Axalta opens new waterborne coatings plant in Shanghai
Expanded production capacity to help auto industry grow sustainably
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has opened a latest generation manufacturing facility in Shanghai to produce waterborne coatings for China’s growing automobile market. The newest and one of Axalta’s most advanced waterborne production facilities, the plant reflects the key role that China plays in Axalta’s global strategy, which is focused on providing sustainable coating products and application systems for customers while reducing the environmental impact of the production process. The new facility is located adjacent to Axalta’s operations center that opened in the Jiading district of Shanghai in 2008.<more>

Indian companies eye enormous growth potential
Indian paint maker Asian Paints has decided to buy Ethiopia-based Kadisco Paint and Adhesive Industry. Asian Paints will spend $18.95 million to buy a 51 per cent share in the company.

Africa is a relatively easy place to invest for Indian businesses. India has had trade relations with African nations for centuries, and a large number of overseas Indians have lived on the continent for decades. An estimated 2.5 million Indians and their descendants reside mainly in East Africa, and quite a few of them are successful in business. They often act as go-betweens and help broker deals between Indian and African companies. And they command significant purchasing power in African markets.<more>

Shah Rukh Khan Launches ‘U Can’ Campaign In Nepal
Shah Rukh Khan is the face of many famous brands and his endorsements have always had a huge appeal in the market. He has been associated with Nerolac Paints for quite some time now and hence for their new initiative, the
actor immediately hopped on to promote it. Kansai Paints Nepal Pvt. Ltd, one of the leaders in the paint industry, introduced a environmental-friendly initiative called ‘U Can’ in Nepal this year. Nerolac now launches a one of kind initiative U CAN to encourage people to convert used Nerolac paint cans into beautiful flower pots, adding to their house décor and environment.<more>

Indian firm to produce polymer emulsion from Hamriyah
Dh187m plant to produce paint and textile raw materials

Visen Industries Ltd, the largest Indian manufacturer of polymer emulsions for paints and coatings, textiles and adhesives, will start commercial manufacturing of its wide product range from Hamriyah Free Zone.

Claimed to be the single largest polymer emulsion plant in the region, with a capacity of 120,000 metric tons per annum. The new Dh187 million ($51 million) was inaugurated by Sheikh Khaled Bin Abdullah Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairman of Department of Seaports & Customs, Hamriyah Free Zone Authority and Sharjah Airport International Free Zone. While the combined production capacity of four Indian plants in Gujarath, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and Chennai is equal to 120,000 metric tons per annum, the new plant in HMZ will produce an equal quantity.

“Our plant in HFZA is our first one in the Middle East and we seek to meet the increasing demand of this growing market by taking advantage of the facilities provided by HFZA”, Vijay S. Nair, managing director of Visen Polymers FZE, said after the inauguration of the new plant.<more>

CCP IMPOSES RS 1M PENALTY ON PAINT COMPANY
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - Islamabad—The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has imposing a penalty of Rs. 1 million on a paint company, Jotun Pakistan (Pvt) Limited, for violation of Section 10 of the Competition Act, 2010, while promoting its products. A statement issued by the Commission here Wednesday said that order was passed by a bench comprising Mueen Batlay, Dr. Shahzad Ansar and Ikram Ul Haque Qureshi, Members CCP.

CCP initiated an inquiry after receiving complaints from Akzo Nobel Pakistan Limited and Diamond Paint Industries (Pvt.) Limited alleging that Jotun was running a deceptive marketing campaign for its paint products in which it claimed to be ‘No. 1 Paint’ without having reasonable basis. CCP’s inquiry report found that the claim “No. 1 Paint” publicized by Jotun in its marketing campaign was prima facie in violation of Section 10 of the Competition Act, 2010.<more>

Ntherlands used AkzoNobel powder coating can reflect up to 30% more light
Friday, 20 March 2015 AkzoNobel has launched an ultra-reflective powder coating which can increase the effective output of commercial lighting fixtures by up to 30 percent. Developed by the company's Powder Coatings business, Interpon ReFlex delivers outstanding levels of light reflectance which make it very cost-effective. What's more, because the product is solvent-free (like all powder coatings), it also has a lower environmental impact than competing materials used in the lighting market.<more>

Latest report on coated fabrics industry to 2018
US demand to rise 3.8% annually through 2018

Demand for coated fabrics in the US is projected to advance 3.8 percent per year to 725 million square yards in 2018, an acceleration from sluggish gains posted during the 2008 to 2013 period. Rebounding construction expenditures will provide opportunities for coated fabrics used in products that are closely tied to building activity, such as wall coverings, furniture, and awnings and canopies.

In value terms, demand for coated fabrics is forecast to increase five percent per year to $4 billion in 2018, benefiting from an acceleration in area demand as well as moderate price increases. However, pricing gains will be limited due to increased competition from lower cost imports.<more>

BEX to Feature Clip-On Spray Nozzles at Powder Coating Show 2015
BEX, Incorporated, Ann Arbor, MI, (www.bex.com), a leading manufacturer of industrial spray nozzles will display its wide array of nozzles in booth 232 at Powder Coating Show, May 5-7, 2015 in Louisville.

Among its many nozzle products, the company will feature its series of BEX K-Ball Zip Tip nozzle assemblies.

The K-Ball nozzles are high quality nozzle systems made of corrosion resistant composite and heavy-duty stainless steel spring clip are available with a variety of spray balls, in various spray patterns, flow rates and spray angles. They are designed to allow for fast and easy maintenances as well as installation and removal.

New paint makes tough self-cleaning surfaces
A new paint that makes robust self-cleaning surfaces has been developed by a team led by UCL researchers. The coating can be applied to clothes, paper, glass and steel and when combined with adhesives, maintains its self-cleaning properties after being wiped, scratched with a knife and scuffed with sandpaper.
Self-cleaning surfaces work by being extremely repellent to water but often stop working when they are damaged or exposed to oil. The new paint creates a more resilient surface that is resistant to everyday wear and tear, so could be used for a wide range of real-world applications from clothing and cars, say the researchers.

First author Yao Lu (UCL Chemistry), said: “Being waterproof allows materials to self-clean as water forms marble-shaped droplets that roll over the surface, acting like miniature vacuum cleaners picking up dirt, viruses and bacteria along the way. For this to happen, the surface must be rough and waxy, so we set out to create these conditions on hard and soft surfaces by designing our own paint and combining it with different adhesives to help the surfaces withstand damage.”

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The study, involving researchers from UCL, Imperial College London and Dalian University of Technology (China) and published today in Science, shows how the new paint made from coated titanium dioxide nanoparticles can give a wide-range of materials self-cleaning properties, even during and after immersion in oil and following damage to the surface.<more>

Chameleon reorganizes its nanocrystals to change colors
Many chameleons have the remarkable ability to exhibit complex and rapid color changes during social interactions. A collaboration of scientists within the Sections of Biology and Physics of the Faculty of Science from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, unveils the mechanisms that regulate this phenomenon.

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In a study published in Nature Communications, the team led by professors Michel Milinkovitch and Dirk van der Marel demonstrates that the changes take place via the active tuning of a lattice of nanocrystals present in a superficial layer of dermal cells called iridophores. The researchers also reveal the existence of a deeper population of iridophores with larger and less ordered crystals that reflect the infrared light. The organisation of iridophores into two superimposed layers constitutes an evolutionary novelty and it allows the chameleons to rapidly shift between efficient camouflage and spectacular display, while providing passive thermal protection.<more>

Nearly 300 million people experience the world without color every day.
The Valspar Paint #ColorForAll Project has a simple mission. To bring color to those who don't have it, and to remind those who do, to appreciate it. We invite you to see the impact color can have by watching and sharing this short documentary, Valspar 'Color for the Colorblind.'<more>

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Expansion for 6th Leading International Trade Fair for Industrial Coating Technology from 19 through 22 April 2016 in Karlsruhe
(Germany)

Strong Demand for Booth Locations at PaintExpo 2016 and 2017

Oberboihingen, October 2014 – 18 months before the trade fair opens, more than 175 companies from 12 countries have already made firmbookings for their booth locations at PaintExpo 2016. As a result, approximately 50% of all exhibition floor space occupied at the event in 2014 has already been booked. The international trade fair for industrial coating technologies to be held in April 2017 due to the schedule change to the odd-numbered years is also right on course: roughly 80% of the companies have decided to participate both years. “Even we ourselves have been a bit surprised, and of course pleased with the strong demand for booth floor space at this early point in time. The fact that many companies have not only booked booth floor space for PaintExpo 2016, but rather for 2017 as well, is especially encouraging. As a result of the schedule change to the odd-numbered years, the leading international trade fair will take place after just one year in 2017”, explains

Jürgen Haußmann, managing director of event promoters FairFair GmbH. Practically all of the market and technology leaders from the various fields of industrial coating technologies are amongst the 175 companies who are already included in the exhibitor list. It’s no wonder that PaintExpo has established itself as the number one information and procurement platform  for users around the globe. This is also made apparent by the visitor numbers at PaintExpo 2014 which increased by 14.2% to a total of 9167. 26.6% of the expert visitors came from outside of Germany – from a total of 70 countries. “PaintExpo has evolved into the unequivocal meeting place for the industry sector. The audience has once again become more professional and international, and even more visitors have attended  PaintExpo. We’re already looking forward to PaintExpo 2016”, reports Martin Weidisch from marketing at J. Wagner GmbH – one of the companies who have already made firm bookings for floor space at the leading international trade fair in 2016, and are thus enjoying a full range of options with regard to booth location. Amongst other companies, this is also being taken advantage of by US manufacturer of UV-LED curing technology, Phoeson Technology Inc., as well as Lesta S.R.L. from Italy, who both participated at the leading trade fair for industrial coating technologies for the first time in 2014. 18 months before the trade fair opens, the companies who have already registered for PaintExpo 2016 will occupy roughly 6,300 square metres (67,812 sq. ft.) of floor space, which amounts to about 50% of all occupied floor space in 2014. And roughly  40% has already been firmly booked for PaintExpo 2017.

Market-Oriented, Representative, Forward-Looking Offerings
“We’re expecting further growth of visitor numbers once again in 2016”,says Jürgen Haußmann. This is indicative of the fact that users in various regions around the world are faced with different, but nevertheless generally increasing requirements. These include higher levels of quality and increased productivity, as well as more flexibility and sustainability. Beyond this, the use of new materials, for example lightweight components made of fibrous composite materials, as well as utilisation of various materials within a given finished product, are presenting in-house painting operations and coating job-shops with new challenges. This results in investment needs for in-house painting operations around the globe, because these requirements can only be fulfilled through the use of technical innovations. And these are presented by the exhibitors at PaintExpo in a diversity which is unparalleled anywhere else in the world, and cover the entire process sequence for liquid painting, powder  coating and coil coating. The exhibition programme encompasses liquid painting and powder coating systems, application systems and spray guns, liquid paints and powdered enamels, automation and conveyor technology, cleaning and pre-treatment, drying and curing, environmental technology, pneumatics, compressed air supply and exhaust purification,  water treatment, recycling and disposal, accessories, measuring and test technology, quality assurance, paint stripping, job-shop coating, services and technical literature. Beyond this, downstream process steps such as printing and packaging are covered as well. The same programme will be showcased at the 3rd trade fair for industrial coating technology in Istanbul, Turkey, from the 15th PaintExpo Eurasia, through the 17thmutually by FairFair GmbH and Artkim Fuarcilik.

Further information and a preliminary exhibitor list can be accessed at www.paintexpo.de. of October, 2015. The Turkish offshoot will be promoted

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Parts cleaning: as clean as necessary, as efficient as possible– Increasing quality and efficiency with optimal cleaning solutions– parts2clean presents the latest technology and trendsStuttgart/Hannover, Germany. Cleaning parts and surfaces costs money – just how much money depends on the required result. Whether the job is simple degreasing or rather cleaning to meet strict technical requirements, achieving the necessary quality quickly, reliably and economically involves factors which go beyond the cleaning method used, including the selection of the proper cleaning media and containers and subjects like bath maintenance and packaging of the cleaned parts. You can explore all these aspects at parts2clean at the Stuttgart exhibition center from 9 to 11 June 2015.

“Whether we’re talking about the automotive industry and related suppliers, medical equipment, aeronautics, precision engineering, optics or electronics –today virtually every sector has strict requirements for component cleanliness, and this places significantly higher demands on cleaning,” says Olaf Daebler, in charge of the parts2clean show at Deutsche Messe. To play it safe, an “as-clean-as-possible” approach is frequently taken, which has an impact on cost and therefore on competitiveness. The remedy is to take a suitable cleaning approach that meets all requirements and to optimize cleaning results while reducing costs. “As the flagship trade fair for its sector, parts2clean presents a comprehensive scope of products and services that address every aspect of  industrial parts cleaning, from systems and media to bath maintenance, analytics for cleanliness control, corrosion prevention, protection and packaging,” explains Daebler.

Fine-tuning cleaning processes for reliability and efficiency Wet chemical cleaning processes are the method of choice for the majority of  industrial cleaning tasks. Here the dissolving capacity of the chosen cleaning media has a decisive impact on operating costs, quality and the stability of the cleaning process. The core principle that applies to media selection is “like dissolves like.” This means that solvents are normally used to remove oil- based (non-polar) contaminants such as cutting oils, grease and wax. Aqueous cleaners are generally used to remove water-based (polar) contaminants such as cooling and lubricating emulsions, polishing  compounds, additives, salts, abrasion and other solids. Modified alcohols with balanced oil- and water-solubility are able to remove both non-polar and polar contaminants.

There is no magic formula for matching cleaning processes or system and  process engineering to a particular scenario. They must be developed with a view to the overall manufacturing process. The following factors play a role:
What materials are being treated? At what point in production do the parts get contaminated, and with what? Must this contamination be removed immediately, e.g. to ensure proper results in the next processing step? Does processing involve a variety of materials that can lead to cleaning problems if  they are mixed? Does the cleaning of parts made of various materials such as aluminum, steel, titanium, carbide or ceramic create a risk of cross-contamination in the given facility? The answers to these questions can be used to arrive at a cleaning solution capable of optimizing both costs and results.
The parts basket or workpiece carrier also has a major impact on the cost and quality of the cleaning process. Effective filtration and separation systems such as oil separators, particle filters and membrane filters, as well as water treatment and in the case of solvents distillation capacity, also help to prolong bath service life and reduce disposal costs. For water-based media, continuous monitoring of cleaning agent concentration ensures that baths are not changed too quickly due to safety concerns, but instead only when  insufficient component cleanliness can lead to problems in subsequent process stages.

Component and surface cleaning know-how
As the only trade fair in the world focusing exclusively on industrial parts and  surface cleaning, parts2clean not only reflects today’s market in its entirety, but also offers lots of added value in terms of its parallel three-day forum. Lectures on a wide variety of industrial parts and surface cleaning topics will be simultaneously translated (German-English/English-German).

Deutsche Messe surface technology fairs : upcoming dates
The next surface technology fair in Germany is SurfaceTechnology at  HANNOVER MESSE from 13 to 17 April 2015. The next parts2clean is scheduled from 9 to 11 June 2015 in Stuttgart, Germany. O&S and parts2clean 2016 are planned to run from 31 May to 2 June. Upcoming fairs abroad with a surface technology component are SurfaceTreatment EURASIA  with a parts2clean pavilion from 12 to 15 February 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey, and also the very first Surface Technology NORTH AMERICA (parallel to IMTS) from 12 to 17 September 2016.

Contact for queries related to technical content:
Doris Schulz, SCHULZ. PRESSE. TEXT.
Tel.: +49 711 854085
E-mail: ds@pressetextschulz.de

Contact for tradeshow-related matters:
Katja Wohlers
Tel.: +49 4121 7009150
E-mail: mail@katjawohlers.de 

Additional information can also be found at: www.parts2clean.de
Doris Schulz, Landhausstraße 12, 70825 Korntal, Germany
E-mail: ds@pressetextschulz.de