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InternationalCoatings Scene................................ 34
Europe Certifications for Biobased Materials Gains
Steam in EU Coatings Sector
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Report Profiles Most

Influential in the Industry

s we do every year, Coatings World has compiled its Top Companies

Report. This is one of our most popular issues, offering our readers a comprehensive look at the top players in the paint, coatings,
adhesives and sealants industry.
2012 was a busy year in terms of acquisitions. Comex (ranked 14 last
year) was acquired by Sherwin-Williams, Forbo (ranked 29 last year) was
acquired by H.B. Fuller, Spraylat (ranked 59 last year) was bought by PPG
and Inver Spa (ranked 60 last year) was bought by Valspar.
In terms of the top 10, there were little surprises. AkzoNobel once
again claimed the highest rank. As the worlds largest coatings manufacturer, the company reported a five percent increase in revenues in 2012.
The company continued to expand store networks in China and India
and in a major move, it divested its North American decorative coatings
business to PPG (ranked number two). When finalized, this transaction
will further expand PPGs coatings portfolio and establish the company as the number one architectural coatings company in Canada and
the Caribbean and number two in the U.S. Sherwin-Williams (ranked
number four) saw its Latin America Coatings Group bolstered with the
acquisition of Comex. The combined company will have $10 billion in
sales. Axalta Coatings Systems (formerly known as DuPont Performance
Coatings) once again ranked number five. The company announced ambitious plans to cash in on Chinas expanding automobile production by
investing $50 million to construct a new facility in China to manufacture
and supply up to 25,000 metric tons of paint to automobile manufacturers in the south and central regions of the country.
The global coatings market is valued at $96.8 billion. North America
comprises $26.1 billion, Europe $28.2 billion, the Pacific region $26.6 billion and the ROW $15.89 billion. From well-known multi-nationals to
smaller more regional companies, the paint, coatings, adhesives and sealants industry is diverse and vibrant. I hope you enjoyed learning more
about it and welcome your feedback on how we can improve the report
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AkzoNobel to Divest German Paint Stores

AkzoNobel will divest its decorative

paints stores for professionals in Germany
to independent wholesale distributors.
The move is intended to strengthen the
performance of the companys German
Decorative Paints business by focusing its activities on the distribution and
marketing of paint under brands such as
Sikkens, Herbol and Consolan, according
to the company.
We are changing the marketing
strategy of our German Decorative
Paints business to focus on our key organizational strengths of marketing and
distributing our strong paint brands,
said Ruud Joosten, the companys executive committee member responsible for
Decorative Paints. This is part of our
ongoing efforts to strengthen both our
organizational efficiency and our profitability in Germany.
The company currently operates
72 German stores selling professional
paint and third party products, with the
Decorative Paints organization employing
approximately 950 people in Germany.
In total, AkzoNobels Decorative Paints,
Performance Coatings and Specialty
Chemicals businesses have 3,900 employees in Germany, along with 17 manufacturing plants and eight offices, generating
revenue of close to 1.3 billion in the
country in 2012.
The new set-up will allow AkzoNobel
to select the most efficient distribution
channels for its professional paint products, rather than operating its own stores.
The company intends to enter into strategic partnership agreements with the
future shop owners, as well as strengthening its relationship with its existing network of independent distributors.
Commenting on the companys
plans, Werner Fuhrmann, the Executive
Committee member responsible for
Specialty Chemicals and Germany,
said: Germany has always been, and
will remain, an important market for
AkzoNobel. The company is continuing

to invest in Germany, evidenced by recent

acquisitions including Schramm (2011),
Lindgens Metal Decorating Coatings
(2010), Dow Chemicals Rohm & Haas
business (2010) and LII Europe (2009).
A total of 140 million is also being invested in new technology at a chemicals
plant in Frankfurt, which is expected to
go on stream in the first quarter of 2014.
AkzoNobel will also be reviewing its
office footprint in Germany.
These improvements are intended to
reduce complexity and further improve
the operational efficiency of our German
activities, added Fuhrmann. They will
boost our competitiveness and help us
to greater success for our businesses in
Germany going forward.

PPG and Agrex Form LongTerm Agreement

PPG Industries Inc. and Argex Titanium
Inc. have entered into a long-term supply
agreement involving pigment grade titanium dioxide (TiO2). Per the agreement,
PPG will provide continued research and
development support to develop and optimize TiO2 for paints and coatings.
The companies will combine PPGs
coatings technology and expertise with
Argexs TiO2 proprietary processing technology. TiO2 is a raw material widely
used in the paint and coatings industry
as pigment for its hiding, durability and
whiteness characteristics.
The current agreement replaces the
previous collaboration agreement that
was entered in April 2012 between the
two companies to utilize PPGs existing
technology and know-how relating to the
manufacture of TiO2 pigment for paints
and coatings applications.
Argex Titanium Inc. has recently
transitioned from a mining exploration
company to a near-term producer of
commodities: titanium dioxide (TiO2)
and iron and vanadium pentoxide
(V2O5). With the primary goal of advancing rapidly towards production,

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Argex has adopted a simple and low risk

strategy for the scale-up of its proprietary process that allows it to produce
high purity TiO2 directly from its 100
percent owned deposit.

Dr. Nicolai Cramer of EPF

Lausanne receives BASF
Catalysis Award 2013
For his outstanding research contributions to catalytic processes in synthesis of
biologically active molecules, Professor
Dr. Nicolai Cramer received the BASF
Catalysis Award 2013. Cramer heads
the laboratory of asymmetric catalysis
and synthesis at the cole Polytechnique
Fdrale (EPF) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The prize, worth 10,000, was presented by Dr. Andreas Kreimeyer, member
of the board of executive directors of
BASF SE and research executive director,
at the Heidelberg Forum of Molecular
Catalysis, a symposium of international
experts organized jointly by Heidelberg
University,
Collaborative
Research
Center 623 Molecular Catalysts and
BASF SE.
Catalysis is an important key technology for the chemical industry and is
an indispensable tool for accessing new
feedstocks and developing new energy
efficient production processes, said
Kreimeyer. As a company with a leading
international research and development
platform for catalysts, BASF therefore attaches particular importance to promoting excellent young researchers in this
field.
With his research group centered at
EPF Lausanne, Cramer is working in the
field of enantioselective metal-catalyzed
transformations and their implementation for the synthesis of complex biologically active molecules. The Cramer lab
works on the development of broadly
applicable catalytic methods for the selective functionalization of relatively inert C-H and C-C bonds with different
transition-metal complexes.
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offering scientists from academia and
industry the opportunity to exchange

Index to Companies
This index gives the starting page for a department or
feature with a significant reference to a manufacturer of
paint, coatings, adhesives and sealants Subsidiaries are indexed under their own names.

3M.................................................................................... 44
Ace Paint........................................................................... 44
AkzoNobel.............................................................10, 34, 44
Asahipen........................................................................... 44
Asian Paints...................................................................... 44
Atomix.............................................................................. 44
Axalta..........................................................................10, 44
Basco Paints...................................................................... 38
BASF............................................................................10, 44
Beckers.............................................................................. 44
Benjamin Moore..........................................................10, 44
Berger Paints................................................................10, 44
Betek................................................................................. 44
Boero Group..................................................................... 44
Carpoly Chemical Group.................................................. 44
Chokwang......................................................................... 44
Chugoku Marine Paints.................................................... 44
CIN Group........................................................................ 44
Cloverdale Paint................................................................ 44
Crown Paints.................................................................... 38
Dai Nippon Toryo............................................................. 44
DAW................................................................................. 44
Dependable....................................................................... 10
Diamond Vogel................................................................. 44
DuluxGroup...................................................................... 44
Dulux South Africa........................................................... 38
Dunn-Edwards.................................................................. 44
Empils............................................................................... 44
Ennis-Flint......................................................................... 44
Flugger Group................................................................... 44
Fujikura Kasai................................................................... 44
Grebe Group..................................................................... 44
H.B. Fuller........................................................................ 44
Helios................................................................................ 44
Hempel........................................................................10, 44
Henkel.............................................................................. 44
ICA Group........................................................................ 44
Industries Titan................................................................. 44
Jotun................................................................................. 44
JW Ostendorf.................................................................... 44
Kansai............................................................................... 44
Kansai Plascon.................................................................. 38

news and information about

the latest research activities in
molecular catalysis. CW

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The
Heidelberg
Forum
of
Molecular Catalysis, which was held
for the seventh time, is an international

Kapci Coatings.................................................................. 44
Kayalar Kimya.................................................................. 44
KCC.................................................................................. 44
Kelly-Moore...................................................................... 44
Kikusui Chemical.............................................................. 44
Kunsul............................................................................... 44
Looser Holdings................................................................ 44
Lord Corp......................................................................... 44
Masco............................................................................... 44
Materis.............................................................................. 44
Musashi............................................................................ 44
National Paints................................................................. 44
Natoco.............................................................................. 44
Niho Tokushu Toryo......................................................... 44
Nippon.........................................................................10, 44
NOF Metal Coatings......................................................... 44
Noroo............................................................................... 44
Origin Electric................................................................... 44
PACHIN........................................................................... 44
Pacific Paint Boysen........................................................... 44
PPG..............................................................................10, 44
Quest Specialty Chemicals................................................. 44
Renner Sayerlack............................................................... 44
Rock Paint........................................................................ 44
RPM................................................................................. 44
Russian Coatings............................................................... 44
Samwha............................................................................ 44
Sasin.................................................................................. 10
Shanghai Coatings............................................................. 44
Shawcor............................................................................ 44
Sherwin-Williams.........................................................10, 44
Shinto................................................................................ 44
Sika................................................................................... 44
SK Kaken.......................................................................... 44
Standox............................................................................. 98
Taiho Paint........................................................................ 44
Tambour........................................................................... 44
Teknos Group................................................................... 44
Tiger Coatings................................................................... 44
Tikkurila........................................................................... 44
Tnemec............................................................................. 44
TOA Group....................................................................... 44
Tohpe................................................................................ 44
Valspar.........................................................................10, 44
VITEX.............................................................................. 10
Whitford Corp.................................................................. 44
Yasar................................................................................. 44
Yips Chemical.................................................................. 44
Yung Chi........................................................................... 44

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Valspar to Acquire Inver Group

The Valspar Corporation has entered into

a definitive agreement to acquire Inver
Holding S.r.l., a leading industrial coatings manufacturer in Europe. The transaction is expected to close in the fiscal
fourth quarter, subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Inver Group is headquartered in
Bologna, Italy and generated sales in
2012 of approximately 160 million
($200 million). Founded in 1934, the
company specializes in liquid and powder coatings products as well as resins
that are used in a variety of industrial
applications including off-road equipment, auto and off-road parts, architectural aluminum windows, railways
and trams. Owned by the Domenichini
family for three generations, the company serves customers primarily in
Italy, the United Kingdom, France,
Germany and Poland.
Consistent with the growth strategy for our industrial coatings business,
the acquisition of Inver Group significantly strengthens our position in the
large and attractive European coatings
market and provides operational synergies with our existing operations, said
Gary Hendrickson, Valspars chairman
and chief executive officer. Invers
strong product portfolio and customer
focus have successfully delivered results
through numerous business cycles. With
Inver, we gain a proven leadership team
that is a strong fit with Valspars culture. Our customers will benefit from
the expanded technologies and service
we will provide together.
Giovanni Domenichini, chief executive officer of Inver Group, added:
Inver is delighted to join forces with
Valspar, adding Invers strong customer focus, leading technology and track
record of success in the European industrial coatings market to Valspars
global footprint and commitment to excellence. We believe this combination is

an important step toward developing a

market leading presence in Europe that
also will be a platform for truly superior global growth in our industrial coatings businesses. Our family has proudly
owned Inver and we are now proud to
join the Valspar family.

Benjamin Moore Remains

Highest in Customer
Satisfaction According to
J.D. Power and Associates
Benjamin Moore has been ranked highest in interior paint customer satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates for
the third consecutive year. According
to the 2013 Interior Paint Satisfaction
Study, Benjamin Moore maintained
its leading position over 11 other
paint brands by receiving 800 on a
1,000-point scale (a 10-point increase
over 2012s 790 score) and performing
particularly well in the key areas of application, durability, product offerings
and design guides. The consumer study
is based on responses from more than
6,800 respondents who purchased and
applied interior paint within the past 12
months. Additionally, Benjamin Moore
received the top spot when the award
was inaugurated seven years ago.
Receiving this prestigious award
affirms everything we do, said Bob
Merritt, Benjamin Moores president
and CEO. Were constantly focused on
having a best in class approach to science and technology for our paint and
a best in class brand that matters to our
customers, dealers and contractors.
J.D. Power & Associates bases satisfaction with paint brands by evaluations from customers who purchased
and applied interior paint during the
past year. It measures six key factors:
application, product offerings, durability, price, design guides, and warranty/
guarantee. In addition to interior paint
brands, J.D. Power and Associates also
ranks paint retailers across five key

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factors: facility, selection, staff, services provided, and sales/promotions.

AkzoNobel and Solvay

Form Partnership
AkzoNobel and Solvay have signed
a
three-year
agreement
whereby
AkzoNobel will increase the use of renewable raw materials in its paints and
coatings, building on an existing partnership between the two companies.
Under the terms of the deal,
AkzoNobel will progressively increase
the use of Solvays bio-based epichlorohydrin, or Epicerol, which is already
contained in many of the companys
resins for its coatings products. The
agreement underlines the commitment
of both parties to play a key role in sustainable development and expand the
use of renewable raw materials.
Developed and patented by international chemical group Solvay, Epicerol
is the process used to produce biobased epichlorohydrin from renewable
glycerol. Epicerol has a substantially
lower carbon footprint compared with
most fossil-produced epichlorohydrin,
according to the company. By 2016,
AkzoNobel aims to source 20 percent
of its total epichlorohydrin demand as
bio-based material.
New to this type of agreement is the
partnership model between two chemical groups on the one hand, and their
suppliers and customers on the other.
It builds on a supply agreement for renewable solvents which both companies
announced three months ago, with the
project outlined to take more than three
years of collaborative work in the value
chain, starting immediately.
Epichlorohydrin is a chemical intermediate to make epoxy resins, which
are base ingredients for certain coatings. AkzoNobel and Solvay will work
closely with their respective suppliers
and customers to facilitate the use of
Epicerol to produce AkzoNobels resins,
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and ensure this is done in a verifiable manner and according

to the highest current sustainability standards.

PPG Donates $10,000 for Palmdale

Aerospace Academy
The PPG Industries Foundation donated $10,000 to the
Palmdale School District in California for the new Palmdale
Aerospace Academy charter school. The grant was made on
behalf of PPG Industries aerospace business, which operates
a facility in nearby Mojave, California.
We greatly appreciate PPGs support of our new school,
which emphasizes science, technology, engineering and mathematical (STEM) skills through the lens of aerospace, said
Laura Herman, headmaster, Palmdale Aerospace Academy.
The goal of this school is to prepare students for college and
21st-century careers that are aligned with workforce needs
in the local area and beyond, so its very valuable to form
partnerships with local industry employers such as PPG.
The grant helped fund Palmdale Aerospace Academys
startup costs for labs and academic materials. The school
brings academic concepts to life through a core curriculum
with an aerospace theme as well as specialized elective classes, internships at the secondary level, clubs, guest speakers,
presentations and other enrichment activities all stemming
from local aerospace industry partnerships.
The school opened in August 2012 to seventh-, eighthand ninth-grade students. Herman said a grade level is to be
added to the school each year until it includes all grades, K
through 12.
PPG is strongly committed to supporting the communities where its employees work and live, especially through
educational initiatives that encourage students to pursue
technology-related studies and careers, said David Morris,
PPG general manager and vice president, Americas, aerospace. Because of its unique curriculum, supporting the
Palmdale Aerospace Academy is key to PPGs aerospace
business. The schools students will be integral to the future
of our industry, and the unique programming the school provides shows the value of industrys collaboration with academia and the community.
Established in 1951, the PPG Industries Foundation demonstrates the values of PPG Industries by enhancing the
quality of life in communities where the company has a presence. Interests of the foundation, in order of priority, are
education, human services, culture and arts, and civic and
community affairs. PPG also supports charitable causes by
encouraging employees volunteerism and board service with
nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit www.
ppgfoundation.com.

PPG Begins Producing Protective and

Marine Coatings at Poland Facility
PPG Industries has started manufacturing protective and
marine coatings (PMC) at the companys facility in Ostrw
Wielkopolski, Poland. The facility, which previously
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produced architectural coatings

and was part of PPGs January
2012 acquisition of Dyrup A/S,
now produces PMC products
for the construction, petrochemical,

shipbuilding and energy industries.

The Ostrw manufacturing plant
is a key part of our strategy to grow
and expand in this region, said Tim
Knavish, PPG vice president, protective

and marine coatings. It has been

transformed into one of PPGs most
modern and efficient manufacturing facilities, and the strategic investment will
strengthen our position in fast-growing

AkzoNobel Presents Inaugural North America Science Award

AkzoNobels Science Award program officially honored its first North American
recipient when Carnegie Mellon University Professor Krzysztof (Kris) Matyjaszewski, Ph.D. was recognized for his cuttingedge polymer chemistry research.
Established in collaboration with
the American Chemistry Society, the
award was presented at the end of the
companys first ever North America Innovation Conference, held at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois.
Cited in scientific literature more
than 50,000 times, Professor Matyjaszewskis many achievements include
the discovery of the atom radical transf

er polymerization (ARTP) process. He

received a $75,000 cash award and a
certificate of recognition during the
presentation ceremony.
We have been honouring outstanding scientific contributions for
more than 40 years and are privileged
to recognize the work of Professor Matyjaszewski, said AkzoNobel
CEO Ton Bchner. As a company,
we are deeply committed to creating a more sustainable future through
scientific research and we will continue to support visionary scientists
as they strive to advance our under
standing in all fields of chemistry and
materials science.

First bestowed in the Netherlands in

1970, the AkzoNobel Science Award was
extended to Sweden in 1999. In order
to reflect the increasingly global nature
of the company, it was then extended to
China in 2010, the UK in 2012 and North
America in 2013.
Last year, the company invested almost 400 million in research and development, two-thirds of which was focused
purely on sustainability. AkzoNobel has
also set a target whereby 20 percent of its
innovations will provide distinct sustainability benefits for its customers and their
value chains.
The company will next present its Science Award in Sweden later this year.

Professor Krzysztof Kris Matyjaszewski received AkzoNobels North America Science Award.

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BASF to Launch Global

Learning Campus
BASF will establish a global Learning
Campus to offer a variety of best-inclass learning opportunities to its employees. The Learning Campus will
focus on life-long learning and create
further opportunities for personal and
professional development, thereby supporting BASFs ambitious growth plans.
The new Learning Campus will consolidate all of BASFs existing learning
offerings for professional and personal
growth into an integrated global platform, and will include facilities in various BASF locations around the world,
as well as virtual courses.
The first courses and programs under the new approach will be launched
in Asia Pacific, in order to attract and
retain the regions rapidly-developing
talent, support employees in their integration into the company and build
technical skills.
To provide an engaging learning environment, BASF will set up a regional
facility for the Learning Campus in
Singapore, focusing on regional talent development activities as well as
providing a hub for learning innovation. The first programs offered by
the Learning Campus in Asia Pacific
will center on core topics fundamental to the regions development, such
as a New Leader Program to groom
new leaders and to accelerate their
transition from individual contributor
to leading teams. A New Employee
Program will help new joiners to integrate into BASF quickly and perform more effectively in their job.
Additionally, the Learning Campus in
Asia Pacific will oversee a large-scale
program to train BASF employees

across the region in sustainable development. As of December 31, 2012,

BASF employed more than 16,000 people in the Asia Pacific region.

Dutch-based AkzoNobel
Management to be
Brought Together in New
AkzoNobel Center in 2015
AkzoNobel intends to concentrate its
Dutch-based management personnel in
a new office building in the Zuidas business district of Amsterdam from the end
of 2015.
The move will bring the majority of corporate and business management and their supporting staff in the
Netherlands together at a single location, promoting cross-company collaboration. Currently, head office and
Dutch-based business unit management
and their supporting staff are spread
across four office locations.
The new building will enable a

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markets throughout Central and

Eastern Europe, Russia and Turkey.
The plant now produces coatings
for the PMC business such as epoxy,
hardener, alkyd, acrylic, zinc and polyurethane products. PPG moved architectural coatings production from this
site to its Wroclaw, Poland, manufacturing complex one of the companys
largest sites worldwide.

rationalization of AkzoNobels
office footprint, leading to clear
cost savings. Following the relocation, the company will no
longer have offices in Amersfoort and
Hoofddorp. The relocation will have no
direct consequences in terms of employment opportunities and employees have
been informed about the plans.
When the companys headquarters
moved from Arnhem to Amsterdam in
2007, AkzoNobel signed a contract to
become the tenant of a new building
to replace the current temporary office
space on the Zuidas.
The construction of the new
AkzoNobel Center, which is being built
by Dura Vermeer and will be owned by
the German Union Investment Group,
has now started and is expected to take
two-and-a-half years.
Approximately 700 employees will
work from the new Center, which will
be designed according to the latest

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sustainability norms and office

layout principles.

Delta Trailers Chooses

PPG Commercial Coatings
Delta Manufacturing, Inc., a Newport,
Arkansas-based maker of steel trailers,
has selected PPG Industries commercial coatings group as its paint supplier.
Delta has manufactured horse,
livestock, equipment and cargo trailers since 1971. It is the leading

trailermanufacturer in Arkansas and

a member of the National Association
of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) and
the North American Trailer Dealers
Association (NATDA). The NATM
represents manufacturers of light- and
medium-duty trailers and is dedicated
to improving trailer safety and performance. Delta vice president Les
Eaves, who sits on the NATM board
of directors, said Delta wanted a supplier with a strong commitment to the

trailer industry.
We needed a coatings partner we
could rely on, one that has a demonstrated understanding of our requirements and will provide us with
superior products, Eaves said. PPG
has been very involved with the
NATM for years, helping us improve
our industry. Combine that support
with their high-quality products, and
the decision to work with PPG was
easy.

ACA Seeks Nominations for 2014 Mattiello Memorial Lecture

The American Coatings Association (ACA) is seeking
nominations for the Joseph J. Mattiello Lecture Award, to
be presented at its American Coatings Conference, April
7-9, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga. Nominations must be received by
Aug. 31, 2013.
The Joseph J. Mattiello Lecture Award recognizes an
individual who has made outstanding contributions to
science, technology, and/or engineering related to the
coatings industry. Joseph J. Mattiello, whose memory is
commemorated by this award, did much to expand the
application of science in the decorative and protective
coatings field. Nominations will be ranked by the Mattiello
Memorial Lecture Committee based on standards of technical accomplishment, service to the coatings industry, and
leadership.
The Mattiello Lecturer will deliver a technical presentation on a phase of chemistry, engineering, human relationship, or other discipline fundamental to paint, coatings,
varnish, lacquer, or related protective and decorative coatings. The presentation will consist of a 50-55 minute lecture
followed by a question and answer session. A completed
paper must also be submitted for the conference proceedings and possible inclusion in ACA publications.
Additionally, the selected lecturer will be invited to develop a Mattiello Symposium - the technical track that will
follow the Mattiello lecture at the conference.
Dr. Dean Webster, Chair of the Coatings and Polymeric
Materials Department at North Dakota State University
(NDSU), was presented with the 2013 Joseph J. Mattiello
Lecture Award during his presentation at ACAs CoatingsTech Conference on March 12. Websters Mattiello Memorial Lecture was entitled Coatings Based on Renewables: The Promise, Potential, and Pitfalls.
Please note that individuals cannot nominate themselves. The references cited in the nomination should be
concerned with coatings, pertinent or related to coatings,
or concerned with the constituents of coatings. Activities
and accomplishments considered appropriate for citation

in the nomination include the following:

Publication and communications such as:
Journal articles
Patents
Books (authored, edited, or organized)
Lectures and presentations
Symposia or meetings organized
(Reprints may be submitted with the nomination but
should be restricted to those that reflect seminal contributions. Teaching credentials or skills, per se, are not to be
considered in this award.)
Inventions and discoveries
New scientific principles, understanding or insight
Novel uses or applications of products
New or improved processes for production of resins
or coatings, etc.
Engineering aspects
All nominations should include:
An official nomination letter highlighting the outstanding achievements of the nominee;
Complete biography of the nominee;
Current position and brief job history;
Education and degrees, with dates;
A minimum of two letters of support from individuals
within the industry; and
Brief reference to other significant awards.
For more information go to www.paint.org.

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of providing full paint and coatings

solutions for large infrastructure
projects around the world, including
top sporting arenas. These include
the Birds Nest Stadium and Water
Cube in Beijing, China; Soccer City
in Johannesburg, South Africa; both
of the main football stadiums in
Manchester, UK; and the Yas Marina

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Along with providing a complete

line of OEM products appropriate for
Deltas trailers, PPG representatives
have helped Delta update and reconfigure its workflow and paint booth
equipment to enhance productivity
and efficiency.
PPGs commercial coatings group
offers a full range of coating technologies for the commercial transportation and light industrial markets
such as polyurethanes, alkyds, epoxies, polyurea, waterborne, pretreatment chemicals and powder coatings.
PPG commercial coatings products
are marketed under names such as the
Delfleet Evolution, Delfleet Essential,
Commercial Performance Coatings
and Amercoat brands.

Circuit grand prix venue in

Abu Dhabi.
AkzoNobel currently employs more than 2,800 people
in Brazil, with 2012 revenue totaling
987 million. The majority of revenue
is generated from local production.

AkzoNobel Scores Coatings

Success at Confederations
Cup
AkzoNobel has supplied high performance coatings systems for half of the
stadiums being used at this months
FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament in Brazil.
Held June 15 to 30, the three stadiums that featured the companys coatings are the famous Maracan in Rio de
Janeiro, the Estdio Nacional in Braslia
(which hosted the opening ceremony)
and the Arena Pernambuco in Recife.
Used to protect steel structures
(seats and rooftops) and walls,
AkzoNobel supplied protective and
powder products for the three venues
via its International Paint, Interpon
and Coral brands.
As a global paint and coatings supplier with a broad portfolio of highly
specialized products, AkzoNobel is ideally suited to meet the requirements and
specifications of almost any customer,
said Jaap de Jong, AkzoNobels country
director for Latin America.
Brazil is one of our high growth
markets and we are proud to have
combined our global scale and local
know-how in order to provide integrated solutions to some of the key
stadiums that will be used during the
Confederations Cup.
AkzoNobel has a long track record

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Hempel Introduces
New Paints in UAE
Market

Hempel, one of the worlds

largest independent suppliers of decorative, marine and protective coatings,
has announced the launch of a new
range of intumescent coatings for passive fire protection of steel structures
in the United Arab Emirates.
In an event held at the Madinat
Jumeirah, a resort in Dubai, Hempel
Paints launched its new intumescent
coatings under the brand name of
Hempacore. Hempacore acts as a passive fire protector in buildings and oth-

development of a superior quality intumescent coating, Hempacore. As an initial offering, Hempacore is available in
two variants and Hempel promises that
more specialized products will be on offer in times to come.
Hempels intumescent range includes two one-component solventborne acrylic coatings: Hempacore One
is specified for on-site applications;
Hempacore One FD is specified for
off-site applications and has a very fast
drying time. Both coatings provide up
to 120 minutes of fire protection in cellulosic fires and have shown very good
performance in official fire tests.

Nippon Paint Kicks Off

Construction of New Plant

er steel structures by extending the time

period required by the steel to heat up
in case of a fire, thereby restraining the
damage and providing the extra crucial
time to fire-fighters for controlling the
fire and evacuating the facility.
With the introduction of Hempacore,
Hempel now offers a full package of
coating solutions for all kind of civil
structures against cellulosic fires including metro stations, stadiums, airports
etc.
Lars Risum, business development
manager for Passive Fire Protection at
Hempel (Denmark), believes that the
introduction of Hempels intumescent
range will be extremely beneficial for
customers.
Hempel has been investing a lot and
has undertaken intense research in the
field of intumescent coatings for the
past five years which has resulted in

Nippon Paint has began construction of

its new factory in northern Vinh Phuc
province.
The third and largest factory of the
company in Vietnam, it will produce
industrial paint for automobiles and
motorcycles, heavy duty coatings, decorative paint, marine coatings and resin.
Covering a 60,000 square meter area
in Ba Thien II Industrial Zone, the plant
has registered investment capital of $14
million for the next five years, planning
to add up to 500 new jobs.
Nippon expects to finish the first
phase of the plant and start operation
in February next year.
This is the first project in Ba Thien
II Industrial Zone, playing a meaningful role in attracting more projects to
a new industrial zone like Ba Thien in
Vinh Phuc, said chairman of the provincial Peoples Committee Phung Quang
Hung.
Nippon Paint has had a presence in
Vietnam since 1994 through its first facility in Bien Hoa Industrial Zone II in
the southern province of Dong Nai, followed by the opening of its second facility in 2006 in Ha Nois Quang Minh
Industrial Zone.

Dependable, LLC Launches

New Web Site
Dependable, LLC, a manufacturer of
professional grade floor preparation
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moisture mitigation unveiled its new

website, www.floorprep.com.
Visitors to the new site will be able to
download product information, watch
videos for installation techniques, use a
contact form to request samples or information, and learn more about how
to prep floors.
In celebration of over 60 years in
business Dependable has rebranded
with new packaging and a new website.
Brands include: Skimcoat, Skimcrete,
Vaporseal, Cutdown and Feathercrete.
The specialty cementitious patching,
feathering and leveling, sealers, primers,
and epoxies for commercial, industrial
and residential needs are sold throughout North America.

Sherwin-Williams Partners
With Keep America
Beautiful 2013 Graffiti
Hurts Grant Program
Keep America Beautiful (KAB) announced the availability of the 2013
Graffiti Hurts Grant Program, designed
to assist communities in augmenting their
local graffiti prevention activities. With
municipal government funding under increasing burdens, KAB believes that the
grant program will serve as a catalyst to
combat the economic and quality-of-life
setback caused by graffiti vandalism.
Keep America Beautiful is offering
six grants for the 2013 program: four
cash grants of $2,500 each; two paint
product grants from The SherwinWilliams Company, valued at $2,500
each; and one FlashCAM from Q-Star
Technology, valued at $6,995.
We applaud the work being done
through this program to prevent and
abate graffiti vandalism on the local level, resulting in safer, more vibrant communities, said Becky Lyons,
chief operating officer, Keep America
Beautiful. Keep America Beautifuls
valuable partnership with The SherwinWilliams Company continues to provide key awareness tools and resources
that actively engage communities in
impactful graffiti eradication practices.
Sherwin-Williams is excited to
once again partner with Keep America
Beautiful on the Graffiti Hurts program.
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$2,500 cash grant recipients

French Quarter Business Association
New Orleans, LA.
Community Housing of Wyandotte
County Kansas City, KS.
Keep
Cincinnati
Beautiful

Cincinnati, OH.
University Heights Tool Library
Buffalo, NY.
$2,500 Sherwin Williams paint
supply certificate recipients
Cal State University, Northridge
Police Northridge, CA.
The Our Town Project Oakland, CA.
Q-Star FlashCAM recipient
Keep Las Cruces Beautiful Las

Cruces, NM.

BASF Launches Automotive

Refinish Paint Brand R-M in
Morocco
BASF has launched R-M, the premium
automotive refinish paint brand, in
Morocco. In Casablanca, the R-M experts presented a comprehensive offer,

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It is rewarding to see the growing national impact this program has on

graffiti abatement, awareness, and
education in cities and towns across
America, said Harvey Sass, president and general manager, Diversified
Brands Division, The Sherwin-Williams
Company. As local governments continue to face budget constraints, providing these resources to communities is a
meaningful way for Sherwin-Williams
to activate groups dedicated to graffiti
prevention and eradication.
Local governments, police departments, youth groups, downtown associations, crime prevention organizations,
and other groups dedicated to eradicating graffiti vandalism are encouraged to
apply. (Businesses that make or operate
graffiti-removal equipment or technologies are not eligible.)
Proposed projects can address
graffiti prevention and education,
eradication, or enforcement of local anti-graffiti laws. Programs that focus on
prevention initiatives, including Crime
Prevention Through Environmental
Design (CPTED), and engaging and
educating youth are encouraged.
The deadline for all applications is
July 10, 2013. All interested communities and organizations should complete
the online application available at kab.
org/grants. Grant winners will be announced by Oct. 9, 2013.
The following organizations were
the recipients of the 2012 Graffiti Hurts
Grant Program awards:

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a key role.
Active in Algeria and Tunisia
over the past two decades, R-M
is undertaking a wide range of
actions in Morocco, to meet the challenges of a fast changing market. The
country has almost three million vehicles in circulation and major automobile manufacturers are investing in new
technologies throughout their networks
to repair vehicles in the best possible
conditions.
Xavier Verfaillie, managing director of BASF Morocco, Algeria and
Tunisia, and head of the North African
Business Platform at Casablanca, said:
For BASF, the automotive industry is
a major sector, and we want to develop
complete and innovative solutions for
leading car manufacturers.

Berger Paints Launches Two

New Products in Nepal
Berger Paints has launched globally accredited Easy Clean and Rangoli Total
Care in the Nepali market.
Berger Easy Clean is formulated
with special types of cross-linking polymers and micro fine pigments.
This provides high washability and
is easy to maintain. It keeps looking
fresh for years giving a smooth sheen
finish. Free from any heavy metals like
lead, mercury and chromium, this is
also one of the safest interior paints,
said the statement.
Likewise, Berger Rangoli Total Care
is formulated with special types of copolymer and micro fine pigments. It
gives rich matte look on application,
and gives excellent coverage and durability for interior walls when applied
using proper methods, according to the
company.

PPGs CIC Receives $1.071

MN to Help Develop Nonisocyanate Liquid Coatings
for Military
The U.S. Department of Defense
Strategic Environmental Research and
Development Program has awarded
$1.071 million to PPG Industries
Allison Park, Pennsylvania, Coatings
Innovation Center (CIC) to help

develop non-isocyanate liquid coatings

that meet military specifications.
The funding will support the development of many coating chemistries
that can be applied in the automotive
refinish, industrial, and protective and
marine coatings markets.
PPG has partnered with the Army
Research Lab and U.S. Naval Air
Systems Command on the project,
and will serve as the prime contractor.
As part of their role, PPG researchers will synthesize, formulate and test
coatings that meet polyurethane performance standards but do not include
isocyanates.
The chemical-agent-resistant coatings used by the armed forces are based
on technology that is more than 40 years
old, explained Ljiljana Maksimovic,
PPG development associate, industrial
coatings research, based at the CIC.
Many contain isocyanate materials
that can potentially cause skin and respiratory reactions. Well be working
to develop updated formulas that can
address new and emerging chemical
agent threats. These new technologies
will also help prevent exposure to isocyanates and reduce isocyanate-related
health hazards.
The 36-month project is one of
many externally-funded programs developed, awarded and executed by PPG
researchers with the assistance of PPGs
corporate science and technology team,
Maksimovic said.

Axalta Receives Daimler

Trucks North Americas
Masters of Quality Award
Axalta Coating Systems, formerly
DuPont Performance Coatings, the
leading manufacturer and marketer of
heavy-duty truck coatings, received the
Daimler Trucks North America Masters
of Quality award. This is the fourth
consecutive year that Axalta Coating
Systems has received the award and the
seventh time overall.
The 25-year-old Masters of Quality
program recognizes an elite group of
suppliers who meet or exceed Daimler
Trucks North Americas stringent
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ongoing commitment to improving the

quality of their products. The Masters
of Quality award is the highest recognition that Daimler Trucks North
America gives to its suppliers.
Axalta is delighted to be recognized as the best of the best. To receive
the highest recognition by Daimler
Trucks North America in the last four
consecutive years reinforces our commitment to deliver only the highest
quality Imron Elite polyurethane coatings, said Herbert Nowak, heavy-duty
truck North American sales manager
for Axalta Coating Systems.
Imron Elite is the exclusive topcoat
for Daimler Trucks Freightliner brand
manufacturing facilities in the United
States and Mexico. The identical product is used in the commercial vehicle
aftermarket by Freightliner dealers to
ensure customer satisfaction and repair-in-kind quality.
We are extremely proud to accept the Masters of Quality award for
the seventh time, said Joseph Wood,
heavy-duty truck business director,
North America for Axalta Coating
Systems. It further acknowledges our
dedication to continually improve the
performance of our products and the
devotion of our team to service our
heavy-duty truck customers.
Daimlers suppliers are evaluated
each year on more than 100 criteria
related to aftermarket parts, quality,
engineering, warranty, service, availability and purchasing. While over
1,000 suppliers are considered for the
award, only suppliers rated in the top
three percent are recognized with an esteemed Masters of Quality award.

AkzoNobel Selects
Terra Technology to Cut
Inventory in Europe and
Africa
AkzoNobel
has
purchased
Terra
Technologys Demand Sensing and MultiEnterprise Inventory Optimization solutions to improve demand predictability
and reduce inventory across Europe and
Africa.
AkzoNobel chose Demand Sensing
and
Multi-Enterprise
Inventory
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PPG Expands Springdale,

PA Facility
PPG Industries recently marked the
startup of a new electronic materials group (EMG) manufacturing cell at
its Springdale, Pennsylvania, industrial
coatings plant. This addition positions
the company in the fast-growing global
electronics market for conductive inks
and coatings. The commissioning of the
new cell marks the transfer of business
and technology from industrial coatings
producer Spraylat Corp., which PPG acquired late last year.
Among the range of conductive inks
and coatings the EMG cell will produce
are two new technologies graphene and
nanosilver conductive inks for specialized electronics applications in the medical, automotive and telecommunications
fields. The market for such technologies
is expanding rapidly and is expected to
continue growing for the next decade,
according to Glenn Thornley, PPG operations director, industrial coatings.

PPG Pittsburgh Paints

Unveils Mobile Version of
The Voice of Color Paint
Your Own Room Visualizer
PPG Pittsburgh Paints recently released
the mobile version of its The Voice of
Color Paint Your Own Room Visualizer

with PPG EasyEdge Technology, providing painters, architects, facility managers

and designers with an all-in-one integrated digital tool that now works directly
from their tablet devices mobile browser.
Offering the first room visualizer accessible via tablet device, The Voice of Color
Paint Your Own Room Visualizer allows
professionals to use their tablets browser
and camera in concert to take a photo
and virtually paint a room through a single seamless process.
With the use of tablet devices on the
continual rise, the mobile The Voice of
Color Paint Your Own Room Visualizer
allows professionals to envision any of
the 1,900 colors in the PPG Pittsburgh
Paints line on a clients walls. With just a
few clicks, users can mix and match walls,
ceilings, trim and more to find the perfect
colors for their next project. Moving the
project from conceptualization to reality,
the Paint Your Own Room Visualizer also
allows professionals to find the nearest
PPG Pittsburgh Paints store, where they
can bring their project on their mobile
device while purchasing their desired
paint colors.
Over the past
three years, we have
seen a significant
rise in traffic to The
Voice of Color website coming from
mobile
devices,
which coupled with
the increased reliance on tablets and
smartphones helped
spur the development of the patent pending mobile
version of the Paint
Your Own Room
Visualizer,
said
Dee Schlotter, brand
manager, The Voice
of Color program of
the PPG Pittsburgh
Paints brand. The
tool gives professionals a visual
helper,
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Optimization after a successful pilot in

Europe demonstrated a 29 percent reduction in forecast error and the opportunity
to reduce several days of inventory, said
Alain Crottaz, EMEA planning director,
AkzoNobel. Better forecast accuracy
and an optimized safety stock engine
provided by Multi-Enterprise Inventory
Optimization will help us achieve our key
goals of lowering stock while improving
customer service.
We are delighted to have AkzoNobel
as a customer, said Robert F. Byrne,
CEO of Terra Technology. Balancing
inventory investments with demand is
challenging in todays volatile markets.
Terras solutions can help AkzoNobel improve operational efficiency to streamline
its supply chain and assist in its goal of
building lasting and profitable customer
relationships.

anywhere they go.

The Paint Your Own Room
Visualizer utilizes the revolutionary PPG EasyEdge Technology,
offering industry-exclusive functionality
to provide virtual painters with unprecedented control and detail for realistic
quality. It considers elements in a room
photo such as lighting, angles, furniture and trim to provide virtual painters
with the simulated precision of painting
a real room. By electronically mapping
and outlining a room, PPGs EasyEdge
Technology removes the time consuming
elements for professionals, allowing them
to simply touch the desired color and
drag it to the wall they want to paint.
Data and painted room images are
now saved on the Cloud, giving professionals access to all of their stored information from any point of contact
their desktop, mobile visualizer and
PPG mobile app. Painted rooms can also
be shared to social media pages directly
from the Visualizer as well.

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AR Paints and
Flooring and Miller
Paints to Feature
Sansins Line of
Water-Borne Wood Finishes
The Sansin Corporation recently announced that its line of exterior Enviro
Stains for siding, decks, furniture and log
homes, as well as Sansins Purity interior
stains and the Eco-ToneTM color system, are now featured at AR Paints and
Flooring in San Clemente, California.
In addition to Sansin exterior and
interior wood finishes, AR Paints amd
Flooring will also carry Sansins Wood
Cleaner, Lightener, Sealer, Aqua Guard
and Paint and Stain Remover. The retailer will also offer custom color matching
with Sansins unique tinting system.
AR Paints and Flooring is known as
the painting professionals and homeowners choice in San Clemente for the
last 39 years.
AR Paints and Flooring offers a
high level of personalized customer service that is so important for successful
wood finishing inside and out. Both of
our companies are dedicated to showing
homeowners and contractors that you
can achieve a lasting, beautiful wood
finish without the toxicity found in conventional stains, said Sjoerd Bos, vice
president of the Sansin Corporation.
The Sansin Corporation has also announced that its line of products will
now be featured at an additional ten
Miller Paint Stores in both Oregon and
Washington State. With this expansion,
14 Miller Paint Stores now carry Sansin
wood finishes.

According to Paul Sawyer, senior

vice president of sales and marketing at
Miller Paint Store headquarters, Were
introducing Sansin stains in more of our
stores for two reasons. One, their ecofriendly wood finish technology is just
top of the line. Second, since Miller Paint
is 100 percent employee owned, we like
the fact that Sansin focuses on serving
independent retailers.
Sansin stains are particularly suited
to the harsher, wetter weather conditions
in the Pacific Northwest. Our stains
provide all the characteristics of penetrating oils, yet utilize moisture in the
wood itself to diffuse deep into the wood
tissue, even when the moisture content is
as high as 25 percent, said Bos. Sansin
finishes appeal to customers since they
provide long-lasting protection with
high impact in an eco-conscious way. We
are proud to offer our products now at
even more Miller Paint locations.
Sansins product lines include: Enviro
Stains exterior wood stains (DEC,
Classic, SDF) protect wood through
Sansins unique waterborne formulas;
they contain no harsh or flammable
solvents and allow wood to breathe
naturally, inhibiting decay and increasing durability and performance; Purity
Interior Stains and Clears - environmentally friendly interior stains, gels and
clears that protect and color the inside
of the home without releasing harsh
toxins into the air; and Enviro Stain
Cleaners and Sealants easy-to-use and
highly effective cleaners to help remove
weathering, dirt or paint, and environmentally friendly sealants designed to

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give maximum protection to wood or

masonry.

VITEX Wins Environment

and Green Development
ACCI Award
VITEX Yannidis Bros SA, a Greek
architectural coatings manufacturer,
recently won the Environment and
Green Development award at the ACCI
Awards 2013.
The awards ceremony was held at
the Megaron Mousikis in the presence of political and business representatives. The opening speech, addressed
to the entrepreneurs, was made by the
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, and
the awards were given by the Minister
of Development and Growth Kostis
Hadjidakis.
This years award for our company
is the culmination of initiatives that have
been taken in the direction of sustainable growth for many years and from
many people in our organization, said
Armodios Yannidis, executive vice president of VITEX. It is the fifth consecutive sustainability award given to our
company and we celebrate it by offering
all our eco-friendly products with an additional discount of five percent. Part of
the revenues from this offer will go to
charity our company will paint five
houses of families with no income completely for free.
For VITEX, environment and sustainable development can be important
drivers and can motivate a company.
Once again VITEX is giving color to sustainability, he added. CW

July 2013

Patents

Behr Patents Exterior Paint

U.S. 8,236,885 B2
Behr Process Corporation has been granted a patent for a process for producing a
paint composition comprised of the steps
of dispersing a titanium dioxide pigment
particles in a solvent to form a dispersion;
mixing the dispersion with grind additives and metal oxide nanoparticles having an average particle size of less than
100 nanometers; adding a first acrylic
primer binder consisting of a 100%
acrylic resin and a second acrylic topcoat
binder consisting of a 100% acrylic resin
to the dispersion; and adding letdown
additives to the dispersion, wherein the
resulting composition includes a PVC of
approximately; 4 to 55 and a percentage
of solid by weight of between 30 and 55;
wherein the ratio of the first acrylic primer binder to the second acrylic topcoat
binder is 80:20.

value of from 80 to 220 mg KOH/g, a

glass transition temperature of 50 C or
above but below 0 C, and from 25 to
55 mass percent of units of 4-hydroxybutyl (meth)acrylate origin, a hydroxyl
group containing resin comprised of a
hydroxyl group value of from 80 to 220
mg KOH/g, and a glass transition temperature of from 0 to 50 C and a crosslinking agent comprised of a polyisocyanate
compound having isocyanate groups,
wherein the proportions of hydroxyl
group containing resin and hydroxyl
group containing resin are, as a ratio of
solid fraction masses, from 95/5 to 50/50,
and the proportion of isocyanate groups
of the crosslinking agent with respect to
the hydroxyl groups in total of the hydroxyl group containing resin and the
hydroxyl group containing resin, as the
NCO/OH mol ratio, is from 0.5 to 1.5.

Valspar Patents Coating for

Metal Substrates

DuPont Patents Coating

Composition

U.S. 8,231,951 B2
Valspar Sourcing, Inc. has been granted
a patent for a coating composition comprised of a blend of two or more polyester resins each formed by the reaction of
one or more polyacid molecules and one
or more polyol molecules, wherein the
blend has between approximately 60%90% weight polyester resin having a Tg
less than 25 C and between 10%-40%
weight polyester resin having a Tg greater
than 50 C and a carrier; wherein the
coating composition is a liquid composition that is substantially free of mobile
BPA and aromatic glycidyl ether compounds and is suitable for use in forming
a food contact packaging coating.

U.S. 8,227,050 B1
E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
has obtained a patent for a coating composition, which upon cure forms a coating. The composition is comprised of Ia
component A comprised in the range of
0.01%-10% of one or more monomers;
a component B comprised in the range of
5%-50% of one or more multifunctional
oligomers; a component C comprised in
the range of 10%-70% of one or more
pigments, fillers or a combination thereof;
a component D comprised in the range of
0.5%-15% of one or more photoinitiators; and a component E comprised in the
range of 21%-40% of volatile organic
solvent, wherein all of the percentages
are in weight percent based on the total
weight of the composition; and wherein,
the cured coating composition is free
from any sticky, uncured material.

BASF Coatings Japan

Patents Paint
U.S. 8,236,895 B2
BASF Coatings Japan Ltd. has been
awarded a patent for a paint composition
comprised of a hydroxyl group containing resin comprised of a hydroxyl group

Sensient Patents SelfDispersed Pigments

U.S. 8,226,761 B2

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Sensient Colors LLC has been granted

a method of modifying a pigment. The
method is comprised of attaching a reactive group XY to a surface of a pigment; and subsequently displacing Y with
an organic substrate NSZM to form
a surface-modified pigment having attached XNSZM; wherein X is a
sulfonyl, phosphoryl, or 1,3,5-triazine
group; Y is fluorine, chlorine, bromine or
iodine; N is an amine, an imine, a pyridine, or a thiol group; S is substituted or
unsubstituted alkyls, aryls, or polymer
chains having a molecular weight range
from approximately 300-8000; Z is a
carboxyl, sulfonyl, phenolic, phosphoryl,
ammonium, trimethylammonium, or tributylammonium group; and M is a halide, a negatively charged ion, a proton in
salt form, or a cation in salt form.

Si Chem Patents Paint with

Silicate Resin
U.S. 8,211,220 B2
Si Chem Co. has obtained a patent for
a method for preventing corrosion of a
structure without influencing an electrical flow in the structure. The method
is comprised of applying a silicate urethane paint composition to the structure,
wherein the composition is comprised,
by weight: approximately 100 parts of
a urethane resin,10 to approximately 20
parts of a silicate resin, 10-40 parts of a
silicone resin, 100-250 parts of a functional pigment wherein the functional the
pigment is comprised of 40-50 parts of
TiO2, 30-50 parts of Al2O3, 20-80 parts
of graphite, and 10-30 parts of crosslinkable polystyrene, and 1-2 parts of a functional additive comprising a dispersing
agent.

Taki Chemical Patents

Photocatalytic Titanium
Oxide Sol and Coating
U.S. 8,207,085 B2
Taki Chemical Co. has been granted
a patent for a photocatalytic coating
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composition comprised of photocatalytic titanium oxide, silver,

copper and a quaternary ammonium hydroxide as a stabilizer.

H.B. Fuller Patents Low

Application Temperature
Hot Melt Adhesive
U.S. 8,211,521 B2
H.B. Fuller Company has been awarded
a patent for a hot melt adhesive composition comprised of a thermoplastic polymer comprised of ethylene copolymer
selected from the group consisting of
ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene n-butyl
acrylate, ethylene methyl-methacrylate,
ethylene ethyl methacrylate, ethylene
2-ethylhexyl acrylate, ethylene methacrylate, ethylene ethylacrylate and ethylene acrylic acid; a first tackifying agent
comprised of phenol-modified aromatic
petroleum hydrocarbon resin; and a first
wax, wherein the composition is free of
a vegetable wax and exhibits a viscosity
of no greater than approximatley 6,000
centipoise at 300 F.

3M Patents Color Change

Cyanoacrylate Adhesives
U.S. 8,217,110 B2
3M Innovative Properties Company has
been granted a patent for a cyanoacrylate-based adhesive composition comprised of a cyanoacrylate monomer; and
a bleachable dye comprised of Michlers
hydrol cation, or derivatized Michlers
hydrol cation, paired with a non-nucleophilic anion that provides a stable color
to the cyanoacrylate-based adhesive.

PPG Patents Corrosion

Resistance Coating
U.S. 8,231,970 B2
PPG Industries has received a patent for a
substrate comprised of aluminum at least
partially coated with a primer coating
comprised of a thermoset film-forming
resin comprised of a polyamine and an
epoxy functional polymer; and magnesium oxide particles having a surface area
of at least 10 square meters per gram and
an average particle size of no more than
50 nanometers; wherein the magnesium
oxide particles are dispersed in the thermoset film-forming resin.

Henkel Patents Acrylic

Adhesives
U.S. 8,231,758 B2
Henkel Corporation has been granted a
patent for a two-part free radical curable
acrylic adhesive composition comprised
of a first part comprised of at least one
(meth)acrylate component; and a second
part comprised of a naturally occurring
filler selected from the group consisting of wood flour and walnut shell flour
which inhibits free radical cure; at least
one oxygen scavenger, and a monomer
that forms a curable adhesive with the
(meth)acrylate component of the first
part, wherein at least one of the first
part, or the second part also includes a
cure system.

Trade Service Patents

Inorganic Waterborne
Coating
U.S. 8,241,416 B2
Trade Service Corporation has been
granted a patent for an inorganic waterborne coating agent to be applied onto
the surface of an organic or inorganic
base material, wherein the inorganic
waterborne coating agent consists of alkaline colloidal silica including water, a
sodium phosphate compound, a potassium phosphate compound, or a mixture
of thereof and boric acid.

Cheng Uei Precision

Industry Patents
Nanocomposite Coating
U.S. 8,241,417 B2
Cheng Uei Precision Industry Company
has obtained a patent for a nanocomposite coating comprised of a nanometer inorganic oxide gel made by a sol-gel
method and having 22.5%-49.5% weight
in the nanocomposite coating; an organic
solvent having 45%-74.25% weight in
the nanocomposite coating; and a nanometer powder having 1%-10% weight in
the nanocomposite coating; wherein the
nanocomposite coating is formed by mixing the nanometer inorganic oxide gel,
the organic solvent and the nanometer
powder together; wherein the nanometer
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to form the nanocomposite coating;

wherein the surfactant is any one of or a
mixture of a sodium dodecylsulphonate
and a polyvinyl pyrrolidone.

Henkel Patents Release On

Demand Corrosion Inhibitor
Coating
U.S. 8,241,524 B2
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA has been
awarded a patent for an anti-corrosion
coating composition for a metal substrate
comprised of no electrically conductive
polymers and at least one non-electrically
conductive film forming copolymer; a
nitrogen containing functional group X,
the group X is comprised of a pyridine, a
dihydropyridine, a pyrrole, an imidazole,
or mixtures thereof and wherein a positive amount to 100% of the functional
group X is bound to the copolymer and
crosslinks chains of the copolymer; and
a metallate anion, the metallate anion capable of binding to a nitrogen in the functional group X by ion pairing.

Henkel Patents Coating

Agent with Double
Crosslinking
U.S. 8,211,549 B2
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA has been
awarded a patent for an article comprised of at least one substrate and a
curable coating agent comprised of
30%-80% weight of an atactic polyalpha-olefin, which contains at least
two alkoxysilane groups; 5%-40%
weight of a radiation-activatable reaction product of (meth)acrylic acid with
alcohols or with NCO-group containing compound; 0.1%-6% weight of a
catalyst and an initiator, and up to 50%
weight of an auxiliary selected from the
group consisting of a resin, adhesion
promoter, stabilizer, pigment/filler, plasticizer, wax, thermoplastic polymer, water-binding agent and mixtures thereof;
and wherein the curable coating agent
is in a solid form at room temperature
and is crosslinkable by an actinic radiation, and the total weight percent
adds to 100%; wherein the substrate
is a wood or plastic; and wherein the
curable coating agent has a viscosity of
3000-50000 mPas at 140 C. CW
July 2013

IRL has published a new edition of A

Profile of the Central European Paint
Industry. This report has been developed
and expanded upon from IRLs previous
studies and forms part of a series of ten
reports assessing the global market for
paint and coatings.
The scope of the report extends
to fourteen national paint and coatings markets across the continent from
Central Europe to the countries of the
Balkan and Black Sea regions. The report
covers the markets in Albania, BosniaHerzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia,
Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia,
Slovakia and Slovenia. It evaluates and
provides market insight into nine mainstream coating sectors.
The Central European paint market was estimated at approximately
1,346,550 tons in 2011 and is expected to
grow to 1,531,900 tons by 2016. Growth
is forecast to vary across the region, with
the markets of Poland, Slovakia and several Balkan markets expected to exhibit
higher growth rates. Average growth in
paint demand across the whole region is
expected at approximately 2.6 percent
p.a., underpinned by such simple factors as growth in industrial output, rising
salaries and greater disposable incomes,
and moderate growth of the construction
industries, recovering from the economic
crisis of 2009.

place in Poland, the local architectural

paint market is now saturated with waterborne paints and this segment continues to increase.

Market Reports

IRL Publishes Profile of

Central European Paint Industry

The yacht industry is one of the

developing marketing opportunities
for marine coatings consumption in
Poland.

Poland is by far the largest paint

consumer in the Central European region, accounting for approximately 44
percent of the total market.
In 2011 up to mid-2012 there was
an upsurge in the demand for architectural paints in Poland due to construction
work related to the Euro 2012 football
tournament.
As much of the impact of lowVOC and REACH legislation has taken
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The Czech Republic is in

second place among Central
European markets with a share
of consumption of 13.2 percent.
This is the market with the highest paint
per capita consumption indicator (16.9
kg/head) in the CEE region.
There is a growing industrial coatings segment in the Czech Republic, benefitting from growing domestic demand
and relocations of Western European
paint manufacturers to the country. The
market is driven by the growing consumption of paint from the automotive,
consumer goods and furniture industries.
Romania and Hungary come in the
third and fourth places and occupy almost equal market share.
The Balkan market is placed at almost 129,000 tons, with the fastest growing demand for paints in Serbia.
The demand for paints in smaller
Balkan countries is almost 100 percent
covered by imported material.
The Serbian market offers the best
growth opportunities for automotive
OEM coatings. Macedonia, Croatia and
Kosovo are the fastest growing markets
for wood coatings.
The Slovenian paint market is rather
a stable one, with declining demand from
the automotive industry and a stable
trend in consumption from other downstream markets such as construction and
the furniture industries.
In many of the markets the architectural coatings segment tends to account
for quite a large majority of paint demand. The percentage share of these coatings varies from country to country and
can reach up to 79 percent (Bulgaria).
There is an evident trend of growing
consumption of waterborne and lowVOC paints, driven by the high impact of
environmental legislation on the market
and increasing interest of consumers in
the ecological properties of the products.
Multiple opportunities are likely to

appear along the coatings industry value

chain such as upgrading paint-making
equipment, obtaining better raw materials, expansion of paint export markets
and exploring the potential of acquiring
new companies. New demand will appear in the area of automotive and marine coatings.
For more information go to www.informationresearch.co.uk.

U.S. Demand for

Disinfectant and
Antimicrobial Chemicals to
Reach $1.6 Billion in 2017
Demand for disinfectant and antimicrobial chemicals in the U.S. is forecast to
rise 6.1 percent annually to $1.6 billion
in 2017. A rebound in building construction activity, in conjunction with an improving U.S. economy, will drive strong
increases in industrial markets such as
paint and coatings and plastics. In institutional and consumer applications, anxieties about disease foodborne, health
care-associated (HAI), and antibiotic-resistant will lead to gains amid increasing regulatory scrutiny and intensifying
cleaning regimens. Rising public concern
about microbial pathogens will also support growth in some industrial markets as
disinfectant and antimicrobial additives
are incorporated into a broader array of
products. These and other trends are presented in Disinfectant & Antimicrobial
Chemicals, a new study from The
Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based
industry market research firm.
Substantial growth in residential construction activity, led primarily by a housing rebound, will result in the increased
production of antimicrobial-containing
products such as water-based architectural paint, floor coverings, home textiles and other construction materials.
Organosulfur compounds will see significant growth in these applications, particularly in paint, thanks to performance
advantages and environmental concerns
about competing products.
Several factors will result in more
thorough disinfection regimens among
food and beverage processors, hospitals
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apprehension about foodborne illnesses

such as E. coli and Salmonella, increased
regulatory scrutiny following the Food
Safety Modernization Act of 2011, and
growing liability concerns will contribute to increased disinfectant demand in
the food and beverage processing and the
restaurant and lodging markets. In the
medical and health care market, concerns
about HAIs such as C. difficile and antibiotic-resistant pathogens such as MRSA,
changes in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rules, pressure from insurers,
and extensive coverage of deadly outbreaks by the mass media will continue
to drive disinfectant and antimicrobial
consumption.

Frost & Sullivan Analyzes

Asia-Pacific Water-based
Coatings Market
Environmental regulations, rising consumer awareness regarding health and
the environment, and focus on sustainability have driven the Asia-Pacific waterbased coatings market. Higher domestic
consumption and investments in infrastructure across most Asia-Pacific countries will sustain this growth until 2016.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan,
finds that the market earned revenues of
more than $11.86 billion in 2012 and
estimates this to reach $16.71 billion in
2016.
Robust economic growth in China,
India, Indonesia and Vietnam will, in
turn, boost the Asia-Pacific water-based
coatings market. Environmental regulations that aim to protect the environment
and the health of citizens from potentially hazardous substances further spur the
adoption of water-based coatings, particularly in China, Japan, Taiwan, South
Korea and Singapore.
However, this cost advantage has been
curbed to an extent owing to rising raw
material and fluctuating crude oil prices.
Supply shortages have escalated the cost
of titanium dioxide, affecting manufacturers margins in this price-sensitive market. In contrast, traditional solvent-based
coatings are proving to be a profitable
option as they offer better performance
properties than water-based coatings.
Therefore, responding to global mega
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Asia-Pacific Marine Coatings

Market to Witness Steady
Growth, Predicts Frost &
Sullivan

The Asia-Pacific marine coatings market is expected to witness steady growth

owing to the robust development of the
shipbuilding and offshore engineering
industries in the region. Moreover, ships
are subject to harsh environments and the
constant need for their maintenance and
repair will sustain market demand.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan,
finds that the market earned revenues of
$4.84 billion in 2012 and estimates this
to reach US$6.69 billion in 2016.
The expansion of global trade through
sea routes has increased the number of
bulk carriers, container ships and general
cargo ships manufactured, in turn widening the scope of the marine coatings market in Asia-Pacific. South Korea, Japan
and China are chief shipbuilding countries and will remain the top investment
choice for coating manufacturers.
The emergence of new coating

technologies has further aided market

development, said Frost & Sullivan
Chemicals,
Materials
and
Food
Consultant Lim Jin Han. Foul-release
and anti-fouling coatings, which prevent
the buildup of organic matter on ship
hulls, improve fuel efficiency, and decrease emissions, are becoming popular.
However, the rising costs of the raw
materials used in these coatings mainly due to fluctuating crude oil prices
have heightened production expenditure
and reduced manufacturers margins.
Titanium dioxide, in particular, is a key
raw material, and an increase in its price
will affect consumer demand.
Besides, the economic slowdown in
Europe and North America has led to a
decline in sea trade and curbed marine
coating sales. Conversely, the downturn
has also led to the outsourcing of shipbuilding activities to countries such as
China that provide cheap labor. Hence,
Asia-Pacifics position as a hotspot for
shipbuilding will remain intact, spurring
the marine coatings market in the region.
Meanwhile, increasingly stringent
regulations governing marine coatings
have compelled manufacturers in the region to develop products with low volatile organic compounds (VOC), high solid
content, and less harmful biocides, observed Jin Han. Low-VOC water-based
coatings are likely to be the most sustainable option for manufacturers.
Epoxy-based anticorrosive marine
coatings are slated for high growth in the
Asia-Pacific due to its favorable cost and
enhanced performance. In the case of antifouling coatings, acrylates are preferred.
However, foul release technologies are
also expected to show gradual growth.

World Demand for Silicones

to Approach $19 Billion in
2017

World demand for silicones is expected to

rise 5.9 percent per year to $18.9 billion
in 2017. Gains will represent an acceleration from recent historical trends, fueled by an improved outlook for global
manufacturing and construction activity
from the recession-plagued 2007-2012
period, particularly in North America
and Western Europe. Increases in silicone

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trends and delivering affordable, highquality products with value-added functionalities are crucial. Forming strategic
partnerships with local companies and
suppliers will help coating vendors access new technology, enhance equity value, establish local presence, and widen
their reach.
Aggressive marketing and branding campaigns at industry exhibitions
and seminars as well as advertising in
trade magazines will add to market
scope in Asia-Pacific, noted Frost &
Sullivan Chemicals, Materials and Food
Consultant Lim Jin Han.Investments in
distribution channels, especially in highgrowth markets such as China, India and
Vietnam, will decrease costs and enable
suppliers to respond rapidly to the diverse needs of customers.
Japan is expected to witness a significant increase in the demand for waterbased decorative coatings as earthquake
reconstruction efforts gain momentum.
In mature markets such as Australia and
Singapore, manufacturers are focusing on
product differentiation to gain an edge
over the competition.

demand will also benefit from the

rising use of high value materials
in emerging applications, particularly in the newly industrialized nations of the world where the use
of silicones is not yet mature. Advances
will be limited, however, by the high cost
of silicones relative to competitive materials in many applications. Elastomers and
fluids were the two leading silicone product types in 2012, combining to account
for nearly 85 percent of total demand.
These and other trends are presented in
World Silicones, a new study from The
Freedonia Group, Inc.
The Asia/Pacific region has risen to
become the leading market for silicones,
accounting for nearly 40 percent of
global demand in 2012. Demand in the
region grew nearly 10 percent annually
from 2002 to 2012, fueled primarily by
the rapid advancement of China as a silicone consumer. While slowing to some
extent through 2017, silicone demand
growth in the Asia/Pacific region will
remain the worlds fastest. Gains will
be driven by continued strong growth
in China, the emergence of India as a
significant silicone market, and a favorable economic outlook for the higher
income countries in the region. Above
average growth is also forecast for South
America, Eastern Europe, and the Africa/
Mideast region, areas in which silicone
demand per capita is currently among
the lowest in the world.
While silicone demand in the more
mature markets of North America and
Western Europe will rise at a pace below the global average through 2017,
advances will be a marked improvement
over the performance of the 2007-2012
period. In North America, demand for
silicone will benefit from a strong rebound in construction spending as the
large U.S. market continues to recover
from a housing slump.
Demand in Western Europe will be fueled by a turnaround in manufacturing
and construction activity. As silicones
become increasingly well established in
these regions, technological advancements and product innovation will become essential to expand the application
base for long term market growth. CW
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Benjamin Moore Collaborates with the Colonial

Williamsburg Foundation for New Color Collection

Benjamin Moore has joined with The

Colonial Williamsburg Foundations
Williamsburg brand to launch The
Williamsburg Color Collection by
Benjamin Moore, an assortment of paint
colors authentically rooted in the history
of the U.S. and its founding. The new
144-color palette represents a unique intersection of history, science and design
that reflects the actual colors that existed in the 18th- and 19th-century and
brought to customers through the most
advanced paint technology in the industry from Benjamin Moore, according to
the company.
Colonial Williamsburgs research
team of historians and conservators
examined period documents, paint
samples, wallpaper and architectural
fragments, and through this process
discovered fresh and unexpected color
findings. The Benjamin Moore team
then carefully studied pigment compositions in order to precisely match
these colors using the latest scientific
methods to ensure the highest degree
of authenticity to the original hues.
As a result, The Williamsburg Color
Collection by Benjamin Moore presents

a vibrant yet complex array of shades

as they appeared more than 250 years
ago that can be incorporated into the
modern home.
The Williamsburg Color Collection
by Benjamin Moore is now available in
Benjamin Moores Aura, Regal Select,
Advance and Grand Entrance paints,
as well as pint samples. The vibrant,
authentic colors that Benjamin Moore
customers expect can only be achieved
through Benjamin Moore paints, which
are available exclusively through
Benjamin Moores North American
network of independent paint dealers. Benjamin Moores premium Aura,
Regal Select, Grand Entrance, Advance
paints are built upon the proprietary
Gennex platform, which has changed
the industry and earned the passion and
loyalty of homeowners and professional painters by delivering low-VOC and
beauty and performance.

resistance and advanced fade protection, according to the company. This

innovative paint was developed to
provide early rain resistance, so it has
the ability to repel rain showers as
early as 60 minutes after application.
The technology delivers a tough, nonstick surface that helps resist dirt build
up along with advanced UV protection and exceptional gloss protection
for longer lasting, more lustrous color.
The result of these two exceptional
features is paint color that stays looking great, long after the surface has
been painted. According to the firm,
as a topcoat, Behr Marquee paints
100 percent acrylic, less than 50 VOC
formulas, provides excellent hide and
delivers a durable, mildew resistant
finish. With its primer qualities, the
product offers excellent adhesion to
exterior surfaces along with the ability to block exterior stains.

Behr Introduces Marquee

Exterior Paint and Primer

BASF Launches
Cementitious Urethane
Flooring Topcoat in U.S. and
Canada

Behr Marquee Exterior Paint and

Primer are Behrs most advanced paint
and primer, delivering exceptional dirt

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BASF has launched UCRETE DP topcoat in the U.S. and Canada. The
addition of this cementitious urethane topcoat product completes the
UCRETE system portfolio in North
America.
Functioning as a lock coat for
UCRETE HP broadcast system,
UCRETE DP Topcoat ensures consistent technology and performance
throughout the entire UCRETE flooring system. This use of UCRETE DP
Topcoat creates a uniform, dense and
impervious system for long lasting
durability.
Currently available in other regions
of the world, UCRETE DP Topcoat has
proven to provide excellent resistance to
organic and inorganic acids, alkalis, salts
and most other commonly used chemicals. It offers robust chemical resistance
July 2013

Pantone and Valspar Paint

Launch New Pantone
Universe Paint Collection
Pantone, an X-Rite company, and
Valspar Paint have launched the
Pantone Universe Paint Collection by
Valspar. Available exclusively at Lowes
stores nationwide, this new paint collection helps customers choose paint
colors with confidence by providing
color options that evoke a range of
emotions and moods, the companies
reported. Bringing Pantones color expertise, vision and design sense to the
consumer, the Pantone Universe Paint
Collection by Valspar features 100
on-trend hues ranging from classic
neutrals to the latest brights. Designsavvy customers can experiment with
color in their home and rest easy with
Pantones inspiring color palettes. The
collection also includes recent Pantone
Color of the Year selections, including
the 2013 Color of the Year, Pantone
Emerald, and the 2012 selection,
Pantone Tangerine Tango.

Sherwin-Williams To
Debut Four New High
Performance Formaldehyde
Free Finishes at AWFS Fair
2013
Filling out its line of high performance,
formaldehyde-free finishes, SherwinWilliams will launch four additional
products in its F3 line-up during the
Association of Woodworking and
Furnishings Suppliers (AWFS) Fair in
Las Vegas, July 24-27: Sher-Wood F3
Hi-Bild PreCat White Lacquer, SherWood F3 Kemvar Plus Conversion
Varnish, Sher-Wood F3 Kemvar Plus
Surfacer, and Sher-Wood F3 PreCat
Primer/Surfacer.
With the addition of these coatings
to its existing line of F3 products for
formaldehyde-free finishing, SherwinWilliams expands the number of coating
options available to help wood finishers
eliminate formaldehyde from their finishing process.
F3 products are traditional, catalyzed

products with none of the formaldehyde

typically emitted during application and
curing, and offer the same performance
and aesthetics without concern of formaldehyde. Finishers benefit by eliminating
both the strong odor of formaldehyde
from their finishing process, as well as the
residual formaldehyde odor that often
causes complaints during installation and
unpacking of wood products, according
to the company.
The existing F3 line-up includes
Sher-Wood F3 Hi-Bild PreCat Lacquer,
Sher-Wood F3 Kemvar Varnish, and
Sher-Wood F3 Kemvar Sealer. All F3
finishes are available for use as dropin coatings on existing finishing lines,
saving end-users the expense and time
of purchasing and installing new finishing equipment. Sher-Wood F3 Kemvar
Varnish has achieved Greenguard
Certification, certified to Greenguard
standards for low chemical emissions
into indoor air during product usage.

Rust-Oleum Introduces
Inexpensive Alternative To
Deck Replacement
Rust-Oleum Deck and Concrete Restore
has introduced an inexpensive alternative to deck replacement. Deck and
Concrete Restore is an easy to apply
repair coating that revives the surface
while offering maximum protection to
preserve the deck for years to come, according to the company. Offering ten
times the thickness of regular paint
or stain, it is formulated to resurface
most wooden and composite decks and
concrete patios. It offers a solution for
decks that are structurally sound, but
aesthetically unattractive, Deck and
Concrete Restore encapsulates splinters
and fills cracks, making a safe, beautiful, slip-resistant surface that is barefoot friendly. It is also ideal for concrete
surfaces such as walkways, steps, patios, porches and more.
Deck and Concrete Restore offers a
scuff, peel and chip-resistant finish that
withstands temperature changes, heavy
foot traffic and furniture abrasion. The
product is a pre-mixed, water-based, onepart polymer coating containing synthetic and mineral pigments.

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and low odor. It is easy to apply, and results in an attractive appearance.

Deck and Concrete Restore

repels water but is also breathable, which allows water vapor
to pass through the film helping
to resist blistering and peeling.
With Deck and Concrete Restore, contractors can complete the entire project in
two days and the surface can be walked
on within 48 hours of application.
Deck Concrete and Restore is available in 60 popular colors or it can be
custom-tinted. It is available in the following sizes: one-gallon cans that cover
approximately 25 square feet with two
coats; four-gallon pails that cover approximately 100 square feet with two
coats and a kit that includes two one-gallon cans of Deck and Concrete Restore
and one nine inch Restore Roller that
will cover approximately 50 square feet
with two coats. Rust-Oleum Deck and
Concrete Restore is backed by a limited
lifetime warranty.

Miller Paint Company

Unveils New Interior Paint
Color Collection
Miller Paint Company unveiled their
newest interior paint color collection
called COLOREVOLUTION. Inspired
by the artistic eye of landscape artist and
Miller Paint founder, Ernest Miller, the
COLOREVOLUTION collection is the
most advanced evolution of color and
quality in the market today, according to
the company.
The COLOREVOLUTION color pallet is a collaboration of Miller Paint and
five renowned Pacific Northwest designers. The color collection features 168
brilliant colors, with many of the colors
selected from the old Devine Color pallet.
The Evolution paint is the same formula
as the old Devine Color, Miller Paints
discontinued high-end paint line. Just
like all color offers at Miller Paint, the
COLOREVOLUTION pallet was developed for the Pacific Northwest.

Sto Corp. Introduces

StoCoat X-black
Sto Corp., a manufacturer of cladding, air
barrier, coatings and restoration systems
has introduced StoCoat X-black, a heat
reflective exterior wall coating. StoCoat
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X-black reflects the suns near

infrared light energy and lowers
surface temperatures significantly compared to a house paint of
the same color.
According to Product Manager,
Rankin Jays, this energy-saving coating works well even in medium and
darker colors. StoCoat X-black also
minimizes color fading eliminating the
need for frequent repainting. It can be
applied on most claddings, including
EIFS, stucco, concrete, wood, brick, or
pre-painted surfaces, and is available in
570 colors.

coatings in a single package customized

to their specific performance and appearance requirements.
PPG manufactures a full array of
effective, economical pretreatment
products such as zinc and phosphate
sprays and immersion solutions,
multi-metal cleaners, low-temperature
cleaners and phosphates, and stateof-the-art thin-film zirconium pretreatments. In the UltraPax system,
pretreatment products are paired with
Envirocron powder coatings by PPG,
according to the company. Available in
more than 300,000 digitally-matched
colors, Envirocron coatings are formulated with polyester-, urethane-,
epoxy- and hybrid-based resin systems
to provide hardness and abrasion resistance. Envirocron powder coatings
also help manufacturers meet environmental regulations because they are
made without solvents and therefore
emit virtually no volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

Sherwin-Williams Launches
Styrene-Free Vinyl Ester for
Severe Chemical Resistance

PPG Introduces Ultrapax

Packaged Coatings System
for Metal Substrates
PPG Industries industrial coatings
business has introduced the Ultrapax
coatings system, a packaged system
of pretreatment products and powder
coatings engineered together to meet
stringent standards for the protection of
metal substrates.
The UltraPax system enables manufacturers in a variety of industries such
as auto parts and accessories, appliances, architectural products, heavy-duty
equipment and transportation to purchase pretreatment products and powder

Sherwin-Williams
Protective
and
Marine
Coatings
has
launched
Magnalux 404 FF, the first styrenefree vinyl ester for use with steel and
concrete substrates in the oil and gas
market. The new coating is specially
formulated to combat immersion and
containment service corrosion caused
by contact with aggressive chemicals
such as aromatic solvents, hi-aromatic gasoline, ethanol gasohol, MTBE,
ETBE, TAME and ether/fuel blends.
Magnalux 404 FF is a low-VOC
(<15g/L), flake-filled, chemically resistant
premium tank lining that offers improved
chemical and temperature resistance.
Flakes, made of a crystalline form of iron
oxide, provide improved edge protection
and abrasion resistance. The flakes create
a physical barrier that resists corrosion
from fluid migration.
Because Magnalux 404 FF is styrenefree, it will not shrink and pungent odors
are nearly eliminated. The 100 percent
solids product can also be applied in
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thickness. It will cure tack-free without a

wax solution, allowing for one less step
in the application process and making the
cleaning process even simpler, according
to the company.

Sherwin-Williams Protective
and Marine Coatings
Launches Envirolastic 980
PA
Sherwin-Williams
Protective
and
Marine
Coatings
has
launched
Envirolastic 980 PA, an advanced highbuild polyaspartic urethane coating
delivering rapid return to service and
one-coat exterior durability.
According to the company, because
of its high-build properties, Envirolastic
980 PA eliminates the need for the twocoat application over a zinc-rich primer
that has been the industry standard for
decades. Performance requirements can
be achieved without the intermediate
coat. In addition, the product offers
curing even in low or humid temperatures, abrasion and corrosion resistance, and high gloss retention. Up to
9 mils dry film thickness is possible in
just one pass.
The coating dries to touch in 30
minutes and an asset can be returned
to service in two hours when applied
at 77 F (25 C). This compares to the
more typical two coats that require
two eight-hour worker shifts with
significant nonproductive time in between coats, and return to service
times that vary widely with the environment in which it is being applied.
Envirolastic 980 PA is also suitable for
use on sports facilities and other highvisibility structures.

GE Offers Seven New

Acrylic Caulks
The new line of environmentally friendly acrylic caulks by GE offers a variety of
benefits ranging from the ability to enhance quality and exceed specifications
to shorter wait times and increased flexibility. The powerhouse lineup of seven
paintable caulks, manufactured by the
exclusive licensee of GE caulks globally,
Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
(MPM), includes Max* Flex (Kitchen
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Environmentally Friendly: Low-VOC &

EG-Free
The entire line of caulks is environmentally friendly because it is low-VOC and
EG-free. Volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) are emitted by a wide array of
products1, including by solvents found
in most caulks. A product with lower
levels of VOC can reduce the negative
impact on indoor air quality, lessen the
level of air pollutants and reduce potential adverse health effects.2 Ethylene
glycol, found in many consumer products, can be hazardous if ingested or
inhaled depending on the level of exposure.3 While the solvent itself is clear,
colorless and odorless, it can be toxic
to humans; exposure may cause a variety of health issues and reactions. The
acrylic line by GE does not contain this
potentially harmful substance.

Exceeds Many Important Specifications

The acrylic line by GE exceeds a variety of specifications with offerings
providing benefits such as better flexibility and crack or weather resistance.
A caulk with more movement capability
provides better crack resistance because
it is less likely to crack when exposed
to expansion or contraction. Cracking
can lead to gaps where air and water
can pass. Similarly, it provides better
weather resistance with the expansion
or contraction that can occur with temperature fluctuations.
-Max Stretch, Max Extra and Max
Speedpaint exceed ASTM C834 for better flexibility in most temperatures.
-Max Flex Kitchen & Bath exceeds
ASTM C920, TTS230 for better crack
resistance, and its Window & Door
counterpart exceeds the specification,
providing better weather resistance.
-Max Stretch exceeds ASTM C920
class 35 giving it the capability to withstand +/-35 percent joint movement and

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has double the tensile stress

PSI of typical acrylic caulks by
GE, using ASTM test method
D412, providing 800 percent
elongation.

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& Bath or Window & Door), Max

Extra, Max, Painters, Max Stretch and
Max Speedpaint.

Preserves Aesthetics
Several products within the line have formulations that allow for enhanced quality. Max Stretch, Speedpaint and Flex are
paint-friendly, meaning the caulk wont
cause the paint to crack, fade or change
sheen, whereas some acrylic caulks do.
This feature is critical in maintaining the
integrity of the paint job and preserving
the aesthetics of the room or exterior.
Similarly, the mold and mildew resistance that the majority of the line offers
helps the caulk maintain a neat, clean
and fresh appearance.
Quick Painting, No Waiting To
accelerate the pace and provide the
ability to move on to the next job
quickly, Max Speedpaint can be ready
for painting in just 30 minutes or

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spray painted immediately.

Max can do so in just one
hour. The reduced wait times
can help make pros more efficient and provide convenience to
do-it-yourselfers.

BehrPro Introduces
Premium Deckover
BehrPro, the Professional Products
and Services Group of Behr Process
Corporation, introduced the new Behr
Premium Deckover exterior coating
that revives old weathered wood and

DuPont Refinish Launches

EL600 Imron Fleet Clear for
Commercial Vehicle Repair
DuPont Refinish has launched EL600
Imron Fleet Clear, a two-component lowemission clear for commercial vehicle repair based on an acrylic copolymer.
According to the company, EL600
Imron Fleet Clear has many benefits: it
has a versatile application window refinishers can apply in one coat, one-anda-half coats or two coats, it is easy to
apply, has excellent sagging resistance,
offers refinishers robust application for
large surfaces, and has excellent antigraffiti properties. It has been developed
to give a smooth, high-build finish as
well as provide excellent gloss retention
with superior durability and chemical resistance, extremely important factors in
commercial vehicle repair.
To achieve best results, EL600 Imron
Fleet Clear can be used over all DuPont
Refinish waterborne basecoats, activated
DuPont Refinish solvent-borne basecoats,
Imron Fleet Line topcoats when baked
or dried overnight, and all sanded and
cleaned OEM finishes.

Mapei Unveils Ultracoat

Range for Wood Floors
concrete surfaces. Featuring 100 percent acrylic resin fused with ceramic
microspheres, Behr Premium Deckover
coating creates a durable, mildew-resistant finish that enables professionalsincluding residential painters,
property managers and remodelers
to restore and maintain areas such as
decks, railings, walkways, patios and
more, according to the company.
Behr Premium Deckover is recommended for a wide range of weathered
wood and concrete surfaces that span
patios, pool decks and more. Intended
for both horizontal and vertical exterior
applications, the product can cover up
to 50 sq. feet in two coats, concealing
splinters and cracks up to with results that offer a smooth, slip-free finish,
resistant to cracking and peeling. The
solid color coating is available in a diverse pallet that offers professionals 54
custom color options.

Mapei has launched its new Ultracoat

Range to the UK market. Already established in Europe the comprehensive range
offers a complete system of products to
achieve the ultimate finish for wooden
flooring, according to the company. The
range has varying characteristics, to bring
out different features dependent on the
wood species, the number of coats and
the end result preferred.
Ultracoat Aqua Plus is a filler of
high residual solids content for mixing
with sawdust for filling joints in wooden floors; Ultracoat Universal Base is a
one-component, rapid-drying basecoat;
Ultracoat Premium Base is a two-component base coat with high insulating
properties; Ultracoat Easy Plus is a onecomponent polyurethane varnish suitable
for floors with frequent pedestrian use;
Ultracoat High Traffic is a two-component polyurethane varnish for floors subject to extremely high levels of pedestrian
use; Ultracoat Oil is a natural drying

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solvent-free resin for treating wooden

floors, giving a warm rustic effect finish; Ultracoat Oil Care is a natural drying resin oil for finishing floors treated
with Ultracoat Oil to provide ongoing
maintenance and refresh old floors and
Ultracoat Universal Cleaner is a concentrated detergent for varnished or oiled
wooden floors.
Mapeis Ultracoat Range helps to
achieve both the mechanical and aesthetical requirements for wooden flooring,
making the complete system ideal for a
range of environments including; residential homes, commercial areas, gyms
and sports floors. The Ultracoat products
make up water-based systems with class
B1 fl s1 and C fl s1 fire resistant certification; in addition they dont contain any
trace of NMP, a solvent which has proven
to be a health risk because it continues
to emit harmful substances even after
application.

Sherwin-Williams Adds
Pearl Finish to its Cashmere
Interior Latex Paint
Sherwin-Williams Cashmere Interior
Latex Paint has introduced a pearl finish
to the line. The Pearl sheen adds a subtle
shimmer to Cashmere paint that is not as
shiny as semi-gloss - it is midway between
flat and egg-shel - for a lustrous finishing
touch. It is especially suitable for higherend residential projects and for customers who may be looking to create more
elaborate spaces, such as formal dining
or living rooms. And paint contractors
appreciate how easy the product applies
and glides on.
With the introduction of pearl finish
for its Cashmere Paint, Sherwin-Williams
expands the range of options beyond
the current sheens available in the line.
Currently available are flat enamel, low
luster and medium luster. Painting and
design professionals can select the exact
sheen they need for the project at hand.
Features of Cashmere Paint include
silky appearance: low stipple appearance that looks good from all angles;
smooth application: looks, feels and applies smooth and buttery; self-leveling
formula: minimizes brush and roller
marks; high-hiding properties: provides
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AkzoNobel Unveils CERAMA-STAR E, a Siliconemodified Polyester Coating

Solution for Aluminum
AkzoNobel has announced the availability of a new silicone-modified polyester
coating solution for aluminum. Designed
for spray application to aluminum,
CERAM-A-STAR E is a new solution
with proven durability and ease of application that meets American Architectural
Manufacturers Association (AAMA)
2604 specifications, according to the company. Designed for the high-end residential, storefront and monumental interiors
market, this product offers a lower-cost
alternative to 50 percent PVDF and super durable polyester powders. Further,
as compared to anodized solutions, it offers better quality, more consistent color

control and options, chemical resistance

and field repairability.
Building on the performance of the
CERAM-A-STAR family of siliconemodified polyester (SMP) coil coatings,
this new product has been adapted to
serve the unique needs of the aluminum
extrusion industry.
CERAM-A-STAR E was developed
from a proven coil coating product with
millions of square feet already installed in
the field. The modifications for spray application preserve these well-established
performance characteristics. CERAM-ASTAR E was developed in response to the
market need for a universal aluminum
coating system.
CERAM-A-STAR Es proprietary resin formulation is the pillar for this SMP
system. Combined with premium ceramic
and inorganic pigments, it offers superior
color stability, chalk resistance, fade resistance and gloss retention for the most
durable AAMA 2604 finish available.
Although this product is just being

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outstanding coverage and hide; scrubbable: ensures easy cleaning and maintenance; and luxurious feel: applies and
feels smooth and buttery to the touch.

launched at-large for the fenestration market, the AkzoNobel

reported that the product was recently tested in the Middle East
with favorable results.
Multiple colors and finish options
were evaluated, and all met the level of
durability that is called for in AAMA
2604. In addition to its proven durability,
CERAM-A-STAR E has a number of other benefits that customers will find very
appealing. The maximum achievable volume solids of a 50 percent PVDF coating
are usually 26-28 percent, however, users
can achieve 48-54 percent volume solids
with CERAM-A-STAR E.
The company reports that it is also
a good fit for the just-in-time production environment of today. The ability
to perform quick color changes during
production is a big help in maintaining
an optimal production schedule. It also
allows coaters to blend colors in-house,
including mica metallics, which isnt
possible with other technologies. CW

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International Coatings Scene Europe

Certifications for Biobased Materials

Gains Steam in EU Coatings Sector

The certification
schemes are
enabling
companies to
show that they are
at the forefront
of moves to set
high sustainability
standards.

by Sean Milmo
European Correspondent
[email protected]

ertification systems for verifying the

sources of biobased raw materials and
their content in finished products are
already operating in the agriculture and food
sectors in Europe.
Now they are beginning to be introduced
into the chemicals supply chain for coatings
and other sectors in the region.
However, at the moment the highest level
of verification they are aiming to provide
is what is called book and claim schemes,
under which materials are certified as being biobased but are not traceable to the
agricultural source at the beginning of the
supply chain.
There is no system at present for segregating

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specifically sourced biobased materials from

other materials in the supply chain.
Basic certification schemes are now being
started by leading coatings and raw materials companies in order to respond to an increasing interest among groups like retailers,
construction companies and certain environmentally-conscious consumers in products
derived from renewables.
The schemes are enabling companies to
show that they are at the forefront of moves
to set high sustainability standards, particularly
in the area of carbon dioxide emissions, and
to encourage players along the supply chain to
comply with these standards.
The most ambitious project in the coatings supply chain so far is being set up by
AkzoNobel and Solvay, a Belgium-based multinational chemicals producer.
The two companies signed a three-year
agreement in June under which AkzoNobel
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will buy, indirectly, increasing amounts
of epichlorohydrin, an epoxy resins
intermediate normally made from petrochemicals. It is produced by Solvay
under the brand name Epicerol from
glycerine derived from the production
of biodiesel.
Under another deal earlier this
year, AkzoNobel
pledged to buy
renewable coatings
solvents from
Solvay. But the latest agreement is
unusual because AkzoNobel will be
buying Epicerol via its purchases of
epoxy resins from Solvays epichlorohydrin customers, mainly for use in its
marine coatings.
The book-and-claim system underpinning the scheme will involve the
third-party auditing of the transactions between Solvay and its customers
and then between the resin producers
and AkzoNobel in order to monitor the amounts of Epicerol passing
down the supply chain between the
two companies.
To the best of our knowledge, such
a multi-stage, book-and-claim, value
chain approach is a first in the chemicals and coatings industry, said Peter
Nieuwenhuizen, AkzoNobels director
of future-proof supply chains. Where it
makes sense, we will make further deals
like this for our businesses.
We expect to source 20 percent of
our total epichlorohydrin demand as a
biobased material by 2016, (which is)
an expectation based on market and demand conditions continuing as currently
anticipated, he continued. The agreement doesnt impact on pricing, which remains between Solvay and its customers
and AkzoNobel and its suppliers.
For AkzoNobel the agreement fits in
well with its strategy for biobased chemicals in which it is focusing on developing supply channels and applications for
them rather than on the in-house development of them.
We aim to work across the supply chain to integrate biobased raw
materials, explained Nieuwenhuizen,
whose company sees itself as being a
pioneer in the encouraging of the use
of biobased products among suppliers
and customers.

Currently approximately nine percent of its expenditure on raw materials in both its coatings and speciality
chemicals sectors is on biobased chemicals. But it wants to considerably increase that figure by taking advantage
of the move from first-generation bio
feedstocks based mainly on food crops
to the second generation derived mostly
from cellulosic waste.
We plan to take first generation opportunities as a stepping stone but insist
suppliers work towards the second generation, he said.
The company is also conscious that, at
a time of threats of raw materials shortages, renewables can be an alternative
source of supplies.
(The deal with Solvay) leads to
greater collaboration in the supply
chain, said Nieuwenhuizen. In general
we aim to work on biobased solutions
that also address a supply bottleneck in
the chain.
As a result of the agreement, Solvay
is increasing production capacity of
Epicerol in an epichlorohydrin plant
in China after already raising capacity in a plant in Thailand and another
in France.
Our goal is to develop a preference
for Epicerol and thereby contribute to
a more sustainable world, said JeanLuc Preat, head of Solvays Epicerol
business. By developing a biobased
supply route next to the traditional
petrochemical route we are (also)
helping to reinforce the security of
supplies to the industry.
However, Solvay revealed that the
two companies have still to finalize
the procedure for verifying the quantities of Epicerol indirectly purchased by
AkzoNobel. This verification will likely
involve an independent consultant to ensure confidentiality between the various
supply chain partners and compliance
with competition laws.
DSM, a Dutch-based supplier of
coatings resins and other materials as
well as life sciences products, which
is backward integrating into biobased
feedstocks made through biotechnology processes, uses carbon dioxide
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gauging the sustainability of biobased

materials. It conducts numerous carbon-footprint measurements on its and
suppliers products.
The company recently launched a
new range of biobased waterborne alkyd coating resins with an extremely
low carbon footprint so that coatings
producers could differentiate their
decorative paints from standard waterborne ones.
Currently, there is no generally recognized system for certification of biobased coatings, said a DSM official.
Measuring the carbon 14/12 isotope
ratio is the current method to determine
what percentage of the coating is biobased carbon. This is how we at DSM
test the biobased content and the results
of these measurements are the same as
the theoretical values.
BASF, which is a leading supplier of
coatings raw materials while also being
a major coatings producer, has recently
adopted a uniform system for measuring
both the renewables and fossil-derived
content of products. This is done by converting both to their methane equivalents.
The amount of renewable feedstock
used is then allocated to dedicated products based on their individual formulation, Martin Brudermueller, BASF
vice-chairman, told a conference at
Ludwigshafen, Germany, in June on the
companys performance materials, including coatings materials and additives.
The approach is about crediting the
use of renewable feedstock to specific
products rather than an analysis of the
measureable biobased content in these
products, he continued.
This mass balance methodology,
which has been developed jointly by
BASF and Tued-Sued, a Munich-based
verification and technical services organization, applies only when the renewable
and fossil materials are chemically identical. It is consistent with BASFs policy
that the use of biomass must not impair
product quality.
It is a simplified approach to certification which could be a challenge to
some of BASFs competitors who are
concentrating on creating more complex systems. CW
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Univar Targets Brazilian Coatings Growth

by Charles W. Thurston
Latin America Correspondent
[email protected]

G
With expectations
of growth rates
in excess of
the countrys
expanding
economy, Univar
plans to focus
its Brazilian
operations
entirely on
domestic growth,
while serving
the remainder
of Latin America
from its Mexico
operations.

lobal distributor Univar Inc. is planning to broadly expand its recentlyacquired chemical distribution network
in Brazil, which includes all segments of the
paint and coatings industry. With expectations
of growth rates in excess of the countrys expanding economy, the Redmond, Washingtonbased distributor plans to focus its Brazilian
operation entirely on domestic growth, while
serving the remainder of Latin America from its
Mexico operation.
We serve all main segments of industry
in Brazil, including the automotive, construction and white goods industries, said Marco
Antonio Quirino, who was appointed as the
president of Univar Brazil in early May. Within
the paint and coatings market, we are not yet
selling to the ten biggest international companies that control about 75 percent of the market, but we currently do serve the ten percent
share of the market which is supplied through
distribution, said Quirino, based at company
headquarters in Osasco, Sao Paulo state.
The company provides close to 200 individual products to paint and coatings formulators,
of which approximately 60 percent are specialty chemicals and 40 percent are commodities,
Quirino said. Univar produces polyurethane
manufacturing systems in Osasco, along with
warehousing and laboratory facilities. The
company also has two regional warehouses, in
Recife, Pernambuco state, in the north, and in
Itaja, Santa Catarina state, in the south.
The north is a very important growth area
for us because the regional economic expansion is faster than that of the country overall,
noted Quirino. Over the past decade, government policies oriented at low-cost housing and
poverty eradication have resulted in a growing
consumer class there, he added.
Univar imports most of its products through
the port at Itaja and then trucks the goods to
Osasco or the other warehouse centers, rather
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Univars Sao Paulo State distribution headquarters in

Brazil; source: Univar.

cost of importation at Santos is prohibitively

high, he said. Itaja is the second-largest container port in Brazil today.
The company began operations with the purchase of Arinos, a foam and mattress manufacturer in 2011. At that time, the company was
acquiring approximately 40 percent of its distribution stock from domestic manufacturers and
60 percent from imports. Today the ratio is approximately 50-50, Quirino said. Our goal is to
further displace imports to a 40 percent share, so
that local acquisitions will represent 60 percent
of purchases, he added. Brazil is among those
countries with a strong history of local content
requirements, typically set at 60 percent or more.
Challenges to growth in Brazil include the
need for a culture change in the role of distribution, suggested Quirino. The old distribution
model in Brazil was based on small- to medium-sized companies that were perceived as an
added cost to the supply chain. Our proposal
is to serve with additional value through our
broad portfolio, inventory controls, and logistics optimization, he said. One very big potential customer we recently met with is willing
to allow us to supply 50 percent of the total
universe of products they now buy from many
different suppliers, so one-stop shopping is of
great value to them, he noted. This concept is
not new in the United States or Europe, but is in
Brazil, he explained.
Other key challenges to distribution in
Brazil are the poor state of the transportation
infrastructure system overall, and the complex
design of taxation, which varies state by state,
Quirino pointed out. CW
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International Coatings Scene Africa

Health Sector Driving Paints Industry in Africa

by Shem Oirere
Africa Correspondent

he drive by public and private institutions to maintain high health

standards has opened new avenues for paint companies in Africa to
produce paint solutions that safeguard
the health of consumers. The new paint
products underpin recent growth of some
of the companies market share and improved financial performance.
Africas health sector is facing serious challenges in meeting the needs of a
fast-growing population, collapsing and
diminishing health infrastructure. This
has informed the intensified campaigns
by public and private sector to promote
preventive health practices.
Campaigns to control contaminable
diseases in institutions such as hospitals,
schools, restaurants and factories has
triggered research into viable paint solutions to enhance high health standards
alongside maintaining the aesthetic value
of the painted surfaces.
Paint makers in the region have responded to calls by governments in
Africa for cheaper paint solutions that
could help prevent disease outbreaks
as the continent grapples with a population explosion that had hit a billion
people by 2010.
The surge in population has in turn
created huge demand for more hospitals, schools, factories and eating
places, which are known to be vulnerable to bacterial growth and breeding
grounds for vectors such as mosquitoes. The expansion of these institutions and infrastructure has not only
created demand for paint for aesthetic
purposes but also paint that can keep
the surfaces clean and eliminate disease causing environment.
The UN World Population Prospects
said Africas population will increase to 1.4
billion in 2025 and 1.9 billion by 2050.

Paint makers such as Basco Paints,

Crown Paints, Dulux South Africa and
Kansani Plascon have introduced antibacterial and mosquito repellent paints in
the market as a response to the spread of
microorganisms, communicable diseases
and deadly fevers.
For example Basco Paints, one of the
leading paint makers in Eastern Africa,
broke ground for players in the market
when it launched the first anti-bacterial paint in this part of Africa over six
months ago.
The Duracoat Anti-Bacterial Paint,
which Basco Paints said is innovative
and one of its kind ensures sustainable protection against bacteria and
mould and also minimises the spread of
disease and infection from antiobiotic
resistant superbugs such as Methicillinresistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA),
Salmonella, E. COLI.
It reduces the risk of infections for
the lifetime of the paint, said Kamlesh
Shah, the companys managing director.
This product is long overdue and will
help enhance the well being of people in
many industries and environments that
are prone to infections.
The introduction of Duracoat AntiBacterial Paint came barely months after the company pioneered the making
of paint with lower levels of volatile
organic compounds (VOCs), Duracoat
Eco-friendly paint. This is despite lack
of legal framework on the VOCs in
the region.
Global efforts are now concentrated
towards reduction of emission of harmful gases to the atmosphere and we are
happy to do our part in contributing to
the green economy, said Shah previously during the launch of the eco-friendly
paints in the market.
However, it is the introduction of the
anti-bacterial paint solution that has
glued the link between better healthcare
and the paints industry.
The Duracoat Anti-Bacterial Paint, an

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emulsion paint, Shah said, is long overdue

and will help enhance the well-being of
people in many industries and environments that are prone to infections.
The paint is available in three variants of silk, matt and satin and over
7,000 shades to meet the needs of any
user, added Shah.
The anti-bacterial paint, which dries
within half an hour and can be recoated within three hours, is best suited for
damp and humid surfaces such as bathrooms, toilets and kitchens to stop the
buildup of bacteria and mould which
pose a variety of health risks.
Basco Paints also makes and distributes other paint solutions in Eastern
and Central Africa such as Duracoat
Royale, Duracoat, Basco Paints, Ennis
Prismo Thermoplastic Road Marking
Paints (UK), Pats Dcor Special
Finishes (France), San Deco Special
Finishes (Turkey), Real Roc Finishes
(Turkey) and Auto Guard Range for
vehicles.
Another paint market leader Crown
Paints Kenya, has also unveiled a new
anti-bacterial paint, increasing the variety
of such paint solutions for healthcare enthusiasts to choose from.
The product, known as Medicryl Silk
Emulsion, targets institutions where high
level hygienic conditions are paramount
in safeguarding peoples health.
Rakesh Rao, the CEO of the Nairobi
Securities Exchange-listed Crown Paints
Kenya, is proud that his company has got
a footing in the health sector with the introduction of Medicryl.
Medicryl will enhance the environment in which we care for patients in
Kenya and help reduce hospital-related
infections, said Rao.
A study funded by Wellcome Trust and
published in Lancet two years ago said
one in every 20 patients dies from hospital-acquired infections in Africa.
Unlike in developed countries where
promotion of cleanliness among hospital
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staff and visitors is a priority, the situation in African hospitals is different
because the institutions face serious difficulties such as overcrowding, frequent
shortages of basic supplies such as running water and clean linen.
The conditions in African hospitals
are often poor, and it is very likely that
these environments lead to considerable
amounts of sickness among patients who
are already debilitated by their primary
illness, said the study.
The World Health Organization
said hospital-acquired infections affects
from five percent to 15 percent of hospitalized patients in regular wards and
as many as 50 percent or more of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) in
developing countries.
The Kenya Medical Association
(KMA), a voluntary membership organization open to all medical and dental
practitioners registered in Kenya, has
lauded the unveiling of the anti-bacterial
paints saying it will greatly contribute to
reduction of hospital infections to patients and medical personnel.
We commend Crown Paints for introducing this innovative product in the
market. It will help address the challenge
posed by hospital-related infections to
both patients and hospital staff, said Elly
Opot, the chairman of KMA during the
launch of Medicryl in March.
Medicryl was Crown Paints second
product to be launched in succession
in a period of two year after the earlier
unveiling of Teflon Surface Protector
paint in the market, which the company said ensures walls and other
surfaces are easy to clean and resistant
to stains.
Rao also said Crown Paints, which
also operates Regal Paints in neighboring Uganda, has shifted focus to
paint solutions that enhanced the living
environment.
We are committed to providing coating solutions that not only have decorative appeal but also improve the living
environment. Medicryl will enhance the
environment in which we care for patients and help reduce hospital-related
infections, said Rao.
Similar innovative paint solutions

have been unveiled in South Africa as

paint manufacturers focus on the huge
health sector in Africas largest economy.
Dulux South Africa, a subsidiary of
UK-based Dulux Trade, has recently
launched Sterishield, a water-based paint
that prevents the flourishing of bacteria
on painted surfaces.
We see this as a major breakthrough
in anti-bacterial paint coatings that will
promote a much more hygienic environment in many buildings throughout
South Africa, said Mayan Desai, Dulux
South Africas trade marketing manager
in March.
Dulux said the Sterishield Diamond
Matt is ideal for hospitals, health clinics, care homes and kitchens. The company says this anti-bacterial paint has
an active silver-based bactericide
which when combined with its durable
and washable nature of the paint film
makes it an effective solution in eradicating bacteria.
The growing interest in health in
South Africa has attracted more paint
makers now keen on growing their market share in the larger Southern Africa
region. Kansai Plascon, formerly Plascon
South Africa, was in the market earlier
with its Professional Hygiene paint.
Plascon said the paint, launched last
year and which has become popular with
consumers especially those running restaurants, creates cleaner and more hygienic interiors, which alleviate the risks
of cross-contamination, illness and infection in public buildings.
According to Plascon, the paint is
formulated using its own biodefence silver technology enhancing its capacity to
protect against harmful bacteria such
as E.coli and Staphylococcus aureus and
does not wash or wear off during the lifetime of the paint.
The paint has been tested against the
stringent Japanese Industrial Standard
Test for Anti-Microbial Activity and
Efficacy, which measures the ability of
antimicrobial surfaces to kill or inhibit
the growth of microorganisms. Plascon
Professional Hygiene eliminated up to
99.9 per cent of E.coli during the test,
the company said in one its product
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to less than one percent after six hours

outstripping conventional paints which
can take more than 24 hours to achieve
the same result. It has also proven to be
effective in lessening the bacterial load
on surfaces between washing, to ensure
that surfaces stay cleaner and healthier
for longer.
Previously
business-to-business
marketing manager James Mcleary
had said the company is able to offer customers a healthier paint solution
which will help to protect them and
others from bacteria.
Over six months ago Kansai Plascon
pioneered a paint solution that could help
reduce Africas biggest fever causing parasite aedes aegypti.
The company unveiled its Mosquito
Repellent Paint which keeps away
malaria-causing mosquitoes from surfaces such as walls and ceilings that
have been painted with the coating
solution.
The Mosquito Repellent Paint, which
Kansai Plascon said repels mosquitoes for
up to three years can also be used as a
finishing coat on appropriately primed
and undercoated wood and metal. South
Africa Bureau of Standards (SABS) testing found that surfaces treated with
Mosquito Repellent Paint recorded 99
percent less landing when using Aedes
aegypti mosquito.
Center for Disease Constrol (CDC) decribes the Aedes aegypti as a small, dark
mosquito with white lyre shaped markings and banded legs mostly in tropical
and subtropical areas and considered to
be primary vector of viral diseases such
as the dengue fever, chikungunya and yellow fever.
The repellent paint according to
Kansai Plascon is suitable for application to suitably prepared plaster, concrete,
porous brickwork and various types of
building board.
For paint manufacturers in Africa,
the health sector promises to remain
one of the largest markets because of
the increasing demand for preventive
solutions as opposed to curative solutions, which are considered more expensive. CW

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Business Corner Strategies & Analysis

BRANDING...CO-BRANDING...INGREDIENT BRANDING
Do we know the Difference...Is it Important to Make Distinctions?
by Phil Phillips, PhD
Contributing Editor
[email protected]

F
There are
several hundred
companies whose
only specialty is to
assist their clients
in developing
successful
branding
techniques in
an attempt to
differentiate
and ultimately
disrupt the target
segments their
clients covet.

rom the time we are able to set up and

take nourishment, we are exposed to
branding. Cereals (Kellogg Brands);
Computers (IBM, Apple); Beverages (Pepsi,
Coke, Dr. Pepper); Copiers (Xerox, HP);
Pharmaceuticals (Wyeth, Merck); Education
(Edison Learning); Transportation (Ford,
GM, Chrysler) to name a few, immediately
come to mind. These name brands are burned
into our brain through branding strategies by
major companies.
There are several hundred companies whose
only specialty is to assist their clients in developing successful branding techniques in an attempt to certainly differentiate and ultimately
disrupt the target segments their clients covet.
Brand is the name, term, design, symbol,
or any other feature that identifies one sellers
product distinct from those of other sellers.
Initially, branding was adopted to differentiate
one persons cattle from anothers by means of a
distinctive symbol burned into the animals skin
with a hot iron stamp, and was subsequently
used in business, marketing and advertising.
A brand is often the most valuable asset
of a corporation. Brand owners manage their
brands carefully to create shareholder value,
and brand valuation is an important management technique that ascribes a money value to
a brand, and allows marketing investment to
be managed (e.g.: prioritized across a portfolio of brands) to maximize shareholder value.
Although only acquired brands appear on a
companys balance sheet, the notion of putting
a value on a brand forces marketing leaders
to be focused on long term stewardship of the
brand and managing for value.
The word brand is often used as a metonym, referring to the company that is strongly
identified with a brand. (SOURCE: Wikipedia)

Ingredient Branding
The PC (Personal Computer) and Intel together
revolutionized the electronic industry. Intel
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Inside logo was the first Ingredient Brand to

become successful globally. However, in 2006
Intel announced a radical shift of company
focus and change to master branding. They
would provide not only the silicon for the telecom switchboards, but supply . . . . single board
computers, platforms, including all the accessories. Intel would provide all the necessary
products and tools that a telecommunications
company needs in order to make the job easier.
Intel is no longer just an Ingredient Brand
but it is now a top shelf brand.
Other prominent examples of Ingredient
Branding or InBranding are: Bayers Makrolon
polycarbonate used in auto and appliance applications while Dolby (in sound systems);
Lycra and Gore-Tex (in textiles); and Splenda
and NutraSweet prevail in sugar substitutes.

Co-Branding
Co-Branding is defined as the combination of
two brands to create a single, unique product.
The purpose of Co-Branding is to capitalize on
the equity of each brand and enhance the success of the total product. A perfect example of
the successful use of Co-Branding would be a
luxury car . . . Bentley and a fine time piece . . . . .
Breitling. They help each other strengthen their
respective brands while concurrently remaining
distinct from each other. They co-magnify each
others high-end luxury image.

Inverse Ingredient Branding

Inverse Ingredient Branding is driven by the
manufacturer of the finished products. The auto
industry is replete with examples of this type
of branding. Antilock brake systems (ABS);
electronic stability program (ESP) offered by
Bosch, Continental, TRW AUTOMOTIVE and
Delphi. End-user buyers are aware of the brand
strengths of the companys offerings and buy
accordingly.

Paints and Coatings Branding

Strategies
Its often mentioned in the past that coatings are
one of the final products most valued elements
in a consumers decision to purchase, but the
last thing producers think of when developing
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their own products. Thats changing.
PPG, Valspar and Sherwin-Williams
are just a few examples of coatings formulators breaking out of this image.
Valspar, if not the oldest, is one of
the oldest consumer paint suppliers in
the U.S. Through the years it has sought
to enhance its fine image through CoBranding with acquired well-recognized paint companies. Cabot Stains,
Guardsman and McCloskey wood products are such examples.
PPG, a fine brand, has Co-Branded
through acquisitions of Olympic Paints
and Stains and Porter Paints to its already
fine line of architectural offerings.
Sherwin-Williams, the largest of the
U.S. architectural paint formulators has
other brands which at one time, stood
alone as highly thought of formulator
companies and now are co-branded with
SW. Such company brands as Duron,
M.A.B. Paints, Minwax, Krylon, Mautz
Paint Co., Purdy, Thompsons WaterSeal,
Pratt & Lambert, Martin Senour, Dutch
Boy, Easy Living, Weatherbeater, are cobranded with SW. These brands augment

the very good SW brand name as acquired Co-Branded product lines.

PPG has been the market leader in
electrocoat corrosion protection systems
for over 35 years. Its various brands . .
. . Power-Prime two-coat electrodeposition (e-coat) process for auto replacing
the sandable primer step; Audioguard
sound- and vibration-dampening coating for autos; and Enviro-Prime leadfree electrocoat for auto applications,
are some of their most known. These
brands, while very important in value
and reputation within the transportation market sectors, have not been
placed into the category of an Ingredient
Brand (InBrand). The automakers do
not Ingredient Brand these products to
their end-users, the car buyer . . . . . you
and me. It should be pointed out that
CHEMARK is not aware of any coatings/adhesives formulators product that
is Ingredient Branding to date.
You have all heard of the Push & Pull
Marketing Principle. The pull principle takes effect when the manufacturers of the Ingredient Brand (say the PPG

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PowerPrime) direct its communications

efforts directly at the end-consumers (car
buyer), by-passing the auto manufacturers of the finished product (the car) thus,
creating consumer end-user demand for
the Ingredient.
A push strategy means that an
Ingredient manufacturer concentrates his
marketing efforts on promoting his products to the next step in the value chain
(the car manufacturers).
Ingredient Branding harnesses both
principles within the scope of its multilevel marketing strategy. By applying simultaneously the push principle to the
adjacent position in the value chain and
the pull principle directly to the endusers for a component (say PowerPrime),
a demand pressure is applied on the
system. Ideally, this coordinated push/
pull marketing system results in creating a component irreplaceable to the
manufacturers.
The diagram below depicts the flow of
the push/pull Ingredient Branding strategy.
Let us know how you view branding
and its use within our industry. CW

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FEATURE

WMDtox Coatings:
Self-Decontamination Becomes a Reality

By Jonathan D. Hurt, PhD & Eric Williams, PhD

lectronics, clothing, vehicle surfaces and weapons what

is the common denominator? Our soldiers need to touch
the surfaces of these everyday items to carry out their
mission. If they cant touch mission critical items, our forces are
at a disadvantage. One way to prevent warfighters from using
their equipment is the use of chemical warfare agents that deny
access to all the surfaces in a contaminated area. If a soldier
suspects that an items surface is contaminated with a chemical
agent, that soldier cant directly touch it until it has been thoroughly decontaminated. If the soldier touches a contaminated
piece of equipment, the consequences can be dire not only for
the soldier, but additionally for the medical staff that treats him.
Twelve dead. Nine hundred and eighty injured with about
500 victims requiring hospital admission. Those were the direct casualties of unprotected Tokyo civilians during the sarin
subway attacks in 1995. First responders and hospital staff
were still injured by secondary exposure even though they were

better prepared and forewarned that some type of poisoning

attack had occurred. The continued presence of agent on the
surfaces of subway equipment at the attack site, whether contacted by touch or from off-gassing from those surfaces, caused
injury to 135 of nearly 1,400 first responders. One hundred
and ten (about 50%) of the hospital staff treating the injured
also reported symptoms (e.g., vision impairment, headaches)
of chemical weapons poisoning. Undoubtedly contributing to
the injuries of the medical care providers was secondary contact
with contaminated items (clothes, bags, phones, etc.) that traveled with the victims.
All the issues faced in this real-world attack are faced by
warfighters at the site of an attack, as well as decontamination
response teams, and medical staff treating injured soldiers. As
seen by the numbers above, most casualties are injuries, not
fatalities. Any improvement in the speed that such chemical
warfare agents are decontaminated will not just save lives, but

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reduce the severity and number of injuries, which will allow
field operations to continue at greater effectiveness. To achieve
this goal, Reactive Surfaces has developed a line of coatings
WMDtox containing enzymatic additives that immediately begin decontamination of organophosphorus chemical weapons
agents on surfaces. Designed as a thin clear coat, WMDtox
is capable being applied to the variety of surfaces common to
a warfighters environment, and its decontamination capability
has been demonstrated on objects typically touched by soldiers,
decontamination personnel, or medical staff.
The four objects selected for demonstrations of the coating
capabilities included a vehicle door handle, a small arms pistol,
a section of a uniform and an iPad to represent handheld electronic equipment. These items were coated with WMDtox or
an identical coating lacking the enzymatic additive, and then
contaminated with the chemical warfare agent E605-0 variant.
After allowing the items to self-decontaminate for one hour,
they were placed in separate enclosed glass containers having
hundreds of living fruit flies. Fruit flies, like humans, are susceptible to poisoning by organophosphorus compounds and served
as a living model for the effectiveness of the coatings decontamination capability. The flies were allowed to crawl and fly freely
within the confines of the glass chamber for three hours in each
case (only one hour in the case of the iPad) to give them ample
opportunity to contact all the different areas of each object, and
thus any chemical agent remaining on the objects surfaces. At
the end of the contact period, the percentages of the fruit flies
that survived were tallied. The results are summarized in the
table below.

Object

Fruit Fly
Contact Time

WMDtox
Coated

% Survivorship

Gun (pistol)

3 hours

Yes

99.3%

Gun (pistol)

3 hours

No

1.4%

Army Uniform

3 hours

Yes

96.2%

Army Uniform

3 hours

No

0.8%

Door Handle

3 hours

Yes

99.5%

Door Handle

3 hours

No

0.7%

iPad

1 hour

Yes

94.2%

iPad

1 hour

No

0.7%

The greatly enhanced survivability of fruit flies benefiting

from contacting the self-decontaminating WMDtox door handle versus the control coating is shown in the photo to the right.
The beige painted door handle on the left is over coated with

a control clear coat lacking the enzymatic additive, while the

door handle on the right is over coated with the WMDtox coating. After three hours, contact with the chemical warfare agent
E605-0 variant remaining on the inactive control coating has
killed virtually all the flies, while the WMDtox coating on the
right has destroyed the E605-0 toxin effectively enough to result
in near full survival of the flies.
These results are consistent with earlier studies conducted by
NATO using live chemical agents (soman, and VX) that demonstrated self-decontamination activity in time frames as little as less
than an hour. However, depending upon the coating system used,
the current forms of WMDtox are several-fold to more than tenfold more active than the coating systems used in these previous
third-party studies. Though the coating formulation and details
regarding the enzymatic additive are proprietary, they can be varied
to best suit different organophosphorus chemical agents, substrates
and operational environments. WMDtox typically is provided as
a three-component polyurethane with a wet cream-colored liquid
and dries to a clear matt gloss coating. The coating is rapidly applied by HVLP spray equipment, and has a surface coverage of
over 1900 square feet per gallon. Substrates suitable for the current
clear coat formulation include textiles, exterior and interior architectural surfaces, exterior and interior vehicle and aircraft surfaces,
electronic equipment including those controlled by touchscreens,
and military equipment currently coated with standard CARC by
addition of WMDtox as a CARC-compatible topcoat. Though the
military has the most pressing need to self-decontaminate equipment in service, WMDtox is also available for use to other branches of the government as well as first responders.

Commercial production of WMDtox is being conducted at

the University of Mississippi technology accelerator facility.
Initial production capacity is 19 million square feet of coverage annually, with the ability to rapidly expand production
availability as determined by market conditions. In the future,
it is expected that refinements in manufacture of the enzymatic
additive will create versions of WMDtox with faster decontamination capability to better protect both warfighters and
civilian population. CW

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Top Companies Report

O

nce again, CoatingsWorld brings the industry our Top Companies Reportthe only truly global ranking of the top manufacturers
of paints, coatings, adhesives and sealants. Our editorial staff has spent many hours researching the industry to provide you with
the most accurate ranking of paint and coatings manufacturers operating in the global industry. Rankings are based on annual
sales in U.S. dollars. For companies based outside the U.S., sales are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates from the companys
fiscal closing date. For privately held companies who choose not to disclose sales figures, our staff interviews different industry sources
coupled with our own research to come up with an accurate estimate of annual sales. We profiled 83 companies in this report. All have
sales of $100 million or more annually. Companies marked with an asterisk in the ranking on the following page represent Coatings World
estimate. Bold companies are those making their first appearance as a Top Company.
The Top Companies Report is intended to provide our readers with a snapshot of the industrys most influential players. We hope you
will come away with a clearer insight into the future of this truly global and always evolving industry. If you are a paint, coatings, adhesives
or sealants manufacturer with sales of $100 million or more for fiscal 2012 and would like to be included in our Top Companies Report,
contact me and I will add your company to the online version.

-Kerry Pianoforte, Editor

First Timer
Kayalar Kimya $140.336 Million

Take-out Companies
Comex: Acquired by Sherwin-Williams Forbo: Acquired by H.B. Fuller
Spraylat: Acquired by PPG Inver Spa: Acquired by Valspar

2013 Top 20
01 AkzoNobel 02 PPG 03 Henkel 04 Sherwin-Williams 05 Axalta
06 Valspar 07 BASF 08 Kansai 09 Sika 10 RPM 11 Nippon 12 3M
13 Asian Paints 14 Jotun 15 Benjamin Moore 16 H.B. Fuller 17 Masco
8 Hempel 19 DAW 20 Beckers
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1. AkzoNobel (The Netherlands)

$12.850 billion

43. Flugger Group

$323,400 million

2. PPG (USA)

$11.480 billion

44. Tiger Coatings (Austria)

$297,000 million

3. Henkel (Germany)

$10.616 billion

45. TOA Group (Thailand)

$290,000 million*

4. Sherwin-Williams (USA)

$7.855 billion

45. Dunn-Edwards (USA)

$290,000 million

5. Axalta (USA)

$4.300 billion

47. JW Ostendorf (Germany)

$265,000 million

6. Valspar (USA)

$4.030 billion

48. CIN Group (Portugal)

$258,000 million

7. BASF (Germany)

$3.808 billion

49. Yasar (Turkey)

$255,000 million

8. Kansai (Japan)

$3.122 billion

50. Kelly-Moore (USA)

$250,000 million

9. Sika (Switzerland)

$2.834 billion

51. Tohpe (Japan)

$244,000 million*

10. RPM (USA)

$2.700 billion

52. Pacific Paint Boysen (Philippines)

$230,000 million

11. Nippon (Japan)

$2.305 billion

53. Rock Paint (Japan)

$229,400 million

12. 3M (USA)

$2.300 billion*

54. Shinto (Japan)

$225,550 million*

13. Asian Paints (India)

$1.990 billion

55. Renner Sayerlack (Brazil)

$225,000 million*

14. Jotun (Norway)

$1.953 billion

56. Tambour (Israel)

$223,000 million*

15. Benjamin Moore (USA)

$1.900 billion*

57. Yung Chi (Taiwan)

$215,000 million*

16. H.B. Fuller (USA)

$1.886 billion

58. Taiho Paint (China)

$210,667 million

17. Masco (USA)

$1.800 billion

59. Kikusui Chemical (Japan)

$200,000 million*

18. Hempel (Denmark)

$1.600 billion

59. Grebe Group (Germany)

$200,000 million*

19. DAW (Germany)

$1.370 billion*

61. Looser Holdings (Switzerland)

$192,900 million

20. Beckers (Sweden)

$1.250 billion*

62. Industries Titan (Spain)

$185,000 million*

21. Materis (France)

$1.090 billion*

63. Whitford Corp. (USA)

$180,000 million

22. Shawcor (Canada)

$1.000 billion

64. Ace Paint (USA)

$175,000 million*

23. Tikkurila (Finland)

$896,596 million

65. Cloverdale Paint (Canada)

$171,000 million*

24. Chugoku Marine Paints (Japan)

$865,800 million*

66. Kapci Coatigns (Egypt)

$169,900 million

25. SK Kaken (Japan)

$857,000 million

67. Russian Coatings (Russia)

$159,300 million*

26. KCC (South Korea)

$832.021 million

68. NOF Metal Coatings (France)

$159,275 million

27. DuluxGroup (Australia)

$801,072 million

69. Natoco (Japan)

$158,685 million*

28. Dai Nippon Toryo (Japan)

$752,302 million

70. Chokwang (South Korea)

$153,000 million

29. Berger Paints (India)

$547.561 million

71. Diamond Vogel (USA)

$150,000 million*

30. Fujikura Kasai (Japan)

$531,000 million

71. Quest Specialty Chemicals (USA)

$150,000 million

31. Shanghai Coatings (China)

$500,000 million*

73. Yips Chemical (China)

$146,000 million

32. National Paints (Jordan)

$493,000 million*

74. Asahipen (Japan)

$145,000 million

33. Helios (Slovenia)

$480.868 million

34. Betek (Turkey)

$433,000 million

74. Origin Electric (Japan)

76. Kayalar Kimya (Turkey)

$145,000 million
$140,336 million

35. Ennis-Flint (USA)

$405,000 million*

77. PACHIN (Egypt)

$138,600 million

36. Carpoly Chemical Group (China)

$368,000 million

78. Samwha (South Korea)

$133,000 million

37. Lord Corp. (USA)

$355,000 million*

78. ICA Group (Italy)

$133,000 million

38. Teknos Group (Finland)

$353,000 million

80. Empils (Russia)

$127,000 million*

39. Musashi (Japan)

$350,000 million*

81. Atomix (Japan)

$110,000 million

40. Noroo (South Korea)

$344,000 million

82. Boero Group (Italy)

$109,000 million*

41. Niho Tokushu Toryo (Japan)

$342,000 million

83. Tnemec (USA)

$100,000 million*

42. Kunsul (South Korea)

$324,000 million

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Benjamin Moore - 15

diamond vogel paints - 71

Hempel - 18

Berger Paints -29

dulux group - 27

Henkel - 03

3M -12

Betek - 34

Dunn-Edwards - 45

ICA Group - 78

ace paint - 54

boero group - 82

empils - 80

Industrias Titan - 62

AkzoNobel - 01

carpoly - 36

ennis-Flint- 35

Jotun - 14

asahipen - 74

chokwang - 70

flh group - 61

jw ostendorf - 47

Asian Paints - 13

Chugoku Marine Paint - 24

flugger - 43

Kayalar kimya - 76

atomix - 81

CIN - 48

Fujikura kasei -30

Kansai Paint - 08

AXALTA -05

Cloverdale Paints -65

Grebe Group - 59

Kapci coatings - 66

BASF - 07

Dai Nippon Toryo - 28

H.B. Fuller - 16

KCC - 26

Beckers - 20

DAW - 19

Helios - 33

Kelly-Moore - 50

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77

31

32

08

56

53
57

36

69

30

11

25 28
51 74

58

29
13

52

45

27

kikusui chemical - 59

noroo - 40

shanghai coatings - 31

tnemec - 83

kunsul - 42

origin electric - 74

Shawcor - 22

Toa Group - 45

lord Corp. - 37

pachin - 77

Sherwin-Williams - 04

Tohpe - 51

Masco - 17

pacific paint - 52

Shinto Paint - 54

Valspar - 06

materis - 21

PPG - 02

Sika - 09

whitford - 53

musashi - 39

Quest Specialty Chem - 71

sk kaken - 25

Yasar -49

National Paints - 32

renner sayerlack - 55

taiho paint - 58

Yips Chemical - 73

natoco - 69

Rock Paint - 53

tambour - 56

Yung Chi - 57

nihon tokushu - 41

RPM - 10

teknos group - 38

Nippon Paint - 11

russian coatings - 67

tiger coatings - 44

nof metal coatings - 68

samwha - 78

Tikkurila - 23

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2013

AkzoNobel N.V.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
www.akzonobel.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1994
REVENUE: $12.85 billion t (2011: 14.577 bn)
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative paints Marine and protective coatings
Auto and aerospace coatings Industrial coatings
Powder coatings Wood finishes and adhesives

KEY EXECUTIVES
Ton Bchner, chairman and CEO; Tex Gunning, board
member responsible for Decorative Paints; Leif Darner
board member responsible for Performance
Coatings. Decorative Paints managing directors: Richard
Stuckes, Europe, Middle East and Africa; Bob Taylor, North
America; Jaap Kuiper, Latin America; Jeremy Rowe, South
East Asia and Pacific; Amit Jain, India and South Asia;

kzoNobel saw revenues increase five percent to $12.85 bn

in 2012. The Decorative Paints business achieved a two percent revenue increase, from $5.59 bn in 2011 to $5.71 bn
in 2012. The Decorative Paints business differs from Akzos other
business areas in that revenues come from one end-user segment
building and infrastructure. All revenues also come from three subsegments new build projects, maintenance, renovation and repair.
All three sub-segments of the building and infrastructure end-user
segment were negatively affected by the economic slump.
The Performance Coatings unit, which includes auto and aerospace coatings, powder coatings, marine and protective coatings,
industrial coatings and adhesives, saw 2012 revenues rise 11 percent
from $7.20 bn to $7.58 bn. Industrial coatings boosted by acquisition activity achieved the strongest growth, followed by marine
and protective coatings. Marine and protective coatings had a good
year, led by a strong sales increase of protective coatings. The main
driver for this was the increasing global capacity in the oil and gas
industry. The companys Chartek range of fire protection coatings,
in particular, benefited significantly. The marine coatings business
suffered from a major slowdown in new builds. It was a similar
situation in the vehicle refinish sector, where reduced volumes, especially in Europe, put pressure on the companys automotive and
aerospace coatings business. Industrial coatings performed well in
2012, boosted by the previous years acquisition of Schramm Holding AG and the coatings activities operated by Korean company
SSCP. Wood finishes and adhesives also bounced back and the company reported that powder coatings achieved a solid performance.
The company made the decision to divest its North American decorative coatings business to PPG in a deal valued at $1.05 billion. The deal includes the decorative paints business in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.
AkzoNobel has made the strategic choice to focus its decorative
paints business on key markets in Europe and its strong positions in
high growth regions. The cash proceeds of approximately $875 million will be deployed to support the companys strategy. This includes
investing in organic growth for AkzoNobel, and reducing net debt.
Over the past four years, the team has done a great job in turning the North American decorative paints business around, said
Ton Bchner, CEO of AkzoNobel. We are convinced that decorative paints can get better returns from our leading positions in
Europe and high growth markets. I am pleased that we have found

Lin Liangqi, China and North Asia. Performance Coatings

managing directors: Rob Molenaar, marine and protective
coatings; Jim Rees, automotive and aerospace coatings;
Conrad Keijzer, industrial coatings; AB Ghosh, powder
coatings; JohnWolff, wood finishes and adhesives; Graeme
Armstrong, board member responsible for research,
development and innovation.

a respected company to take over the business. This agreement is a

good outcome for all stakeholders.

Key Developments 2012

Performance Coatings
Expanded technology partnership with McLaren Automotive to
include road cars
Schramm/SSCP acquisition integration on track
Opened a new manufacturing facility in Vietnam
Realigned the business area to four business units (from five)
Secured multiple stadium contracts for London Olympics and future events in Brazil
Reorganized European activities in several businesses
Began supplying products for Shells Prelude floating liquefied
natural gas facility off the northwest coast of Western Australia
Introduced GreenCoat, a coil coating topcoat made with a biobased solvent which is a derivative of rapeseed oil
Decorative Paints
Announced the divestment of the North American business to
PPG Industries, Inc.
Launched the Dulux Lets Colour flourish brand globally
Expanded stores network in China and India
Realized and restructured European business
Modernized Dulux Decorator Centers in India

CEO Ton Bchner presents the inaugural North America Science Award.

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2013

PPG Industries
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania/USA
www.ppg.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1883
REVENUE: $11.48 Billion s (2011: 10.888 bn)
SEGMENT BREAKDOWN
Aerospace coatings

Packaging coatings

Automotive OEM coatings

Industrial coatings

Automotive refinish coatings

Protective and Marine coatings

Architectural coatings

ales of PPG Industries three coatings business segments

Performance Coatings, Industrial Coatings and Architectural
Coatings EMEA combined for $11.28 bn in revenue in 2012,
up from $10.888 bn the year before.
Performance Coatings, which includes aerospace, architectural coatings Americas and Asia Pacific, automotive refinish and protective and
marine coatings reported 2012 sales of $4.8 billion, three percent higher
than 2011. U.S. architectural coatings were aided by early signs of a
construction market recovery in the U.S. and mild weather early in 2012.
Industrial Coatings, which includes automotive OEM coatings, industrial coatings and packaging coatings, reported sales increased to $4.4
bn, up five percent from the prior year. The segment sales growth was
driven by automotive OEM coatings growth especially in North America, due in part to the recovery from the 2011 Japanese tsunami, as well
as continued strength in China, offset by European economic weakness.
Architectural Coatings EMEA segment sales were $2.147 billion in 2012, up two percent versus 2011. The acquisition of Dyrup
in January 2012 contributed eight percent sales growth. However,
sales were negatively impacted by seven percent due to the impact
of the foreign currency translation.
PPG recently reached a definitive agreement to acquire Spraylat
Corp., a privately-owned industrial coatings company based in Pelham,
NY (ranked 59 in last years report). Spraylat holds a strong position
in industrial markets such as automotive parts, architectural powder
coatings, transportation and general industrial niches, including mirror,
electronic device, metal office furniture and storage, and sign coatings.
Spraylat Corp. was founded in 1936 and now serves a customer base
spanning more than 50 countries. Spraylat had annual sales of approximately $125 million in 2011. The company operates production facilities
in the U.S., Europe and China, and it employs approximately 300 people.
By far the largest acquisition was that of AkzoNobels architectural
coatings business. The deal, valued at $1.05 billion, will add brands
such as Glidden, Flood, CIL, Sico and Liquid Nails to the companys
roster and includes all AkzoNobel North American architectural coatings manufacturing and distribution facilities, paint stores, product
lines and employees related to the production, sale and distribution of
architectural coatings in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean.

KEY EXECUTIVES
Charles E. Bunch, chairman and CEO;
Michael H. McGarry, executive VP; Viktor
R. Sekmakas, executive VP; Cynthia A.
Niekamp, senior VP, automotive OEM
coatings; Bryan Iams, VP, corporate
communications, marketing, and
government and community affairs;
Charles F. Kahle II, VP, coatings research
and development and CTO; Barry N.
Gillespie, VP, Aerospace Products;
Timothy M. Knavish, VP, Protective and
Marine Coatings; John R. Outcalt, VP,
Global Automotive Refinish; Douglas S.
Pegg, VP, Packaging Coatings; Michael
Horton, president, PPG Asia Pacific and

VP, Automotive Refinish and Architectural

Coatings, Asia Pacific; Jean-Marie Greindl,
president, PPG EMEA and VP, Automotive
Coatings, EMEA; Gregory B. Benckart, VP,
Automotive Refinish, Americas; Gary R.
Danowski, VP, Automotive Refinish, EMEA;
John C. Richter, VP, Operations, Coatings,
Asia Pacific; Vincent Robin, VP, Automotive
Coatings, Asia Pacific; Scott B. Sinetar, VP,
Architectural Coatings, North America;
James G. Stutelberg, VP, Automotive
Coatings, Americas; Ram Vadlamannati,
VP, Architectural Coatings EMEA; Willie
Wu (Chunping), VP, Industrial Coatings,
Asia Pacific; Pauline Yuen, VP, Refinish
Coatings, Asia; Richard J. Zoulek, VP,
Industrial Coatings, Americas.

Key Achievements in 2012

PPG acquired European coatings company Dyrup, which has expanded PPGs product offerings in Europe.
PPG acquired Colombian coatings company Colpisa, which continued PPGs coatings growth in Latin America.
To capitalize on regional long-term economic prospects, PPG and
Asian Paints expanded their current India joint venture and created a second venture. As part of these changes, PPG gained effective management control of the original venture.
In July 2012, PPG announced plans to separate its commodity
chemicals business and subsequently merge it with Georgia Gulf
Corporation to create a new company, Axiall Corporation. This
transaction, which was successfully completed in January 2013,
significantly accelerated the companys portfolio transformation.
PPG acquired U.S.-based Spraylat Corp., which is contributing to the
global growth of PPGs industrial coatings business and product offerings.
In December, PPG announced an agreement to acquire AkzoNobels
North American architectural coatings business. When finalized, this
transaction will further expand PPGs coatings portfolio and establish
the company as the clear #1 architectural coatings company in Canada
and the Caribbean and the #2 in the United States.
PPG entered into a technology license agreement with China-based
Henan Billions that would provide Henan Billions the right to use PPGs
technology for the manufacture of chloride-grade titanium dioxide on
a worldwide basis.
As a proactive measure in response to weak economic conditions and to ensure the companys cost structure remains in line
with current business realities, PPG initiated restructuring activities
during the second quarter within its global architectural coatings
businesses and in other businesses and functions primarily in Europe. After completion in 2013, these programs are expected to
generate full-year pretax savings of $140 million.
PPG reinvested for organic growth by launching capital projects
to continue expanding coatings capacity at its Tianjin, China, site.

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Top Companies

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

Dusseldorf, Germany
www.henkel.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1876
Revenue: $10.616 billion t (2011: 10.788 bn)
MARKETS SERVED
Adhesives Sealants Special Purpose coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Kasper Rorsted, chairman and CEO; Jan-Dirk Auris,
executive VP Adhesive Technologies and member of the
board. Senior VPs of Adhesive Technologies: Ramon
Bacardit, Research; Julian Colquitt, North America,
General Industry; Jean Fayolle, Packaging Industry; Eric
Holzbacher, Africa/Middle East, Consumer and Building
Industry; Paul Kirsch, Transportation and Metal Industry;

enkels Adhesives Technologies business sector comprises

five business units: Adhesives for Consumers, Craftsmen
and Building, Transportation and Metal: General Industry; Packaging, Consumer Goods and Construction Adhesives; and
Electronics. Adhesives were up 6.6 percent with sales of $10.616 bn.
Henkel and DaniMer Scientific, LLC, a bio-based material technology company, have formed an alliance to develop hotmelt adhesives that use bio-based raw materials. The initial target for these
bio-based hotmelt adhesives will be the consumer packaging market,
including applications of end of line and labeling.
The alliance will combine Henkels expertise in hotmelt adhesive
formulation, application and global footprint, with DaniMers expertise in biopolymer science, proprietary production capabilities and the
companys bio-based technology platform. The intended ambition of this
alliance is to bring to the marketplace a technology platform that includes
a family of bio-based hotmelt adhesive formulations supplied globally.
Henkel published its latest Sustainability Report; the focus of this
22nd issue is on the implementation of the sustainability strategy that
the company presented in 2012. At the core of the strategy is the goal of
achieving more with less. Henkel intends to triple its resource efficiency
by the year 2030. To achieve this, Henkel is actively involving its employees in its strategy implementation programs and working with its
partners to drive sustainability along the various value chains.
The strategy was developed on the basis of Henkels commitment
to leadership in sustainability. We achieved a great deal in 2012, said
Kathrin Menges, executive vice president human resources and chair of
Henkels Sustainability Council. Thanks to numerous workshops, projects and initiatives, our around 47,000 employees now have a clear understanding of what we want to achieve in the medium- and long-term.
Nevertheless, despite all the progress we have made, we are well aware that
we still have a long way to go. In view of the ever-increasing demand on
limited natural resources, we must continue to improve while reconciling
short-term requirements with long-term objectives.
Its sustainability performance in 2012 shows how the company works
to improve its efficiency and safety. In the last 11 years, it has reduced
water consumption by 44 percent, energy use by 43 percent and the waste
footprint by 53 percent per metric ton of output. Over the same period, the
number of occupational accidents dropped by 86 percent. These achievements are important milestones for Henkel, regarding its medium-term
targets for 2015 and on the road to tripling its resource efficiency by 2030.

03

Michael Olosky, Asia Pacific; Matthias Schmidt, Financial

Director; Alan Syzdek, Electronics Industry.

A Sustainable PUR Innovation

Thanks to its low density, the new high-performance elastic adhesive
Teroson PU 8590 LD for direct glazing and assembly work in vehicle
construction enables manufacturers to achieve a significant reduction
in vehicle weight. The use of the new PUR adhesive from Henkel in the
production and repair shop helps to cut emissions and save fuel.
In addition to more efficient engines, advances in the smaller constituents of a vehicle also play their part in reaching fuel-saving and
emission-reduction goals. The new high-performance PUR adhesive
from Henkel, Teroson PU 8590 Low Density, is significantly lighter than
its predecessor, weighing 1.0 gram per milliliter. By using it for elastic
bonding it is possible to achieve a substantial reduction in the overall
weight of a vehicle. In a bus, which normally incorporates 250 kilograms of adhesive, up to 56 kilograms or 20 percent of that weight
can be saved. This weight reduction has a positive impact not only on
fuel consumption but also on the exhaust emissions of the vehicle.
The polyurethane-based adhesive contains no health-hazardous
substances or organic solvents. As a result, Teroson PU 8590 LD
requires no R40 labeling. This assures a high level of worker safety.
The highly viscous, pumpable adhesive-sealant cures by reacting
with atmospheric moisture to form a rubbery-elastic material. The
skin formation and curing times depend on the relative humidity,
the temperature and the depth of the joint.
The product also shows improved performance beyond its
weight-reducing qualities. Its optimized resistance to UV radiation minimizes degradation and the occurrence of unsightly black
streaks (carbon black run-off) on bus walls.
Thanks to its chemical properties, Teroson PU 8590 LD can be
easily smoothed and shows a continuous, even and fine-grained
surface after curing.
The sustainable solution from Henkel can be used to glaze windshields, rear and side windows in buses, car, trucks, forklifts and
special vehicles, as well as rail cars and even yachts. Because of its
high viscosity and sag resistance, it will fix large and heavy windows
in place while curing. Teroson PU 8590 LD is also suitable for filling
gaps between glazed panes and metal frames and to bond wall
segments or interior elements.

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2013

The Sherwin-Williams Company

Cleveland, Ohio/USA
www.sherwin-williams.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1866
REVENUE: $7.855 billion s (2011: 7.326 bn)
(Note: Sherwin-Williams reported total revenue of $9.53
billon for fiscal 2012. However, for purposes of this report,
sales of painting tools and equipment in the Paint Stores
Group are not reported as part of coatings revenue. The
above is Coatings Worlds estimate.)

MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings Industrial coatings Protective
and marine coatings OEM product finishes Wood
finishes Aerospace coatings

he Sherwin-Williams Company reported sales of $9.53 billion in net sales. Minus the sale of painting tools and equipment in the companys Paint Store Group, Coatings World
estimates the companys paint and coatings sales to be approximately $7.855 bn.
Its Paints Stores Group represents 56.7 percent of total sales and
includes Sherwin-Williams branded paints and stains. Major brands
include Sherwin-Williams, MAD, ProMar and SuperPaint. The Consumer Group comprises 13.9 percent of sales and sells branded,
private label and licensed brand paints, stains, varnishes, industrial
products, wood finishing products, aerosols, caulks and adhesives.
Major brands include Dutch Boy, Krylon, Minwax, Thompsons
WaterSeal, Pratt and Lambert, Martin Senour, Ronseal and Duraseal. The companys Global Finishes Group comprises 20.6 percent of total sales and manufactures and sells a wide range of OEM
product finishes, protective and marine coatings and automotive
finishes to a customer base in 120 countries. Key brands include
Sherwin-Williams, Lazzuril, Excelo and Baco. The Latin America
Coatings Group encompasses 8.8 percent of total sales. It manufactures a wide range of architectural paints and industrial coatings
throughout Latin America.
The companys Latin America Coatings Group was bolstered
with the $2.34 billion acquisition of Mexicos Comex (ranked 14
in last years report), which will strategically position the company
throughout Latin America and strengthen its western U.S. and Canadian presence. The combined company will have $10 billion in
sales, the company reported.
Founded in 1952, Comex is a privately held business with operations in Latin America, the U.S. and Canada. In 2011, Comex
had total annual sales of $1.4 billion. The company manufactures
and sells architectural and industrial coatings in Mexico through
3,300 points of sale operated by 750 concessionaires. In the U.S.,
Comex sells paint and coatings products under a variety of brand
names through 240 company-operated paint stores. In Canada, the
company markets multiple brands of paint and coatings through 78
company-operated paint stores and approximately 1,500 independent paint dealers.
Comex, like Sherwin-Williams, places heavy emphasis on supplying high-quality architectural paints and coatings. The companys product assortment also includes various industrial, protective

KEY EXECUTIVES
Christopher Connor, chairman and CEO; John Morikis,
president and COO; Sean Hennessy, senior VP, finance
and CFO.

and specialty coatings. Comex operates eight manufacturing sites

in Mexico, five in the U.S. and three in Canada and has more than
7,200 employees.

Sherwin-Williams Becomes
Official Paint of NASCAR
NASCAR and Sherwin-Williams have entered into a multi-year partnership designating the nations largest specialty retailer of paint
and painting supplies as the Official Paint of NASCAR.
In addition to signing on as an Official NASCAR Partner, Sherwin-Williams also becomes a Contingency Sponsor in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Touring and Weekly Series and
GRAND-AM Road Racing. The NASCAR and GRAND-AM contingency programs foster strong relationships between competitors
and the high-quality, performance-driven brands that are part of
the program, by providing prize money for each race and at the end
of each racing season. Competitors become eligible for the money
by displaying partner decals on their race vehicles. As part of the
contingency program, Sherwin-Williams will be title sponsor of the
Fastest Lap Award in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
The Sherwin-Williams Company is thrilled to be the Official
Paint of NASCAR. We have invested in the sport at the team level
since 2000, sponsoring about 85 percent of the teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, said Chris Connor, chairman and chief executive officer, The Sherwin-Williams Company. With more than
3,500 stores nationwide, this comprehensive Official Partnership
will enable us to connect with our wide customer base across the
country and to truly partner with NASCAR at every track.
As part of this integrated partnership, Sherwin-Williams joins the
NASCAR Fuel for Business Council, which brings together an exclusive group of more than 60 Official NASCAR Partners four times
per year to buy and sell products and services from one another.
This exclusive business-to-business environment offers unique opportunities for many Fortune 500 companies to bypass the time and
layers of corporate coordination that may exist to construct customized deals that help address specific business needs.

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Axalta Coating Systems

Wilmington, Delaware/USA
www.axaltacoatingsystems.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2013
$4.3 billion s (2011: 4.28 bn)

2013

MARKETS SERVED
Automotive OEM Collision repair Industrial Coatings

lobal alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group L.P. has

completed its acquisition of DuPont Performance Coatings
for $4.9 billion and renamed the company Axalta Coating
Systems. Axalta Coating Systems is a global supplier of coatings
to the transportation and industrial sectors. The investment was
funded primarily with equity from Carlyle Partners V and Carlyle
Europe Partners III.
We are excited to invest in Axalta Coating Systems and believe its strong market position and global footprint will enable the
company to capitalize on opportunities in rapidly emerging markets
such as China and Brazil. As experienced investors in the industrial
and transportation sectors, the One Carlyle global network can help
Axalta Coating Systems grow and create value, said Martin Sumner, principal of The Carlyle Group.
Charles Shaver, the companys chairman and CEO added, We
look forward to this exciting next chapter for Axalta Coating Systems. Our global scale with 35 plants and seven technology centers
around the world, combined with Carlyles industrial focus and
global network, position us well for the future.
As an independent company, Axalta Coating Systems will build
on a foundation of more than 90 years in the coatings industry. The
company serves more than 120,000 customers in 130 countries and
provides customers with a full range of coating systems.
In addition to driving performance and excellence, one of our
greatest strengths is the systems-based approach we take with our
customers, said John G. McCool, president of Axalta Coating Systems. Along with coatings, we provide customers a full spectrum
of tools and services to help them use our products effectively. We
offer customers hands-on opportunities to learn how to use these
products and applications tools in our 42 training centers throughout the world. This capability helps our customers improve their
performance and productivity while allowing us to enhance our offerings by gaining a better understanding of customer preferences.
Axalta Coating Systems develops, manufactures and sells coatings
and application tools to automobile repair body shops and original
equipment manufacturers in the automotive and heavy-duty truck
markets. Its strong market positions are supported by global brands
including Standox, Spies Hecker, Cromax and Imron. The companys
technology leadership is highlighted by its best-in-class third generation of waterborne systems developed to address growing customer
requirements for higher productivity and environmentally friendly
coatings. Axalta Coating Systems also serves the decorative, architectural, general industrial and job-coater segments of the powder coatings market under the brands Alesta Powder Coatings, NAP-GARD
FBE Powder Coatings and ABCITE Powder Coatings.

KEY EXECUTIVES
Charles W. Shaver, chairman and CEO; John McCool,
president.

Axalta to Invest $50 Million in China

Axalta Coating Systems will invest more than $50 million to construct
a new facility to manufacture and supply up to 25,000 metric tons of
paint to automobile manufacturers that are expanding into south and
central China. The plant will be dedicated to production of the companys waterborne coatings that meet both manufacturer and regulatory environmental standards. Pending final government approvals,
construction of the new facility is expected to break ground in the second half of 2013 with production beginning the first quarter of 2015.
Our Boards decision reached only 100 days after becoming an
independent company to invest and grow with our customers reflects
our long term commitment to the auto industry in China and around
the world, said Charles Shaver, chairman and CEO of Axalta Coating
Systems. Thats what Axalta customer focus is all about. Proximity
enables us to respond immediately to our customers needs. The new
facility will be close to customers in the Shanghai area and have easy
access to major transportation routes reaching into western and southern areas of the country. This additional facility will complement the
manufacturing capacity of Axaltas flagship OEM coatings manufacturing plant in Changchun that is already accelerating production to meet
extraordinary growth in automotive production in China.
The waterborne coatings that will be produced at the new facility
will be used in two of the consolidated manufacturing processes that
Axalta has developed for automobile manufacturers to improve productivity and save energy, stated K. Peter Hurd, Axaltas vice president
of operations. The specially formulated primer of Axaltas 3-Wet water-based system replaces the need for a full oven bake step required
after the application of traditional primers, enabling manufacturers to
replace larger ovens which are expensive to build and costly to operate. Products manufactured at the new facility will also be used with
Axaltas EcoConcept production system, a proprietary technology that
combines the primer and basecoat, enabling manufacturers to replace
multiple bake steps with only one. According to Axalta regional operations director, Allan Tsai, Reduced baking steps saves time and energy
and, along with the inherently lower-VOC quality of the paint itself,
reduces the environmental footprint of the auto industry.
Chinas expanding car production is a reflection of the nations
fantastic economic growth. Axalta is excited to contribute to Chinas
success story, said Shaver. We know our coating systems make
sense to manufacturers and the environment alike. We never forget
that the colors and performance of our coatings also are part of the
pleasure car owners receive when they buy a car. Axalta is proud to
be able to play such a multifaceted role in Chinas accomplishments.

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2013

The Valspar Corporation

Minneapolis, Minnesota/USA
www.valsparglobal.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1806
Revenue: $4.03 billion s (2011: 3.704 bn)

MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings General industrial Coil
coatings Wood coatings Automotive refinish

alspars sales for fiscal year 2012 totaled $4.03 bn, a two percent increase from fiscal year 2011. Revenues in the companys Coatings segment increased four percent. This segment
gained new business in every product line, and saw double-digit sales
growth in general industrial and coil product lines. The Coatings segment includes a broad range of decorative and protective coatings for
metal, wood and plastic, primarily for sale to OEM customers. Products within the Coatings segment include primers, topcoats, varnishes,
inks, sprays, stains, fillers and other coatings used by customers in a
wide range of manufacturing industries, including building products,
appliances, furniture, transportations, agricultural and construction
equipment, metal packaging and metal fabrication.
Paint segment revenues were flat for the year, reflecting weakness
in China and Australia and slow economic recovery in the U.S. Despite these challenges, Valspar achieved double-digit volume growth
in China with the successful introduction of a new product line for
the affordable housing market. In Australia, the partnership with Masters, a regional joint venture with Lowes, continues to gain traction.
All Masters stores feature Valspars Wattyl paint as the flagship paint
brand and its 150-store growth plan is on target. The Valspar paint
brands introduction of the Love Your Color Guarantee in the U.S.
and Australia was well-received by consumers and generated positive
paint sales and volumes. Through its Paints segment, Valspar offers a
wide variety of products such as paints, primers, topcoats and aerosol
spray paints sold primarily through retailers and distribution networks.
The company sells branded and other products in the paints segment,
including Valspar, Cabot, Huarun, DeBeer and House of Kolor. This
segment includes architectural and automotive refinish lines.
Valspar continued to invest in fast-growing markets outside of
the U.S. Sales in markets outside of the U.S. accounted for 46 percent of total company revenues. Latin America business delivered
a double-digit revenue increase reflecting strength in industrial and
packaging product lines and last years acquisition of Isocoat, a Brazilian-based manufacturer of powder coatings. Valspars progress
in China continued with aggressive efforts to expand the Huarun
and Valspar brands and the introduction of new products for the
affordable housing market. The consumer paint business in China
generated mid-single-digit revenue growth and high single-digit volume growth in the second half of the year.
Valspar also initiated a new partnership with B&Q, the largest home improvement retailer in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Valspar will become the flagship paint brand in all 350 B&Q retail

KEY EXECUTIVES
Gary Hendrickson, president and CEO; Rolf Engh,
executive VP, general counsel and secretary; Steven
Erdahl, executive VP; Anthony Blaine, senior VP; Howard
Heckes, senior VP; James Muehlbauer, CFO; Brian Falline,
group VP; Bernard Ouimette, senior VP; Roeland Polet,
senior VP.

stores in 2013. This positions Valspar for strong future growth in

the European paint market.
Valspar has entered into a long-term strategic supply relationship
with Ace Hardware Corporation under which Valspar will manufacture
and supply Ace-branded paint products as well as make a comprehensive
line of Valspar-branded paints available to more than 4,000 Ace retail
locations in the United States. In addition, the two companies announced
that Valspar has acquired Ace Hardwares paint manufacturing assets,
including two manufacturing facilities located near Chicago.
The relationship combines Aces in-store service model and
neighborhood store footprint with Valspars national paint brand,
manufacturing and distribution expertise and technology. Ace customers can expect the same quality and performance from Acebranded paint products while also benefitting from Valspars color
expertise, enhanced sales support for retailers and a competitively
priced product assortment, the company reported.
Valspar will immediately begin manufacturing and distributing Aces existing portfolio of Ace-branded paint products. Over
the next year, Ace and Valspar will collaborate with retail owners to enhance their paint departments. Introduction of Valspar
paint products is expected to begin in the fall of 2013. Ace will
retain ownership of its existing paint brand trademarks, including
Clark+Kensington and Ace Paint, but Valspar will manufacture
Aces product lines exclusively for the retailer.

Valspar to Acquire Inver

Valspar recently signed a definitive agreement to acquire Inver Holding S.r.l. (ranked number 60 in last years report), a leading industrial coatings manufacturer in Europe. The transaction is expected to
close in the fiscal fourth quarter, subject to regulatory approval and
customary closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Inver Group is headquartered in Bologna, Italy and generated
sales in 2012 of approximately $200 million. Founded in 1934, the
company specializes in liquid and powder coatings products as well
as resins that are used in a variety of industrial applications including
off-road equipment, auto and off-road parts, architectural aluminum windows, railways and trams. Owned by the Domenichini family for three generations, the company serves customers primarily in
Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Poland.

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BASF Coatings
Ludwigshafen, Germany
www.basf.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1865
Revenue: $3.808 billion t (2011: 3.956 bn)
MARKETS SERVED
Automotive OEM Automotive refinish

Commercial vehicles Decorative coatings

Industrial coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Raimar Jahn, president, BASF Groups Coatings Division;
Helmut Rdder, member of the board of BASF Coatings

ASFs coatings division is one of the worlds largest suppliers of coatings solutions for automotive and industrial applications. With its
brands Glasurit and R-M for the car refinish business, the company
is successful in the premium segment worldwide. In Brazil, BASF is the leading manufacturer of architectural coatings under its flagship brand Suvinil.
In China, the new architectural coatings brand Norbin was introduced.
In 2012 BASF recorded sales of $3.808 bn. Broken down regionally, 40 percent of BASF Coatings sales came from Europe, 14
percent from North America, 19 percent from Asia Pacific and 27
percent coming from South America, Africa and the Middle East.
BASF reported that its automotive coatings business was successful
due to growing demand in Asia and North America. However, sales

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AG; Udo Reiter, head of global technology, coatings;

Klaus Plitzko, head of global applied research and
technology, coatings; Juan Ximenez-Carrillo Gerber,
automotive OEM coatings; Harald Pflanzl, automotive
refinish coatings; Peter Alexander Fischer, industrial
coatings; Rui Artur Goerck, decorative paints.

volumes were slightly below the previous years levels on account of

declining demand from southern Europe. Automotive refinish coatings also saw decreased demand in Europe.
However, the company was able to offset this decline with increased
volumes in Asia as well as higher sales prices in North America. In
the industrial coatings business, BASF benefited in Europe from strong
demand for coil coatings from the Russian steel industry as well as
from the emerging markets for coatings for wind turbine rotor blades.
In the decorative paints business, BASF raised sales volumes in South
America in the premium segment, compensating for a volume decline in
other segments. Sales fell in Europe, however, due to a weaker market
and the divestiture of its Relius decorative paint business.

BASF Opens Advanced Refinish Competence Center in Cesano Maderno, Italy

BASF Coatings opened a new training center
for automotive refinishing in Cesano Maderno, Italy. The new Refinish Competence
Center (RCC) will offer customers an opportunity to learn, practice and fully master the
use of BASFs automotive refinish products.
The training offered includes a wide range of
courses at different levels, including courses
on application techniques, optimal use of
paints and color matching. Training sessions
and workshops have been developed and
structured in order to enhance the productivity of bodyshops and to increase their efficiency and competitiveness.
The new training center, with an investment of more than 2.7 million and an area
of 1,200 square meters, will train on average
800 people a year including technicians and
end users yearly. I am extremely pleased
with the opening of the Refinish Competence
Center, said Erwin Rauhe, managing director
of BASF Italia and head of the group in Southern Europe, not just because this brand new
center in Cesano Maderno further enhances
the Groups global network of training cen-

ters, but also because it confirms our commitment and our investments in the local area
where we operate.
The new Italian RCC, which expands the
BASFs global Refinish Competence Center
network, represents a center of excellence
exhibiting some of the most advanced technologies and equipment. It offers two lines

specifically devoted to small damage repair,

two paint booths, a painting mixing station
and a state-of-the-art infrared drying system.
Moreover, the local trainers, who have outstanding experience in refinishing techniques
and color matching, regularly attend refresher
courses given by the BASF Coatings Global
Trainers.

The new Italian RCC represents a center of excellence exhibiting some of the most advanced technologies and equipment. It offers two lines specifically devoted to small damage repair, two paint
booths, a painting mixing station and a state-of-the-art infrared drying system.

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Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.

Osaka, Japan
www.kansai.co.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1918
REVENUE: $3.122 billion t (2011: 3.250 bn)

MARKETS SERVED
Automotive coatings Decorative coatings
Industrial coatings Marine and protective coatings

perating in Japan, Europe, the U.S., Southeast Asia, India

and China, Kansai Paint Co. Ltd. offers a broad range of
coatings solutions for various markets. It divides its business into automotive (39 percent), industrial (28 percent), decorative (25 percent), and marine and protective (8 percent) segments.
With $3.122 bn in sales revenue for 2012, Kansai Paint operates three state-of-the-art automotive paint plants from its headquarters in Osaka, Japan and is the leading supplier of automotive
coatings to Toyota, Suzuki, Nissan, Honda, Peugeot and Renault
worldwide.
In Japan, which is Kansais largest operating segment, in the
area of automotive OEM coatings, the company has been investing
in developing new technologies which give improved appearance,
and actively works to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.
Kansais automotive OEM coatings saw a slight decrease in
sales due to reduced exports. Industrial coatings recorded a slight
increase in sales due to increased demand for coatings applied to
construction machinery to be used in reconstruction projects following the earthquake of 2010. In the fields of auto refinishing,
decorative and marine and protective coatings, sales decreased due
to the effect of the sluggish domestic economy.
In India, the next largest operating segment, automotive coatings, sales of automobiles have slowed due to the tightening of
the money market. However, sales of coatings have grown due to

KEY EXECUTIVES
Shoju Kobayashi, chairman; Yuzo Kawamori, president;
Koichi Imada, executive vice president.

increased sales to local manufacturers. The company reported an

increase in sales in decorative coatings as domestic demand has
expanded and soaring raw materials costs have been transferred
and are reflected in higher prices for products.
In Asia, automotive coatings sales were negatively impacted
due to a dip in output from Japanese automobile manufacturers
caused by disruptions to the supply chain following the Great
East Japan Earthquake. In the latter half of the term, sales were
also affected in Thailand and Malaysia due to the Thai floods
and the subsequent drastic curtailments in production by industrial customers. In the industrial coatings field, Kansai has
been able to increase sales, centered on construction machinery,
in China and Thailand.
In Europe, customer manufacturing in the area of industrial
coatings continued its steady progress. Despite a slow-down of
economic growth in Turkey accompanied by a worsening of the
debt crisis in Europe, Kansais business continued steadily and
sales expanded in both the fields of automotive coatings and industrial coatings.
The business results of Freeworld Coatings Ltd., a company
based in the Republic of South Africa that became a consolidated
subsidiary of Kansai in April 2011, began to contribute to the
companys consolidated business results from the second quarter
of the year.

Kansai Paint Becomes Manchester Uniteds First Global Paint Partner

Kansai Paint has entered into a three-year partnership with Manchester United Football
Club, as its first global paint partner.
Kansai acquired Plascon, the iconic South African paint brand to grow their leadership in decorative coatings and the flourishing African market. The partnership between
Kansai and Plascon has created Kansai Plascon, the leading paint brand on the continent. Kansai Plascon has operations in six African countries and exports into more
than 17 countries in Africa. As the successful host of the soccer World Cup in 2010,
South Africa has a passion for football and this sponsorship will help to grow the Kansai
Plascon brand in Africa.
Manchester United is one of the most successful sports teams in the world, playing one of the most popular spectator sports on Earth. Through their 134-year-long
heritage, they have won 60 trophies, while developing the worlds leading sports brand
and a global community of 659 million followers.

Kansai Plascon Africa CEO, Nauman Malik, with Jonathan

Rigby (head of marketing, Manchester United), with
Manchester United players Shinji Kagawa (left), Phil Jones
(center) and Danny Welbeck (right).

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Sika AG
Baar, Switzerland
www.sika.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1910
Revenue: $2.834 billion t (2011: 2.837 bn)

MARKETS SERVED
Adhesives Sealants Protective coatings

ika AG supplies the building and construction industry as well

as manufacturing industries (automotive, bus, truck, rail, solar
and wind power plants, faades). Sika is a leader in processing materials used in sealing, bonding, damping, reinforcing and
protecting load-bearing structures. Sikas product lines feature highquality concrete admixtures, specialty mortars, sealants and adhesives, damping and reinforcing materials, structural strengthening
systems, industrial flooring as well as roofing and waterproofing
systems. Sika has a worldwide local presence in 80 countries and
approximately 15,200 employees.
Sika reported 5.8 percent sales growth to $2.834 bn for 2012.
Sales were up 10.7 percent in emerging markets.
Our employees delivered outstanding results in 2012, giving
Sika a firm foundation for the future, said Sika CEO Jan Jenisch.
We were able to fast-track our investments in growth markets
and opened new factories and production lines in various emerging
countries.
Already accounting for 37 percent of our consolidated net sales
and over 40 percent of our net profit, emerging market sales saw
double-digit growth in 2012, he added. The Sika growth model
also functioned under the challenging economic conditions encountered in 2012. Thanks to the expertise and great commitment of our
workforce, we are confident of achieving further growth in sales and
net profit in 2013 as well.
At 17 percent, the highest growth was generated in the Latin
America region. This growth was driven by investments and the
build-up of production capacity in the entire region. In North America, Sika increased sales by 9 percent on the back of heavy demand

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KEY EXECUTIVES
Paul Hlg, chairman of the board; Jan Jenisch, CEO; Group
management: Paul Schuler, EMEA; Jose Luis Vazquez,
Latin America; Silvio Ponti, building systems and industry;
Christoph Ganz, North America; Ronald Trchsel, CFO;
Ernesto Schmperli, concrete and waterproofing; Heinz
Gisel, Asia Pacific; and Urs Mder, technology.

for refurbishment work, solid project business and increased market

share. In the Asia Pacific region, Sika reported growth of 6.8 percent, benefiting from a substantial expansion in sales in Southeast
Asia, stable order books in Japan and a marked recovery in China
in the second half. The IMEA (India, Middle East, Africa) region
recorded a 7.7 percent increase in sales.
The company has put substantial investment in new product innovations. The company reported that products that have been on
the market for a maximum of five years accounted for 30.1 percent
of Sika sales in 2012.
Sika has agreed to acquire 100 percent of Inatec SRL in Paraguay. Inatec is a privately-owned company with a strong position in
the construction chemicals market.
The market leader in Paraguay for construction chemicals, Inatec, founded in 1982, has a strong position in the refurbishment,
waterproofing and concrete admixtures market. The company has
manufacturing facilities in Asuncin, the capital city of Paraguay.
Paraguay is a new country for Sika and completes its already
strong position in Latin America, the company reported. With Inatec, Sika will gain a leading position in the Paraguayan market and
will benefit from the strong growth in the construction industry of
Paraguay. Sika will take part in this development and further leverage Inatecs sales channels with Sikas product range.
With this acquisition, Sika continues its successful strategy of
investing in the emerging markets. We welcome Inatec into the
Sika family and establish a new organization in Paraguay to benefit
from the strong growth in this market, said Jenisch. We are very
excited to add another milestone in our Latin American strategy.

Sika Strengthens Fire Protection Market Position

Sika is taking over the fire protection coatings and systems business of Mannheim-based Rtgers Organics GmbH, a move that will reinforce
Sikas position in the fire protection sector. The acquired business generates annual sales of $6.48 million.
With the acquisition Sika strengthens its fire protection market position. The acquired business also provides Sika with a portfolio of wellestablished, advanced, eco-friendly water-based fire protection coatings and systems.
The combined strengths of Sika and Rtgers Organics will provide customers with access to an attractive range of products in all key fire
resistance classes, said Joachim Straub, general manager of Sika Germany.
Part of the International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG), Rtgers Organics GmbH was a subsidiary of the former Rtgers AG.

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RPM International Inc.

Medina, Ohio/USA
www.rpminc.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1947
Revenue: $2.7 billion t (2011: 3.381 billion)

MARKETS SERVED
Roofing systems Caulks and sealants
Flooring systems Corrosion control coatings
Primers-sealers Specialty paints
Hobby and craft paints Wood stains and finishes
Rust-preventative paints

PM International Inc. is a multinational holding company

with subsidiaries that manufacture and market high-performance coatings, sealants and specialty chemicals, primarily
for maintenance, repair and improvement applications. The company employs approximately 10,000 people and has 82 facilities
in 20 countries. In fiscal 2012, the companys industrial products
accounted for 67 percent of its total coating sales, with consumer
products representing 33 percent. The Industrial segments operating groups include RPM Building Solutions Group, which provides
roofing systems, sealants and concrete admixtures. Leading brands
include Tremco,Tremco Illbruck and Euco.
RPM Performance Coatings Group includes polymer floor coatings, corrosion control coatings and fiberglass reinforced plastic
grating. Its primary brands include Stonhard, Carboline and Fibergrate. RPM II Group offers specialty chemicals, exterior insulation
and finish systems and recreational marine coatings. Major brands
include Day-Glo, Dryvit, Kop-Coat and Pettit. RPMs consumer
products are sold primarily in North America and have a growing
presence in Europe, predominantly in the UK.
The Consumer segments operating groups include Rust-Oleum
Group, which provides rust-preventative and small project paints,
primer-sealers, wallcovering preparation and removal products,
wood stains and finishes, mildew resistant paints and hobbyist products. Major brands include Rust-Oleum, Zinsser, Varathane and
Testors. DAP Group markets caulks, sealants and patch and repair
products under the DAP brand.
Most recently RPM launched, for the consumer segment, RustOleum Countertop Transformations, Rust-Oleum Leak Seal, Liquid
Elements Designer Seamless Flooring, DAP 3.0 Caulks, Sealants and
Patch and Repair Products.
RPM made several significant acquisitions in 2012. Its RustOleum Group acquired Synta Inc., a producer and marketer of innovative exterior wood deck and concrete restoration systems. Based
in Clarkston, GA, Syntas annual sales are anticipated to exceed $40
million in the first year. RPM acquired Kirker Enterprises, Inc., a
leading manufacturer of nail care enamels, coatings components and
related products for the personal care industry. Based in Paterson,
NJ, Kirker has annual sales in excess of $100 million.
RPM also acquired Viapol Ltda., a leading Brazilian manufacturer and marketer of building materials and construction products.
Based in Cacapava, Brazil, near Sao Paulo, Viapol has annual sales
of approximately $85 million. Terms of the transaction, which is

KEY EXECUTIVES
Frank C. Sullivan, chairman and CEO; Ronald A. Rice,
president and COO; Thomas Reed, Rust-Oleum Group;
John McLauglin, DAP Group; Michael Tellor, RPM2 Group;
Randall Korach, Building Solutions Group; David Reif,
Performance Coatings II Group.

expected to be accretive to earnings after year one, were not disclosed. Viapol, which was founded in 1990, will become part of The
Euclid Chemical Group, a unit of RPMs Building Solutions Group
that serves construction and rehabilitation markets worldwide.
Viapols products include rolled asphalt roofing materials, waterproofing products, concrete admixtures, industrial epoxy flooring
systems, structural recovery products, and retail paints, varnishes
and stains.
The acquisition of Viapol establishes a substantial footprint
for RPM and our many industrial and consumer businesses in the
exciting Brazilian market, which is the largest economy in South
America, and now the sixth largest economy in the world, said
Frank C. Sullivan, RPM chairman and chief executive officer.
As part of RPM, we expect that Viapol will build on many
of our current technologies, enabling it to introduce new products,
while leveraging its existing customer base for additional growth
opportunities. We look forward to having the Viapol management team, led by Ariovaldo Jose Torelli and Alexandre Racz, join
RPM, Sullivan stated.

DAP Introduces Newly-Formulated Products

To help professionals and
do-it-yourselfers weatherize
and make home improvements faster, DAP Products
Inc. has introduced the newlyformulated DAP 3.0. DAP 3.0
establishes first-to-market
technology with high-performance sealants that are both
paintable and water resistant
in 30 minutes. DAP 3.0 is low
odor and VOC compliant, backed by a lifetime guarantee.
Designed to address a wide range of sealing applications in
kitchens and baths, around windows, doors, trim and siding, and
on concrete and masonry surfaces, the new line of project-oriented
sealants includes several distinct formulations: DAP 3.0 Kitchen, Bath
and Plumbing Sealants, DAP 3.0 Window, Door, Trim and Siding
Sealants and DAP 3.0 Self-Leveling Concrete and Masonry Sealant.

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Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.

Osaka, Japan
www.nipponpaint.com
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1881
REVENUE: $2.305 billion t (2011: 2.815 billion)
MARKETS SERVED
Automotive coatings Industrial coatings

Decorative coatings Marine and protective coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Kenji Sakai, president, representative director; Yoshio
Andou, senior vice president, general manager of trade
use paint division and executive director; Ryoichi Baba,

ippon Paint manufacture a variety of paints and coatings,

including those for automobiles, construction, architecture, steel structures, ships, metal, electrical equipment,
machinery, roadways and household appliances, among others.
Nippon Paint is one of the largest paint manufacturers in Asia and
today with 33 manufacturing plants, produces more than one million tons of paint and coatings annually. In Asia, all Nippon Paint
offices are managed by the Nipsea Group. Nippon reported revenue
of $2.305 bn for 2012.
NIPSEA Group manufactures and sells Nippon Paint products
in 15 Asian countries. Each of Nipseas 30 manufacturing facilities
and operations is committed to offering trusted, professional service
to its customers. Overall, the company generates close to one billion
liters of paints and coatings annually.

senior vice president, representative director; Kiyohiko

Chijiiwa, executive vice president and director; Kanji
Nishijima, vice president.

Nippon recently entered into a joint venture with Silicone Coatings. The JV will be called Nippon Paint Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. Nippolac
is one of the most popular paint brands in Sri Lanka, providing a
wide range of coating solutions. Together with the new strengthened
collaboration with Nippon Paint, it will provide a comprehensive
range of paints and coatings including the decorative segment, auto
refinishes, industrial and marine coatings to the Sri Lankan market
in the near future.
Sri Lanka is one market in Asia which will prosper in the future
and we are certain that the construction sector here will grow rapidly, said Fujitha Tetsuro, chief operating officer of Nippon Paint
South East Asia. With this joint venture, we hope to unveil more
innovative coatings solutions, sharing the Japanese technology with
Nippon Paints Lanka (pvt) Ltdt.

3M
St. Paul, Minnesota
www.3M.com
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1902
REVENUE: $2.3 billion s (2011: 375 mn)
MARKETS SERVED
Adhesives and sealants Pipe coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
George Buckley, chairman, CEO and president; Joe Harlan,
executive VP, electro and communications; Michael Kelly,
executive VP, display and graphics; Jean Lobey, executive
VP, safety, security and protection services; Moe Nozarri,
executive VP, consumer and office; Brad Sauer, executive

iversified 3M Corp. rolled out a new roll-on aftermarket

Anti-Soiling Liquid for the glass covers of flat-mounted
photovoltaic solar panels that deters soiling and helps the
modules yield between five percent and ten percent more energy in
comparison testing, according to Carrie Ruby, a marketer for the
St. Paul, MN-based company.
Water beads up and runs off panels with the new liquid applied.
3M said that the coating will either eliminate the need for PV module cleaning or diminish the number of cleanings necessary for optimal performance. The coating will sell for the equivalent of $1 per
square meter, with coverage estimated at 20 square meters per liter,
assuming a double roller pass.
3M recently hosted an eclectic assembly of visionary young sci-

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VP, health care; Hak Cheol Shin, executive VP, industrial

and transportation.

entists. The Meeting of the Minds event featured 29 non-tenured

faculty members from 20 of the leading R&D universities in the
U.S. The researchers shared the results of their work at the 3M Science and Engineering Faculty Day at 3M Center.
Each of the participants is a recipient of a 3M Non-Tenured
Faculty Award, under the companys three-decade-old program to
encourage the pursuit of new ideas among younger university professors. The awards in the $800,000 program are granted by 3M
as part of 3Ms support of innovative research in higher education.
There are 52 recipients this year.
Currently, the awards to each participating researcher average
approximately $15,000. Recipients are nominated and sponsored
by 3M scientists.

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Asian Paints Limited

Mumbai, India
www.asianpaints.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1942
REVENUE: $1.99 billion s (2011: 1.830 billion)

sian Paints is Indias largest paint company and ranked

among the top ten decorative coatings companies in the
world with sales of $1.99 bn in 2012. The Middle East
comprised 50.1 percent of paints sales, Asia 27.2 percent, Caribbean 14.9 percent and South Pacfic 7.8 percent. Asian Paints
operates 24 manufacturing facilities across the globe. The largest share is in South Asia, where the firm runs 13 plants spread
throughout India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Singapore.
There are five plants in the Middle East in Egypt, Oman, Bahrain and Dubai. In the South Pacific islands of Fiji, Vanuatu and
Samoa, Asian Paints runs three plants. Lastly, in the Caribbean,
Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago each are home to
a facility. Subsidiaries include Berger International, SCIB Paints
Egypt, Asian Paints, Apco Coatings and Taubmans. Asian

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Paints markets the following architectural brands in India:

Apex, Ace and Apex Ultima for exterior walls; Royale, Tractor, Premium Emulsion, Apcolite and Utsav for interior walls;
Apcolite and Utsav for metal surfaces; and PU, Melamyne, Apcolite and Utsav for wood. Asian Paints recently expanded its
production capacity at Rohtak (Haryana, India) from 150,000
KL per annum to 200,000 KL per annum. This plant can be
further scaled to produce 400,000 KL per annum. The Rohtak
Plant was set up in April 2010. The other paint manufacturing
facilities of Asian Paints in India are located at Mumbai (Maharastra), Ankleshwar (Gujarat), Kasna (Uttar Pradesh), Patancheru (Andhra Pradesh) and Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu).
The company is also setting up a plant at Kesurdi (Khandala)
in Maharashtra.

Jotun AS
Sandefjord, Norway
www.jotun.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1926
REVENUE: $1.953 billion s (2011: 1.902 billion)

KEY EXECUTIVES
KBS Anand, CEO; Vivek Subramanian, vice president,
industrial, India; Amit Syngle, vice president, architectural,
India; Jalaj Dani, president, international operations.

MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings
Industrial coatings
Automotive coatings

MARKETS SERVED
Decorative paints
Marine and protective coatings
Industrial coatings
Powder coatings

otun recorded sales of $1.953 billion for 2012. The company

operates in four business segments. Marine Coatings comprised
32 percent of sales, Decorative Paints 35 percent, Protective
Coatings 23 percent and Powder Coatings 10 percent. The company
added approximately 700 new employees worldwide to support future growth.
Decorative Paints achieved record growth in the Middle East
and South East Asia. Jotun acquired land for a new factory in
Oman and is expanding warehouse and logistic capacity in Saudi
Arabia and Egypt. The company reported the successful Scandinavian launch of LADY Wonderwall. For Marine Coatings,
growth slowed due to declines in the newbuilding market. Jotun
strengthened dry-dock and sea-stock concepts to generate growth

KEY EXECUTIVES
Morton Fon, president and CEO; Brd K. Tonning,
decorative paints; Esben Hersve, performance coatings;
Ram Ramnath, powder; Geir Be, marine; Bjorn Wallentin,
protective.

in maintenance markets and secured a number of contracts for

Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) concept. Jotun launched an
expanded range of premium sylil acrelate anti-foulings. Protective Coatings recorded strong results in Korea, Europe, Singapore
and the Middle East and expanded into new market segments
(renewables, mining). The company launched Barrier Plus (corrosion protection of steel substrates) and Penguard Pro, a primer for
submerged surfaces. The company broke ground on a new factory
in Russia and continues plans to build a factory in Brazil. Powder
Coatings opened a new state-of-the-art powder factory and R&D
center in China and secured a contract for Queensland-Curtis
LNG project in Australia using new three layer FBE technology
(J-Trac). Jotun also launched its Reveal range of powder coatings.

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Benjamin Moore
Montvale, New Jersey / USA
www.benjaminmoore.com
PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1883
REVENUE: $1.9 billion s (2011: 550 million)

MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings Wood coatings

enjamin Moore, a subsidiary of Bershire Hathaway, currently employs 2,193 people. Nine-five percent of its sales
are in the architectural/decorative paint segment and five
percent comes from general industrial and industrial maintenance.
Benjamin Moore recently launched two new products. Ultra Spec
500 Zero-VOC is a professional-quality interior coating designed
to meet the needs of professional painting contractors, facility
managers and property managers. Available in a wide range of
sheens and colors, it offers excellent hiding and touchup properties, good flow and leveling, easy application and soap-and-water
cleanup. Ultra Spec EXT is a professional-quality exterior coating
designed to meet the needs of professional painting contractors,
facility managers, property managers and specifiers. It is ideal for
exterior surfaces for which durability is critical. Available in thou-

KEY EXECUTIVES
Bob Merritt, president and CEO; Jim Megin, VP
finance, CIO and treasurer; Barry Chadwick, VP market
development and product: Ken Marino, VP supply chain;
Chris Connelly, director, product management; Gelnn
Cooper, VP, product development.

sands of colors, it features superior coverage, adhesion, ease of application and easy soap-and-water cleanup. Tinted with Benjamin
Moores zero-VOC waterborne colorants, all of the finishes in this
product line are low VOC.
Benjamin Moore has been ranked highest in interior paint customer satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates for the third consecutive year. According to the 2013 Interior Paint Satisfaction Study,
Benjamin Moore maintained its leading position over 11 other paint
brands by receiving 800 on a 1,000-point scale (a 10-point increase
over 2012s 790 score) and performing particularly well in the key
areas: application, durability, product offerings and design guides.
The consumer study is based on responses from more than 6,800
respondents who purchased and applied interior paint within the
past 12 months.

H.B. Fuller Company

St. Paul, Minnestoa, USA
www.hbfuller.com
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1887
REVENUE: $1.886 billion s (2011: 1.557 billion)

MARKETS SERVED
Adhesives

.B. Fuller Company is a global manufacturer and marketer

of adhesives and other specialty chemical products. The
company is managed through four regional operating segmentsNorth America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
The largest business component in each of the regional segments is
adhesives. H.B. Fuller posted sales of $1.886 billion in 2012.
H.B. Fuller undertook the largest acquisition in the companys history, purchasing the Forbo Groups global industrial adhesives business,
with approximately $575 million in annual revenue. The business acquired represents approximately 80 percent (by revenue) of the Forbo
Bonding Systems division of Forbo Group (ranked 29 in last years report). Forbo operates 17 manufacturing facilities in ten countries, and
employs more than 1,100 people globally. The acquisition propels H.B.

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KEY EXECUTIVES
Jim Owens, president and CEO; James Giertz, senior VP
and CFO; Joan Schuller, VP, AsiaPacific; Steven Kenny,
senior VP, EIMEA; Barry Snyder, VP and chief technology
officer.

Fuller to a nearly $2 billion adhesives supplier.

H.B. Fuller divested its Central American paints business, selling it
to Compania Global de Pinturas S.A, a Grupo Mundial Company, for
$120 million.. The paints division produces a broad range of product lines
used widely for residential and commercial applications. The sold business
includes nearly 800 employees who work across Central America and in
production plants and laboratories in Costa Rica, Honduras and Panama.
The company also opened a manufacturing plant in Pune, India,
to support growth in this $300 to $400 million emerging adhesives
market. The plant produces hot melt and water-based adhesives.
The company said it will enable H.B. Fuller to better support its
global customers and fast-track its growth. Growth in the region has
accelerated dramatically as a result of the investment.

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Masco Corp.
Taylor, Michigan / USA
www.masco.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1929
REVENUE: $1.8 billion s (2011: 1.493 billion)

MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings

asco Corp. reported net sales of $1.8 billion in 2012,

representing 24 percent of total net sales for Masco.
This was up from net sales of $1.493 bn in 2011.
The company produces a variety of architectural coatings
including paints, primers, specialty paint products, stains and
waterproofing products. The products are sold in the U.S. and
Canada through do-it-yourself channels under brands including
Behr and Kilz. The firms high profile Behr products are sold
through The Behr Process Corporation to The Home Depot, the
segments and the companys largest customer.
Behr successfully introduced two improved lines of interior paint
in 2012. Behr Premium Plus Ultra and Behr Premium Plus paints
provide Behr with significant opportunities for future growth, the
company reported. Behr Premium Plus Ultra Paint and Primer in

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One has been reformulated with an advanced stain-blocking formula to help homeowners successfully take on many of their paint
projects around the house.
Behrs flagship line, Behr Premium Plus paint, was also improved in 2012. The new interior paint formula is a self-priming and zero volatile organic compound (VOC) paint that seals
uncoated or previously painted surfaces without the need for a
separate primer, reducing time and labor. Also launched by Behr
in 2012 was a new line of low VOC colorants for use across all
product lines.
Behr also took steps toward international growth in 2012 by
developing a portfolio of products distinctly tailored to the Mexico
market. The company reported that by the end of March 2013,
Behr products will be available in 90 Home Depot stores in Mexico.

Hempel A/S
Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
www.hempel.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1945
REVENUE: $1.6 billion s (2011: 1.5 billion)

KEY EXECUTIVES
Richard Manoogian, chairman; Timothy Wadhams,
president and CEO; Donald DeMarie, executive vice
president.

MARKETS SERVED
Architectural
Marine and protective coatings
Container coatings
Yacht coatings
Decorative coatings

rotective coatings supplier Hempel recorded sales of $1.6 billion in

2012, up from $1.5 bn in 2011. The company employs approximately 4,977 people and has 24 factories and 48 sales offices in
more than 80 countries. The company recently acquired Crown Paints,
UK. The company offers protective coatings for oil and gas, power
generation, wind power, nuclear plants, conventional plants, infrastructure, mining and mineral processing, chemical plants, rail and
technical service. In the Marine segment the company provides fouling release, antifouling, anti-corrosive primers, ballast tanks, cargo
holds, tanks, decks, topside and superstructures. Hempel also offers
both interior and exterior decorative coatings.
Recent product launches include for Marine: Olympic+, Oceanic+, Globic 6000, Hempadur Impact, Hempadur 47182, Shop-

KEY EXECUTIVES
Pierre-Yves Jullien, group president and CEO; Kim Junge
Andersen, group executive vice president and CFO;
Marketing directors: Klaus Moeller (Protective), Christian
Ottosen (Marine), Lars Osterby (Decorative), Thomas C.
Olsen (Yacht) ; David Deters, VP, group R&D.

rimer 1582 and Hemapadur EM 3574. For Yacht coatings it

launched Silic One, and for Protective it launched Hemparea 55973,
Solvent Free Multistrength 3546 and Hempacore One.
New Hempacore intumescent coatings insulate structural steel
against heat. Applied in thin coats, the coatings expand when exposed to
high temperatures (roughly 200C) to produce a layer of char that insulates the steel beneath. As a result, the steel can maintain its load-bearing
capacity for up to two hours longer, which can prove critical for fire fighting and rescue. The two coatings, Hempacore One and Hempacore
One FD, can be used in a range of buildings from industrial halls
and public buildings to stadiums and supermarkets and both have
achieved excellent results in official fire tests. The two new products
are the first offerings in Hempels new intumescent range.

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DAW (Deutsch Amphibolin-Werke)

Ober-Ramstadt, Germany
www.caparol.de
PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1895
REVENUE: $1.37 billion t (2011: 1.4 billion)

MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings

he parent company of the Caparol Group is the Deutsche

Amphibolin-Werke von Robert Murjahn Stiftung & Co
KG (DAW). DAW was founded in 1895 and today carries out the central functions such as purchasing, production and
finances. DAW is the leading German decorative paint manufacturer with sales of approximately $1.37 bn, all in the decorative coatings segment. The Caparol brand is the leading brand
within the DAW Group. The marketing activities are subdivided
into six strategic business units. In the professional business unit,
high quality paints, enamels, glazes, chemical building products
and materials for facades and insulation technology are marketed
under the brands Caparol, Alligator and Alsecco for professional
users. The product range of the brand Alpina, which is active in
the DIY business unit, is mainly composed of environmentally
friendly, non-noxious, easily worked and high quality decora-

KEY EXECUTIVES
Ralf Murjahn, CEO.

tive paints, enamels and glazes and is aimed at the end-user. The
wholesale business unit comprises an extensive range of services
for the professional paint wholesalers provided by the company
Caparol Marketing Service (CMS). The industrial business unit
is supported by the company Caparol Industrial Solutions, whose
products and services are exclusively orientated to the requirements of industrial customers. Lastly, the Nerchau decorating
and artists paints is located in Saxony and produces high quality paints for educational, hobby and artistic requirements. With
3,700 employees and a large number of production sites at home
and abroad, the Caparol Group is one of the leading companies
for paints, enamels and building protection in Europe. In the
professional and also DIY markets, the company with its headquarters in the Rhine-Main region is the market leader with its
brands Caparol and Alpina.

AB Wilh. Becker
Hoganas, Sweden
www.becker.se
PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1865
REVENUE: $1.25 billion s (2011: $1.2 billion)

MARKETS SERVED
Industrial coatings Architectural coatings
Artist colors and fine art materials

lcro-Beckers main production plant is located on Lvholmen in

Stockholm, Sweden. The ISO 14001 certified plant is equipped
with its own environmental control systems to clean wastewater and emissions before they are released. Lvholmen is also the most
modern paint manufacturing plant in Europe. Each production stage is
computer controlled, enabling Alcro-Beckers to guarantee that the quality of each product is uniformly high. The facility in Stockholm produces
30 million liters of paint per year. Two-thirds of this production consists
of water-based paints. The remaining one-third comprises solvent-based
paints. The plant in Stockholm produces 2,000 different products and
4,500 batches annually.
Becker Industrial Coatings formed a joint venture with Berger Paints
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KEY EXECUTIVES
Beckers Group: Jenny Linden Urnes, chairman; Erik Urnes,
CEO; Mats Hansson, CFO and executive vice president;
Becker Industrial Coatings: Boris Gorella, CEO; ColArt:
Thomas Brautigam, CEO.

gladesh high quality paints for coil coatings and special coatings. It will
combine the technical expertise of Becker Industrial Coatings with Berger
Paints Bangladeshs well established reputation for customer service.
We are very fortunate to team up with such a reliable partner and
being the first to manufacture coatings for coil in Bangladesh. The joint
venture will certainly have a headstart in capturing market share, said
Becker Industrial Coatings president South Asia Pacific Paul Menezes.
The UK-based, Long Term Development Group of Becker Industrial Coatings has become one of the first laboratories in the world
to gain ISO 17025 (General Requirements for the Competence of
Calibration and Testing Laboratories) for the testing of solar reflectance and other thermal properties of coatings and painted surfaces
according to the ASTM Methods: E 903, C 1371 and E 1980.

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Materis Paints S.A.S.

Clichy, France
www.materis-paints.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1986
REVENUE: $1.09 billion

KEY EXECUTIVES
Olivier Legrain, Materis chairman; Rene
Riu, president, Materis Paints.

ateris Paints SAS is a manufacturer and provider

of construction materials including decorative and
industrial paints for the professional and consumer
markets. In 2006, French investor Wendel Investissement purchased chemicals producer Materis from private equity group
LBO France. Materis Paints is the largest business within the
Materis group of companies, representing 40 percent of sales, or
$1.09 bn in 2012. It has nearly 400 sales outlets in Europe for
paints. Materis brands include Tollens, Zolpan, Max Meyer,
Ducco and Robbialac. In terms of market position, Materis
Paints holds leading positions in the areas it operates. The firm
is number four in Europe, number two in France and Portugal,
number one in Italy, number four in Spain and Morocco and
number five in Argentina.

Tikkurila Oyi
Vantaa, Finland
www.tikkurila.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1862
REVENUE:
$896.596 million
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings

PUBLIC COMPANY
REVENUE: $1.00 billion

KEY EXECUTIVES
V.L. Shaw, chairman of the board; W.P.
Buckley, president and CEO; J.D. Tikkanen,
president, Bredero Shaw.

MARKETS SERVED
Pipe coatings

MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings

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Shawcor
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
www.shawcor.com

KEY EXECUTIVES
Erkki Jarvinen, president and CEO; Jukka
Havia, CFO; Petri Miettinen, VP, supply
chain & HSEQ; Anna-Lena Hogfeldt, VP,
general marketing; Kenneth Sundberg,
VP, R&D.

ikkurila is the market leader in decorative paints in Russia,

Sweden, Finland and the Baltic countries. Russia, Sweden,
Finland and Poland account for 80 percent of the Groups
revenue. Tikkurila focuses on higher price and quality grade paints,
which are manufactured in 11 production units in eight countries.
The highest production capacity is located in Russia, where the
company has been operating since the 1970s. Russia is Tikkurilas
largest single market. The company currently has 3,227 employees.
The company operations are organized in four strategic business
units (SBU): SBU East, SBU Scandanvia, SBU Finalnd and SBU Central Eastern Europe. Tikkurila reported $896.596 mn in revenue for
2012. SBU East comprised 36 percent of revenue, SBU Scandinavia
comprised 29 percent, SBU Finland 16 percent and SBU Central
Eastern Europe 19 percent.

he pipe coating division of ShawCor Ltd., Bredero Shaw,

is the worlds largest pipe coatings manufacturer with sales
of approximately $1 bn in 2012. Bredero Shaw recently received a contract from Apache in Australia with a value in excess
of $45 million to provide pipeline coatings and related products
and services for the Julimar Development Project. The project will
supply raw gas from the Julimar and Brunello gas fields to the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. The contract
involves coating 47 km of 18-inch pipe that will be protected with
various configurations of three-layer polypropylene anticorrosion
coating, Thermotite five-layer polypropylene insulation and HeviCote concrete weight coating. In addition Bredero Shaw has also
received a contract for anode procurement and installation. Work
will commence during the second quarter of 2013.

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Chugoku Marine
Paints
Tokyo, Japan
www.cmp.co.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1917
REVENUE: $865.800 million
MARKETS SERVED
Marine coatings Industrial coatings

Container coatings

Adhesives

KEY EXECUTIVES
Tetsuo Yamazumi, chairman; Masataka
Uetake, president and CEO.

hugoku Marine Paints manufactures paint for ship, industrial and containers uses, as well as adhesives. Chugoku Marine Paints SeaFlo Neo, an antifouling paint,
received a prize by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism at the 10th Industry-Academia-Government
Collaboration Contribution Awards. Seaflo New, a hydrolyzed
polymer, which was jointly developed by the National Maritime
Research Institute, Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. and Chugoky
Marine Products, in cooperation with the Nippon Foundation,
the Cooperative Association of Japan Shipbuilders and Yuge
National College of Maritime Technology, formulates a smooth
coated film with low friction resistance after painting. It has
also achieved the lowest VOC for the industrys hydrolyzed ship
bottom paint.

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SK Kaken
Ibaraki-City, Japan
www.sk-kaken.co.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1955
REVENUE: $857.000 million
MARKETS SERVED
Specialty coatings Textured coatings
Architectural paints Industrial coatings

Floor and roof coatings Fire retardant

and heat insulating coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Minoru Fujii, president; Masahide
Sakamoto, executive director; Mitsuhiro
Fujii, managing director.

K Kaken Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells organic and inorganic water-based painting materials, synthetic resin coatings,
inorganic painting and construction materials, and special finisherers. Coatings sales in 2012 were $857 million. It also offers fireproof paints, and various transformation goods and cleaning agents;
and involves in the contract of fireproof and insulated construction.
The company was formerly known as Shikoku Kaken Industry Co.,
Ltd. and changed its name to SK Kaken Co., Ltd. in 1991. SK Kaken
Co., Ltd. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in IbarakiCity, Japan. In 2008 the company established its Chongqing office
in China, Kuantan office in Malaysia and Seoul factory in Korea. In
2007 it established its Bangalore office in India, as well as a Hanoi
office and Ho Chi Minh office in Vietnam.

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DuluxGroup Ltd.
Clayton, Victoria,
Australia
www.duluxgroup.com.au

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1918
REVENUE: $801.072 million
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings Powder coatings

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KCC Corporation
Seoul, South Korea
www.kccworld.co.kr

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1958
REVENUE: $832.021 million
MARKETS SERVED
Marine and container Automotive
coatings Automotive refinish

General industrial coatings

Decorative coatings Powder coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Mong Jin Chung, chairman; Mong Ik
Chung, CEO; Yoo Sungki, executive
director; Kim Jin Ho, managing director.

orea Chemical Co., Ltd. is the largest paint producer in

South Korea. The company is involved in the production
of paints for automobiles, ships, containers, construction and industrial use. Paint for the marine segment is the largest segment and accounted for 25 percent of sales. Automotive
OEM sales amounted to 17 percent of sales; decorative coatings
accounted for 15 percent; general industrial six percent; powder
coatings six percent; auto refinish four percent; and the remainder of sales is not detailed. Total sales revenue for the year was
$832.021 mn. KCCs fire-resistant paint, Firemask SQ-1350 has
won certification for being a one-hour fire-resistant structure, with
a minimum coating thickness of 0.7 mm, from the Korea Institute
of Construction Technology.

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Dai Nippon Toryo

Osaka, Japan
www.dnt.co.jp

Industrial coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Peter Kirby, chairman; Patrick Houlihan,
managing director and CEO; Stuart Bloxer,
executive director.

uluxGroup consists of Paints Australia, which is Australias leading manufacturer of premium branded decorative
paints, texture, protective and wood care coatings products; Paints New Zealand, which is New Zealands leading manufacturer of premium branded decorative paints, texture, protective
and wood care coatings products; Selleys Yates, which is Australia
and New Zealands leading manufacturer of home improvement and
garden care products; and Offshore and Other segment, which comprises Australia and New Zealands leading manufacturer of powder
and industrial coatings. The weakness in new building approvals in
Australia, and to a lesser extent New Zealand, impacted its industrial and trade-focused businesses. DuluxGroups premium brands
are targeted at the improvement and renovation of existing homes.
Excluding Selleys Yate, Dulux Group had sales of $801.072 mn.

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1929
REVENUE: $752.302 million
MARKETS SERVED
Automotive OEM coatings
Automotive refinish Marine coatings
Decorative coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Fumitake Yamashita, president; Norihiro
Mashima, director of finance, executive
officer; Nobukazu Kawamoto, director
of overseas operations; Isamu Suzuki,
director of business development;
Yoshinori Hirotani, director of marketing;
Shin Emi, manager of industrial coatings.

ai Nippon Toryo Co., Ltd. operates in the paint industry

primarily in Japan. DNTs coatings revenue in 2012 was
$752.302 mn. The company offers various coating products, which include heavy duty, industrial, automobile, refinishing,
marine, home use paints, plastics and powder. In addition, it offers
its products in various fields, including electrical home appliances,
housing, automobiles and information-related equipment, as well
as for infrastructures, including high-rise buildings and largescale
bridge construction. Dai Nippon Toryo Co., Ltd. was founded in
1929 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan. In August 2008, Dai
Nippon Toryo acquired a 67 percent stake in Tokyo-based Daia
Keiko Co., Ltd.

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Berger Paints
India Ltd.
Kolkata, India
www.bergerpaints.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1923
REVENUE:
$547.561 million

MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings
Automotive coatings
Industrial coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Subir Bose, managing director,
executive director; Kuldip Singh
Dhingra, chairman of the board;
Anirudha Sen, vice president

erger Paints India Limited was founded in 1923 and is a

leader in the Indian paints market. The company manufactures and markets a range of decorative and industrial paint
products and has operations throughout India with seven manufacturing facilities, more than 135 depots, 2,500 employees and more
than 15,000 dealers. The company recorded revenue of $547.561
mn for 2012. The companys wholly owned subsidiary, Brushworks
Paints Ltd. acquired the architectural paints business of Sherwin
Williams Private Limited. This transaction will significantly increase our presence in key markets, it builds on our strategy to grow
our architectural paint business throughout India and it brings a
high quality, committed team of employees to Berger paints India
Ltd. We are proud to welcome such a well-respected team into the
Berger family, said K.S. Dhingra, chairman of Berger.

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Shanghai Coatings
Shanghai, China
www.chinascc.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1915
REVENUE:
$500 million

MARKETS SERVED
Automotive coatings
Coil coatings
Marine coatings
Plastics coatings
Industrial coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Situ Guoji, chairman; Huang
Zhiyong, general manager;
Huang Youwei, executive vice
general manager; Wu Jinglei,
vice general manager; Yu
Jianfeng, chief engineer.

hanghai Coatings Co. Ltd (SCC) has 90 years of history since

its predecessor Kai Lin Paint Plant, the first Chinese paint plant,
was established in 1915. The company owns 13 manufacturing
subsidiaries, two research institutes and six joint ventures ranging
from coatings, dyes, pigments, auxiliary agents and fine chemicals.
Shanghai Coatings has ranked in the top 500 in sales among Shanghai industrial companies and is one of the top ten enterprises in
terms of results in the Chinese coatings industry. SCC also boasts
Chinas first coatings brandWinged Tiger coil coatings. The company also manufactures paint under the Yanjing brand. SCC paints
are widely used throughout Chinas industrial and civil fields. Some
industrial customers include Volkswagen, General Motors Buick,
Metro lines, Baosteel and Three Gorges.

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Fujikura Kasei
Co. Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
www.fkkasei.co.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1938
REVENUE: $531 million

MARKETS SERVED
Plastic coatings
Architectural coatings
Automotive coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Yoshiaki Hasegawa, chairman
and CEO; Daisuke Kato,
president and COO; Yuzo
Saisu, senior managing
director; Satoshi Yamashita,
senior VP; Shigeru Takahashi,
senior VP.

ujikura Kasei offers coatings for plastics, which include

automotive interior and exterior, automotive lights, cosmetic containers and enclosures, electronic appliances,
plastic hobby items and plastic sheets; architectural coatings, such as exterior and interior building materials, decorative items and housing equipment and electronic materials. In
2008, Fujikura Kaseis U.S.-based operation, Fujichem, Inc.,
purchased 100 percent of Evansville, IN-based Red Spot Paint
&Varnish Co., Inc. With sales of approximately $100 million,
Red Spot is primarily active in the automotive coatings sector.
In April 2012 the company consolidated its Tsukuba Bio R&D
Center into the Washimiya R&D Center and also built the Kuki
Logistics Center.

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National Paints
Factories Co.
Amman, Jordan
nationalpaints.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1969
REVENUE: $493 million
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings Powder coatings
Marine coatings Industrial coatings
Insulation system paints

KEY EXECUTIVES
Michael Faeq Sayegh, chairman, Sayech
Group; Saleem Faeq Sayegh, GM,
National Paints UAE; Ibrahim Faeq
Sayegh, GM, National Paints Jordan and
technical director; Faeq Michael Sayegh,
GM, National Paints Egypt; Fares Michael
Saeyegh, GM, National Paints Romania;
Nazi Qopti Sayegh, marketing director.

ational Paints Factories Co., Ltd. (Sayegh Group) claims the

number one position in the Middle East paint market with an
annual production capacity of 300,000 tons of exports to more
than 60 countries. In terms of geographic sales 98% is in EMEA (Middle
East 84 percent, Africa 13 percent and Europe one percent) and Asia
Pacific comprising the remaining two percent.
National Paints is involved in a number of sectors including
architectural/decorative (35 percent), industrial (35 percent), auto
OEM (15 percent), auto refinish (10 percent) and marine (five percent). In recent news the company launched Numix car refinish system in Sharjah, UAE and new line for the production of siliconized
acrylic sealant in Sharjah.

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Helios
Domzale, Slovenia
www.helios.si

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1924
REVENUE: $480.868 million
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings
Car refinishes

Metal coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Uros Slavinec, president; Marko Vresk, vice
president; Branko Pas, vice president.

elios Group is the leading manufacturer of coatings in

South Eastern Europe with approximately 3,000 employees in more than 30 companies in 14 countries and recorded sales of $480.868 mn in 2012. Recently Helios strengthened
its operations in Slovenia and opened a car refinishing coatings center and a production plant for water-based coatings in Domzale.
The center has 2.400 square meters of usable surfaces and brings
together development, sales and educational capacities of Helios
car refinishing operations. The coatings manufacturer also opened
a center for metal coatings in Medvode, Slovenia. Helios invested
$18.7 million in the three projects. Additional resources will be
invested in the production plant for water-based coatings and the
car refinishing coatings center. Currently the production capacity
of decorative and car refinishing water-based coatings is 500 tons
per month.

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Ennnis-Flint
Dallas, Texas/USA
ennistraffic.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1996
REVENUE: $405 million
MARKETS SERVED
Traffic marking paint

KEY EXECUTIVES
Bryce Anderson, chairman; Steve Vetter,
chief executive officer; John Midea,
president; Matt Soule, chief financial
officer.

n 2012, Ennis Traffic Safety Solutions and Flint Trading, Inc.

merged to become Ennis-Flint, a worldwide leader in the traffic
safety and pavement marking industry. By combining the knowledge, experience and expertise of two dynamic market forces into
a single company, Ennis-Flint provides a comprehensive lineup of
pavement marking solutions.
Ennis Traffic Safety Solutions is a global provider of pavement
marking materials and traffic safety products. Headquartered in
Dallas, TX the companys traffic paint business recorded sales
of approximately $405 mn in 2012. Ennis operates 14 facilities
worldwide, including the U.S., Canada, the UK, Turkey, Italy
and Australia.

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Betek Boya San.

ve Tic. AS
Istanbul, Turkey
www.betek.com.tr

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1988
REVENUE: $433 million
MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings Adhesives
Industrial coatings

Thermal insulation Wood coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Gozde Akpinar, chairman; board members:
Tayfun Kucukoglu, general manager;
Sevim Yeltekin, VP finance.

etek Boya ve Kimya Sanayi AS, whose name is the combination of the first syllables of the Turkish words Beton
(meaning concrete) and Teknoloji (meaning technology), was founded in 1988. Betek entered the decorative paints
industry in 1993 through its technological cooperation with DAW.
This partnership became a milestone both for Betek and the Turkish
paint industry. Betek was the first Turkish paint company to commence production with a European partner.
Over the last ten years, Betek has been known as the leading and
innovative company in Turkey, producing coatings with the highest
quality standards. Since 2001, Betek has been the market leader in
the industry with its multi-brand strategy, which is being delivered
to more than 5,00 retail outlets and 1,000 employees.

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Carpoly Chemical
Group
Jiangmen, China
www.carpoly.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1993
REVENUE: $368 million
MARKETS SERVED
Architectural and Industrial

KEY EXECUTIVES
Qiming Qiu, chairman
and president; Shuchao
Cao, vice chairman of the
board and group general
manager; Changhuai
Zhou, marketing director;

Daimin Wang, technical director;

General division managers:
Wenhua Zhao, furniture coatings
division; Dewu Liao, decorative
coatings, retail; Lide Xu,
decorative coatings, project.

ince 1999, Carpoly has been offering products and services to

the furniture and decorative paints market. Carpoly recorded
net sales revenue of $368 mn in 2012. This was an increase of
more than ten percent. The company has 2,500 employees and five
production facilities located in Guangdong, Shanghai and Sichuan.
The company has approximately 2,100 direct distributors and more
than 14,300 points of sales throughout China. In 2013, Carpoly
expects the China coating industry will face both challenges and
opportunities. On the one hand there is low industrial concentration and the homogenization of competition. On the other hand, the
steady recovery of the Chinese economy and the emergence of new
industries will provide a broad market for the coatings industry.

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Lord Corporation
Cary, North Carolina
USA
www.lord.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1919
REVENUE: $355 million
MARKETS SERVED
Automotive aftermarket

adhesives Industrial
metal bonding
adhesives Corrosion
control coatings
High performance/heat
reflective coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Richard McNeel, chairman,
president and CEO; Jack De Leon,
COO; Sharon Williams, senior VP,
strategy and market development;
Ed Auslander, VP, global business
management.

ord Corp. produces and sells general purpose and specialty

adhesives and coatings. It recorded coatings and adhesives
sales of approximately $355 million. Lord Fusor aftermarket adhesives are used to return vehicles to pre-accident condition
and include adhesives for bonding, metals and plastics, seam sealers
and acoustical foams. Lords industrial metal bonding adhesives can
replace welds, rivets, screws, tape and other traditional fastening
methods. Lord also has a line of elastomer bonding formulations
that can accommodate commercially available elastomers, diverse
metals and rigid plastic substrates. Lord manufactures corrosion
control coatings, specifically the MetalJacket line of coatings that
protects substrates against corrosion and improves bonding properties. Lord also offers heat reflective coatings.

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Musashi Paint
Co. Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
musashipaint.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1958
REVENUE: $350 million

KEY EXECUTIVES
Shuhei Fukui, president; Shusaku
Tomisawa, director; Yutaka Soma,
director.

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PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1948
REVENUE: $353 million
MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings

Industrial coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Pekka Rantamaki, CEO; Soile Haavisto,
financial director; Raimo Anjala, managing
director.

eknos Group Oy is the leading supplier of industrial coatings in Scandinavia with a strong position in retail and architectural coatings too. Teknos is one of Finlands largest
family-owned businesses. Group companies operate in Scandinavia,
Germany, the UK, Poland, Slovenia and Russia, and through a wellestablished network of agents and representatives in approximately
20 other European countries. In 2012 Teknos announced that it
will build a paint plant in St. Petersburg, Russia. The plant will
produce liquid paints and powder coatings. The plant is expected to
begin operating in 2014. Teknos launched Timantti Clean, a semimatte waterborne acrylate dispersion paint for surfaces requiring
high hygiene levels. Teknos also launched Teknofloor Aqua, a new
waterborne single-component paint for concrete and wooden floors.

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Noroo Paint
Co. Ltd.
Anyang-Si, South Korea
www.noroo.co.kr

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2006
REVENUE: $344 million

MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings
Industrial coatings
Automotive refinishes
KEY EXECUTIVES
Soo-Kyoung Kim, COO.

MARKETS SERVED
Plastic coatings

usashi Paint Company Co., Ltd. manufactures and distributes coatings for household appliances, electronic
devices, information technology devices and industrial
products. It specializes in synthetic resin paints. The company provides touch feel, PRTR law adherent, water-based, UV, acrylic silicon, functional and special primer coatings, as well as coatings for
molded plastics, laser etching and metal materials. In addition, it
offers coatings for information/telecommunication devices, including mobile phones, laptop computers and digital cameras; coatings
for household appliances, such as plasma/LCD televisions, DVD
players, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, dehumidifiers and air cleaners; and coatings for automobile devices, including navigation systems. Musashi Paint Company offers its products through dealers
in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the UK and U.S.

Teknos Group Oy
Helsinki, Finland
www.teknos.com

oroo Paint Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale

of paints and coatings worldwide. Its products include
architectural coatings, which comprise natural paint,
general coatings, functional coatings and Decopia; waterproof
and floor coatings; decorative coatings, such as lacquers, polyurethane paints, cracking paints, wood stain, and firekeeper; primer
and topcoat heavy duty coatings; and industrial coatings, including
metal coatings and pattern finishes. The company also offers coating equipment; and coatings for auto refinishes and plastic finishes,
as well as coil coatings. Noroo Paint Co. was founded in 2006, is
headquartered in Anyang-Si, South Korea and posted sales of $344
mn in 2012. Architectural coatings account for 40 percent of sales
while industrial coatings make up 16 percent and automotive refinishes 15 percent.

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Nihon Tokushu
Toryo Co. Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
www.nttoryo.co.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1929
REVENUE: $342 million
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings

Performance coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Masahiro Nojima,
president, representative
director; Makio Sakai,
managing director, chief
director of automobile

product business, president of

subsidiary; Jun Taya, managing
director, chief director of
operation, director of general
affairs; Takehiro Toyoshima,
chief director of painting
materials business, director..

ihon Tokushu Toryo Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based manufacturing company that operates in two business segments.
The Paint-related segment manufactures and sells paints
and soundproof materials. This segment is also involved in the
paint-related and soundproof material-related construction work.
The Automobile Product-related segment manufactures and sells automotive soundproof materials, such as damping materials, acoustic
absorbents and sound insulators, as well as antirust materials. Additionally, the segment is also engaged in the research and development of automobile acoustics. The Company has nine subsidiaries
and ten associated companies in Japan, as well as overseas markets,
including the U.S., Thailand, China and Singapore. The company
was founded in 1929, is headquartered in Tokyo and recorded sales
of $342 mn in 2012.

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Flugger Group
Roedovre, Denmark
www.flugger.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1785
REVENUE: $323.4 million
MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Soeren Peschardt Olesen, CEO; Paul Wulff,
CFO; Claus Bjoern, group sales director;
Steen Hoff, group supply chain director;
Ulf Schnack, group manager and main
shareholder.

lgger Group is one of Scandinavias largest suppliers of decorative paint, wood stain, wallcoverings, paint tools and cleaning articles. Flgger Group is represented by Flgger shops in
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Poland and China. Its subsidiary DAY-system contributes with sales from 214 shops in Denmark,
Norway and Sweden. Another company, PP Mester Maling, has 41
shops in Denmark. The company has five factories; the two main
ones are in Kolding, Denmark and Bollebygd, Sweden. Here Flugger
produces paint, wood stain, fillers and chemical products. In Kolding it produces 20 million liters of water-based paints per year. In
Bollebygd, Flugger produces 24 million liters of both water-based
and turpentine-based paint per year. With origins that date back to
1785, the company generated sales of $323.4 mn in 2012.

Top Companies

Kunsul Chemical
Industrial Co. Ltd.
Pusan, South Korea
www.jebi.co.kr

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1945
REVENUE: $324 million
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings

Industrial coatings
Marine and protective coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Sung Ho Hwang, chairman and CEO;
Gyeong Tai Shin, president; Managing
directors: Sang Kun Lee; Jae Hui Kim;
Dong Hyeon Cho; Seung Hwan Shin.

unsul Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. offers a range of products, including architectural coatings for concrete, plaster,
slate and cement mortar surfaces, as well as for vehicles,
machinery, buildings, glass and furniture; general industrial coatings for various applications, such as wood, steel furniture, electric
home appliance, machinery, engineering plastics, steel products
and decorative home appliance; wood coatings for furniture, general wooden materials, and musical instruments; and powder coatings for decoration and protection, interior use, home appliances,
and architectural use. It also provides plastic coatings; marine and
heavy duty protective coatings for various applications, including
fuel oil tank, ballast water tank, bilge well, land, marine structure,
deck, and paint for ship bottom, interior, and exterior; and automotive refinishes.

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Tiger Coatings
Wels, Austria
www.tiger-coatings.com

PRIVATECOMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1930
REVENUE: $297 million
MARKETS SERVED
Powder coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Kurt Berghofer, CEO; Clemens Steiner,
CEO; Reinhold Freiseisen, CFO; Christian
Ebenberger, marketing director; Technical
directors: Gerd Schlager and Thomas
Schmidt.

iger Coatings produces powder coatings for industrial applications and lacquers for the DIY market. Its powder
coatings are used in a wide variety of markets such as architecture, automotive, construction and furniture. Tiger Coatings offers products such as Tiger Drylac Powder Coatings and Tiger Inkjet
Inks. The company markets its products in Austria, Egypt, Brazil,
China, Canada, Mexico, the U.S., Vietnam, Belarus, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, India, Croatia, Latvia/
Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and Ukraine. Tiger Coatings was founded in 1930
and is based in Wels, Austria with manufacturing facilities in Austria, Egypt, Brazil, China, Canada, Mexico, the U.S. and Vietnam.

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TOA Group
Bangkok, Thailand
www.toagroup.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1957
REVENUE: $290 million
MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings

Marine and protective coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Arsa Sarasin, honorary chairman; Prachak
Tangkaravakoon, president; Motoo
Horiguchi, senior executive VP; Rams Das
Ahuja, executive VP

OA is the leading supplier of decorative coatings in Thailand with an estimated market share of 50 percent. The
company manufactures products that cater to the mid-tier
and premium-tier markets. The TOA Group of companies includes
TOA Paint Thailand, which is TOAs 100 percent Thai-owned main
base of operation; TOA-Chugoku Paint, a joint venture between
TOA Paint Thailand and Chugoku Marine Paint; TOA Union Paint
Thailand, a joint venture company with Japanese-based wood coatings producer Union Paint; TOA Vietnam; Shanghai-TOA Paint;
and TOA Paint Malaysia. TOAs product portfolio includes the recently launched Ultra Premium Generation of coatings, including
Supershield with self cleaning acrylic technology; and Supershield
Duraclean, developed with advance acrylic technology under the
companys Hygenic Formula.

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JW Ostendorf
Coesfeld, Germany
www.jwo.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1948
REVENUE: $265 million
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Michael Ostendorf, manager; Gerald
Schaefer, manager; Martin Friedrich,
manager; Christoph Koch, director of
finance.

stendorf GmbH & Co. KG (JWO) has been producing

paints, varnishes, lacquers and enamels since 1948 for
a variety of applications and recorded sales in 2012 of
approximately $265 million. It has its affiliates in Great Britain,
Poland, Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland, France and Hungary. It has a production capacity of more than 500 million liters
per year and a staff of 800. It operates an integrated production
and logistics facility at its headquarters in Coesfeld where it produces paints, trim and stains in one of Europes most modern
paint factories. In October of 2012 J.W Ostendorf took over all
corporate shares of the French paint producer Renaulac. With
this acquisition JWO strengthens its path of profitable growth,
diversification and internationalism.

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Dunn Edwards
Los Angeles, California
USA
www.dunnedwards.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1925
REVENUE: $290 million
MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings
Industrial coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Ken Altergott, president & CEO; Robert Hill,
ex. VP and CFO; Nicholas J. Hess, sr. VP,
operations; Mark Alling - VP, manufacturing;
Darlene Mitchell - VP/ CIO; Mark Minamyer
VP, product development QA; Timothy P.
Bosveld,VP, marketing.

unn-Edwards, founded in 1925, operates more than 110

stores in five western states: California, Arizona, New
Mexico, Nevada and Texas. It supplies architectural and
industrial coatings, providing a complete line of paints and professional painting supplies to architects, designers, painting contractors, homebuilders and property managers in the Southwest;
it also serves do-it-yourselfers, although professionals account for
a majority of sales. In June 2011 Dunn-Edwards consolidated its
manufacturing and distribution operations by opening a new paint
manufacturing facility in Phoenix, AZ. The plant has garnered
numerous awards while also greatly increasing Dunn-Edwards capacity and ability to produce paint for third parties. In May 2012,
Dunn-Edwards improved its Suprema premium interior, ultra-low
VOC, acrylic latex paint line.

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CIN Group
Maia, Portugal
www.cin.pt

PUBLIC COMPANY
MARKETS SERVED
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1926 Architectural coatings
Automotive refinish
REVENUE: $258 million
Industrial coatings
Protective coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Antonio Serrenho, honorary
chairman; Joao Serrenho,
chairman and CEO; Angelo
Machado, board member;
Fernando Jorge Ferreira, CFO;
Joo Machado, tech director.

IN (Corporao Industrial do Norte S.A.) is a Portuguese

paint and coatings company, established in 1926, acting in
Portugal, Spain, France, Angola, Mozambique and Cape
Verde and looking to extend its activities to other countries in Europe, Africa and South America. In 2012, sales have decreased by
12 percent from $293 to $258 million due to a severe contraction of
economic activity in Europe. Significant growth was achieved outside Europe, but still it could not offset the negative impact of European sales decrease. For several years now, CIN has been the Iberian
paint and coatings market leader and it still tops the Iberian ranking
in 2012. The main business is architectural coatings (56 percent),
followed by industrial (33 percent) and protective coatings (11percent) and a smaller business unit of automotive refinish paints.

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Yasar
Izmir, Turkey
www.dyo.com.tr

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1927
REVENUE: $255 million
MARKETS SERVED
Construction paints Industrial paints

Furniture paints Automotive paints

Marine paints
KEY EXECUTIVES
Selcuk Yasar, president of Yasar Holding;
Hasan Denizkurdu, CEO.

yo Boya dates back to the opening of a paint shop in

Seritciler Carss by Durmus Yasar in 1927. Turkeys first
paint was produced by Yasar in 1941 and was followed
with the opening of the countrys first and then only coatings factory
in 1954. A member of Yasar Holding, Yasar Coatings Groups five
companies led by Dyo Boya serves the market with 1,000 different
products. Under the brand names Dyo and Dewilux, Yasar Coatings Group employs approximately 1,100 people and exports its
products to 40 countries. The groups export markets are located
primarily in Central Asia, the Middle East, Europa and Russia. The
company is active in the decorative, marine and industrial paints
sectors as well as car refinishes, furniture paints and lacquers.

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Tohpe
Sakai City, Japan
www.tohpe.co.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1915
REVENUE: $244 million
MARKETS SERVED
Onshore coatings Marine coatings

Automotive coatings Decorative

coatings Adhesives
KEY EXECUTIVES
Shiwaku Hiroshi, president and CEO; Kato
Kazutami, executive vice president; Nanping
Tadatoshi, outside director; Esashi Junichi,
paint business director.

ohpe Corporation is a Japan-based manufacturer that supplies paints and other chemical products. Its paints include
synthetic resin paints, lacquers, water-based paints, oilbased paints and thinners. The companys chemical products include
synthetic resin adhesive processing agents and synthetic rubber. Additionally, it is involved in the paint related construction activities.
The company has 12 subsidiaries and five associated companies. Its
offers architectural coatings, exterior paints, steel coatings, concrete
protective coatings, marine paints, industrial paints and road paints.
In addition, it involves in exterior painting contract and building
construction works, as well as in the sale of paint-related equipment.
The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Sakai
City, Japan.

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Kelly-Moore
San Carlos, California/
USA
www.kellymoore.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1946
REVENUE: $250 million

Industrial coatings
OEM coatings (non-automotive)
KEY EXECUTIVES
Steve DeVoe, pres. and CEO; Mark Zielinski,
VP of sales and bus. devpt; Mike Black, VP
of store operations; Todd Wirdzek, VP of
product development; Ryan Arakaki, dir. mkt.

MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings

n 2012 Kelly-Moore was given the 2012 Excellance Award for

Retail Innovation from PivotLink, the leading provider of retail performance management solutions delivered via Software
as a Service. The award recognized Kelly-Moore as an outstanding
example of an analytics-driven company. Kelly-Moore introduced
Enviro Coat Reflective 1545, an architectural coatings designed to
reflect the suns radiant heat, according to the company. This ecofunctional, exterior 100 percent acrylic eggshell paint lowers external wall temperature, allowing homeowners and building operators
to minimize air conditioning usage and save money on utility bills.
When applied to vertical outside walls, it deflects a portion of the
suns radiant heat away from the building. Its infrared-reflective
technology employs pigments preventing infrared radiant heat from
absorbing into the film and wall, thus keeping exterior walls cooler.

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Pacific Paint Boysen

Quezon City, Phillippines
www.boysenpaints.com.

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1953
REVENUE: $230 million
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings Industrial coatings

Marine coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Willy Ong, president; Johnson Ongking,
vice president; Ruben Cueto, marketing
manager; Romy Bautista, technical
services manager; Catherine Ramirez,
technical director.

alter Neal Boysen founded Boysen Paints in Oakland,

CA in 1926. After expanding the brand across the U.S.,
Boysen Paints was introduced to Asia in the 1960s. It
has given Pacific Paints the license to manufacture its premium paint
products. The growing market share in Asia and the Pacific, especially in the Philippine market, necessitated the creation of a fully
integrated state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Cavite, Philippines, said to be the most modern paint factory in Southeast Asia.
In 2011, Atlantic Coatings, Inc. (ACI), contract manufacturer of Pacific Paint (Boysen) Philippines Inc., the leading architectural paint
company in the country, further strengthened its green credentials
with two environmental awards.

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Rock Paint
Osaka, Japan
www.rockpaint.co.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1952
REVENUE: $229.4 million
MARKETS SERVED
Automotive coatings Industrial coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Togo Utsumi, CEO, president,
representative director; Fujio Hara,
senior managing director; Yuji Ikeya,
representative senior managing director;
Toshio Otsuki, managing director

ock Paint Co. Ltd. offers automotive refinish paints, building paints, industrial paints and home use paints. The company is among the leading manufacturers of automotive
refinish paints in Japan. Rock manufactures coatings in a wide range
of colors, with an especially wide variety of pearls and metallics.
These include brands such as its Panarock Mars 2K series, Rockace and Hirock. Rock Paint has recently introduced a one-package
type basecoat called Pro Touch as part of an effort to continually
advance and improve its line of products. Responding to movements
aiming to reduce levels of VOCs in paint products, Rock Paint set
out early to develop waterborne automotive refinish paints. As a
result, general sales for a product called Waterbase have been initiated. Rock Paint Co. was established in 1952 and is based in Osaka,
Japan. The firm recorded sales in 2012 of $229.4 mn.

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Renner Sayerlack
Cajamar, Brazil
www.sayerlack.com.br

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1968
REVENUE: $225 million

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1933
REVENUE: $225,550 million

Ryuhei Tamamura, president; Sumio

Hashimoto, executive sr managing director.

hinto Paint Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture, processing

and sale of paints, adhesives, pigments, synthetic fats/oils, fats/
oils, and chemicals in Japan. In addition, the company designs,
implements, and supervises painting work and other various construction work, as well as related technical supervision. Further,
it engages in contracting of installation work for painting facilities; and related machinery equipment, tools, and devices, as well
as design and supervision of such installation work. The company
provides maintenance coatings for protection against rust and corrosion to nuclear power stations, chemical plants, petroleum refinery
plants, water and sewage treatment plants, and paper mills, as well
as large-sized steel structures, such as ships, drilling rigs, offshore
platforms, and other ocean development plants. Shinto Paint Co.
was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Amagasaki, Japan.

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Tambour
Nethanya, Israel
www.tambourpaints.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1936
REVENUE: $223 million

KEY EXECUTIVES

MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings

enner Sayerlack S.A. manufactures and distributes wood finishing and marine coatings and paints. It is the largest and
most specialized wood coating company in Latin America.
Formerly known as Sayerlack, it changed its name to Renner Sayerlack S.A. in January 2001 after the merger of Tintas Renner and
Sayerlack Industria Brasileira de Vernizes.
The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Cajamar,
Brazil. With sales estimated in the $225 mn range, Renner Sayerlack claims to control approximately 50 percent of the Brazilian
wood finishing market, as the largest player in the segment in Latin
America. The companys primary wood finishes manufacturing facility is in Cajamar, Sao Paulo state, and it operates another in
Minerbio, Italy.

Industrial coatings
Automotive OEM
KEY EXECUTIVES

MARKETS SERVED
Automotive coatings

MARKETS SERVED
Wood coatings
Marine coatings

Alexandre Cenacchi, chairman of the board.

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Shinto
Amagasaki, Japan
www.shintopaint.co.jp

Industrial coatings Powder coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Michael Dayan, CEO; Micha Scharir,
vice president and financial director; Ronen
Kayzerman, international marketing director.

ounded in 1936, Tambour is the largest Israeli paint manufacturer. The firm operates six production facilities in Israel
for architectural paints, industrial paints, powder coatings,
printing inks, acrylic emulsion, resins and other coatings. Production capacity is approximately 90 million liters per year. Tambour
said it has been watching trends not only for color forecasting,
but also for the research and development of new paint products,
especially in the category of faux finishes and special effects. In
light of the success of this methodology in the decorative market,
Tambour decided to introduce it to the industrial market as well
and created a unique cooperation with Klil Industriesthe leading
company in Israel for Aluminum framings. Tambours revenue for
2012 was $223 mn.

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Yung Chi
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
www.rainbowpaint.
com.tw

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1951
REVENUE: $215 million
MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings

Marine coatings

Industrial coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Te-Hsiung Chang, president; T.J Chang,
general manager; Anthony Lin, manager.

ung Chi Paint & Varnish Manufacturing Co., Ltd. manufactures architectural coatings, heavy-duty coatings, marine
paints, coil coatings, can coatings, nuclear coatings and curtain wall coatings primarily in Taiwan. The firm also manufactures
and sells fire-retardant and fire protection coatings. In 2009, the
companys Malaysia Melaka factory started production for coil
coatings. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered
in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan and recorded sales of $215 mn in 2012
and has approximately 600 employees. In the architectural segment
the company provides solvent-based acrylic paints, water-based
cement mortar paints, dirt off exterior acrylic emulsion paints,
water-based elastomeric paints, and water-based epoxy topcoats.
Heavy-duty coatings include epoxy paints, ready-mixed paints, toplong paints and polyurethane paints.

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Kikusui Chemical
Nagoya, Japan
www.kikusui-chem.jp.

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1959
REVENUE: $200 million
MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Masato Tooyama, president, GM of
construction paint division, GM of strategic
planning division, manager of ceramic
business department and representative;
Hitoshi Yamaguchi, sr. manager director.

ikusui Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. engages in the production and sale of architectural coatings, specialty functional
materials, construction materials, and civil engineering materials. The company offers ceramics, building materials, paints and
crushed natural decorative material sheets. In addition, it involves
in the manufacture and sale of machinery and equipment. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan.
Under the slogan, Work in Harmony with Nature, Work for the
Benefit of People, Kikusui manufactures water-based and organicsolvent-free architectural paints and uses its own methods to minimize drainage and waste generated during the production process.
In addition, the company deals with natural paints from Germany
and allergy-free paints from Sweden.

Top Companies

Taiho Paint
Dongguan, China
www.taihopaint.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1992
REVENUE: $210.666 million

General industrial and industrial

maintenance Wood coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES

MARKETS SERVED
Architectural and decorative coatings

Chen Ho Sheng, chairman; Tochiaki

Ogasawara, president.

aiho Paint (China) includes Taiho Paint (Dongguan),

Taiho Paint (Shanghai), Taiho Paint (Japan) and Taiho
Paint (Taiwan). Together these operations generated revenue $210.666 mn in 2012. The largest of these operations is in
Dongguan, which also serves as the companys headquarters and
employs 1,132 people. Shanghai employs 218, Japan 60 and Taiwan 30. General industrial and industrial maintenance, including
wood coatings, make up 73 percent of revenue while the remaining
27 percent is attributed to architectural and decorative coatings
sales. In 2011 Taiho Paint (Dongguan) invested approximately
$2 million to expand production capacity by 50,000 tons. After
implementation of the this increase, total production capacity for
all of Taiho Paints operations is expected to grow past 200,000
tons per year.

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Grebe Group
Weilburg, Germany
www.grebe-group.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1936
REVENUE: $200 million
MARKETS SERVED
Industrial coatings
OEM coatings (non-automotive)

KEY EXECUTIVES
Helmut Tappe, CEO Grebe Group; Dr.
Manfred Becker, management board;
Frank Glaser, management board; Tim
Rand, Weilburger Coatings; Uwe Diener,
marketing director.

oatings World estimated that The Grebe Group recorded

sales of approximately $200 mn in 2012. Industrial coatings accounted for 40 percent of sales, non-automotive
OEM applications accounted for 40 percent and rail and defense
applications accounted for 20 percent. For household articles the
firm offers Greblon non-stick coatings and decorative, temperatureresistant coatings. For the stove industry it offers high-temperature
resistant coatings. For general industry applications Grebe offers
coating systems for metals, plastics and glass in applications such
as sewage pipes, household appliances, rail vehicles, mobile phones
and defense technology. The group operates facilities in Germany,
UK, Italy, Poland, China, Hong Kong Indonesia, India and Japan.

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Looser
Holding AG
Arbon, Switzerland
wwwlooserholding.ch

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1932
REVENUE: $192.9 million
MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings Industrial
coatings Automotive OEM Auto

refinish Wood coatings Non-stick

coatings Packaging coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Thomas Lozser, CEO; Pascal Rentzmann,
group controller.

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PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1917
REVENUE: $185 million
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings Industrial coatings
Marine coatings
Powder coatings

he Coatings Group of Arbon, Switzerland-based Looser

Holding AG in 2012 recorded sales of $192.9 mn, the majority of which came from sales of wood coatings, which
represents 54 percent of total coatings revenue. The approximate
percent of sales for the other segments include: packaging coatings 18 percent; non-stick/low-friction coatings 16 percent; and
industrial coatings 12 percent. The Coatings Division is home to
the Treffert Group, Feyco Group, ILAG Group, Schekolin AG and
Feycolor Group who make coating for wood, plastic, metal, stone
and glass for industrial and commercial use. These companies operations are spread throughout Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the
rest of Europe, China, South East Asia and the U.S. The Coatings
Division employs 600 personnel at its nine production facilities and
labs around the world.

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Whitford Corp.
Elverson, Pennsylvania
USA
whitfordww.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1969
REVENUE: $180 million
MARKETS SERVED

KEY EXECUTIVES

Industrial coatings Automotive coatings

Powder coatings Houseware coatings

David P. Willis Jr., president; Tom Sheehan,

CFO; Rich Hobbs, managing director.

Electrical component coatings

Non-stick coatings Packaging coatings

hitford Corporation is a manufacturer of one of the

worlds largest line of fluoropolymer coatings. Whitfords story began in 1969 when the founders created
its first productXylan 1010which remains one of the companys
most popular products today. The firms wide range of products
serves the industrial, automotive, powder coatings, houseware ,
electrical component and sol-gel markets. Whitford operates nine
manufacturing facilities worldwide in the U.S., the UK, Brazil, India,
China, Singapore and Italy. In 2011 Whitford opened its factory in
Bangalore, one of Indias fastest-growing and most dynamic cities.
On the new technology front, Whitford has broken new ground
with its recently launched Eterna Colors, QuanTanium colors, Fusion colors and Fusion X for exteriors.

Industrias Titan
Barcelona, Spain
www.titanlux.com
Fine arts materials
KEY EXECUTIVES
Jos Farrs Pere, CEO; Jaime Carbonell Petit,
financial general manager; Antonio Vilaseca
Martinez, technical director; and Jose
Fernndez, manager for powder coatings.

ince it was founded in 1917 in Barcelona, Industrias Titan has

produced paints, enamels, varnishes, powder coatings, colors
for fine arts and handicrafts, as well as ancillary products. Its
present installations have a total area of 120,000 square meters and
are located in El Prat de Llobregat, which is within the metropolitan area of Barcelona. It has fourteen commercial delegations, six
production plants in Spain, one in Portugal and one in Morocco. In
recent years Industrias Titan has focused its efforts on making its
products more environmental friendly, right through from product
conception to the end user stage. Many of its products have been
awarded with the European Ecological Label.

Ace Paint
Oakbrook, Illionois
USA
www/acehardware.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1926
REVENUE: $175 million

MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Ray Griffith, president and CEO; Dave
Zieglar, chairman.

or its first 50 years in business, Ace was privately held. In

1976, Ace became a retailer-owned cooperative. Each store
is independently owned and operated by local entrepreneurs.
Today, Ace is the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the hardware industry in terms of wholesale and retail sales and strength
of the brand. Aces 4,600 stores in all 50 states and more than 60
countries generate annual retail sales of approximately $12 billion.
Headquartered in Oak Brook, IL, Ace currently operates 14 distribution centers in the U.S. and one in Shanghai, China. Ace employs
approximately 4,500 corporate team members worldwide and has
four regional offices, located in Raleigh, NC; Atlanta, GA; Denver,
CO; and Woodridge, IL. The Ace Paint division generated sales of
approximately $175 mn in 2012.

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Cloverdale Paint
Surrey, British Columbia,
Canada
cloverdalepaint.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1933
REVENUE: $171 million
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings Industrial coatings

Wood finishes Marine coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Charles Mordy, CEO; Alex Orody, COO;
Martin McKenna.

loverdale Paint maintains more than 100 retail stores and

a network of dealer outlets across Western Canada and the
Pacific Northwest. The firm manufactures architectural and
industrial maintenance products. Directly and through subsidiary
companies in Calgary, Alberta (Far-go Paint Inc.) and Portland, OR
(Rodda Paint Company), Cloverdale operates manufacturing plants
in Surrey, Portland, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Calgary. In terms of
acquisitions, Cloverdale most recently bought Guertin Coatings of
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, which produces liquid and powder
industrial coatings, resins, sealants and adhesives in a 78,000 square
foot facility in Winnipeg.

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Russian Coatings
Yaroslavle, Russia
www.ruskraski.ru

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1838
REVENUE: $159.3 million

OEM coatings Industrial coatings

Automotive refinishes Powder coatings

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Kapci Coatings
Port Said, Eqypt
www.kapci.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1985
REVENUE: $169.9 million
MARKETS SERVED
Automotive refinish Decorative paints

Valeriy Abramov, CEO; Philipp Savelyev,

director of economics.

ussian Coatings has been gradually increasing its sales volume. In 2012 the growth of sales volume was 9.1 percent.
The production volume amounted to 96 percent in tons due
to the sales decrease of decorative-building materials based on organic solvents. Considerable growth of water material sales volume
allowed this business to keep the volume of realization at the level of
last year. BRITE Hausweiss products (made with Teflon technology)
and PREMIA products (antimicrobic paint with ions of silver) saw
growth. Automobile OEM business also increased its sales volume
by 16 percent. The process of localization of OEM materials for the
Dupont Russian Coatings JV is one of the strategic goals of the further development of this business. The share of localized products
in the volume of automotive paints in 2012 constituted 84 percent.

Wood finishes
KEY EXECUTIVES
Mohamed Mohamed Ahmed El-Sayed, CEO;
Amr Mohamed El-Sayed, commercial director;
Lotfy Hassan El-Badrawy, R&D director

he company was founded in 1985 under the name Kantara

Paints and Chemical Industries specializing in car refinish
paints. In 2002 the company opened its current headquarters located in Port Said and changed its name to Kapci Coatings.
In 2012 Kapci generated revenue of $169.9 mn. Car refinishes
accounted for 52 percent of sales; architectural and decorative
coatings 32 percent; and wood finishes accounted for the remaining percentages. Kapci Coatings production facility is located on
210,000 square meters of space where the company has an annual
production capacity of roughly 80,000 tons per year. Kapci Coatings is currently exporting its paint products to more than 42 countries around the world. It has four branches in China, India, Brazil
and the UAE. Kapci recently launched Kapci Dima, a waterborne
based coating.

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NOF Metal
Coatings
nofmetalcoatings.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1974
REVENUE: $ 159,275 million

KEY EXECUTIVES
MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings Automotive

Top Companies

MARKETS SERVED
Corrosion protection coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Mr. Poulet, president and CEO, Europe;
Mr. Mizobe, president and CEO, Japan; Mr.
Masuda, president, USA; Mr. Ros, sales and
marketing director, Europe; Mr Kagehara,
Sales and Marketing Director for Asia Pacific.

OF Corp.is a Japanese chemical company and the holding

company of NOF Metal Coatings Group, which includes
NOF Metal Coatings Europe (Creil, France); NOF Metal
Coatings North America (Chardon, OH); NOF Metal Coatings Asia
Pacific (Kawasaki, Japan); NOF Metal Coatings China (Shanghai);
NOF Metal Coatings Korea (Seoul); and NOF Metal Coatings
South America (Sao Paulo, Brazil). NOF Metal Coatings Group had
sales of $159.275 mn in 2012. The group is primarily engaged in the
manufacture of corrosion control coatings for the automotive OEM
segment, which was responsible for 90 percent of group revenue. In
2012, the company opened Worldwide Training Centre for educaiton in the field of zinc-flake anticorrosion technology. In 2012 NOF
launched two new topcoats, Plus VLh and Geokote.

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Natoco
Miyoshi, Japan
www.natoco.co.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1948
REVENUE: $158.685 million

Industrial coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Kenji Kasuya, president and representative
director; Susumu Kawakami, senior managing
director and executive director.

MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings

atoco Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of

fine chemicals and paints. It offers synthetic resin paints
and inks. The company primarily provides coatings for
metal, building and other functional materials, as well as related
equipment. It also engages in the transportation of the industrial
waste. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in
Miyoshi, Japan and operates in three business segments. The paint
segment is involved in the manufacture and sale of synthetic resin
paints, thinners and paint-related products. The fine chemical segment manufactures and sells chemical products such as film-use
coating materials, as well as fine particles for liquid crystal displays
(LCDs), among others. The others segment is engaged in the collection and transportation of industrial waste products. Natoco has
two subsidiaries and one associated company.

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Diamond Vogel
Orange City, Iowa/USA
www.diamonvogel.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1926
REVENUE: $150 million
MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings Industrial coatings

Heavy duty coatings Traffic coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Drew Vogel, president and CEO; Doug Vogel,
vice president, decorative; Mark Vogel, vice
president, industrial.

iamond Vogel Paints is a family-owned, Midwestern-based

paint manufacturer and retailer headquartered in Orange
City, IA. The company operates seven manufacturing facilities and more than 80 service center outlets. The company is a
provider of liquid and powder coatings for industrial OEM applications, architectural paints for commercial and homeowner applications, and heavy-duty protective coatings for industrial maintenance
applications. Recently, Sciessent, creator of naturally occurring
silver-based antimicrobial brand Agion partnered with Diamond
Vogel to offer the Peridium Powder Coatings line. Agion technology
inhibits the growth and propagation of bacteria on the surface of a
product, adding an important layer of product protection to equipment and furnishings coated with the Peridium powder coating line.

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Chokwang
Busan, South Korea
chokwangpaint.co.kr

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1947
REVENUE: $153 million

Industrial coatings Powder coatings

Automotive refinishes

KEY EXECUTIVES
MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings

Wood coatings

Dae-Eun Lee, president and CEO; Ha-Ok Kim,

managing director of business planning.

hokwang Paint Limited manufactures paint products and

coatings in Korea. Its products include architectural paints,
interior paints, floor coatings and water floor paints, wood
coatings, industrial coatings, plastic coatings and auto refinish coatings, powder coatings, heavy-duty coatings, and DIY paints. In
addition, Chokwang provides a speed color system to each dealership it operates through, which can mix colors at customers request
within three minutes with an automatic color mixer controlled by
a computer. The company was formerly known as Chokwang Co.,
Inc. and subsequently changed its name to Chokwang Paint Limited.
Chokwang Paint Limited was founded in 1947 and is headquartered
in Busan, South Korea.

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Quest Specialty
Chemicals
Menomonee Falls, WI
www.questsc.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2001
REVENUE: $150 million

Industrial paints
Roof coatings and systems

KEY EXECUTIVES
MARKETS SERVED
Automotive refinish Aerosol paints

Doug Mattscheck, CEO and president; Rick

Martin, CFO; David Brunori, ex. VP and GM.

uest Specialty Chemicals manufacturers coatings designed

to repair, restore and preserve the assets of its customers.
Quest serves a variety of industries, including the automotive aftermarket, general industrial, and commercial re-roofing
markets. QSC is privately held and operates three wholly-owned
divisions: Quest Automotive Products, Quest Construction Products and Quest Industrial Products. In 2012 QSC launched a newly
renovated website. Together QSCs portfolio of coatings companies
generated $150 million of revenue in 2012. In June 2013 Quest
Specialty Chemicals announced the acquisition of U.S Chemical and
Plastics, joining Matrix Systems in the automotive division of Quest
Specialty Chemicals.

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Yips Chemical
Holdings Ltd.
Fanling, Hong Kong, China
www.yipsshc.com.hk

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1971
REVENUE: $146 million
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings Industrial coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Kam Yim Wong, CEO and executive director;
Chi Shing Ip, co-founder, executive chairman
and member of the board; Wai Man Li,
COO, executive director; Tsz Hin Yip, deputy
chairman, member of group management.

ips Chemical Holdings Limited engages in the manufacture and trading of petrochemical products primarily in the
Peoples Republic of China. The company operates in three
segments: Solvents, Coatings and Lubricants. The Coatings segment
engages in the production and marketing of domestic architectural
and industrial paints, inks, varnishes and resins for construction,
toys, electronics, furniture, food and gift packaging and printing industries. This segment offers paints under the Bauhinia, Adcoat and
Pak Lam Choice brand names; inks under Bauhinia Variegata brand
name; specialty varnishes under the Golaxxo brand name; and resins under the Da Chang brand name. The company was formerly
known as Hang Cheung Hong. Yips Chemical Holdings Limited
was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Fanling, Hong Kong.

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Origin Electric
Tokyo, Japan
www.origin.co.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1938
REVENUE: $145 million
MARKETS SERVED
Synthetic resin paints

Coatings for digital devices

KEY EXECUTIVES
Toshio Kashiwagi, president and director;
Minoru Fujisawa, managing director and GM
of coating operations division.

rigin Electric operates in three segments: Electronics, Mechatronics and Chemitronics. The Chemitronics division is
supported by metal surface treatment and surface plating
technologies as well as by its history of R&D in the fields of electronics and coating materials. Energy-saving measures jointly developed with other engineering groups have resulted in developments
being achieved in the field of synthetic resin paints. The company
operates in Japan, as well as in Taipei, Hong Kong, the U.S. and
China. Origin began developing paints in 1947 as a part of its surface processing research efforts creating highly functional paints, including paints used for plastic substrates, water-based paint/TX-free
paint and paints used for plated nonferrous metals. Applications
include auto interior and exterior parts, cell phones and computers.

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Asahipen
Osaka, Japan
www.asahipen.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1940
REVENUE: $145 million

Automotive coatings Decorative coatings

Adhesives

KEY EXECUTIVES
MARKETS SERVED
Onshore coatings Marine coatings

Takeshi Tanaka, president and chairman;

Tatsuo Nishi, managing director.

sahipen Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale

of various paints and coatings, painting tools and wallpaper
products in Japan. The company offers water-based, oilbased, anti-rust, spray, gloss varnish, wood, hobby craft and business paints. Asahipen Corporation markets its products through
dealers, government agencies, and other outlets in China, Hong
Kong, Taiwan, and southwestern Asia. The company was formerly
known as Asahi Paint Company and changed its name to Asahipen
Corporation in 1965. Asahipen Corporation was founded in 1940
and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Asahipen Groups are organized into many paint-manufacturing subsidiaries including Asahipen Corporation, Daiho Tokyo Inc., Asahipen America Inc. and
in the field of UV finishing it operates Trust Inc.

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Kayalar Kimya AS
Istanbul, Turkey; kayalarkimya.com.tr

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1976
REVENUE: $140.336 million
MARKETS SERVED

KEY EXECUTIVES
Ersin Kenan Kayalar, Tolga Kayalar, Zafar
Kayalar, Bahadur Baykar. Bedri Buyuktaskin,
marketing director; Zafer Memisiglu, technical
director.

Architectural coatings General industrial

coatings Wood coatings

ayalar Kimya possesses approximately 25 percent market

share of the Turkish furniture paint and varnish market.
Kayalar has two production plants, one in Istanbul, Turkey,
which opened in 2006 and the second one in Lucena, Spain.
Architectural coatings comprise 19 percent of Kaylar Kimyas
business, general industrial comprises one percent, wood comprises
47 percent and the remaining 33 percent is comprised of resins.
Kayalar recently entered into a joint venture with Noroo Company
for the industrial paint sector and acquired Gasla, a Spanish wood
coating company. Brands include Genc, Dufa, Genro Noroo and
Grasla.

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PACHIN
Cairo, Eqypt
www.pachin.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1958
REVENUE: $138.6 million
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative paints

Industrial paints

KEY EXECUTIVES
Huda A. Salah El-Din, chairperson; Eng.
Mohey El-Din Abdel Razek, CEO; Ashraf
El Kahky CFO; Adel Mohey El-Din, R&D
ex. director; Eng. Khaled Abdel Fattah,
operations executive manage.

ince its beginnings in 1958, Paints and Chemical Industries

(PACHIN) has been a pioneer in the Egyptian paint and coatings industry. Its core business is the production of various
types of architectural and decorative coatings, industrial paints,
printing inks and alkyd resins. In 2012 PACHIN reported revenue
of $138.6 mn. Of this, 85 percent of sales are in architectural/decorative; 6 percent in industrial paints; 6 percent in printing inks and
3 percent in alkyd resin. PACHIN maintains a strategic alliance
with the AkzoNobel in which PACHIN is licensed to manufacture
and sell various products on behalf of AkzoNobel under the Dulux
trademark. Recently PACHIN concluded an agreement to be the
sole distributor of Chugoku Marine Paints in Egypt. PACHIN also
has a strategic alliance with NovaColor, a leading Italian manufacturer of decorative products.

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ICA Group
Civitanova Marche, Italy
www.icaspa.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1971
REVENUE: $133 million
MARKETS SERVED
Industrial wood coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES
Alessandro Bascelli, export manager; Lorenzo
Lavarini, area manager; Federico Bastianelli,
area manager; Sandro Paniccia, marketing
director; Pierro and Fabio Paniccia, technical
directors.

CA Group unveiled in the My Gloss system. The new system

was conceived to fulfill the increasingly stringent requirements
of the furniture sector, which are based on the need to achieve
high-quality gloss coatings using cycles that have low levels of environmental impact. The final lacquered gloss effects of the My
Gloss system can be obtained both with colored basecoats and with
transparent gloss topcoats, and even directly with pigmented gloss
topcoats. Specifically, the My Gloss system is composed of versatile
products for the preparation of the base surface such as primers,
fillers and UV intermediates with 100 percent solid residue. Alongside these, there are water-based epoxy base coats. ICA said the
My Gloss system made it possible to reduce VOCs released into the
atmosphere during application by more than 90 percent.

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Samhwa Paints
Industrial Co. Ltd.
Seoul, South Korea
www.spi.co.kr

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1946
REVENUE: $133 million
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings Industrial coatings
Auto refinish coatings Powder coatings

Marine and protective

KEY EXECUTIVES
Jang Yeon Kim, chairman and CEO; Ja Hyun
Koo, VP and CEO production; Hak Heon Lee,
VP, management.

ounded in 1946, Samhwa Paints makes a wide range of

products from DIY paints to architectural paints, heavyduty coatings, marine paints and special industrial coatings
such as PCM coatings, car coatings, plastic coatings, UPE coatings, UV coatings and powder coatings. In 2012 Samhwa posted
sales of $133 mn. During the year the construction of the Samhwa
Research Institute in China was completed in Zhangjiagang Co.,
Ltd. and the Gwangju office of Samhwa Paints built a new office
building at Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City.
Also during the year the company set up a subsidiary in Vietnam in
Bac Ninh. This local subsidiary is expected to produce about 500
tons of paint annually, including paint for plastic products such
as mobile phones and vacuum cleaners as well as paints used for
covering high-quality structures.

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Empils
Rostov-on Don, Russia
www.empils.ru

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1991
REVENUE: $127 million
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings

Industrial coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Victor Stolbchenko, GM; Roman Setin,
GMs first deputy; Vadim Zaytsev, sales and
decorative coatings segment mng.

ith sales of approximately $127 mn in 2012, Empils is

Russias second-largest domestic manufacturer of paints
and coatings. The majority of Empils revenue is generated in the decorative coatings segment (~97 percent). The remaining sales come from industrial coatings operations. The company
markets the following brands on the Russian market: Empils industrial coatings; Rastsvet alkyd-based decorative coatings; Oreol
alkyd- and water-based decorative coatings; Oreol Titan special
alkyd-based coatings for metal; Oreol Garant water-based coatings for professional use; and Empils Krona alkyd- and water-based
coatings for wood protection. Empils operates one manufacturing
facility in its headquarters city of Rostov-on-Don.

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Atomix
Tokyo, Japan
www.atomix.co.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1937
REVENUE: $110 million
MARKETS SERVED
Floor coatings Roof coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1831
REVENUE: $109 million

Kazuyuki Kobayashi, director and president;

Koichi Kita, managing director and executive
manager of administration.

MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings Maine coatings

Swimming pool coatings Traffic paints

tomix Co. Ltd. manufactures various paints in Japan. It offers floor and roof coatings, waterproofing materials, swimming pool coatings, traffic and anti-skid paints, paint for
mapping systems, and paint to protect road structures from deterioration. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered
in Tokyo, Japan.

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Tnemec
Kansas City, Missouri
USA
www.tnemec.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1921
REVENUE: $100 million

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Boero Group
Genoa, Italy
www.gruppoboero.it

coatings Industrial coatings Floor

coatings Architectural coatings

Yacht coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Andreina Boero, president; Cristina
Cavalleroni, VP; Giorgio Rupnik, CEO; Olga
Bottaro, technical director.

oero Group is Italys paint and coatings leader in the markets its serves. Architectural and decorative paint brands
in the firms portfolio include Boero Colori; Rover Attiva;
and Grandi Superfici. Yacht brands include Boero Yacht Paint;
Veneziani Yachting and Attiva Marine. The marine category offers the Boat brand. Boero Group operates two manufacturing
facilities. Boero recently introduced Rovertherm coat systems for
energy efficiency in buildings and it also launched a water-based
wood coatings range.

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KEY EXECUTIVES
MARKETS SERVED
Water tank coatings Wastewater

Peter Cortelyou, president and CEO; Chase

Bean, executive VP; Terry Wallace, VP, sales.

Email the editor, Kerry Pianoforte

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ince 1921, Tnemec Company Inc. has been a leading manufacturer of high-performance architectural and industrial coatings
that protect a wide range of substrates and enhance aesthetics.
From water tanks and treatment plants, to manufacturing plants,
industrial facilities and specialty architectural buildings, Tnemec
coatings can be found protecting virtually all types of structures
and buildings. Tnemec operates three manufacturing facilities in the
U.S. in North Kansas City, MO, Baltimore, MD and Garland, TX.
During 2012 the first Readers Choice Corrosion Innovation of the
Year Award was presented by Materials Performance (MP) magazine, and Tnemecs Severe Wastewater Analysis Test, or S.W.A.T.,
was in the top ten nominations selected for recognition. Tnemec
generated approximately $100 mn in sales in 2012.

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Resins Supplier Directory FEATURE

Resins Supplier

DIRECTORY
Here is a look at the latest offerings from select resins suppliers. For more information on
the products listed, please contact the company directly.
AGC Chemicals Americas
Exton, PA
805-428-6743
Fax: 805-583-5917
[email protected]
www.lumiflonusa.com

Product name: AC 2736

Attributes/comments: A new clean self crosslinking multiphase
emulsion for clear and pigmented wood stains. AC 2736 is designed for high water vapor transmission rate and long open
time.

Resins offered: emulsions; high-solid resins; water thinned

resins

Arkema Coating Resins

Product name: LUMIFLON FD-1000 Water Dispersion Resin

Attributes/comments: FD-1000 offers the same outstanding
weatherability as standard solvent grades. FD-1000 can be formulated into 2-component coatings that meet all U.S. VOC and
HAPS regulations.

Resins offered: acrylic resins; acrylic-styrene emulsions; alkyd

resins; emulsions; hybrid resins; high-solid resins; polyester resins; TGIC resins; vinyl resins; water thinned resins

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Allentown, PA
800-345-3148
610-481-6799
Fax: 610-481-4381
[email protected]
www.airproducts.com

Cary, NC

Product name: SNAP 728 Nano-acrylic polymer

Attributes/comments: Exceptional hardness and gloss at zero
VOC

BASF Corporation
Wyandotte, MI
800-231-7868
Fax: 800-392-7429
[email protected]
basf.us/industrial coatings

Resins offered: epoxy hardeners; epoxy resins; polyamide resins

Product name: Ancarez AR555 Specialty Epoxy Resin
Attributes/comments: A zero-VOC waterborne epoxy resin that
delivers both excellent coalescence and fast-dry properties

Alberdingk Boley Inc.

Greensboro, NC
336-454-5000
Fax: 336-454-5007
[email protected]
www.alberdingkusa.com
Resins offered: acrylic-styrene emulsions; emulsions; polyurethane dispersions (PUDs)

Resins offered: acrylic resins; acrylic-styrene emulsions; alkyd

resins; amino; crosslinking; emulsions; epoxy hardeners; epoxy
resins; high-solid resins; polyamide resins; UV curing resins;
urethane/polyurethane resins
Product name: Joncryl 2980 Acrylic Self-Crosslinking Emulsion
Attributes/comments: Joncryl 2980 acrylic self-crosslinking emulsion provides a good balance of properties
for interior and exterior, clear and pigmented coatings on
concrete patios, garage floors and pavers. Benefits include
<100 g/L VOC with good balance of properties and ease
of application; good early water-blush resistance; good resistance to dirt, hot-tire pickup and chemicals; excellent
weatherability; clear coats provide a wet-look on stone,
concrete and pavers.

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The Dow Chemical Company
Philadelphia, PA
800-447-4369
[email protected]
www.dowcoatingmaterials.com
Resins offered: acrylic resins; acrylic-styrene emulsions; emulsions; epoxy hardeners; epoxy resins; high-solid resins; hybrid
resins; methacrylic monomers/polymers; styrene resins; urethane/polyurethane resins; vinyl resins
Product name: Evoque Pre-Composite Polymer
Attributes/comments: From the evolution of waterborne
house paint to the development of more durable maintenance coatings, technologies from Dow Coating Materials
help to improve paints and coatings across a wide range of
applications, including home interiors, industrial exteriors,
paperboard packaging, leather coatings and road marking
technologies.

[email protected]
www.gelest.com
Resins offered: silanes; silicone polyesters; urethane crosslinkers
Gelest, Inc., headquartered in Morrisville, PA, is a recognized worldwide as an innovator, manufacturer and supplier of commercial and research quantities of organosilicon
compounds, metal-organic compounds and silicones. Gelest
serves advanced technology markets through a materialsdriven approach. The company provides focused technical
development and application support for semiconductors,
optical materials, pharmaceutical synthesis, and diagnostics and separation science, specialty polymer materials
and cosmetics.

Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC

Double Bond Chemical Industry USA Inc.

Atlanta, GA
1-866-4GP-CHEM
[email protected]
www.gp-chemicals.com

W. Simsbury, CT
860-408-1216
[email protected]
http://www.double-bond-chem.com.tw/

Resins offered: crosslinking resins; epoxy hardeners; high-solid

resins; melamine/melamine-type resins; phenolic resins; rosin esters; water thinned resins

Resins offered: UV curing resins

Omnova

Product name: DM 571

Attributes/comments: Oligomer used for increasing abrasion
and scratch resistance. DM571 is a multifunctional urethane
acrylate.

Fairlawn, OH
330-869-4494
Fax: 330-869-4410
[email protected]
www.omnova.com

Eastman Chemical Company

Resins offered: acrylic resins; acrylic-styrene emulsions; crosslinking resins; emulsions

Kingsport, TN
423-229-2000
Fax: 423-229-1525
www.eastman.com
Resins offered: cellulose derivatives; ester gums; hydrocarbons
resins; natural resins; rosin esters; rosin salts; water thinned
resins
Eastman Chemical Company offers a wide variety of broad
compatibility resin dispersions, resin intermediates and rosin
resins to improve the functionality of coatings, adhesives and
other products.

Gelest, Inc.
Morrisville, PA
215-547-1015
Fax: 215-547-2484

Product name: Pliotec SA60

Attributes/comments: Pliotec SA60 colloidal dispersion is fortified with a water-based epoxy to form a 2K coating system.
This system can be used on interior vertical walls in institutional
locations such as schools, hospitals, warehouses, office buildings, correctional facilities and other high traffic areas that are
subject to frequent cleaning.

Organic Dyestuffs Corporation

East Providence, RI
401-434-3300
Fax: 401-434-2390
[email protected]
www.organicdye.com
Resins offered: acrylic resins; acrylic-styrene emulsions;

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DIC Corporation

A Leading Global Producer of Coatings Resins.

A top player in the synthetic resins and color industries, DIC
Corporation brings more than just innovative products. We offer
solutions. By leveraging our capabilities in synthetic resins with
organic pigments, we are able to manufacture a
large portfolio of materials and finished products. With such
a wide spectrum of high-quality products, we can deliver
solutions for our customers across a broad array of industries.
DIC Corporation offers high functionality resins for use in
coatings on plastics and architectural/industrial maintenance
to include:
Acrylic
Epoxy
Polyurethane
Fluro-olefin
UV curable resins
GMA powder coating resins

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crosslinking resins; emulsions; melamine/melamine-type resins;
polyester resins; vinyl resins

Resinate Materials Group Inc.

Plymouth, MI
800-891-2955
[email protected]
www.resinateinc.com

Product name: Becksol AQ521

Attributes/comments: Becksol AQ521 is a low VOC epoxy
modified latex designed to provide excellent penetration and
substrate wetting, delivering an unparalleled wet look finish for
porous concrete and masonry surfaces

Resins offered: urethane/polyurethane resins

Product name: Resinate R-162
Resinate R-162 is an aromatic, anionic, waterborne, polyester
polyurethane dispersion resin that is ideal for metal coating applications such as anti-corrosion and protective top coats.

Reichhold Inc.
Research Triangle Park, NC
919-990-7500
Fax: 919-767-8618
[email protected]
www.reichhold.com

Sartomer USA, LLC

Exton, PA
610-363-4100
Fax: 610-363-4140
[email protected]
www.sartomer.com
Resins offered: acrylic resins; UV curing resins
Product name: CN2910
Attributes/comments: Acrylic oligomer meets standards

EMImills
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For laboratory
scale up & small
batch production.

Resins offered: acrylic resins; acrylic-styrene emulsions;

alkyd resins; crosslinking resins; emulsions; epoxy hardeners; epoxy resins; high-solid resins; hybrid resins; polyamide resins; polyester resins; silicone resins; UV curing
resins; urethane lacquers; urethane/polyurethane resins;
water thinned resins

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used for inks and coatings by the high-end food packaging industry. Does not contain bisphenol A (BPA) or major
components listed on the 2012 Nestle Guidance Note on
packaging inks. Has achieved broad international regulatory compliance.

Siltech Corporation
Toronto, ON, Canada
845-592-4075
Fax: 845-592-4076
[email protected]
www.siltechcorp.com
Resins offered: epoxy resins; hybrid resins; silicone resins; UV
curing resins; urethane cross-linker

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Product Name: RayCore5525
Attributes/comments: RayCore 5525 is an alkyd acrylic core
shell hybrid designed for good workability, wood and concrete
wetting and low grain raise. Its designed for concrete and wood
applications and has excellent UV resistance. CW

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Product Name: Silmer ACR Di-2510

Attributes/comments: Part of its broad portfolio of reactive silicones, Silmer ACR Di-2510 is designed to react into UV cured
coatings for permanent slip and release properties.

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Cytec Coating Resins Establishes

New Identity as Allnex

The divestiture of the Coating Resins

business of Cytec Industries to funds affiliated with Advent International was
first announced in October 2012 and
completed on April 3, 2013. The adoption of the new name Allnex is the first
step towards establishing the companys
new identity.

multiple colors and sizes of the droplets

represent Allnexs technologies, products
and talented employees. In addition, the
green droplet stands for sustainability while the upward movement of the
droplets and text reflects the companys
commitment to operational excellence,
innovation and growth, both for Allnex
and its customers.

BASF Strengthens
Performance Products
Segment

We are excited about our new name,

said CEO Frank Aranzana. We believe
that it reflects who we are, what we stand
for and what we want to achieve.
The search for a name began with an
employee contest in November 2012 that
generated more than 300 possibilities.
Those names gave inspiration to a global
diversity group, which brainstormed further and incorporated advice from a leading branding agency.
Because a company name is one of
the most visible aspects of its reputation,
it was very important to take the time to
consider the companys identity, mission
and future ambitions in the selection process, noted Aranzana. As a global coating resins company that offers multiple
products all under one roof, Allnex is
unique in the marketplace. Our aim is to
partner with our customers so that we can
leverage our extensive expertise and myriad of solutions, and together we can create sustainable value across the different
industry segments we serve. Thus, we may
proudly say that we do more than provide
products; we help improve performance.
The companys new logo was designed to reflect Allnexs product portfolio, sustainable innovations, growth
aspirations, and commitment to continuous improvement. Specifically, the

BASF aims to strengthen the competitiveness of its Performance Products segment.

The segment bundles BASFs businesses
with chemicals that improve the properties of many different end-user products.
The portfolio includes ingredients for
personal care, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, plastic additives, pigments and paper
chemicals as well as chemicals used in oil
and gas production and mining. In some
market segments, increasing standardization and the entry of new competitors
have changed the business environment
significantly. This especially applies to
the markets for plastic additives and pigments as well as for water, leather and
textile chemicals.
BASF aims to adapt its businesses to
the changed market environment and significantly increase competitiveness in the
coming years by streamlining processes,
investing in new technologies and adjusting its portfolio and its organizational
setup. The currently planned measures will
lead to a reduction of approximately 500
positions worldwide by the end of 2015.
The expansion of our specialty business in the Performance Products segment
made us more robust to economic fluctuations, said Michael Heinz, member of
the Board of Executive Directors of BASF
SE and responsible for the Performance
Products segment. However, the growth
and profitability of the standard products
do not yet meet our requirements. We have
therefore identified numerous measures,

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which we are implementing step by step.

Further measures are being analyzed.
BASF aims to improve the efficiency
and profitability of the plastic additives
and pigments and resins business units
in Europe, which are mainly located in
the Basel area. In the pigments and resins business unit, European product and
quality management and product safety
will be pooled in Ludwigshafen. Global
product management lead will be bundled in Hong Kong. In this way, synergies
can be generated by bundling expertise
and competencies.
In the Plastic Additives business, a
more market-oriented approach will be
introduced. The product-related development and application technology will
sharpen its focus on key topics and customer industries and will be organized
more efficiently through a network of
global competence centers in different locations worldwide. In addition,
supporting functions, such as technology and strategy management as well
as controlling, will be consolidated in
Ludwigshafen.
The restructuring will lead to a reduction of a total of up to 350 positions in
the Basel area by the end of 2015. This
includes the pooling of tasks at other
sites. BASF aims to implement the job
reductions related to the restructuring
measures in the Basel area in a socially
responsible manner. BASF will attempt
to find job opportunities in other BASF
Group companies for as many employees
as possible.

Powdermet Forms
Partnerships to
Commercialize NanoComposite Materials for
Energy Efficiency
Abakan Inc., a manufacturer in the advanced coatings and metal formulations
markets, has announced that its subsidiary Powdermet has secured several partnerships with corporate, government and
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BASF Plans Production

of Butanediol from
Renewable Feedstock Using
Genomatica Technology
BASF plans to begin production of 1,4-butanediol based on renewable feedstock
(renewable BDO) using the patented

process of Genomatica. The one-step fermentation process is based on sugars as a

renewable feedstock. The companies have
agreed not to disclose financial details of
the agreement.
The license agreement allows BASF to
build a world-scale production facility that
will use the Genomatica process to manufacture BDO based on renewable feedstock. Under the terms of the agreement,

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military agencies to advance commercialization of its EnComp Energetic nanocomposites and MComP Microcomposite
materials for use in high-density energy
storage and energy-efficient mechanical
bearing markets.
These partnerships including the U.S.
Army, the U.S. Department of Energy and
the U.S. Navy further validate the potential impact of these advanced materials.
The disruptive material science platforms
developed by Powdermet and its partners have applications in industries, such
as energy, defense and transportation
among others.
Powdermet has been at the forefront
of technical innovation for the past decade, and our expertise in nanotechnology and advanced materials development
has attracted top-tier partners, said
Robert Miller, CEO of Abakan Inc. The
company is now focused on commercializing several of its technology platforms
following our succesful research and development which have shown very impressive results for these platforms. We
expect to serve multi-billion dollar markets across a variety of industries.
Powdermets MComP Microcomposite
cermet (ceramic-metal) materials provide
the friction and wear performance equivalent to advanced, diamond-like carbon
coatings, but with the toughness, strength
and formability of metals, according to
the company. Powdermet has partnered
with the U.S. Navy to provide a solution to contamination issues in spherical
plain airframe bearings using advanced
coatings that have already been commercialized through Abakan subsidiary
MesoCoat. These nanocomposite cermet materials have applications across
the transportation, energy, military, construction and other sectors for reducing
friction and extending the life of, or eliminating the need for lubricants, in highly
stressed systems.

Genomatica will continue to

advance its patented renewable
BDO production process technology based on sugars while BASF
will produce renewable BDO, which will
be available in the second half of 2013 for
sampling and trials.
We chose the Genomatica process
because we consider it to be exceptionally advanced and reliable, said Sanjeev

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Gandhi, president of BASF

Intermediates division. In line
with our We create chemistry
strategy, we aim to offer renewable BDO and create additional value for
our customers, in the plastics, textile and
automotive industries.

BASF Launches New Kaolin

Website
BASF Corporation launched a new kaolin
website, www.kaolin.basf.com. The new
website introduces a platform that kaolin
customers, channel partners, colleagues
and others can use to access important
product and application information at
their convenience.

Sipchem Begins Production

in Jubail on New Ethyl/
Butyl Acetate Facility
Saudi International Petrochemical Co.s
(Sipchem) Sipchem Chemicals Co. subsidiary started up a new 100,000-t/y ethyl
acetate and butyl acetate swing production unit in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
Ethyl acetate and butyl acetate are
in line with Sipchem strategies to implement downstream projects that are integrated with Sipchem current products,
said Abdullah A. Al-Saadoon, president,
Sipchem operations. The production
will be used to satisfy local needs and to
meet international demand, he added.
The unit, built by eTec Engineering
and Construction Co., is based on
technology licensed by Rhodia. Acetic
acid feedstock will be supplied by
International Acetyl Co., a Sipchem affiliate, while ethanol feedstock will be
imported from global markets.

Evonik Names ChemMaterials 2012 Distributor

of the Year
Evonik Industries recently awarded Chem-Materials Company their
Distributor of the Year award for highest percentage sales growth in 2012.
This award is based on sales growth
generated over the past three years.
The award was presented at the annual Evonik Distributor Appreciation
Business Meeting (DABM) in Red Bank,
New Jersey. Chem-Materials Company

is a regional specialty chemical distributor headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

It distributes various specialty chemical products, including Evoniks line
of Tego Coating and Ink Additives and
Evoniks Interface & Performance products in the Great Lakes and Midwest region of the U.S.

KODA Distribution Group

Acquires EW Kaufmann
KODA Distribution Group has acquired EW
Kaufmann, headquartered in Bristol, PA.
The acquisition offers us the regional
focus we desire and significantly strengthens our presence in the Northeast U.S. in
the CASE market, said Frank Bergonzi,
CEO of KODA Distribution Group. It
enables us to expand our capabilities
and to establish a leading CASE position
throughout the northeast region.
KODA Distribution Group is comprised of five regional companies: EW
Kaufmann in PA, GMZ in OH, Ribelin
Sales in TX, Monson Companies in MA
and PT Hutchins in CA.

BASF To Expand
Manufacturing at
Wyandotte, MI, Monaca,
PA, Sites
BASF plans to expand manufacturing
capabilities for products marketed under
the Joncryl trade name at plants located
in Wyandotte, Michigan, and Monaca,
Pennsylvania to support customer growth
in the printing, packaging and industrial
coating markets.
These investments will provide additional capacity, operational flexibility and
reliability as BASF continues to invest in
the industrys most cost-effective, stateof-the-art emulsion polymer and resin
manufacturing facilities.
In November, 2012, BASF announced
a major investment in emulsion polymer manufacturing capacity in Freeport,
Texas and held an official groundbreaking ceremony on February 8, 2013, and
the plant is expected to be operational by
the summer of 2014 to support our customers growth expectations.
BASF has also made the decision to
close its Seaford, Delaware, manufacturing site, which has produced emulsion

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polymers since 1986. The Seaford site

will close by the end of 2013 and production will be transitioned to BASFs
Wyandotte and Monaca sites.
The decision to make these investments, while optimizing our manufacturing footprint to our largest and most
modern facilities, demonstrates our continued commitment to our customers and
growth in the North America region,
said Derek Fairclough, senior vice president, dispersions and pigments for BASF
in North America.

Troy Wins Ringier

Technology Innovation
Award for New Polyphase
2167 Dry-Film Preservative
Troy Corporation has won the
Ringier Technology Innovation Award
for Additives in Chinas coatings industry. The award was created to honor
those companies that have introduced a
new product, technology, or process that
advances the coatings industry in China,
such as improving efficiency, cost performance, or environmental responsibility. A
panel of industry experts evaluated new
technologies which debuted and were
made commercially available between
2011 and 2013.
Troy was selected for an Additives
award for its introduction of Polyphase
2167, an innovative, zero-VOC broadspectrum dry-film preservative that not
only is highly effective against fungi and
yeast, but also creates an antibacterial
surface through a unique immobilization
technology. Additionally, Polyphase 2167
has proven effectiveness against pathogenic bacteria. With these benefits as well
as a low hazard profile and suitability
for use in technical materials like interior
paints, adhesives, sealants, building materials, and textiles, Polyphase 2167 has
the ability to make a significant impact
on the coatings market. Polyphase 2167
is currently available to customers in the
Asia-Pacific region, as well as other select
geographies worldwide.
Troy is proud to have won the
Ringier Award for 2013, said Donald
Shaw, vice president, Troy Asia. We
continue to invest in new technologies,
such as Polyphase 2167, and in growing
July 2013

Myriant Start-Ups BioSuccinic Acid Plant in Lake

Providence, LA
Myriant Corporation, a global renewable
chemicals company, announced the successful start-up at its flagship bio-succinic
acid plant located in Lake Providence,
Louisiana. Myriant has produced on-spec
commercial product at the plant and the
company anticipates that customer shipments will commence soon. Myriants
bio-succinic acid plant is the first of its
kind and scale in North America and has
an annual nameplate production capacity
of 30 million pounds of bio-succinic acid.

Myriants
Lake
Providence
Commercial Facility is partially funded
through a $50 million cost sharing cooperative agreement received from the

United States Department of Energy

(DOE), $25 million from the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
B&I Loan Guarantee Program and a $10
million grant from the Lake Providence
Port Commission and the Louisiana
Department of Transportation.

BASF and SINOPEC

Consider Further Expansion
of Nanjing Joint Venture
BASF and SINOPEC are considering the extension of their Nanjing joint venture BASFYPC Company Limited with the expansion
of existing ethylene oxide (EO) production,
and a new plant for neopentylglycol (NPG).
BASF-YPC will further expand its acrylic
acid value chain with additional acrylic acid
and butyl acrylate plants. Production is expected to commence in 2014.
Together with the superabsorbent
polymer (SAP) plant, now under construction and also expected to begin production in 2014, BASF-YPC Company
will enhance its support to the home care

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markets like China and Southeast Asia.

Recognition of these efforts is welcome as
we continue to expand our services and
offer more products and capabilities in
the growing China market.

and hygiene industries as well as

the coatings, textiles, and construction industries.
With expanded production
of important basic chemicals including
NPG and EO, our new world-scale acrylic acid facility, and our butyl acrylate and
SAP plants, BASF can further strengthen
its production base in the C2 and C3 value chains. These are the starting points for
the full range of innovative solutions we
offer to nearly every industry. This underlines our confidence in the development
of the Asia Pacific and China markets,
said Albert Heuser, president Greater
China and Functions Asia Pacific, BASF.
With the strengthened cooperation
of our joint venture, Sinopec and BASF
will satisfy demand for high-quality fine
chemicals that can enhance the quality
of life for ordinary people. At the same
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both partners. With this cooperation, Sinopec and BASF have

achieved a win-win result and
will create further value, said
Chang Zhenyong, vice chief engineer of
Sinopec and director general of Sinopec
Chemical Division.
The partners are considering an expansion of the sites ethylene oxide
unit, which has an existing capacity of
330,000 metric tons per year. EO is a basic chemical mainly used for the production of ethylene glycol, and also for the
production of surfactants for washing
and cleaning agents, and as a raw material for the production of ethanolamines,
glycol ethers and polyurethanes.
Additionally under consideration is
a new neopentylglycol unit. NPG is a
unique polyalcohol offering superior
performance advantages in many enduse applications, due to its high chemical
and thermal stability. It is mainly used
as a building block in polyester resins
for coatings, unsaturated polyesters, lubricants and plasticizers. As the global
market leader for NPG, BASF is the only
company in the world that has production facilities in Europe, North America,
and Asia. As its production benefits from
backward integration, BASF offers its
customers high delivery reliability.
We see great market potential in
China and the region for these products.
These state-of-the-art plants in Nanjing
will further strengthen our Verbund site,
said Dr. Stephan Kothrade, President,
BASF-YPC Company

PolyOne Completes Sale of

Non-Core Resin Assets to
Mexichem
PolyOne Corporation has completed
the previously announced sale of its
vinyl dispersion, blending and suspension resin assets to Mexichem, S.A.B. de
C.V. for $250 million in cash. PolyOne
expects after-tax proceeds of approximately $150 million and to recognize an
after-tax gain on sale of approximately
$140 million.
The sale of PolyOnes last remaining resin production assets marks an
important milestone in the companys
ongoing specialty transformation that

began in 2006.
This was a natural next step in the
evolution of our portfolio and ultimate
vision for PolyOne, said Stephen D.
Newlin, chairman, president and chief
executive officer, PolyOne Corporation.
Now more than ever, we are focused
on our core business of specialty solutions and unique formulations where
we believe we can generate the most
value for our customers, associates and
shareholders.
Assets transferred in the sale were
strictly those related to resin production and included manufacturing plants
in Pedricktown, New Jersey; Henry,
Illinois; and a resin research facility in
Avon Lake, Ohio. PolyOne continues to
own and operate its Geon Performance
Materials and Specialty Coatings businesses, which produce vinyl-based
formulations, plastisols and powder
coatings marketed under the respected
and trusted GeonT brand name.

BASF Completes Second

REACH Phase
BASF has completed the second phase
of registration for REACH under EU
chemical law. REACH stands for the
Registration, Evaluation, Authorization
and Restriction of Chemicals and represents a fundamental reorganization
of chemical law in Europe. The second
phase of registration for chemicals with
a production volume between 100 and
1,000 metric tons per year ends on May
31. In this phase, BASF submitted approximatelly 550 substance dossiers to
the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).
BASF also topped the list of companies
in the registration process with 680
substance dossiers in phase 1. By the
end of the final transition period in the
year 2018, BASF is expecting a total of
approximately 3,500 registrations. 250
employees at BASF are engaged in the
implementation of REACH, and the total
costs for BASF by the year 2018 will be
between 500 million and 550 million.
REACH applies to all substances currently produced in or imported to the
EU. They are registered in three phases
with data requirements depending on
their production volume (substances

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above 1,000 metric tons per year; substances above 100 metric tons per year;
substances above 1 metric ton per year).
The implementation of REACH is not
limited to registration. Following the
registration process, the dossiers that are
submitted have to be updated continuously. The risk assessments prepared by
the industry are reviewed by ECHA and
EU member states competent authorities.
These evaluations can result in requests
for additional data as well as restrictions
or authorization processes. The REACH
requirements have to be implemented in
the production and business processes.
This is intended to ensure the safe handling of chemical substances in Europe
While REACH only applies in Europe,
BASF has also set a goal to review all risk
assessments worldwide by the year 2020
for substances and mixtures which BASF
sells in quantities of more than one ton.

Lord Corporation Hosts

North Carolina Military
Foundation Board Meeting
Lord Corporation recently hosted the
North Carolina Military Foundations
board meeting at its headquarters in
Cary. The event featured presentations
from several keynote speakers, including U.S. Rep. David Price, Commander
of the Marine Corps Forces Special
Operations Command (MARSOC) Maj.
Gen. Mark Clark, and The Adjutant
General of the North Carolina National
Guard Maj. Gen. Greg Lusk.
Discussions at the event focused
on the use of data analytics to address
challenges faced by the Department of
Defense and Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) in cyber security and predictive analysis for intelligence. Speakers
advised the board on the important role
it plays in catalyzing solutions to these
challenges from NC-based companies
and research organizations, particularly
in combating terrorism.
Congressman Price led the presentations and focused on DHSs priorities
and opportunities for local organizations to support the need for continued
innovative public-private collaboration
as a results-oriented approach to economic development. CW
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Suppliers Corner

Ross Expands Ribbon Blender Inventory

Charles Ross & Son Company announced
that more than 80 Ribbon Blenders, sized
for different working volumes and bulk
densities, are now available from stock.
Most standard and sanitary models can
ship within two weeks or less. Built-toorder custom units are also offered with
fast lead times like the 10-cu.ft. stainless
steel Ribbon Blender featuring a bottom
discharge extruder, lantern rings, spray
bar system with atomizing nozzles, load
cells and a NEMA 4X Ross SysCon
Control Panel.
Ribbon Blenders are commonly used
for rapid blending of dry powders, granules, pellets and other solid forms. These
machines also mix paste-like materials,
wet granulations and solid-liquid suspensions. Batch components are blended
within a U-shaped trough via a horizontal agitator consisting of inner and outer
helical ribbons. The ribbons are precisely
pitched to move materials in a well balanced axial and radial flow pattern.
Tightly controlled clearances between the
trough surfaces and agitator tips further
ensure fast and thorough mixing.
Ross Ribbon Blenders are driven by
an inverter-ready gearmotor. Compared
to belt- and chain-driven designs, which
suffer from losses in horsepower and efficiency through slippage, direct-drive
Ribbon Blenders are more reliable, delivering better performance and require less
maintenance, the company stated.

Microtron and EMImills

Develop Microtron Mill for
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Brookfield recently launched the new
DV3T Touch Screen Rheometer delivering a new user experience according to
the company. This redesign enhances ease
of use and includes many new features.

The SEMicro Division of M.E. Taylor

Engineering Inc. launched a series of
new coatings adhesion testers. The first
model to be marketed is the P.A.T.T.i.
K. The K is available in three ranges up to 4000 psi. Features include an
analog gauge, patented PATTI piston
(choice of ranges) rate valve, CO2 cartridges, supply pressure gauge, one button operation and self alignment.

Microtron USA, Inc. announced its association with EMImills Engineered Mills, Inc.
formerly Eiger Machinery) in the development of the U.S. market for the Microtron
Bead Mill that has been designed for wet
milling and fine grinding of dispersions
requiring particle sizes in the nano range.
Microtron has the ability to utilize the
smallest grinding media, down to 0.03
(30 microns) and has exceptional cooling
which is required for nano type dispersions,
according to the company.

An additional benefit is contamination

free milling that results from the lack of
component wear. Testing of dispersions
and finished products will show better
quality and faster throughput rates. All
product testing for North American customers will be at EMIs test laboratory in
Grayslake, Illinois.

Brookfield DV3T Touch

Screen Rheometer,

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The 7 touch screen conveniently displays all test parameters along with mea-

sured values for yield stress, viscosity and

temperature.
TC Series Water Baths were also recently given a sleek new design that includes
the addition of touch screen technology,
one-touch control with adjustable pre-set
temperatures as well as multiple language
capability. The Brookfield Thermosel
System is a high temperature system that
allows manufacturers to precisely control
samples up to 300C.

EMD Chemicals Launches

Meoxal, a New Generation
of Effect Pigments
EMD Chemicals has added another family of effect pigments to its portfolio.
Meoxal effect pigments feature brilliant
color saturation and exceptional performance thanks to their innovative layer
technology and the use of aluminum
flakes as substrate, according to the company. Meoxal Wahiba Orange is the first
pigment under the new brand name.
Meoxal Wahiba Orange has a specially treated surface. Thanks to this special
CWT (Carbitol and Weather Treatment)
surface treatment, Meoxal Wahiba
Orange is highly suitable for high-performance applications especially for automotive and plastic coatings as well as for
other demanding exterior applications.
Using the new pigment in waterborne
coating systems is particularly straightforward because no additional passivation is needed. CW
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Perstorp Names New President and CEO

Perstorp Holding AB, recently announced

that Perstorp president and CEO Martin
Lundin will be leaving his position. Jan
Secher, most recently CEO of Ferrostaal
AG, will succeed Lundin, who will remain
involved in certain strategic projects of
Perstorp, including Perstorps Vencorex
joint venture.
Secher has held a number of CEO positions, most recently with Ferrostaal AG,
where he was brought in to establish new
business practices as well as to set a strategic direction for the company. Secher
was also CEO of Clariant from 20062008. He will join Perstorp in September.

Sika Automotive Division

Makes Personnel
Appointment
Sika Automotive Division USA has appointed Brett Loomis director of sales
automotive domestics group. Loomis
will manage automotive sales groups for
Ford, General Motors and Chrysler.
Prior to joining Sika, Loomis was
employed for fifteen years with Axson
Revocoat US Inc. as director of sales.
During those years, he was responsible for
multiple areas including OEM and Tier
Automotive Sales and Technical Service,
and for supplying Body Shop, NVH,
paint shop, and trim adhesives, sealants
and body damping solutions to the Axson
Revocoat customer base. Loomis also has
additional experience in various Quality
and Engineering roles at G&L Industries,
Inc. and Chivas Products Ltd.

SCIGRIP Appoints European

Key Account Manager
SCIGRIP has appointed Mark Rogan
European key cccount manager. Rogan
will be responsible for SCIGRIPs sales
activity and customer account management in select regions of Europe and the
pursuit of new business opportunities in a
diverse range of markets including transportation and construction.

Rogan joins SCIGRIP from Henkel

and possesses an extensive knowledge of
the adhesives industry.
In his previous role, he managed a
range of OEM and MRO clients in the
transportation and recreational vehicle
sectors and converted many fastener users to bonding techniques.

Sartomer Appoints Account

Manager
Sartomer USA LLC has appointed
Agustin Xoconostle account manager.
Xoconostle is responsible for sales in
the southern United States (Tennessee,
Arkansas,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
Alabama and Georgia) as well as Latin
America and Puerto Rico. He is based out
of Sartomers headquarters in Exton, PA,
and reports directly to Michael Rose, director of sales.
Xoconostle gained experience in
chemical manufacturing while working
for Arkema as a technical service engineer, where he provided direct technical
support for customers located throughout North America. His responsibilities
also included supporting Arkemas production plant in powder coating technologies and developing new products for
adapting coating systems to new applications. In 2010, he became Arkemas business development engineer and managed
several top-growth programs for the oil
and gas, automotive and laser sintering
markets.

worked on formulating and compounding new products and coatings and cocontributed to a patent involving an
anti-fog coating.

RPM Names New Director

of Global Tax Planning
RPM International Inc. has named Neil
Jamieson director, global tax planning. In
this role, he will work on projects ranging from corporate income tax planning
to income tax compliance. Jamieson joins
RPM after spending 17 years at Ernst
& Young LLP, where he most recently
served as a senior manager in its Business
Tax Services Group. In this capacity, he
provided tax consulting and reporting
services to various Northeast Ohio publicly traded companies.

Adhesive and Sealant

Council Names Senior
Technical Manager
The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC)
has named Connie Howe senior manager,
technical services to oversee its technically oriented programming including short
courses, Training Academy and Advanced
Technology Link. Howe will also serve
as staff liaison to Technical Committee.
Having held several technical corporate
positions and experience with various
adhesive technologies, she will play a
leading role in developing ASCs focus on
sustainability and environmental product
declarations.

Chemsultants International
Hires Polymer Chemist

Chromaflo Technologies
Hires SAP FICO Analyst

Chemsultants International has hired

Brandon True as a polymer chemist. In
his position True will be responsible for
analytical testing, product development,
and problem solving projects. He will
report directly to Berry Decker, technical
projects manager. True brings five years
of silane, acrylic coatings and adhesives
experience to the company. He started
his career with Nanofilm Ltd. He has

Chromaflo Technologies Corp. has appointed Tetyana Grayson to serve as SAP/

FICO analyst. She will work with key
members of finance and support concurrent SAP projects and production. The
role will also include working with end
users to design, develop, configure and
test new system functionality. Grayson
will report directly to Jim Bortmas, applications director - Americas. CW

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Meetings

Latin America Coatings Show is in

Mexico July 17-18
July 17 - 19
Introduction to Coatings Composition
and Specifications

September 26 - 27
Smart and Functional Coatings European Conference

November 26 - 30
PRA Training Program: Paint and
Coatings Basics

Missouri S&T Coatings Institute, Rolla,

MO
Catherine Hancock
573-341-4419
coatings.mst.edu
[email protected]

Turin
Claudio Pagella, [email protected]

Hampton, U.K.
PRA, Elisabeth Brown
+44 (0)20 8487 0815
[email protected]
www.pra-world.com

July 17 - 18
Latin America Coatings Show 2013
World Trade Centre, Mexico
http://www.coatings-group.com/show/
lacs/

July 17 - 19
Introduction to Coatings Composition
and Specifications
Missouri S&T Coatings Institute, Rolla,
MO
Catherine Hancock
573-341-4419
coatings.mst.edu
[email protected]
[email protected]

September 12 - 13
Asia Pacific Coatings Show 2013

October 20 - 23
2013 Western Coatings Symposium
Paris Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
https://www.westerncoatings.org

October 22 - 23
PRA Training Program: Powder
Coating Technology
Hampton, U.K.
PRA, Elisabeth Brown
+44 (0)20 8487 0815
www.pra-world.com
[email protected]

Istanbul Expo Center Istanbul, Turkey

Artkim Group
+90 212 324 00 00
www.turkcoat.com
[email protected]
[email protected]

March 6 - 8, 2014
PaintIndia 2014
Bombay Exhibition Center, Goregaon,
Mumbai, India
www.paintindia.in

March 10 - 12, 2014

Middle East Coatings Show 2014
Dubai International Convention &
Exhibition Centre, UEA

November 11 - 14
PRA Training Program: Paint
Technology
Hampton, U.K.
PRA, Elisabeth Brown
+44 (0)20 8487 0815
[email protected]
www.pra-world.com

BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand

September 12 - 14
Turkcoat Coatings Show Eurasia
- 5th International Coatings, Inks,
Adhesives, Insulation, Sealants,
Construction Chemicals Raw
Materials and Production Technologies
Exhibition,

2014

November 20 - 22
ChinaCoat 2013
Shanghai New International Expo
Centre (SNIEC)
Sinostar; 852-2865-0062
[email protected]
www.chinacoat.net

April 7 - 10, 2014

American Coatings Show 2014
Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta,
Georgia
AC Show Management c/o Nurnberg
Messe North America
770-618-5830
www.american-coating-show.com
[email protected]

September 3 - 5, 2014
Asia Pacific Coatings Show 2014
Balai Sidang Jakarta Convention Centre

November 22 - 24
Eurocoat 2013 International
Exhibition and Congress

October 15 - 16, 2014

North African Coatings Congress
2014

Piacenza Expo, Piamcenza, Italy

Cyril Ladet
+ 33 (0)1 77 92 96 84
[email protected]

Hyatt Regency Hotel, Casablanca,

Morocco
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Advertising Index

Company Name
AGC Chemicals Americas
American Coatings Conference

Page

Phone

Website

33

www.agc.com

12-13

www.american-coatings-show.com

Blairgowrie Associates, LLC

22

Buhler

21 512-466-8005

602-539-2683

www.buhlergroup.com

Chemark Consulting

91

Chromaflo Technologies

87

Conn & Company

89

CPS Color

DOW

49

Eastman Chemical Company

55

800-EASTMAN

Emerald Performance Materials

11

800-477-1022

www.emeraldmaterials.com

Engineered Mills, Inc.

86

847-548-0044

www.EMImills.com

Hoffmann Mineral GmgH

+49 (0) 84 31-53-0

Little Joe Industries

15

908-359-5213

www.littlejoe.com

91

512-472-8282

www.technologylitigators.com

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973-279-1306

www.munzing.com

McDaniel and Associates, PC

Munzing

910-692-2492

www.blairgowrieassociates.com
www.chemarkconsulting.net
chromaflo.com

814-723-7980

www.connblade.com
www.cpscolor.com

800-447-4369 www.dow.com/coatingmaterials
www.eastman.com

www.hoffmann-mineral.com

Myriant

19 845-697-4268

Nexeo Solutions

53

Phoseon Technology
Quartz Coatings
R.E. Carroll, Inc.

800-531-7106

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37

www.myriant.com
nexeosolutions.com
www.phoseon.com

+44(0)1737 855021

www.coatingsgroup.com

31

800-257-9365

www.recarroll.com

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973-242-2999

www.shamrocktechnologies.com

Siltech Corporation

87

416-424-4567

www.siltechcorp.com

Solvay

17 609-860-4000

Shamrock Technologies Inc.

www.solvay.com

Specialty Polymers, Inc.

81

800-770-7523

www.specpoly.com

Sun Chemical

85

800-543-2323

www.sunchemical.com

Troy Corporation

973-443-4200

www.troycorp.com

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Final Coat

BMW Extends Approval for Standox

The Munich-based BMW Group has issued a recommendation

to its dealers and importers to use Standox products for repairs
of BMW vehicles. The global approval increases the countries
covered by four to 36 and forms the basis for further arrangements at local level. The BMW Group endorsement is based on
extensive tests during which the car manufacturers strict standards were applied to the Standox products.
Standox brand manager Zvonimir Simunovic emphasized
that all Standox listed products and processes meet the BMW
Group quality demands made on them. I am very pleased
that four additional countries - Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Macedonia and Switzerland - have been added to the approval
list. With this agreement BMW confirms the high quality of the
Standox refinishing products and our services. I am convinced
that the BMW Group and our brand will continue to benefit
from the partnership going forward, he said. CW

Standox is one of Europes

leading manufacturers of
automotive refinishing paints.
With its headquarters in
Wuppertal, Germany, the
company offers innovative and
environmentally compatible
product systems worldwide.

The new BMW Z4.

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