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current with environmental trends.“It’s a continuous process,”continues Van den Akker, “We areworking closely with all ourstakeholders towards asustainable future – we wantInterpon powder coatings to be assustainable as possible. We areconstantly sourcing moresustainable and renewable rawmaterials and energy resourcesfrom our suppliers and focusingsignificant R&D efforts onreducing the ecological footprint atevery stage of the process. Ourecological performance has beenrecognized as among the verybest in the coatings industry andwe use ecological efficiencyanalyses (EEAs) to reconfirm forboth ourselves and ourcustomers, that powder is asustainable coatings material.”

Press release from: AkzoNobel PowderCoatings Ltd, Building 24, Rijksstraatweg 31,PO Box 3, 2170 BA Sassenheim, TheNetherlands, tel: +31 653 677 268, fax: +3138 4200 467, website:http://www.interpon.com (1 Nov 2011)

AkzoNobel to build new coatingsplant in China to meet risingdemand

AkzoNobel is planning to investaround €60 M to increase theproduction capacity of itsAutomotive and AerospaceCoatings business in China. Thisinvestment will provide additionalmomentum for the company’saccelerated growth strategy ofachieving revenue of $3 bn inChina by 2015, and strengthenAkzoNobel’s leadership position inthe country’s automotive refinishesmarket. As well as constructing anew production facility inChangzhou, the company willbuild related warehousing, qualitycontrol laboratories, supportfacilities and offices on the newsite. The project will increasecapacity by around 25 M liters/yand the site is projected to beoperational in early 2014. “Thisinvestment builds on last year’sacquisition of Prime Automotiveand is all about meeting rapidlyincreasing customer demand,”explained Leif Darner,

AkzoNobel’s Executive Committeemember responsible forPerformance Coatings. “We arealso seizing an ideal opportunityto further strengthen ourleadership position.” Added JimRees, Managing Director ofAkzoNobel’s Automotive andAerospace Coatings business:“The automotive and aerospacemarket in China is forecast tofurther increase steeply in thecoming years and this investmentwill allow us to capture our shareof this growth. Changzhou is theideal location for this facility asthere is a good infrastructurealready in place and it is ideallysituated in the coatings ‘center’ ofChina, with close access to manyof our customers.” AkzoNobelcurrently employs around 6700people in China, with revenue for2010 totaling €1.3 bn, with amajority of the revenue generatedfrom local demand. The new sitein Changzhou will be thecompany’s 29th manufacturinglocation in China.

Press release from: AkzoNobel,Strawinskylaan 2555, PO Box 75730, 1070AS Amsterdam, the Netherlands, tel: +31 20502 7555, fax: +31 20 502 7666, website:http://www.akzonobel.com (27 Oct 2011)

Cytec to present innovativecoatings technologies at ABRAFATI2011

Cytec Industries Inc (Cytec) hasannounced its participation at the12th annual ABRAFATI 2011 inSao Paulo, Brazil, 21-23 Nov2011. Cytec will be exhibitingmany of its innovative coating andink technologies. This includespromoting liquid coating resins,UV curable resins & additives,and powder coatings products.Cytec will be giving 4 lecturesand presenting 4 posters: ‘AlkydDispersions: Structure, Properties& Coating Application lecture’;‘Energy Curable Acrylates forFood Packaging Applications’;‘Sustainable Polyesters for PowderCoatings – making powders evengreener’; ‘Novel CrosslinkerChemistries’; ‘New Solvent-freeWaterborne Epoxy Resin

Dispersion for Low VOC 2-PackProtective Coatings’; ‘LatestDevelopment in Energy CurableResins for Speciality Effects’; Highperformance, VOC-free pigmentgrinding medium for water- andsolvent-borne paints and coating’;and ‘Innovative UV StabilizationSystems to Extend CoatingsLifetime’. Cytec Industries Inc’svision is to deliver specialitychemicals and materialstechnologies with focus oninnovation.

Press release from: Cytec Industries Inc, 5Garret Mountain Plaza, West Paterson, NJ07424, USA, tel: +1 973 357 3249 or +1973 357 3319, e-mail: info@gm.cytec.com,website: http://www.cytec.com (25 Oct 2011)

Organa Garden’s IGT developsDuraspeed powder coatings forboat propellers

Integrated Green TechnologiesLLC (IGT), the powder coatingand equipment unit of OrganaGardens International Inc, hasfinished field testing its newlydeveloped Duraspeed powdercoating. Duraspeed is suited to beapplied on boat propellers, drives,shafts, bow thrusters, trim tabsand keel coolers. The proprietaryfoul release coating has noenvironmentally harmfulcomponents and has beenformulated to inhibit growth ofmarine life on the surface of thecoated parts while at the sametime, due to the smooth surfaceof the coating, minimizingresistance between the partsurface and the water.

Original Source: Coatings World, Oct 2011,16 (10), 16 (Website:http://www.coatingsworld.com/) © RodmanPublishing 2011

AkzoNobel powder coatings drivingsustainable automotive topcoatsolutions

Matt black textured powdercoatings from AkzoNobel wereused by PSA Peugeot Citroen onthe body of the Citroen DS4passenger vehicle, which wasshowcased at the Cannes Surcar

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2011 Congress. AkzoNobel saysthat its Interpon A 5000automotive coatings deliver aunique and exciting characterchange that improves the designfeatures of the auto body. Thepowder mono coat system alsocuts the number of process stepsand facilitates a considerablereduction in energy usage.

Original Source: Coatings World, Oct2011,16 (10) 18 (Website,http://www.coatingsworld.com/) © RodmanPublishing 2011

Capelle launches Lysopac Red2230C and Lysopac Red 7730Cpigments

Capelle Pigments NV has addedtwo new products under its high-performance pigments line:Lysopac Red 2230 CI PigmentRed 122 and Lysopac Red7730C CI Pigment Red 177 foruse in both solvent-based andwater-based industrial paints,OEM and car refinish, powdercoatings and decorative coatings.Lysopac Red 2230 is a cleanshade magenta of Quinacridonechemistry, and Lysopac Red7730C is a transparent blueshade red pigment ofAntraquinone chemistry. Bothproducts offer good light andweather-fastness characteristics.In addition, the pigments can beblended with opaque gradepigments (red and orange) tocreate solid hues. They can alsobe mixed with effect pigments toform metal effect shades.

Original Source: Coatings World, Oct 2011,16 (10) 73 (Websitehttp://www.coatingsworld.com/) © RodmanPublishing 2011

DSM to divest amino resinsbusiness to Ineos

On 1 Sep 2011, Royal DSM NV,the global Life Sciences andMaterials Sciences company, andINEOS Melamines, a subsidiaryof Switzerland-based INEOSIndustries announced that theyhave reached an agreement forDSM to sell its amino resins

business to INEOS. The effectivedate of the transaction is 1 Sep2011. Financial details will not bedisclosed. For DSM thedivestment is a logical step afterit closed at the end of 2009 itsproduction facility in theNetherlands. Ever since a supplyagreement with INEOSMelamines for manufacturingmelamine and benzoguanamineamino resins has been in place.As of 1 Sep 2011, INEOS willmarket these amino resinsdirectly. INEOS Melamines is oneof the leading global producers ofamino resins. The acquisition willfurther strengthen its position andability to serve customers globally.The divestment and transfer ofmarketing activities will haveminimal to no impact on DSM’scustomers as the products willcontinue to be made according tothe same process with the samespecifications and in the sameproduction facilities. During atransition period the sales forcesof INEOS and DSM willcooperate closely to ensure asmooth transfer of all customerrelations. For a limited period oftime INEOS is allowed to use theDSM brand name Uramex for theamino products involved.

Press release from: DSM, PO Box 6500,6401 JH Heerlen, The Netherlands, tel: +3145 578 2422, fax: +31 45 574 0680,website: http://www.dsm.com (1 Sep 2011)

Think tank: AkzoNobel’s costcutting in a low growth worldunderscores a coming trend

AkzoNobel’s cost-cuttingprogramme signals that the surgein demand after the 2008-2009global recession appears to havetruly come to an end. Today, themajority of chemical companiesare operating in an environmentwhere demand is softer anddownward price pressure isincreasing. The Netherlands-based coatings producer’s €500 M($686 M) cost-reduction plan isaimed at allowing the company toremain profitable amidst increasedraw material costs, mainly

titanium dioxide, poor demandgrowth, and a margin change inits product mix. AkzoNobel sawits earnings before interest, tax,depreciation and amortization fall12% to €507 M in 3Q 2011.

Original Source: ICIS Chemical Business, 31Oct 2011 (Website:http://icischemicalbusiness.com) © ReedBusiness Information Limited 2011

Divestment. BASF plans to sell thebuilding coatings business inEurope

German company BASF Coatingsplans to sell the building coatingsbusiness of the subsidiary ReliusCoatings GmbH & Co KG and itssubsidiaries in France and theNetherlands in the near future. Thebusiness includes building paints,plasters, coatings and varnishesand is regionally focused onGermany as well as selectedcountries in Europe. The businessgenerated a turnover of around€80 M in 2010. The planned spin-off includes the facilities inMemmingen in Germany andDeurne in the Netherlands as wellas the distribution units of Reliusfor this business. The buildingcoatings business of Reliuscurrently employs around 440 staff,including 80 employees at thebuilding coatings division in Relius’production facility in Oldenburg.BASF’s building coatings businessin South America and China willnot be affected by the divestmentsand will be expanded further. Theindustrial coatings business ofRelius Coatings which is operatedfrom the facility in Oldenburg, willremain an integral cog of BASFCoatings. Other activitiesunaffected by the changes includeprotective coatings, marinecoatings, general industrialcoatings, and coatings for rotorblades of wind power turbines.These activities will be furtherdeveloped and expanded globallyin the framework of the industrialcoatings business of BASF.

Original Source: Farbe und Lack, Nov 2011,117 (11), 6 (Website:http://www.farbeundlack.de/) (in German) © Vincentz Network 2011