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APIL Industrial Paints Biz Revenue Falls In 2002-03
Mumbai, July 3: Asian Paints India Ltd
(APIL) has discontinued the production of automotive paints manufactured in technical collaboration with Nippon Paints Ltd of Japan.
Instead, the company is catering to the automotive paints market exclusively through its joint venture (JV), Asian PPG Industries.
The company’s annual report for 2002-03 states, “The transfer of powder coatings business to Asian Paints Industrial Coatings Ltd
(APICL) and the discontinuation of Nippon automotive coatings have together resulted in the decline in revenue of industrial paints business of
APIL. Excluding Nippon Paints’ automotive coatings and transferred powder coatings business, the sale of industrial coatings in 2002-03 would have grown by over 35 per cent over the previous year which is a healthy growth rate by any standard.”
Further details on http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=37463
S. Ishwar named new President for Indian Paint Association
 Bangalore/Calcutta, 17 July 2003
The Indian Paint Association (IPA) appoints S. Ishwar as its new President.
S. Ishwar, managing director of Akzo Nobel Coatings India Private Limited, succeeds Murshed Nawaz of Aster Paints.
The Indian Paint Association (IPA) was founded by amalgamating the Indian Paint Manufacturers Association and the Paint Federation, on 1st July, 1960. It is a national body which represents both the Organized Sector and the Small Scale Sector in the paint industry and is a voluntary non-political and non-profit organization which promotes the interests of the paint industry and the society.
With the new perspective of a liberalized economy, the IPA is now changing its focus to a more proactive role from the erstwhile protective role.
Jenson & Nicholson Taps Judis Moneta For Biz Recast
Mumbai, July 7: Jenson & Nicholson India Ltd has tied-up with Judis Moneta Financial Services Pte Ltd to restructure its operations and finances in an effort to revive the company from a bad financial spell.
Jenson and Nicholson, a leading player in the Indian paint industry, has entered into an agreement with Judis Moneta for the operational and financial restructuring of the company in its entirety.
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When asked about
these changes, Mr. Bikash Mallick, Business Manager - Industrial Coating Division (South & West)Jenson & Nicholson (India) Ltd.
informed in his email to India Powder Coating, "We
will come back to you in due course with updated status"
Earlier on June 18th the Economic
times news story reported from Kolkata,
"The script is not yet ready but the smoke signals are getting easier to read. Financially crippled, Jenson & Nicholson (J&N), one of the country’s oldest paint companies, is looking for a suitor to bail it out. A reluctant prospect, Berger Paints conducted a due diligence but is unwilling to strike a deal.
Whenever you think of colour, think if us’. Maybe not. On Monday night, the company downed the shutters of its corporate office in the city. All 48 employees found themselves out of jobs and the top management remained untraceable. A notice signed by company managing director, JS
Chatterjee, put up at the corporate office reads: “Tremendous financial crisis and losses are such that operations of the company are not economically viable.” Sources in Berger Paints acknowledged that PricewaterhouseCoopers
(PwC) had been mandated to prepare a due diligence report on J&N as the first moves to buy out the company. “The financials of the company were dismal and its liabilities were too large. The chapter is now closed,” sources said"
Goodlass Nerolac: Sales
up by 17 percent in the first quarter
Coatings Flash - July 28, 2003
Goodlass Nerolac Paints Limited has registered gross sales of INR
1.963 billion (1 EUR = 52 INR) for the first quarter of the current
financial year 2003-04, an increase of 17.2% as compared to INR 1.675
billion of the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The Company
has posted a profit before tax of INR 136.2 million for the current
quarter as against INR 84.5 million of Q1 of the previous year,
registering a 61.2% increase. The profit after tax has increased by
52.9%.
Henkel acquires Makroflex
Coatings Flash - July 28, 2003
The Henkel Group is taking over Makroflex from the Finnish YIT Construction Ltd., effective July 18, 2003. In fiscal 2002, the Makroflex companies recorded sales of some 34 million EUR. The companies employ around 100 people at two production sites in Finland and Estonia. Makroflex is the market leader in Central, Eastern and Northern Europe. "This acquisition is another important step toward expanding our international adhesives business according to plan," explains Alois Linder, Executive Vice Present, Consumer and Craftsmen Adhesives, of the Henkel Group. "The purchase of Makroflex will strengthen our position in North, Central and Eastern Europe, and especially in Russia." Makroflex's operations in Central and Eastern Europe will in the future be steered by Henkel Central Eastern Europe, headquartered in Vienna. Its Northern European activities will be managed through the Henkel Norden Group.
Tikkurila UK consult over possible restructure
Coatings Flash - July 07, 2003
Tikkurila Coatings Ltd, one of the major industrial paint manufacturers in the UK and Europe, started to consult with its workforce on 27th June 2003 over its proposal to move to a single site operation. The company currently has manufacturing and administrative sites at Bury in Lancashire and West Bromwich in the West Midlands. The company is considering a proposal to consolidate UK manufacturing to their West Bromwich site. A period of consultation with staff and Unions has commenced to discuss this proposal.
"The UK industrial paint market continues to contract, resulting in fierce competition on price with subsequent pressures on profitability", says Nigel Smith, Managing Director of Tikkurila Coatings Ltd. "The market is such that we must address the increased overheads we carry due to having two sites, which our competitors do not. We intend to position ourselves to aggressively increase our market share in the UK."
Akzo Nobel Coatings to close down Feuerbach plant.
http://www.coatings.de/pcnews.cfm
Akzo Nobel Coatings plans to close the facility in Feuerbach (Germany) within the next 5 years. The measure will affect 400 employees in the manufacture of industrial coatings, powder coatings and automotive coatings. Up to 360 employees will be offered a new job. Akzo Nobel Coatings considers to build a new facility in Greater Stuttgart in Germany.
Akzo Nobel's
Nordic Industrial Coatings to Tikkurila
The transaction between Tikkurila Coatings and Akzo Nobel on Akzo Nobel's Nordic general industrial liquid coatings activities has been finalized. The deal takes effect on 1 Jan 2003. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
The acquisition will significantly strengthen Tikkurila Coatings' market position in the Nordic Countries and the Baltic Sea area. Sales for Akzo Nobel's Nordic business in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Poland were EUR 17 million in 2001.
Tikkurila Coatings Oy is part of the Tikkurila Group, a major paint manufacturer in Northern and Eastern Europe with production facilities in ten countries. Its main products are decorative paints, industrial wood finishes, paints for the metal industry, protective coatings and coil coatings. In 2001 the Group had net sales of EUR 445 million and a staff of 2,500.
In an email Arja Schadewitz, Communications, Tikkurila Oy
informed "India Powder Coating" that powder coatings
were not part of this transaction, only the liquid coatings
business was dealt with.
Dow's epoxy resin plant in operation.
China Chemical Reporter, 26 May 2003, 14 (15), 13 () (in English)
On 7 May 2003 Dow Chemical Co began production at its 41,000 tonnes/y converted epoxy resin plant at Zhangjiangang in China. The plant will produce solid epoxy resin for use in powder coatings as well as brominated epoxy resins for electrical laminates and solid solution epoxy resin for marine and protective paints. Double digit growth has been recorded in all these markets in China. The new plant will supply markets in China, Australia and Asia. Dow already produces 30,000 tonnes/y epoxy resins at Kumi in Korea.
DuPont Announces Launch of Coatings Ventures in China
[Insider News] July 21, 2003 Issue
DuPont Performance Coatings announced agreements with Beijing Red Lion Coatings Co. Ltd. of China forming two automotive coatings joint
ventures based in Beijing and Changchun, China. The ventures have
received final government approval and will be 60% owned by DuPont
and 40% by Red Lion. Operations area already under way, DuPont said.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
With the agreements, DuPont said it has increased its stake in an
existing joint venture by acquiring the interest previously held by
Akzo Nobel Coatings. In addition, DuPont has entered into a second
joint venture. The two businesses, both named "DuPont Red Lion," are
designed to modernize coatings production to support the Chinese
automotive industry with locally manufactured coatings and technical
service, DuPont said. The combined capacity of the two joint-venture
plants will start at 20,000 tons of paint per year, with production
supported by laboratories and application facilities located at both
sites.
John R. Lewis, DuPont Performance Coatings Asia Growth Initiatives,
said the automotive market in China is recording the strongest growth
rates worldwide, with current annual production standing at about 1.2
million cars and 1.5 million commercial vehicles. "As one of the
fastest growing automotive markets in the world, China will play an
increasingly important role in our future business plans," Lewis
said. "Almost all international automotive manufacturers are planning
major investments to increase production in China, which already has exhibited stable, double-digit annual growth rates."
Lewis said a major share of the industry's growth will be generated
by the Chinese operations of DuPont's current global customers such
as Volkswagen, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Citroen, Toyota ,and Nissan.
In Beijing, DuPont Red Lion will build a new production site for OEM
paints and an application center. Following completion, about mid- year 2004, production will be relocated to the site from an existing
plant in Beijing. The new plant will supply waterborne products to be
introduced in China in the near future, DuPont said.
The Changchun site in north China will be expanded and modernized at an incremental cost of $15 million. The Changchun joint venture was
originally established in 1995 by TOA International Co., Ltd. of Thailand and Changchun City Paint Factory as "TOA-CPF Paints Co.
Ltd." Red Lion acquired the interest of Changchun City Paint in 2001, and DuPont is acquiring the interests of TOA in the previous venture.
Red Lion, founded in 1952, is one of China's largest coatings producers, and manufactures a variety of coatings for the automotive,
machinery, sheet-steel, and building markets.
FDA clearances pursued for UV/EB Food
Packaging
PR 3-07-03--Immediate Release: July 21, 2003
Chevy Chase, MD-Food packaging clearances for direct food contact using ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) materials such as coatings, inks and adhesives are being pursued by members of RadTech, the non profit trade association for the industry. "The fast growing and already wide use of UV and EB in the package converting industry is driving this initiative," according to David Diehl of PPG and President of RadTech. "While thermally cured solvent and water-borne systems have been used by the food packaging industry for many years, there are virtually no basic components that have been listed as yet by the FDA for the relatively recent strong emergence of UV and EB ink, adhesive, and coating formulations."
"Without FDA clearance, when UV and EB are used in food packaging, care must be taken to assure that there is a 'functional barrier' between the cured UV or EB formulation and the food," says Ron Golden of Surface Specialties, Inc. and RadTech Board member. "Consequently, although significant performance and productivity cost benefits are possible with UV and EB, end users have only limited ability to specify UV or EB materials in food packaging applications, such as inserts and game pieces for snack foods, lid materials, exterior of folding cartons, pouches for various types of seasonings and gravy mixes, and the like. Explicit FDA clearance would be a breakthrough to offer food packaging end users much broader access to all the significant advantages of functional UV and EB cured inks, coatings and adhesives."
Nearly 50 RadTech members attended the first planning meeting for the initiative, with the group forming a new RadTech "FDA Food Packaging Alliance." The Law firm of Keller & Heckman, Washington D.C., has been retained to administer the initiative. For more information on joining the new alliance, please contact RadTech at uveb@radtech.org, and visit www.radtech.org
BASF Catalysis Award 2003 goes to Stefan Mecking
Coatings Flash - July 07, 2003
Chemist Dr. Stefan Mecking has received the BASF Catalysis Award 2003 from Dr. Stefan Marcinowski, member of BASF's Board of Executive Directors. The prize honors the 36-year-old researcher's outstanding contribution to the field of catalysis. "Catalysis is a field of research with enormous power to innovate and it's a key technology for meeting the challenges of the future. BASF therefore believes it is essential to support the work of young, talented researchers in this area," said Dr. Marcinowski, who is also BASF's Research Executive Director.
Dr. Mecking heads a team at the Material Research Center and Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry at the University of Freiburg, Germany. One aspect of his research is novel catalytic syntheses of polymer dispersions - aqueous slurries in which the polymer particles are so small that they do not separate out, even after a longer period.
"Catalytic syntheses can yield polymers and material properties that cannot be attained using traditional methods. Dispersions produced in this way are of interest in a variety of applications such as environmentally compatible and cost-effective UV-stable coatings," explained prizewinner Dr. Mecking. "I'm really delighted to win the BASF Catalysis award for my work - it's extremely motivating," he added.
Ferro Sells Petroleum Additives Unit, Completes Sale of Specialty Ceramics Business
[Insider News] July 14, 2003 Issue
Ferro Corp. announced the sale of its Petroleum Additives business to
Dover Chemicals, a subsidiary of ICC Chemicals Inc. The business
produces fuel additives and metalworking lubricants at a single operating facility in Hammond, IN. Sales for the business were
approximately $32 million in 2002.
Ferro also said it completed the previously announced sale of its
Specialty Ceramics business to the investment group CerCo L.L.C. The
sale includes two manufacturing sites in Ohio and one manufacturing
plant in Spain. The Specialty Ceramics business manufactures ceramic
grinding media, kiln furniture, wear tile, and structural ceramics.
Sales in 2002 were approximately $40 million.
Ferro late last year announced plans to divest several small non-core
businesses. Net proceeds will be used to reduce debt levels. Chairman
and CEO Hector R. Ortino said the divestitures follow a "period of
significant investment in acquisitions" and reflect "our continued
efforts to reposition and improve the growth profile of Ferro's portfolio." He said the company is focusing on the expansion of
businesses that "can attain critical mass, have global scope and that
either have or can develop sustainable competitive advantages."
Ferro is a manufacturer of performance materials, including coatings
and specialty chemicals.
Akzo Nobel completes divestment of Casco Impregnated Papers
Arnhem, the Netherlands, July 8, 2003 - Akzo Nobel and Deutsche Beteiligungs AG and Harvest Partners Inc. have closed the deal concerning the divestment of Akzo Nobel's Impregnated Papers business. Taking into account certain adjustments, a cash and debt free amount of EUR 112 million was involved in the transaction. "This is another step in the continuous pruning and upgrading of the Akzo Nobel portfolio. It also contributes to the debt reduction program for 2003," said CFO Fritz Fröhlich. "Our aim is to reduce Akzo Nobel's net debt by at least EUR 250 million this year."
Wolff Cellulosics receives Innovator-Award
Coatings Flash - July 14, 2003
Wolff Cellulosics, an affiliate of Bayer Chemicals based at the Walsrode Industrial Park in Germany, was awarded the "Best Innovator" prize for outstanding innovation management. The aim of the competition newly devised by A.T. Kearney and the German business magazine "Wirtschaftswoche" was to find companies which run their innovation management effectively and sustainably. The jury systematically assessed the quality of management in terms of innovation strategy, innovation organization and culture, innovation processes, innovation-supporting factors and innovation success. In the category innovation organization, Wolff Cellulosics achieved the best rating. More on this competition in the Wirtschaftswoche edition dated 26 Juni 2003.
Part of the jury's appraisal was as follows: "The overall strategic realignment to focus on core business areas, the deployment of company-wide interlinked sector teams and the innovation-friendly climate within the company have been instrumental in increasing Wolff Cellulosics' market shares above average, enabling it to advance to the number 2 position worldwide with its key products. This is coupled with capital investments in plant and equipment, processes, research and development.."
USA: Architectural coatings follow changing building trends
Coatings Flash - July 14, 2003
Changes in the materials used in the US housing markets are impacting on the types of coatings being used. In 1991, 45 % of all new home exteriors were built of wood, by 2001, this proportion had dropped to 15 %. Building materials in the last decade have diversified into brick, stucco, aluminium, cement, fibreboard, hardboard, drywall and even steel.
While 100 % acrylic was the perfect match for painting wood, it is suggested that this may not necessarily hold true for other materials. Indeed in Europe and Asia, where wood is less prevalent, 100 % acrylic latex paints, rely heavily on vinyl versatate an styrene acrylics for exterior house paints. Formulators in North America are therefore beginning to blend acrylics with other systems to achieve the right mix for specific applications, for instance copolymerising versatate binders with acrylates or vinyl acetate.
Eisenhower's Light Industrial Facility Saves Navy $2 Million
Moderator: With the permission from Stephanie Collins, Editor, Navy NewsStand
http://www.news.navy.mil/
By Journalist Seaman Michael Perez, USS Dwight D. Eisnehower Public Affairs
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) -- A thousand dollars here, a thousand dollars there. Who cares? The crew of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
(CVN 69) cares.
Ike's aircraft intermediate maintenance department (AIMD) is fortunate enough to have access to a facility known as the Light Industrial Facility
(LIFAC). LIFAC is a building where Ike Sailors fabricate and restore materials for the aircraft carrier. Among the items they refabricate are ready room chairs, watertight and non-watertight doors. They also create new items, such as funnels and M-60 mount covers.
“We are the first carrier to do refabrication on watertight doors,” said Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 1st Class (AW/SW) Charles R.
Dovich, LIFAC production leading petty officer. “We are also the first carrier to create M-60 [machine gun] mount covers.”
At LIFAC, a new process for ships known as 'powder coating' is being conducted as an alternative to painting. Powder coating is very unique in that it lasts ten times longer than regular paint, won’t rust, is environmentally safer, is an easier process and takes less time to complete a project.
“The powder coating costs about the same amount as regular paint, but since it lasts longer, it saves money in the long run,” said Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class (AW) Michael L. Glass, LIFAC production supervisor.
As proof the powder coating is a reliable process, AIMD has left a powder-coated door outdoors for more than one-and-a-half years now. The door has borne the weather and is still in great condition, according to Glass.
Powder coating is just one of many stations LIFAC utilizes. Included is the fabrication bay, where Sailors measure, cut and create new items for the ship. Attached to that are the wielding stations, where watertight doors and other items are currently being worked on. Then there is the upholstery shop, where the fabric is redone on ready room chairs and M-60 mount covers are sown. Next, there is the blast booth, where doors and other materials are sandblasted down to bare metal. Finally, there is an area where some regular painting on items, such as non-watertight doors, occurs.
It's with these stations that AIMD is able to do a lot of different jobs to save the Navy as much money as possible.
Since AIMD took over LIFAC in May 2001, they've saved the Navy in excess of $2 million dollars, according to
Dovich. They've refabricated 300 chairs, 1,000 non-watertight doors, 200 watertight doors, 39 communication booths and numerous other items, such as firefighting hose reels. They've also constructed 600 funnels, which are important for reactor department’s shore steaming operations.
“We have a lot of hard-working Sailors here,” said Dovich. “I would put this work force against any work force in the Navy.”
With all the hard work they put in, LIFAC just wants Ike to know that they are here to support the crew. They feel strongly about coming out of the yards on time.
“We feel good knowing that we are doing our job to support the ship,” said Aviation Maintenance Administrationman Senior Chief (AW/SW) Dave L. Harris, LIFAC leading chief petty officer. “Life is good here at
LIFAC.”
New PVDF Powder Coating to Debut at Semicon West
Kynar Flex(R) Powder Coating Now Available from ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc.
Monday July 14, 10:05 am ET
PHILADELPHIA, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc. will introduce Kynar Flex® 2850PC, a new grade of PVDF designed for powder coating applications, at the upcoming Semicon West Expo (San Francisco, July 14 through 16). The new powder-coating grade contains no additives and offers the same high purity as other Kynar grades. And just like other Kynar grades, the new powder coating grade is well suited for use in semiconductor manufacture and other high-purity applications. Kynar Flex 2850PC resin conforms to U.S. Pharmacopoeia VI (USP Class VI) specifications and meets FDA regulations for repeated food contact (Section 117.2510).
"Complex components coated with Kynar Flex 2850PC resin meet semiconductor and clean room requirements," noted Gary Dennis, marketing manager for ATOFINA Chemicals' technical polymers, "and have the excellent chemical and abrasion resistance, low permeation and inherent flame resistance expected of a Kynar coating."
One noteworthy attribute of Kynar Flex 2850PC coatings is the smooth, high-gloss surface finish. The finish enhances the low extraction characteristic of Kynar resins and reduces micro organic deposits and growth.
For additional information about Kynar Flex 2850PC resin and its applications, please call Gary Dennis at (215) 419-7535 or send e-mail to gary.dennis@atofina.com.
Headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc., employs 3,000 people and produces high-performance chemicals and polymers. The Company reported sales in 2002 of $1.4 billion. ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc., is part of ATOFINA, the world's 6th largest chemical company with 71,500 employees and 2002 sales of $18.2 billion (euro 19.3 billion). ATOFINA is the chemicals branch of TOTAL (NYSE: TOT - News), the world's 4th largest oil and gas company, with 121,000 employees and 2002 sales of $97.6 billion (euro 103 billion).
Oven fire at furniture manufacturer results in smoke and water damage
Moderator:
With
permission from Rich Martin, managing editor, of The Roanoke Times http://www.roanoke.com
201 W. Campbell Ave., P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke, Va. 24010-2491, Main Switchboard: (800) 346-1234.
A furniture manufacturing company in downtown Roanoke was damaged by heavy smoke and water Wednesday after a fire broke out in its giant oven.
Shop supervisor Marty Neal said there were several pallets of powder coating in the oven that were being baked to dispose of them. The coating is a paint that goes on metal furniture in powder form and is then fired in the oven to set it. "I could see when the blowers kicked off there was smoke coming out" of the oven, said Neal. The oven is about twice the size of a large walk-in freezer.
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