Kansai Nerolac observes Swacch Bharat’s 2nd anniversary with a cyclathon
With an aim to reach out to those who needs help, KNPL painted 40 government schools across India as a part of this initiative in a day and brought some colours to their lives
BestMediaInfo Bureau | Mumbai | December 22, 2016
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Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd (KNPL) recently organised the 'Nerolac Cyclathon 2016' to commemorate the second anniversary of Swacch Bharat Mission. The cyclathon was organised keeping in mind the growing awareness about health and hygiene in daily lives amid rising health issues and the concern for a safer environment.<more>

Powder Coating Equipment Market To Reach $2.14 Billion By 2024
The global powder coating equipment market is expected to grow to a $2.14 billion industry by 2024, according to a report from Grand View Researcher.

'The market is expected to witness significant gains over the forecast period on account of increasing usage of powder coatings in automotive, consumer goods, architectural, furniture, general industries, and defense applications,' said the Grand View report.

Powder coat guns are poised to witness a 7.5 percent compound annual growth rate in the next seven years due to its lightweight nature and ease of color change. The consumption of guns for spraying powder coatings on metals, ceramics, glass, and plastic surfaces is expected to augment demand in the coming years, Grand View said. <more>

Powder coating market growth is driven by high automobile production all across the globe.
Global Powder Coating Market size is predicted to surpass 3801 kilo tons and record a CAGR of 6.9% during forecast timeframe. It is projected to touch revenue margin of about $15.59 billion by end of forecast timeline. Heavy automobile production in countries like Germany, China, Malaysia and Brazil is predicted to stimulate industry growth across various applications like under the hood parts, door handles and rims.<more>

Kadakola set to become a major industrial hub
Mysuru: In another five years, Kadakola in Mysuru is expected to be developed on the lines of Whitefield in Bengaluru. Asian Paints will invest Rs 2,400 crore in 175 acres at Adakanahalli Industrial Area in Kadakola and set up five ancillary industries worth over Rs 100 crore in nearly 100 acre. Apart from this, four more industries are expected to make a total investment of Rs 950 crore on 227 acres at Adakanahalli and Tandya industrial areas.<more>

AkzoNobel
AkzoNobel, a leading global paints and coatings company, has inaugurated the first-of-its-kind Specialty Coatings production facility and colour laboratory in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, a satellite town 25 km from New Delhi, to service its customers in the consumer electronics, automobile and cosmetic industries.<more>

Titanium dioxide prices continue their upward spiral
Titanium dioxide manufacturers are pushing for additional price hikes for deliveries in the first quarter of 2017, due to inflationary pressures associated with raw material costs.

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) manufacturers have succeeded in implementing additional mark-ups to TiO2 prices in negotiations about fourth-quarter deliveries. These mark-ups come on the heels of prices hikes already achieved in the second and third quarters of 2016. The fourth-quarter price hike in the rutile pigment segment used in the decor paper industry are said to be similar in magnitude to the past two quarters.<more>

Powder Coating Equipment Market To Reach $2.14 Billion By 2024
The global powder coating equipment market is expected to grow to a $2.14 billion industry by 2024, according to a report from Grand View Researcher.

'The market is expected to witness significant gains over the forecast period on account of increasing usage of powder coatings in automotive, consumer goods, architectural, furniture, general industries, and defense applications,' said the Grand View report.

Powder coat guns are poised to witness a 7.5 percent compound annual growth rate in the next seven years due to its lightweight nature and ease of color change. The consumption of guns for spraying powder coatings on metals, ceramics, glass, and plastic surfaces is expected to augment demand in the coming years, Grand View said.

Dipankar Basu to step down as Director of Asian Paints Ltd
Asian Paints Ltd has received a letter dated December 26, 2016 from Shri Dipankar Basu, Non-Executive / Independent Director stating that he would like to step down as a Director with effect from January 01, 2017 due to his advancing age<more>

ASCI upholds complaints against 151 misleading ads in Sept
ASCI upheld a complaint against Berger Paints India, which claimed in an advertisement of Berger Express Painting that You will be amazed to see how the trained painters use the hi-tech sanding machines to scrape your walls without any dust and use the automatic paining machines to paint the walls perfectly in no time.
According to the ad regulator, the claims "were inadequately substantiated with supporting evidence and are misleading."<more>

Corporation library turns bright in one night
Chennai: In this day and age when people hardly find time even to do their daily chores at home, a group of committed members of the public took up the tough task to cleaning and restoring the Corporation library on Warren Road, Mylapore.

They not only succeeded in achieving their goal but also did it within a matter of seven hours.

Meet Krishna Kumar Suresh, the founder of the NGO, Thuvakkam, who guided his team of 25 volunteers to achieve this feat. 'News Today' interviewed him to know more about the initiative.

Q: What made you and your team venture into this tough task?

A: As an NGO, our job is to create awareness about social issues. But when we start doing our work, in most situations, we get discouraged due to lack of cooperation from people. At one point of time, we decided that we should achieve something and leave our mark in society.

We wanted people to know our strength as a team. We wanted to serve society in action and not in words. This motivated us to venture into this task.

Q: How did you go about achieving this?

A: One of the renowned paint manufacturers, Nippon Paints, came to know about our work through the media. They came forward to help us take up this initiative.

We decided to paint the walls and clean up the entire corporation library on Warren Road in a night - without anyone noticing it - and surprise them the next morning. Everything went on fine and on the night of 26 November, our volunteers, comprising four girls and 21 boys, started the cleaning and painting work at 9 pm. We completed the work by 4 am.

The next morning, the officials and the people were amazed by our achievement. The restored library was a visual treat.<more>

How to Get Smokers to Quit? Enlist World’s Ugliest Color
Number 448c in the Pantone system, was voted the ugliest color by 1,000 smokers.
Global health authorities are trying to get more countries to mandate the use of the 'world's ugliest color' on cigarette packaging to discourage smoking.

In 2012, GfK Bluemoon, a market research company under contract to the Australian government, announced that nearly 1,000 smokers had voted that a drab greenish brown known as opaque couche, number 448c in the Pantone color matching system, was the world's most repulsive color.

It was described as looking like death, filth, lung tar or baby excrement. Color aficionados later noted that it was also similar to the hue of the dress worn by the Mona Lisa. <more>

Glass Coating Market is Projected to Grow at a Healthy CAGR During 2016 - 2022
Glass coating is done to save energy and to decrease the carbon emissions. The growing demand and sales in the automotive industry is the major reason for the rise in demand for the glass coatings. The glass coatings is of two major types; one is nano coating and the other is liquid glass coating. The nano coating is the non-stick coatings used to reduce the contact of dirt particles with the glass. The major advantage of the nano coating is that they guarantee permanence and longevity.<more>

China shuts down polluting TiO2 companies; drives prices up
Following pollution by local industries and a subsequent inspection by the municipal governmnet in Panzhihua, 28 companies have been shut down in the area. Among these were a number of TiO2 and ilmenite producers, which some said has led to spike in short term prices due the resulting market tightness.<more>

Paints: not a pretty picture
If the liquidity crunch following demonetisation is affecting volumes, higher costs in wake of Opec oil production cuts can affect margins if companies decide to absorb the cost.

The rise in crude oil prices, coming on the back of a disruption caused by demonetization, is a double whammy for paint firms. If the liquidity crunch is affecting volumes, higher costs can affect margins if companies decide to absorb the cost so as to not disturb demand.

The increase in crude oil prices appears to be sustainable so far, as oil-producing countries have agreed to production cuts. This could see an increase in the petroleum-based solvents that paint firms use. If the rising crude prices sees derivatives such as plastics becoming expensive, that can result in higher packaging costs. Lastly, freight costs will increase once fuel prices are hiked.<more>

AkzoNobel completes acquisition of BASF's Industrial Coatings business
Paints and coatings manufacturer Akzo Nobel has acquired the Industrial Coatings Business of BASF India for a consideration of Rs 11.17 crore.

AkzoNobel has finalized the acquisition of BASF's global Industrial Coatings business, which supplies a range of products for industries including construction, domestic appliances, wind energy and commercial transport, strengthening its position as the global number one supplier in coil coatings.<more>

Automotive Paints Market to Reach $18 billion with 4.5% CAGR Forecast to 2020
The automotive paints market is expected to register a revenue worth $18 billion by the end of 2020, growing at a CAGR of 4.5% during the forecast period. The market is driven by the paint manufacturers striving to offer cost-efficient and varied effective solutions without compromising on the performance of the paints through their wide portfolio product offerings. Suppliers are emphasising on developing products to comply with the regulatory norms as well as catering to the changing preferences and needs of the consumers to remain competitive in the market. The growth of the market is also further characterized by increasing vehicle production and growing demands for carbon footprint technologies in the automotive paints market.<more>

DuPont to pay $50M in record-setting settlement for river contamination near Waynesboro
Virginia and federal officials have reached a $50 million environmental damages settlement with DuPont chemical company, the largest agreement of its kind in state history, over the decades-old mercury contamination of the Shenandoah River system.

The settlement, announced Thursday at a news conference in Richmond, includes a $42 million cash payment, made in two installments within the next year, that state and federal officials will use for restoration projects in the watershed over a decade or more. Another $8 million will be used for improvements to the state-owned Front Royal Regional Fish Hatchery to boost smallmouth bass production.<more>

Global coating pretreatment market is expected to see the growth with the CAGR of 6.3% from 2016 to 2022 according to market forecasts
Over the past few years, the global coating pretreatment market has seen a considerable growth due to increasing demand of from its application industries which has resulted into a higher growth rate at the end of forecasted period. <more>

Antimicrobial Powder Coatings Market expected to show steady growth by 2021
To protect the surface or a material against the attack of the bacteria or fungi, antimicrobial powder coatings are used. Antimicrobial powder coating is in the form of dry powder that is applied to the surfaces. Use of antimicrobial powder coating provides advantages such as high strength, aesthetics, easy application, durability, and resistance to corrosion. Antimicrobial material used for powder coating can be divided into three categories: organic, inorganic, and natural materials. Owing to their higher efficiency, inorganic materials are used extensively, and thus the global demand for inorganic materials is high as compared to natural and organic materials in the global market of antimicrobial powder coating. The inorganic materials mainly consist of copper, silver, and other heavy metals. Silver is the major product segment of antimicrobial powder coatings due to its high bio-compatibility.<more>