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Colorcon, Ltd. has opened a new technical service laboratory in Turkey. Located in Atasehir, the southern area of Istanbul, the new laboratory contains fully equipped processing suites for laboratory-scale immediate and modified release film coating trials. The facilities are available for customer use, operating under the highest standards of confidentiality and safety. They provide a convenient resource for formulators to test aqueous or organic solvent coatings and identify the most effective system and production process for their pharmaceutical or food supplement dosage formulations. According to Martti Hedman, president of Colorcon Ltd., the investment in the Istanbul technical service facility will save customers development time and cost. "Colorcon plans continued capital investment and expanded services in the region," he said. "We look forward to conducting our first Colorcon Coating School at the new facility in early November and are pleased that the new labs will accommodate hands-on, practical sessions to enhance the learning experience for attendees." Headquartered in Harleysville, PA/USA, Colorcon manufactures formulated film coating systems, modified release technologies and functional excipients for the pharmaceutical and nutritional industries. The new lab represents the seventh Colorcon technical service laboratory in the EMEA region, and brings the number of facilities Colorcon offers worldwide to 18.

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NeverFade paint, warranted to last 15 years against fading, has been named a winner of the 2010 Most Valuable Product (MVP) Awards presented by Building Products magazine. Man­ufactured by APV Engineered Coatings, NeverFade professional exterior paint is formulated with Kynar Aquatec polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) to make it resistant to fading, algae, fungus, stains and abrasions.
“While the residential construction industry sees hundreds of new products introductions each year, the MVP winners stand apart for their thoughtful design, smart technologies or even pure wow factor,” said Jean Dimeo, editorial director for Building Products and ebuild.com. “In a struggling economy, it’s innovations like these that can help contractors woo customers, save time and money, and surpass the competition.”

APV Engineered Coatings worked with Arkema, Inc. to create NeverFade paint. Kynar Aquatec is dispersed into the water-based formula for NeverFade paint, so VOCs are drastically reduced, making NeverFade. The homopolymer in Kynar Aquatec is a tough, engineered thermoplastic that offers a balance of properties. As a result, NeverFade paint withstands harsh thermal, chemical and ultraviolet environmental conditions. In essence, it resists abrasions, restricts the growth of mold and mildew, and will not pick up dirt.

“We created this top-of-the-line exterior paint with ultraviolet blockers and high quality pigments mixed with fluoropolymer resin to prevent against fading and chalking,” said David Venarge, chairman of APV Engineered Coatings. “To show our confidence in this product, we provide an unprecedented 15-year warranty against fading. In the unlikely event that someone is obliged to apply the warranty, we will provide the replacement of the product and payment for job-related labor costs.”

Available nationwide for use on both residential and commercial projects, NeverFade may be applied to vinyl siding, PVC, wood, aluminum siding, stucco, masonry and fiber cement surfaces. Since each paint order is custom made, NeverFade is available in an unlimited number of colors. 

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AkzoNobel is to significantly boost its presence in the Chinese automotive market after agreeing to acquire Changzhou Prime Automotive Paint Co., Ltd. Prime is one of China's largest vehicle refinish suppliers and a leader in the fast-growing mid-market segment. This sector is estimated to double in size within the next five years. Based in Jiangsu Province, the company develops, manufactures, markets and distributes automotive coatings, primarily for the refinish market. The agreement follows AkzoNobel CEO Hans Wijers' recent announcement at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai that the company plans to double its revenue in China to $3 billion within five years.

"This is an excellent deal involving an extremely well run business which gives us strong representation in one of China's most promising growth segments," said AkzoNobel's board member responsible for performance coatings, Leif Darner. "Our global capability, combined with Prime's marketplace knowledge, products and technical know-how, creates an enviable strategic proposition and will allow us to significantly grow ahead of the market."

Through its car refinishes business, AkzoNobel is mainly active in China's premium and commercial vehicle refinish sector, represented by its Sikkens, Lesonal and Miluz brands. The Prime agreement now opens up an opportunity to become the clear market leader in the attractive vehicle refinish mid-market segment.

"I am very happy to have concluded such an exciting deal, which promises great things for the future," said Prime chairman and CEO, Bao Yifan, who will retain a key role within the business. "With AkzoNobel's scale and expertise, we are ideally positioned to continue growing strongly and aim to capture further market share."

"This is an important transaction which gives us access to superior products and new technologies—supported by strong brands and a loyal distributor base—enabling us to gain a competitive advantage in a market with sizeable potential where we previously had limited presence," said Keith Power, AkzoNobel's regional director for the car refinishes business in Asia.

AkzoNobel currently employs around 6,500 people in China, with the country hosting 11 percent of the company's research, development and innovation resources. Revenue for 2009 totaled $1.5 billion.

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Sto Corp. is set to begin operations in Santiago, Chile to support an expanding market in the region. Sto Corp. has been working in partnership with a group in Santiago since 2006 and has now completed an acquisition of manufacturing and marketing operations to help support the growing market there. Target markets include both commercial and residential as well as exporting material to other Latin American countries. The operations will manufacture wet materials on-site along with stocking meshes and other materials needed to supply multiple markets. Sto Corp., based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a producer of a broad range of cladding and coating systems for building construction, maintenance and restoration. Sto Corp. is ISO 14001:2004 as well as ISO 9001:2008 certified and operates production plants strategically located to serve more than 200 distributor shipping locations across North and South America. Sto Corp. is a subsidiary of Sto AG, headquartered in Stühlingen, Germany, located in the heart of the Black Forest.

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BASF Coatings in India has received three supplier awards from Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI). BASF received the Best Supplier Award for its performance in the paints category for the year 2009 from major motorcycle manufacturer HMSI. This is the third consecutive and fourth time in the past five years that BASF in India has earned the title for the Best Performance in Paints category. Tata Motors Limited, India's largest automobile company, awarded BASF with the Best Supplier Award for its performance in the paints category for the year 2008-2009, considering parameters such as quality, cost, delivery and development. Mahindra, leader in the utility vehicle (UV) segment in India, honored BASF with the Best Performance Award in Value Addition and Value Engineering category for the year 2009-2010. Today, BASF is one of the top three players in the thriving automotive coatings industry in India, supplying all major automotive and motorcycle companies. 


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CVD Equipment Corporation announced that it has received an order exceeding $2.5M from a major aviation component supplier for multiple production thin film CVD coating systems

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Combining the benefits of epoxy resins and polyurethanes, Master Bond Polymer System EP30D-7 offers superior strength, flexibility, abrasion resistance and toughness

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AkzoNobel has been selected by Walmart to be the primary paint supplier for the retailer’s U.S. stores. The company will develop and manufacture a portfolio of interior and exterior paints for more than 3,500 Walmart stores nationwide. This agreement builds on the existing relationship with Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, for paints in Puerto Rico and Canada, and with Liquid Nails adhesives in the U.S.

“This is an excellent opportunity for us to work with Walmart and offer their customers an exciting new in-store program,” said Tex Gunning, the AkzoNobel board member responsible for decorative paints. “This is a landmark deal which will significantly boost our market share in the U.S. and contribute to further enhancing the value of our Glidden brand there.”

Walmart will begin the transition to AkzoNobel early next year. AkzoNobel Decorative Paints in the Americas (Canada, US and Latin America) currently employs around 7,200 people and generates revenue of close to €1.5 billion. It operates eight paint manufacturing and distribution sites in the U.S. and a global research and development center in Strongsville. The portfolio consists of architectural coatings and wood care products, as well as adhesives and caulks.

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Hydrite Advanced Resins, LLC, (HAR), a new company formed from the combined resources of Hydrite Chemical Co. and the technologies of Polymers 2000 LTD, has begun epoxy resin production at its new facility in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin. In March, HAR commissioned a major expansion at Hydrite Chemical Co.’s facility near Madison, Wisconsin, including twin 12,500 gallon reactors custom designed for the manufacture of epichlorohydrin derivatives including specialty liquid epoxy resins. The HAR equipment is housed in a new custom designed process building adjacent to Hydrite Chemical’s Organic Processing site. Hydrite Chemical serves as the toll (contract) manufacturer for HAR in providing all manufacturing and support services in the production of HAR’s epoxy resins and other epichlorohydrin derivatives. The site’s existing extensive organic synthesis and distillation equipment complements the epoxy plant with capabilities of downstream processing and advancement of epoxy resins as well as purification by fractional distillation and/or thin film evaporation. The expansion includes bulk storage of epichlorohydrin as well as solid and liquid co-reactants. HAR’s initial offering includes resorcinol diglycidyl ether (RDGE) and a series of mono and multifunctional glycidyl ethers commonly used as reactive diluents in epoxy formulations. The design includes the capability of vacuum distillation of epichlorohydrin and processing solvents, including azeotropic separation. Multiple support vessels provide the ability to achieve very low levels of hydrolyzable chloride (HCC) and residual epichlorohydrin.

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Pigment supplier Nubiola is set to expand capacity of its ultramarine violets and pinks by 30 percent at its Llodio production plant in Basque Country, Spain. The expansion will be achieved by installing new equipment that operates with Nubiola’s proprietary manufacturing technology and is scheduled to be fully operational in early 2011. This investment strengthens the position of the Llodio plant as a “Center of Excellence” for the production of high added value ultramarines specialties.

“Ultramarine violets and pinks are key products in many of our customers' applications," said Alex Capuz, Nubiola’s global marketing manager. "Market demand has grown significantly in recent years and we want to ensure that our production capacity is sufficient in avoiding any supply tightness that could affect the operations of our customers. This additional capacity is a key step forward we want to take as a responsible ultramarines leader."

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