of working are an integral part of evolution. Just

remember, though: nobody wants to be part of a

sinking ship. If you want to attract, retain and

build committed next generation leaders, incum-

bent leaders must put forth the effort rst to let

successors know that they are doing the impor-

tant work to make sure that the business is safe,

strong and an exciting place to work that offers

opportunities for personal and professional

growth. And so, heres our advice to family busi-

ness leaders: Be committed to build commitment.

What you can do nowIt seems to me there are four steps to take as

you contemplate leadership succession to the

next generation:

Accept that youwill notwork forever. Desire

for the next stage of life or Mother Nature

will ensure that this assessment is correct.

Make your own, private assessment of the

leadershippotential within thenextgeneration.

Ask them about their desires for their life.

Does or could it include running the fam-

ily business?

Find someone who can guide you, your

business owners, family and leadership

through the planning and execution of the

transition.CW

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