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March 2014 Vol. 19, No. 3

COATINGS WORLD (ISSN 152-711-29) is published monthly by Rodman Media Corp., 70 Hilltop Road, Ramsey, NJ 07446 USA. Phone: (201) 825-2552; Fax (201) 825-0553. Periodical postage paid at Ramsey, NJ 07446 USA and additional mailing offi ces. Publications Mail Agreement No: 40028970. Return Undeliverable Canadian Addresses to Circulation Dept. PO Box 1051, Fort Erie, On L2A 6C7, [email protected]. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Coatings World, 70 Hilltop Rd., Ramsey, NJ 07446. Free subscriptions to Coatings World are available to qualifi ed individuals. Others are as follows: U.S. one year $75; two years $120. Outside U.S. and overseas: one year $95 (U.S.), two years $160 (U.S.), foreign airmail: one year $195 (U.S.). 5% GST required on Canadian orders. GST #131559148. The publisher reserves the right to determine qualifi cation of free subscriptions. Printed in the USA. Coatings World is used under license from Whitford Worldwide. Coatings Worlds circulation is audited by BPA International.

ADVERTISING SECTIONSClassifi ed Ads.....................................................112 Advertising Index ...............................................113

COLUMNSInternational Coatings Scene ...............................52

Europe Europe Eyes Coatings for Offshore Wind Turbines as Growth Opportunity

Latin America Brazils Auto Industry Draws OEMs and Axalta Investments

Africa Africas Oil, Gas and Water Sectors Fuel Demand for Pipeline Coatings

Business Corner ...................................................58Leadership - A Capsule View of a Three-Step Consideration

DEPARTMENTSEditorial .................................................................6As We Go to Press .................................................8Fresh Paint ...........................................................10Financial News .....................................................36Price Increases .....................................................39Market Reports ....................................................40New Products ......................................................46Industry News ......................................................92Patents ...............................................................102People in the News ............................................105Suppliers Corner ................................................108Meetings ............................................................110Final Coat ...........................................................114

68 Axalta Continues to Invest in China 70 CEO Forum73 The 41st Annual Waterborne Symposium78 Surfactants Directory79 Micro Powders Warren Pushaw Refl ects on Waxes & Additives

Industry, Looks Ahead to Retirement

80 American Coatings Show and Conference Visitor Guide84 American Coatings Show Exhibitor Guide

60 Automotive OEM Coatings Market Update

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As the April issue goes to press the Coatings World team is making our final preparations for the trip to the American Coatings Show (ACS), which will be held April 7-10 in Atlanta, Georgia. We are excited to attend this biennial event, as it has grown into the most popular paint and coatings event in North America.

Held in partnership with the American Coatings Association (ACA) and Vincentz Network the organizer of the European Coatings Show and Conference the American Coatings Show and Conference (ACS/ACC) is an exhibition and technical conference designed as a sister event to the European event. The conference is a two-day event providing a forum for the foremost scientific minds in the industry, featuring scientific papers and speakers. The show is a marketplace for presentation of products and ser-vices for the production of high-grade and competitive paint and coatings.

This issue will be distributed at the ACS and we have worked extra hard to bring our readers the latest news from the paint and coatings front.

We have compiled an ACS Exhibitor Guide (page 84) so those that plan on attending can get a head start on their show preparations. The guide features booth numbers and gives a glimpse of what products and service select companies will be highlighting on the show floor.

Other informative articles in this issue include Automotive OEM Coatings Market (page 60). Automotive coatings OEM companies I inter-viewed for the article expressed true optimism for the coming year. They reported economic recovery in North America and Europe, as well as con-tinued growth in Asia Pacific, particularly China.

We are also proud to introduce an entirely new feature article, the CEO Forum (page 70). The purpose of this yearly article is to give CEOs of major coatings companies a platform to address the most important issues impacting our industry. This inaugural forum features insights from Ton Bchner of AkzoNobel and Charles Shaver of Axalta Coating Systems. If you would like to see your company included in next years forum please get in touch with me.

If you plan on attending the ACS please be sure to stop by our booth. For those that will not be able to make it to Atlanta, Coatings World will be reporting Live From the Show. Be sure to go to our website, www.coat-ingsworld.com to sign up for these daily e-mail updates.

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PPG Completes Acquisition of High-Heat-Resistant Coatings Supplier

PPG Industries has completed its pre-viously announced acquisition of sub-stantially all of the assets of Hi-Temp Coatings Technology Co., Inc., a private-ly-owned supplier of high-temperature-resistant and insulative coatings, based in Boxborough, Massachusetts. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The acquisition enhances the product portfolio of PPGs protective and marine coatings business, adding coatings that withstand extreme temperatures to pro-tect both carbon steel and stainless steel substrates. The coatings are used widely in refineries, petrochemical plants, pulp and paper mills and power plants.

With the acquisition of Hi-Temp and its unique technologies, we offer even more high-quality solutions for a variety of customers, including those in the pet-rochemical industry, said Tim Knavish, PPG vice president, protective and marine coatings. We look forward to leveraging these products for multiple growth op-portunities for PPGs business.

PPG provides protective and ma-rine coatings, with products protecting customers energy, infrastructure and marine industry assets in some of the worlds most demanding conditions and environments. Featured lines include the AMERCOAT, PITT-CHAR and SIGMA COATINGS brands.

BASF Presents European Construction Project BuildTog at MIPIM in CannesBASF will present the European research and construction project BuildTog (Building Together, www.buildtog.eu) at the MIPIM (Le march internation-al des professionnels de limmobilier) event in Cannes, France. The aim of the project is to create a new generation of residential homes in several European countries combining energy perfor-mance with cost-efficient construction and high-quality architecture. BuildTog is a collaboration between the European

Housing Network EURHONET, the French architect Nicolas Michelin and his architecture firm A/NM/A, as well as the German energy efficiency consul-tancy LUWOGE consult and BASF.

AkzoNobel Capital Markets Day 2014AkzoNobel recently hosted a Capital Markets Day in London. The event is in-tended to give analysts and investors fur-ther insights into the operational strategies AkzoNobel is pursuing in its three business areas and featured an introduction from CEO Ton Bchner as well as presentations from the responsible Executive Committee members and from CFO Keith Nichols.

Previewing the event, CEO Ton Bchner commented: At our previous Capital Markets Day a year ago we introduced a new company-wide vi-sion and strategy, as well as financial targets for 2015 focused on quality of earnings and value creation. A year on, we are on track to achieve these goals, and today I am looking forward to providing more color on the opera-tional strategies we are implementing in our three Business Areas under the leadership of my Executive Committee colleagues Ruud Joosten (Decorative Paints), Conrad Keijzer (Performance Coatings) and Werner Fuhrmann (Specialty Chemicals). CW

Index to CompaniesThis index gives the starting page for a department or feature with a sig-

nificant reference to a manufacturer of paint, coatings, adhesives and sealants Subsidiaries are indexed under their own names.

AkzoNobel ...........................................................................................10, 36, 70

Arizona Polymer Flooring ............................................................................... 46

Axalta Coating Systems ......................................................10, 46, 54, 60, 68, 70

BASF ....................................................................................................10, 36, 60

Benjamin Moore ............................................................................................. 46

Carbodeon ...................................................................................................... 46

Dow Corning .................................................................................................. 46

Dymax ............................................................................................................ 46

Hempel ........................................................................................................... 10

Henkel ............................................................................................................ 46

MesoCoat ....................................................................................................... 10

National Paint ................................................................................................. 10

PPG ..............................................................................................10, 46, 60, 114

ShawCor ................................................................................................... 10, 56

Sherwin-Williams ...................................................................................... 10, 46

Valspar ............................................................................................................ 36

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BASF is expanding its business in indus-trial coatings in the growth market of Africa. Since October 2013, the company has supplied coil coatings to Roofings Rolling Mills (RRM), located in Uganda. BASF and its technical service were also on hand when the new coil coating lines were put into operation.

RRM is part of the Roofings Group, East Africas largest steel producer. At its site in Namanve Industrial Park, RRM operates three production lines with an annual capacity of 240,000 metric tons. BASF has supplied a Pevicoat mixing unit, based on site at RRM. The Pevicoat unit is a computer-assisted paint mixing system that can mix any color and gloss level within a very short time.

With RRM, we have succeeded in gaining an important long-term partner, which will allow us to continue to grow in this key region. Africa is an attractive market for our industrial coatings, said Phil Green, business development manag-er BASFs Coatings division. For RRM, robust products with high quality and ex-cellent service are crucial. Thanks to our team from Vanderbijlpark, we can guaran-tee this. The coatings and the service are provided from BASFs site in South Africa.

The African market does play a key role not only in the BASF strategy, but especially in the future growth plans of the Industrial Coatings Solutions unit of BASF, added Nils Lessmann, BASF busi-ness manager Precoatings EMEA.

The rise of African markets is a result of increasing population and urbaniza-tion rates as well as consumer spending, Therefore, BASF aims to further expand the local presence in Africa and tap new long-term business potential.

Coil coatings are used to coat alumi-num and steel coils before they are pro-cessed further into an array of different products in the construction, household appliance and automotive industries. These products range from refrigerators to building faades. Since the panels are

stamped, rolled and joined, the coating has to be extremely flexible and elastic so that it does not flake off. At the same time, however, it has to meet the require-ments for scratch resistance.

RRM has invested $125 million in the site in Uganda, including for the coil coating line. The company also acquired technical support from its Japanese part-ner Yodogawa Steel Works and uses its technologies. Yodogawa Steel Works has produced coated coils for 75 years

Hempel Opens New Factory in Saudi Arabia Strategically located in Jeddah, Hempels first waterborne factory in the Middle East will help meet the growing demand for Hempel decorative coatings in the re-gion. The new plant, located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, will manufacture paint for the decorative coatings segment and will supply the entire Middle Eastern market. Besides being Hempels second factory in Saudi Arabia, it is also Hempels first 100 percent water-based production facility in the Middle East, as well as its larg-est decorative factory in the region. The 7,500 square meter facility is a culmina-tion of the companys efforts to further strengthen its leadership in the Saudi market. According to Pierre-Yves Jullien, Hempel Group president and CEO, the factory was built in Jeddah due to its strategic proximity to global sea lines and to the sea port located in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). We are confident that the new plant will help us meet the growing demand for our coatings and further reinforce our leadership in the region, said Karsten Pedersen, group vice president, Middle East (West). The Jeddah factory will manufacture products for the entire decorative market. The variety and color-richness of our coatings will surely meet consumers needs and preferences. The plant will feature the lat-est in coating production equipment

technology, including powder silos, au-tomatic filling, automatic palletizing and automatic transfer of pallets to the finished goods warehouse. With a pro-duction volume of 32 million liters per year and an investment value of more than 19 million, the plant will secure a large number of job opportunities for the region. Hempel CEO Pierre-Yves Jullien, Hempel chairman Richard Sand, the Danish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ole Frijs-Madsen as well as government officials, customers, suppliers, staff and media attended the opening of the plant. The launch also coincided with Hempels 40th anniversary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Axalta Coating Systems Begins Third Year of $32 Million Investment Program in Brazil Axalta Coating Systems will begin the next phase of construction to signifi-cantly expand its waterborne production capacity at the companys operations in Guarulhos, Brazil. The 2014 construction represents the third year of a $32 million investment program. The additional fa-cility will more than double capacity to more than 4.5 million liters (1.2 million gallons), which will meet the demands of automotive original equipment manufac-turers (OEMs) in South America where increases in the car parc are forecast to continue. The additional production is expected to come on line in 2015.

The Guarulhos plant is Axaltas largest manufacturing facility in Latin America. The plant supplies customers in Brazil, where Axalta is already the largest au-tomotive coatings supplier to OEMs, as well as customers in Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia. The new facility will pro-duce waterborne coatings, complement-ing the on-going manufacture of quality products for customers in refinish and in-dustrial segments that will continue to be produced at the Guarulhos location.

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USGBC Releases the Top 10 States in Nation for LEED Green Building

The U.S. Green Building Council (US-GBC) recently released its ranking of the Top 10 States for LEED, the worlds most widely used and recog-nized green building rating system. The list highlights the regions around the country that are at the forefront of sustainable building design and trans-formation. Utilizing less energy, LEED-certified spaces save money for fami-lies, businesses and taxpayers; reduce carbon emissions; and contribute to a healthier environment for residents, workers and the larger community.

The list of the Top 10 States for LEED is a continuing indicator of the widespread recognition of our national imperative to create healthier, high-performing buildings that are better for the environment as well as the peo-ple who use them every day, said Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO and found-ing chair, USGBC. As the economy recovers, green buildings continue to provide for jobs at every professional level and skill set from carpenters to architects. I congratulate everyone in these states whose contributions to resources saved, toxins eliminated, greenhouse gases avoided, and hu-man health enhanced help guarantee a prosperous future for our planet and the people who call it home.

The per-capita list is based on 2010 U.S. Census data and includes com-mercial and institutional green building projects that were certified throughout 2013. Among states, Illinois moved into the top position for LEED, certifying 171 projects representing 2.29 square feet of LEED space per resident.

Both the public and private sec-tors in Illinois recognize that long-term investments in 21st century infrastruc-ture should be done in ways that re-duce energy consumption and protect the environment, said Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. Illinois is proud to be the na-tions green buildings leader, and we are proof that a smaller environmental footprint can help us step toward en-ergy independence.

The mid-Atlantic region reigned in 2013 with Washington, D.C., Maryland

and Virginia all topping the list. Wash-ington, D.C., had 106 LEED-certified projects representing 32.45 square feet of space per resident. Maryland and Virginia followed Illinois in the sec-ond and third positions, respectively, certifying 2.20 and 2.11 square feet of LEED space per resident in 2013.

Newcomers to the top 10 states list from 2012 include:

Oregon, which certified 47 proj-ects representing 1.83 square feet per resident in 2013;

North Carolina, with 1.80 square feet per resident;

Hawaii, with 1.71 square feet per resident; and

Minnesota, with 1.55 square feet per resident.

New York and California, two of the most populous states in the nation, tied for fifth place, with each certifying 1.95 square feet of space per resident in 2013.

USGBC calculates the list using per-capita figures as a measure of the human element of green building, al-lowing for a fair comparison of the level of green building taking place among states with significant differ-ences in population and, accordingly, number of overall buildings.

Reflecting the continued trend of LEED existing buildings outpacing their newly built counterparts, in 2013 the LEED for Building Operations and

Maintenance rating system accounted for 48 percent of total square footage certified in these states. This compares to 43 percent of square footage certi-fied under LEED for Building Design and Construction and 9 percent certi-fied under LEED for Interior Design and Construction.

Collectively, 1,777 commercial and institutional projects became LEED certified within the top 10 states in 2013, representing 226.8 million square feet of real estate. Worldwide, 4,642 projects were certified in 2013, representing 596.8 million square feet.

Cumulatively, more than 20,000 projects representing 2.9 billion square feet of space have been LEED-certified worldwide, with another 37,000 projects representing 7.6 bil-lion square feet in the pipeline for certification. USGBC launched LEED v4, the newest version of the rating system, in the fall of 2013. The latest version continues to raise the bar for the entire green building industry, which McGraw-Hill Construction proj-ects could be worth up to $248 billion in the U.S. by 2016. LEED v4 features increased technical rigor; new market sector adaptations for data centers, warehouses and distribution centers, hospitality, existing schools, existing retail, and midrise residential projects; and a simplified submittal process supported by a robust and intuitive technology platform.

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2 Maryland 119 12,696,429 2.20

3 Virginia 160 16,868,693 2.11

4 Massachusetts 101 13,684,430 2.09

5 (tie) New York 259 37,839,395 1.95

5 (tie) California 595 72,729,476 1.95

6 Oregon 47 6,991,942 1.83

7 North Carolina 133 17,183,099 1.80

8 Colorado 124 8,894,187 1.77

9 Hawaii 17 2,323,379 1.71

10 Minnesota 51 8,205,155 1.55

* Washington, D.C. 106 19,524,216 32.45


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The region is one of the most rapidly growing markets for car production with Brazil in the vanguard, said Charlie

Shaver, Axalta chairman and CEO. We are committed to keeping pace with the increasing demand for automotive paint and serving the needs of our customers who increasingly want the option to con-vert to waterborne technology.

Axalta is a leading player in the de-velopment of waterborne technology for both OEM and refinish customers. The companys waterborne production process utilizes a waterborne technol-ogy system to produce Lean and Green Automotive Coatings that OEMs can use to significantly reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs), energy consumption and investment, according to the com-pany. The Lean and Green Automotive Coating process includes primer-less coatings and 3-wet coatings that can achieve full layer performance without having to flash and bake between coats. The increased productivity results in a better bottom line for customers while still producing an unparalleled finish on vehicles. In addition, Axaltas waterborne products are intrinsically environmentally responsible and meet global environmen-tal requirements, such as the EUs VOC Regulation 2004/42/EC, to which Axalta adheres in Brazil and that can help reduce the overall environmental footprint of the auto industry.

Our decision to invest in Brazil re-flects not only our commitment to our customers, but also our confidence in the Brazilian economy, added Jorge Cossio, vice president of Axalta Latin America. The tremendous growth of Brazils con-sumer market benefits everyone and we are excited to be able to contribute to the national success story.

PPG Earns DOE Funding to Develop IR Window Coating PPG Industries flat glass business has received $312,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a dynamically responsive infrared (IR) window coating that will block heat in the summer to reduce air-conditioning

costs and transmit solar heat in the win-ter to reduce heating costs.

The funding is part of an award of up to $750,000 being shared with proj-ect leader Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). PPG and PNNL are designing a coating that can switch from a solar IR-reflecting state to a solar IR-transmitting state while maintaining high levels of daylight transmittance in either condition. PPG will provide an ad-ditional $78,000 in cost-sharing.

The development of such a coating would represent a major advance com-pared to current thermochromic window technology, which involves coatings that darken and block visible light when ex-posed to high volumes of IR energy, and existing electrochromic window tech-nology, which relies on external power sources such as electricity to balance tint-ing and light transmittance.

The new PPG/PNNL coating tech-nology also has the potential to be in-expensive, which will help ensure that dynamically responsive IR windows are an economical option for use in residen-tial and commercial retrofit applications.

Mehran Arbab, PPG director of glass science and technology, said PPG appreci-ates the DOEs continuing support of its work to investigate cutting-edge energy-efficient glass and window technologies. PPGs glass business is tightly focused on energy-efficiency research and devel-opment for windows and more, he said. Not only is it a market driver for our company, we believe it is simply the right thing to do.

The two-year project is designed to de-velop dynamically responsive IR window coatings on a laboratory scale. If develop-ment is successful, the product could be scaled up and potentially commercialized within several years. PPG also collaborated recently with PNNL to develop and study waste-heat recovery technologies to save energy in the glass manufacturing process.

ShawCor Receives Contract to Supply Pipeline Coatings for Moho Nord Subsea Project ShawCors Socotherm pipe coating divi-sion has received a contract with a value

in excess of $40 million from Tenaris to provide pipeline coatings for the Moho Nord Oil Pipeline project. The Moho Nord project is located in water depths of 650 to 1,150 meters approximately 75 kilometers off the Congo coast in West Africa. The contract will be executed primarily at the Socotherm pipe coating facility in Pozzallo, Italy with additional work to be completed at Socotherms facilities in Adria, Italy and Escobar, Argentina. This contract involves coating ap-proximately 165 km of 6 to 16 pipe with 3-layer polypropylene anticorrosion coating, 42 km of 8 to 10 pipe with 5-layer syntactic polypropylene coating and 19 km of 16 pipe with 3-layer poly-propylene anticorrosion coating together with concrete weight coating. Coating is expected to commence during the second quarter of 2014.

GM UK to Provide Axaltas Refinish Brands General Motors UK and Axalta Coating Systems UK Limited have signed a three-year agreement which renews Axaltas three global refinish brands Cromax, Spies Hecker and Standox as officially approved suppliers for paint repairs on Vauxhall in the UK.

The agreement sees Axaltas three global refinish brands supporting GMs UK Vauxhall dealers and their network of approved bodyshops with paint warran-ty, technical backing and bodyshop man-agement support. Cromax, Spies Hecker and Standox will play an active role in the training programs organized by GM UK, providing ongoing product training, training events and seminars on refinish-ing techniques and color matching. The three global brands will also have access to GM UKs central billing process.

Although it is the first agreement to be signed between Axalta Coating Systems and an automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in the UK, the agreement renews GMs association with the three brands, which the car manufac-turer previously had under the DuPont umbrella. It coincides with GMs recent announcement of a UK year-on-year sales increase of 11 percent.


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AkzoNobel Doubles Capacity at Industrial Coatings Site in ChinaAkzoNobel has completed the expansion of its Industrial Coatings site in Songjiang near Shanghai in China, doubling annual production capacity and creating the companys biggest plant for packaging coatings in the world. Work started in 2012, when ap-proximately 14 million was invested in the facility to add production lines for packaging coatings and epoxy and polyester resins. Now the largest site of its kind in the region, Songjiang will serve growing consumer demand from a number of key markets.

China remains one of our most important growth markets, explained Conrad Keijzer, member of AkzoNobels Executive Committee responsible for Performance Coatings. By expanding capacity at our Songjiang site, we are well positioned to capture the ongoing demand from consumer and construc-tion markets. Added AB Ghosh, managing director of AkzoNobels Industrial Coatings busi-ness: We are very pleased to have started commercial production at the expanded Songjiang site. The extended capabilities and new product lines will not only help us to better serve customers in the coun-try, but will also allow us to supply resins for our own local production of coil and packaging coatings.

The Songjiang facility employs close to 300 people and houses AkzoNobels largest research and development center in China. The company is also expand-ing its activities in other parts of the

country, with work ongoing at sites for Powder Coatings and Decorative Paints in Chengdu, a combined investment of 50 million in one of the fastest grow-ing regions in China. In addition, a new regional office for western China is be-ing inaugurated in Chengdu this, which will house employees from several coat-ings businesses. AkzoNobel currently employs more than 7,400 people in China, including 500 in research and development. In 2013, the company generated revenues of 1.6 billion, the majority coming from lo-cal demand.

PPG Donates $52,000 to Educational Programs in Pittsburgh AreaThe PPG Industries Foundation recently donated more than $52,000 to seven organizations for education-related ini-tiatives in the Greater Pittsburgh area, where the company maintains its global headquarters and several facilities. The grants highlight PPG Industries com-mitment to supporting its local commu-nities and align with the PPG Industries Foundations priority of increasing edu-cational opportunities.

The recent grants funded: National Museum of Education In Partnership for Americas Future Inc. providing 42 public schools in suburban Pittsburgh with the Science Screen Report (SSR) DVD series; PGSS Campaign Inc. for the Pennsylvania Governors School for the Sciences summer program at Carnegie Mellon University; Reading Is FUNdamental Pittsburgh continuing the Books for Keeps Science Program in the Wilkinsburg School District; Keystone Science Schools Students for Sustainable Cities program for educators; Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvanias par-ticipation in National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend with events in Pittsburgh and Erie, PA; Springdale Free Public Librarys participation in the Library Place at Pittsburgh Mills, which it op-erates with the Community Library of Allegheny Valley and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) programs for CLP - Books and More! (CLP-BAM!) and CLP Teen Services Outreach.

Were happy to support these na-tional and locally-based organizations in bringing positive impact to educa-tion in the Pittsburgh region, said Sue Sloan, executive director, PPG Industries Foundation. Supporting access to pro-grams and resources such as these for students, teachers and the general com-munity will help provide children in the community with better, more engaging learning experiences.

Abakans MesoCoat Receives Funds to Increase Production of PComP Nanocomposite Coating Abakan Inc. announced that its subsid-iary, MesoCoat, Inc., was awarded a $1.5 million loan from the Ohio Department of Developments Ohio Third Frontier Commission to scale up PComP produc-tion and expand PComP coating services.

Our PComP current powder produc-tion expansion plan is ramping up annual production to 18 tons increasing sales to $240,000 per month, said Robert Miller, Abakan, Inc.s CEO. The $1.5 million loan will assist MesoCoat to increase the scale up of PComP production from 18 tons to 160 tons per year increasing projected pow-der sales revenues to $1,600,000 per month and thermal spray revenues of $1,000,000 per month, over the next few years. We an-ticipate that the PComP production ramp up will result in an average annual growth rate of approximately 75 percent over three years from our fiscal year end May 2015 to May 2018.

MesoCoats PComP product lines (cements fabricated into a hierarchical structure, using a patented process to engineer particle sizes down to the na-no-scale) serve the thermal spray coat-ing industry, which is currently a $10 billion industry globally, catering to the oil and gas, mining, aerospace and de-fense, automotive, infrastructure, heavy equipment, chemical, and processing in-dustries. The PComP family of coatings is positioned to replace the very expen-sive tungsten carbide coatings and toxic electrolytic chrome plating, the com-pany stated. PComP nanocomposite metal-ceramic coatings offer the wear and corrosion resistance of ceramic


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part wear and corrosion resistance to metal surfaces and reduce friction in sliding wear applications. The PComP cermet coatings are easy to apply and machine to tight tolerances for dimen-sional restoration of worn industrial components. The PComP family of coating materials has been designed to act as a drop-in replacement for com-peting thermal spray materials that can be used in existing application systems based on a unique, patented coating microstructure that combines the high hardness zones of a ductile metal in an optimal geometry. PComP coatings are up to 70 percent lighter than tungsten carbide (WC) coatings, and up to 40 percent lighter than the hard chrome alternative due to the use of light and low-cost, nitride-based reinforcements.

BASF Green Sense Concrete Technology Available in the European Market BASF now offers its Green Sense Concrete technology for the resource-efficient pro-duction and processing of concrete in Europe as well. Green Sense Concrete is a service package from BASF that helps manufacturers improve the performance characteristics of concrete such as resil-ience, workability, durability and envi-ronmental friendliness. The package comprises three compo-nents: The optimization of the concrete mix design by BASF experts, the use of hyperplasticizers from BASF such as MasterGlenium, and an eco efficiency analysis of the concrete mix. The analysis serves to ascertain economic and ecologi-cal performance criteria of the concrete in comparison to traditional concrete mix designs. The use of the Green Sense Concrete technology has for example led to savings of around 15,800 tons of CO2

equivalents and approximately 25,400 megawatt hours of energy in the con-struction of the new One World Trade Center in New York City compared with a conventional concrete mix design. In this way, BASF provides solutions for urgent challenges of the construction in-dustry such as the high share in primary energy consumption, in greenhouse gases and in fine dust emissions.

National Paint Industries Purchases Top Secret CoatingsNational Paint Industries has purchased the assets of Top Secret Coatings of Seattle, Washington. Top Secret is a sup-plier of Military Specification premium epoxy, silicone, and urethane coatings to federal, state and municipal agencies and also the DIY markets nationwide.

This acquisition broadens our prod-uct offerings, introducing us to entirely new market segments that Top Secret has been serving for many years, said Don Schnurr, vice president of National Paint Industries. Top Secret also does a large business through e-commerce, operating five websites that offer pre-mium Mil Spec quality coatings to the DIY market not previously available to the public. Top Secret offers over 100 colors in 8 different categories of paint, together with corresponding primers, sealers, and clear coats.

National Paint Industries, established in 1959 manufactures a broad line of specialty coatings for the pleasure and commercial marine, hardwood flooring, swimming pool, and industrial mainte-nance markets with nationwide distribu-tion under the Harco, Bluewater, Garco, Petri, and Wilson Imperial brand names.

BASF Launches Master Builders Solutions Global Construction Brand BASF announced the launch of its new global brand, Master Builders Solutions, for the construction industry in Europe. The global brand strengthens BASFs in-dustry orientation and reflects its com-mitment to provide the construction industry with customized products and solutions from a single source. Master

UK Paint Sales Up for Eighth Month in a Row

The latest results from the coatings industry, supplied by the British Coatings Fed-eration, reflect the more positive developments in UK construction and manu-facturing activity, with Q4 2013 sales volumes up seven percent versus the same quarter in 2012, significantly outperforming the overall output numbers for the economy in the same period.

Decorative and industrial coatings sectors performed particularly well, adding support to the view that the UK economy is finally turning the corner, although printing ink and wallcoverings sales remaining subdued.

In the decorative sector, trade paint sales increased for the eighth month in a row with volumes in the last quarter up 11 percent on a year ago boosted by the continued recovery in the housing and construction markets. The results mirror improvements in construction products in general, where growth has increased sharply in recent months and where the outlook remains upbeat for 2014.

Consumer confidence has also improved in recent months and this is now being reflected in the hard pressed retail paint sector which is also beginning to show some encouraging increases in recent months with the last quarter as a whole up five percent on a year ago.

On the industrial coatings side, the picture is more mixed but there have been increases in five of the past 6 months after a very difficult start to 2013. Sales litreage in December was up nine percent and by 2.5 percent for the last quarter as a whole being broadly in line with the growth in UK manufacturing output which is now also showing more steady growth.

The British Coatings Federation statistics provide a unique barometer for the UK economy, and overall we are outperforming the general manufacturing output numbers with this performance, which should warm the hearts of even the most pessimistic amongst us, said Tom Bowtell, BCFs CEO.


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Builders Solutions draws on a number of successful specialty brands such as Master Builders, Glenium and Ucrete.

This global brand is the next chap-ter in the more than a century-old history of progressive development of solutions for the construction industry. The Master Builders Solutions brand represents a connected approach enabling us to bet-ter meet individual construction chal-lenges of our customers and partners, said Tilman Krauch, president of BASFs Construction Chemicals division.

The product and services portfolio of the Master Builders Solutions brand includes various chemical solutions for new construction, maintenance, repair and renovation of buildings as well as infrastructure. It covers different product segments such as concrete admixtures, cement additives, solutions for mining and tunneling, waterproofing, concrete protection and repair, grouts and high-performance flooring. The range of prod-ucts and services sold under the Master Builders Solutions brand features a new, global naming system. The globally uni-fied terminology presents the product portfolio in a clear and easy-to-under-stand way, helping BASF to support cus-tomers and partners worldwide with high quality products and services.

The overall consistency of the Master Builders Solutions brand offers more transparency and an optimal orien-tation towards our customers worldwide. It enables us to better communicate our competence, know-how and experience

in chemical solutions to the construction industry, said Philipp Kley, head of BASF Construction Chemicals Europe. We will now show our unique connected-ness with our customers and partners as well as our excitement to move forward during many events across Europe in February and March.

BASF Supplies Paints for Innovative Electric CarBASF and BMW have once again teamed up, this time for the i3, the BMW Groups first model driven entirely by electric power. BASF is supplying basecoats in four colors for the new i3 production line at the BMW plant in Leipzig. The i3 was launched in November 2013.

With the paints, BASF is contribut-ing to the i3s unique design, which is exceptionally clean, reduced but, at the same time, dynamic. The i3 has another special feature that also extends to the coating: The passenger compartment is made of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP). We are very pleased to be a partner of the BMW Group also for this innovative model. Driving sustain-able solutions is one of BASFs stra-tegic principles, said Dr. Alexander Haunschild, head of Automotive OEM Coatings Europe at BASF.

The car consists of a CFRP body-in-white on which the coated plastic add-on parts are mounted. This concept means new challenges for the coating of the add-on parts and for the associated ap-plication processes. BASFs many years of experience in coating add-on parts has

paid off. Frank Naber, BASFs Account Manager for BMW Europe, explained: Our laboratory teams joined forces with the BMW Group to develop a coating for the special construction of the i3. In Leipzig, we also provide technical field service on site on a daily basis.

BASF has been a supplier for the BMW plant in Leipzig since its start-up in 2005 and provides the automotive manufactur-er with modern paint systems worldwide.

PPG Commercial Coatings Expands Offering of ECK ProductsPPG Industries has formed an agreement between the commercial coatings group of its automotive refinish business and Van Nay, LLC, to expand the line of ECK corrosion-prevention products that PPG distributes. PPG now offers the full line of ECK products, adding quart and aerosol versions to the squeeze tubes it already offered.`We are pleased to add the quart and aerosol products to our already success-ful ECK squeeze tubes, said J. J. Wirth, PPG commercial brand manager, fleet seg-ments, U.S. and Canada. ECK is a very effective safeguard against corrosion. By providing a full line of ECK products to PPG customers, I believe we will enhance their success with additional options to prevent corrosion. According to PPG, ECK (Electrolysis Corrosion Kontrol) products, developed by Van Nay, use a patented compound that provides a cost-effective way to avoid expensive repairs caused by dissimilar metal corrosion. Aluminum products as-sembled with stainless-steel fasteners are naturally corrosive. Applying the zinc-rich ECK coating prevents the electrolytic reac-tion. By forming a long-lasting, moisture-resistant barrier between dissimilar metals, ECK coating outperforms traditional methods of corrosion prevention such as the use of silicone-based products and plastic insulating tape applications. ECK products can also be used to prevent bolts and fasteners from galling and seizing. ECK products are ideal for heavy-duty truck bodies, military vehicles, trailers, ag-ricultural and construction equipment and a variety of other metallic applications.

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Our working relationship with PPG Commercial Coatings has been outstanding, said Richard Nay Sr., Van Nay president. We

look forward to our combined resources bringing a value-added solution to corro-sion prevention.

BASF Wins SGMs Technological Progress Award for Outstanding Contributions BASF was honored with the Technological Progress Award from Shanghai General Motors Company Ltd. (SGM) for the first time. The award recognized BASFs

outstanding contributions to the techno-logical progress and local innovation of SGM in 2013. BASF is the only chemi-cal company in the year to have won the award from SGM. BASF is committed to playing an important part in support-ing the innovation of Chinas automo-tive industry and the transformation of the country from Made in China to Innovated in China, said Albert Heuser, president, Functions BASF Asia Pacific, President and chairman BASF Greater China. With a strong global R&D net-work, BASF is the largest chemical part-ner of the global automotive industry. Our Innovation Campus Asia Pacific in

Shanghai will serve as a powerful innova-tion hub for BASF in the region, helping us to get closer to local customers and provide them with customized technolo-gies, materials and processes, so as to support the innovation-driven growth strategies of our customers. Established in 1997, SGM is a joint venture between SAIC Motor and General Motors. With its Green Future strategy, the company focuses on technological innovation to drive sustainable development across the value chain. Since 1998, BASF has been a reliable partner to SGM and its Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), one of the earliest joint venture

Sherwin-Williams Foundation Awards $50,000 Grant to CHRIS Kids

After a national competition, The Sherwin-Williams Company has awarded its annual signature grant to CHRIS Kids, a local nonprofit in East Atlanta focused on child welfare and behavioral health.

The $50,000 grant expands therapy groups, skill training groups and parenting, which are provided by CHRIS Kids at the CHRIS Counseling Center (CCC). Conducted by licensed therapists and staff, these groups are crucial to children who are heal-ing from the trauma of sexual, physical, and emo-tional abuse and neglect.

These groups help them heal, create positive re-lationships, and unlock their potential for success.

The Sherwin-Williams Foundation grant will enable the CHRIS Counseling Center to help many more children and families, especially very young mothers and their children by providing a variety of groups targeted to areas of need, including recovery from the traumas of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, neglect, homelessness, and substance abuse, said Kathy Colbenson, CEO of CHRIS Kids. Thanks to Sherwin-Williams, poten-tial will be unlocked, cycles of abuse will be broken and children can grow up to become contributing adults.

The Sherwin-Williams Foundation is very pleased to support the inspirational work of CHRIS Kids, said Chris Con-nor, chairman and CEO of The Sherwin-Williams Company. Their mission of healing children, strengthening families and building community shows how a Public-Private partnership can offer a helping hand to children and families in need. Over our 148 year history, Sherwin-Williams has always reached out to the communities where we do business. The driving force of the Sherwin-Williams Foundation is our commitment to enhancing education and childrens health and safety.

Small groups of 6-10 children meet regularly, with one or two highly trained clinical staff. Children learn skills to cope and adjust to a variety of lifes challenges and begin to heal from the effects of trauma. Some groups may focus on a specific subject such as substance abuse, while others may be more general in nature. Goals include: (1) increased coping and life skills; (2) increased connections with peers; (3) increased opportunity to practice learned skills in a safe, support-ive setting; and (4) increased success and satisfaction. This grant allows CHRIS Kids to focus on increasing and improving CHRIS Counseling Center services to best meet the multiple and complex needs of the children, youth and families we serve every year who are suffering from the effects of trauma.

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automotive R&D centers in China, responsible for design and engineering. BASF supplies a full range of innovative sus-

tainable solutions, including automo-tive coatings, mobile emission catalysts, engineering plastics, polyurethanes and brake fluids. SGM has been one of the most important automotive custom-ers for BASF in China. We are honored to receive this Technological Progress Award, which recognizes BASFs strong capability of driving technological inno-vation with customers, said Jeffrey Lou, vice president, business management, Greater China, BASF and Sponsor of SGM Key Account Team, BASF Industry Management Automotive China. BASF

is committed to supporting SGM in meet-ing the demands of the China market while strengthening local R&D capabili-ties and we work very closely with SGM-PATAC to develop customized innovative solutions that address local consumer needs. The new Buick Riviera concept car, developed by SGM-PATAC won the Red Dot Award in 2013, demonstrating strong automotive design competency in China. This concept car featured a unique Ice Cyan-jade coating co-developed by BASF and PATAC. In December 2013, BASF and PATAC signed a memorandum of understanding on technical coopera-tion to further reinforce and expand the technical collaboration bringing together the strengths in materials science and

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Bobby Alloway Makes Personal Appearances, Touts PPG Automotive RefinishRenowned custom car painter and build-er Bobby Alloway has begun a series of appearances at some of the nations foremost custom car shows to display his work and promote PPG Automotive Refinish products. Alloway is transport-ing several of his vehicles across the coun-try in a special tractor-trailer rig painted with PPG products and bearing Alloway and PPG signage. His first appearance was

PPG Aerospace Coatings Add character to Cathay Pacific Special Livery

Coatings by PPG Industries aero-space business create the colorful char-acters and The Spirit of Hong Kong livery on Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 777-300ER airplane painted to support the Hong Kong: Our Home campaign of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.

The livery features a dark green fuse-lage with silhouettes of the 110 winners in an online contest calling on Hong Kong people to submit creative entries that il-lustrate the true spirit of the city.

Eight custom colors of DESO-THANE HS/CA 8800 buffable topcoat by PPG Aerospace were applied over DESOPRIME HS/CA 7700 primer and wa-terborne chromate-free DesoGel EAP-12 conversion coating and adhesion promoter pretreatment. The high-solids for-mulations of the topcoat and primer result in a lower percentage of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

With an aircraft as visible as The Spirit of Hong Kong, it was important for Cathay Pacific to have confidence that it would be a showpiece as it flies around the world, said Kent Wong, technical services manager, Cathay Pacific. Hav-ing worked closely with PPG Aerospace, we knew we could count on their products to perform and on their people to provide the exceptional service we needed.

PPG Aerospace was honored to help Cathay Pacific create the special livery, said Terence Cheng, PPG coatings segment manager, Hong Kong. Cathay Pacific has long been a PPG Aerospace coatings customer, and PPG supplied coatings for the first and second Spirit of Hong Kong liveries as well.

Cheng said the PPG Aerospace application support center in Suzhou, China, worked closely with Cathay Pacific to produce paint samples for color matching as well as the blended coatings. With eight colors needed in a short time period, the PPG Aerospace team at ASC-Suzhou worked quickly to provide the samples and specific size packages of the blended paints.

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Liquid Crystal Chemist Wins AkzoNobel UK Science AwardA British scientist whose work helped form the basis for flat-screen TVs,

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am delighted that we can once again recognize the wealth of science talent in the UK through this award. Professor Goodby is a hugely worthy recipient, with his work having made a great contribution to advances in liquid crystals and display technolo-gies that people around the world now take for granted.

President of the Royal Society of Chemistry and chair of the prize selection committee, Professor Lesley Yellowlees, com-mented: Im thrilled to be celebrating Professor Goodbys invaluable contributions to a technology that has a beneficial ef-fect on everyday lives across the world. The field of liquid crystal chemistry is an excellent demonstration of the value of curiosi-ty-driven research and, more than 125 years after they were first discovered by accident, its fantastic to be recognizing Professor Goodbys role in what is now a billion-dollar industry. The UKs Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Rt. Hon. Vince Cable MP, also congratulated the 2014 winner: Professor Goodbys achievements are testament to the fact that the UK has many of the worlds best scientists. We have led the way developing technology that has transformed the way people live across the globe. Scientists are constantly looking at how the application of

liquid crystals can be expanded, with current research expected to lead to applications in sensors and the medical field. More than 100 clinical trials are in progress worldwide testing the use of liquid crystals as vectors to translate DNA across membrane walls in the human body.

Axalta to Invest $60 Million to Build Waterborne Industrial Coatings Production Plant in GermanyAxalta Coating Systems recently announced a commitment to invest $60 million in Wuppertal, Germany to build a next-gen-eration facility that will expand capacity to produce waterborne industrial coatings. Production at the new operations center is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2015.

The investment will reinforce the Wuppertal site, already the largest of Axaltas 35 manufacturing facilities around the world, and Germany as the center of Axaltas water-based paint manufacturing operations in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The investment underscores the companys commitment to environmentally responsible waterborne coat-ings for Axalta customers in the automotive OEM and refinish, commercial transportation, general industrial, and architectural and decorative segments. In addition to manufacturing products for Western Europe, products made in Wuppertal will continue to be exported to Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America.

The next-generation facility will use manufacturing technol-ogy that will improve efficiencies, reduce waste and shrink even further the environmental footprint from operations while at the same time meeting the growing needs of Axalta custom-ers. Additional production of waterborne coatings is a direct response to customers growing interest in environmentally re-sponsible coatings.

Were tremendously excited about our ability to build new facilities in Europe and especially in Wuppertal, explained Axalta Chairman and CEO Charlie Shaver. Germany is syn-onymous with some of the finest automotive engineering in the world and home to some of our key customers. Building on our great legacy that originated in Wuppertal in 1866, we are opti-mistic about an ever-expanding customer base for us to serve in the future.

The facility will manufacture coatings for some of the larg-est European automotive original equipment manufacturers. A number of Axaltas leading refinish brands, including our global flagship brands Standox, Spies Hecker and Cromax used by body shops, will also be manufactured at the new facility, help-ing to expand its offerings of the newest generation of water-borne paints.

Our decision to invest in Germany reflects not only our commitment to our customers but also our confidence in the German and larger EMEA economy, explained Otmar Hauck, Axaltas chief operating officer in the EMEA region. Building in Wuppertal also is a tribute to our employees and their dedica-tion both to our company and our customers.

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The companys waterborne production process utilizes a waterborne technology system to produce Lean and Green

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New National Paint Alliance Formed by Nine Regional Manufacturers To Sell Across North America A new specification option out of the paint industry is available through a stra-tegic alliance forged among nine regional

coatings manufacturers: The National Paint Alliance (NPA). The NPA provides access to compre-hensive coatings portfolios, each for-mulated to perform in varied regional conditions; and extensive professional field support ensures that each job, at each location, has the best product speci-fied to deliver the best outcome. The nine manufacturers that form this alliance are dominant players in their respective regions and represent a diverse geographic cross section: Miller Paint in Portland, Oregon; Kelly-Moore Paint in San Carlos, California; Dunn-Edwards Paints in Los Angeles, California; Diamond Vogel Paint in Orange City, Iowa; Farrell-Calhoun Paint in Memphis, Tennessee; OLeary Paint in Lansing, Michigan; McCormick Paint in Rockville, Maryland; SunColor Paints in Orlando, Florida; Cloverdale Paint in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Economists recognize that local busi-nesses are the engine that drives the

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other than coatings from a national prod-uct portfolio. It is clear that the NPAs regionally diverse group of member manufacturers are successful based upon their deep un-derstanding of their home geography they formulate and manufacture world class coatings tailored to the structures needs. Collectively, through the NPA, they cross pollinate their knowledge and expertise so that a national chain can now have the best possible coating for each of their buildings, no matter where they are located, while receiving the best service and local trouble shooting, added Child. The NPA member manufacturers, with a combined 400 eld representatives, 16 manufacturing facilities, and 520 retail stores across the U.S. and Canada offer a coordinated, regionally-formulated and manufactured portfolio of coatings which provide superior performance and durabili-ty. Child stressed that the NPA products are the better alternative to a national for-mulation marketed to t all environments.

Child further shared that no longer will speci ers, including the architects who start the speci cation process at the very beginning of a construction project, have to depend on a one size ts all scenario for their paint and coat-ings requirements. Color expertise abounds across all of the NPA member companies each guarantees exact color matches and 100 percent color delity to whatever nation-al manufacturers color is speci ed, said Child. Computer color matching is an industry standard and each of the NPA members have extensive color expertise, with, collectively, some of the best color formulators in the industry on their staffs.And, of course, their expertise and un-derstanding of regional color preferences and how local environmental conditions, especially natural light, impacts the read-ing of color in their regions, is the back-bone of their color counsel. The comprehensive, combined prod-uct portfolio and local eld support

provided by the nine regional manufacturers allows them to offer coordinated coatings to their customers. Child shared that the NPA is con dent it offers the broadest choice, the best performance since all products are formulated for the speci c geographic areas in which they were invented and manufactured, and the largest technical team in the industry. For further information on the National Paint Alliance visit national-paintalliance.com.

Hempel Supplies Coating Solutions to ECT Delta Terminal for Port CranesHempel Protective has recently provid-ed coating solutions, with a volume of 130,000 liters for the biggest port cranes in the world at the ECT Delta Terminal in the port of Rotterdam. There are ve huge quay cranes for unloading the largest container ships. The new Ship-to-Shore Cranes come from

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Shanghai, they are 135 meters high and have an outreach of 24 containers wide, with a lifting height of 50 meters.

Hempel worked closely with Europe Container Terminals (ECT) and ZPMC on this project. ECT is one of the lead-ing container terminal operators in Europe; it handles a vast majority of all the containers passing through the port of Rotterdam. ZPMC is one of the largest equipment manufacturing com-panies. Their main products include large-scale container machinery and bulk cargo handling machines, offshore heavy-duty products, heavy-duty steel structures, energy-conservative and en-vironmentally-friendly equipment and relative accessories. Alvin Wang, Coating Engineer - TSD and Team Leader in ZPMC Changxing Base commented: Hempel offered the perfect paint system that can en-sure the best anticorrosion property for the cranes. We have a coating engineer

especially for the project, involved in all the painting inspections and all the week-ly meetings. Arnoud den Braber Hempel Group Business Development Manager - Europe added, We are delighted to be in-volved in such an impressive and exciting project, working closely with ECT and ZPMC. This is a good example of how effective teamwork and cooperation can result in a great partnership.

Researchers Develop Anti-Reflective Self-Cleaning Coating Incorporating TiO2 NanocrystalsA newly-developed coating could enable buildings to have antireflective self-clean-ing windows and could increase the ef-ficiency of solar cells.

Details of the coatings, which were de-veloped by researchers at the University of Cambridge, were recently outlined in the journal Nano Letters.

Antireflective coatings need to refract as little light as possible in order to be

effective, but it is extremely difficult to produce them as a single layer. Over the past decade, researchers have developed distributed coatings, which resolve this by mimicking the structure of moth eyes.

The antireflective properties of moth eyes come not from a single layer, but from a hexagonal pattern of tiny bumps. The spaces between these bumps are so small that incoming beams of light see the eyes surface as a single layer, essentially removing the interface between the air and the surface, allowing moths to see at night and be less visible to predators.

The problem with synthetic versions of moth eye coatings is that the tiny spac-es which make the coating antireflective in the first place can very quickly become clogged with dirt, which causes the anti-reflective effect to be lost.

Professor Ulli Steiner and colleagues from the Cavendish Laboratory have developed a new coating which is both antireflective and self-cleaning. In order to develop it, Professor Steiner and his

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co-inventors came up with a strategy to make layers of plastic with very well-de-fined small pores, similar to moth eyes. But by making the pores larger than they are in most other types of moth eye coatings, they were able to incorporate titanium di-oxide nanocrystals into the structure.

These nanocrystals are photocatalytic - when light falls on them, they start to break down the dirt clogging the pores, until all that is left is carbon dioxide, and water which evaporates off the surface, rendering the material self-cleaning.

In early tests of the material, the tita-nium dioxide nanoparticles were able to break down all of the oils contained in a fingerprint within 90 minutes. The coat-ing is capable of breaking down most of the standard hydrocarbons that clog most porous antireflective coatings.

The breakthrough research is the first time that these nanoparticles have been effectively incorporated into antireflective coatings, raising the possibility of antire-flective, self-cleaning glass or plastic. The coating adheres to the substrate through sol-gel chemistry, resulting in a durable bond and a coating which will not flake off.

While the material is currently only suitable for outdoor applications as it re-quires ultraviolet light for photocatalysis to occur, the team are planning more tests to see if the material could be adapted in future for indoor light, which would open up a wide range of potential applications.

is currently looking at applications in building glass and solar cells, as much of the sunlight solar cells are meant to capture and convert to energy simply bounces off the surface, and current anti-reflective coatings become easily clogged with dirt. When generating energy from solar cells, you have to fight for every per-centage gain in efficiency, said Professor Steiner. The coating weve developed combines two interesting scientific prin-ciples, and could increase the amount of light getting into the solar cells.

Sherwin-Williams Harmony Interior Acrylic Latex Paint Reduces Airborne Formaldehyde LevelsSherwin-Williams enhanced Harmony Interior Acrylic Latex Paint, features

industry-leading innovations that help promote better indoor air quality and reduce common indoor odors, accord-ing to the company. Combined with its zero-VOC formula and washable fin-ish, enhanced Harmony Paint delivers advanced performance for residential and commercial professionals alike.

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groundbreaking coating that of-fers innovative performance fea-tures not expected from a paint, said Karl Schmitt, vice presi-dent of marketing research and design, Sherwin-Williams.

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concentrations of formalde-hyde and other aldehydes - volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from possible sources

like insulation, carpet, cabinets and fabrics. A recent school demonstra-tion study by the UL-GREENGUARD Environmental Institute and Sherwin-Williams found that Harmonys Formaldehyde Reducing Technology can reduce these airborne VOCs by up to 45 percent, and separate laboratory studies validated these findings.

Harmony Paints Odor Eliminating Technology reduces ambient odors of organic origin, such as those from cooking, smoke and pets. The result is beautiful rooms that stay fresher, lon-ger. In addition, Harmony Paint also contains anti-microbial agents to in-hibit the growth of mold and mildew on the paint film and inhibits related bacterial odors. Harmony Paint also delivers great hide and a durable finish

that can withstand frequent washings. Like all Sherwin-Williams latex and water-based paints, Harmony is tinted with ColorCast Ecotoner colorants that do not add VOCs to the tinted paint. Harmony Paint meets the most stringent VOC regulations, and has achieved GREENGUARD GOLD cer-tification. The Formaldehyde Reducing Technology is now available in all the sheens of enhanced Harmony Paint - flat, eggshell and semi-gloss.

BDC Offers Grants to Explore Bio-based ProjectsThe Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC), a not-for-profit company based at the University of York, announced its new funding opportunity, the Biorenewables Capital Grant Scheme (BCGS), for Yorkshire and Humber-based small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) wishing to explore commercial feasibility of bio-based projects.

The BCGS is available to eligible SMEs to implement pilot-technologies in the biorenewables area and provides 64 percent of the funding towards the purchase of capital equipment (up to 32,000 per SME), with the additional 36 percent to be matched privately by the SME. Available in three funding calls in 2014, the BCGS is a competi-tive grant scheme and expects to fund around 26 projects, with a combined project value of 1M. This is a fantastic opportunity for regional SMEs to invest in innovative green technologies, for example by turning their plant or food wastes into useful products, said Fabien Deswarte, business development unit manager at the BDC. The BCGS aims to support local businesses by providing access to tech-nologies to convert plants, microbes and biowastes into profitable green prod-ucts; and adds to the funded services the BDC is able to provide to regional SMEs through grants from the European Regional Development Fund. The region is perfectly placed to drive innovations in biorenewables through its unique combination of industry, agriculture and world-class research, commented Joe Ross, direc-tor at the BDC. This funding provides an excellent opportunity to harness the regions capabilities and help es-tablish Yorkshire and the Humber as a leader in the bioeconomy, which, across Europe, has a reported worth of around 2 trillion.

The BDC is a not-for-profit com-pany, based at the University of York that helps businesses develop ways to convert plants, microbes and biowastes into profitable biorenewable products. Using cutting-edge science and tech-nology, BDC bridges the gap between academia and industry to assist compa-nies both in development and scale-up of new greener processes and products. Establis

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