The Annual ACA (American Correctional Association) Convention attendees will be the first to see 2 new products from Prime Coat Coating Systems

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MetoKote Corporation has opened a €6.5 million coating center in the Friesenheimer Insel area of Mannheim, Germany, that began production in July 2010 and will supply electro-deposition coating (e-coat) on tractor components for Germany’s leading manufacturer of agricultural equipment, John Deere.

Located approximately nine kilometers (5.5 miles) from John Deere’s European headquarters and tractor assembly facility, MetoKote’s 11,500 square meter (near 124,000 square foot) site features an advanced e-coat operation, capable of coating multiple substrates including steel, and aluminum and iron castings.

The line’s all-spray, zinc phosphate pretreatment, and 61.6 cubic meter (17,000 gallon) e-coat tanks are able to process components up to 0.91M x 1.83M x 3.5M (3’ x 6’ x 11.5’) in size and transport them through the line by way of its “power-and-free,” non-synchronized, overhead conveyer system. The cathodic e-coating system has two-color capability. Maximum coating capacity for the line is 2.2 million square meters (23.7 million square feet) per year. At full capacity the facility can employ up to 50 team members.

MetoKote’s Mannheim coating operation meets all required environmental compliance regulations with its own integrated waste-water treatment center that can process six cubic meters (1,585 gallons) of water per shift. An inherently eco-friendly process, e-coating reclaims 98% of its material, returning it back to the operation. The facility also boasts a solar panel roof which will return 0.18 megawatts of electricity back to the Mannheim grid on an annual basis. The facility begins initial operations in support of John Deere; however, MetoKote will expand its coating services by supplying e-coat to other customers in the region. MetoKote has access to an additional 12,500 square meters (three acres) of land for future expansion.

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Sika AG’s U.S. subsidiary, Sika Corporation, has acquired the Green­streak Group, Inc. Head­quartered in St. Louis, Missouri, annual revenues for Greenstreak are approximately $30 million. Sika expects this acquisition will further strengthen its leadership position in the North American construction industry. The acquired company has been manufacturing products for the construction industry, including a wide range of forming accessories, engineered waterstops and joint seals, doweling systems, architectural form liners, and pipeline protections.

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Mondi Akrosil LLC has entered into an asset agreement with Nitto Americas regarding their recently discontinued facility—to be named Mondi Kenosha—in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Thomas Schäbinger, CEO of Mondi Coatings, said that “this acquisition enables Mondi Kenosha to add nearly 4.8 billion square feet of highly competitive capacity and it will complement the existing facilities in Menasha, Wisconsin and Lancaster, Ohio.”

Mondi will purchase the 168,000 square foot building, 60 acres of land, and other outstanding assets. The new state-of-the-art facility provides ample room for expansion and is an excellent value in terms of building, land and coating assets, initially including two flexible, high-speed coating lines. Mondi intends to develop the Kenosha facility into Mondi’s leading plant for specialized release liners in the rising U.S. market and beyond.

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Strongsville, Ohio-based Glidden Professional Paints and Lakewood-based HomeSphere have entered into a joint agreement to offer the company’s full line of Professional Paints to HomeSphere’s network of builders, using the company’s technology-leveraged services.
Glidden Professional joins more than 75 other manufacturers currently using HomeSphere’s BRI Program to manage rebates for homebuilders and, in turn, grow their market share through increased homebuilder sales. In return, builders gain access to cost savings on Glidden Professional paints, a national brand exclusively for the commercial paint market, including contractors, architects, facility owners and managers.

“The BRI partnership provides a powerful tool to further extend our national manufacturing and distribution network,” said John Pesognelli, national sales manager for Glidden Professionals’ New Home Construction Division. “HomeSphere provides a platform to communicate the change to new builders and distributors and to grow market share among our potential customers.”
BRI is a web-based service serving the residential construction industry. Manufacturers use the BRI application to open up sales channels that include thousands of homebuilders and remodeling contractors, gaining inroads to new accounts and building recognition for their products and services. Builders, on the other hand, gain product knowledge and manage their cash-producing rebates, helping them to improve their bottom line.

The Glidden Professional paint brand offers a rich tradition of innovation and color inspiration, having consistently embodied quality and performance for generations of customers. Glidden Professional paints are sold through more than 500 Glidden Professional Paint Centers and authorized dealers across the U.S.

“BRI is a powerful marketing tool,” said Chris Toth, HomeSphere’s vice president of sales. “Particularly during trying times for the residential building industry, our customers and clients build sales and marketing channels that position their brand solidly for the future.”

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The newest coating from Benjamin Moore is called Advance, an alkyd-based interior paint powered by the brand’s Gennex waterborne colorant system. “Advance is truly an alkyd, not a hybrid,” said Carl Minchew, director of product development for Benjamin Moore, who explained that the new product delivers all of the performance demanded of an oil-based paint, yet has other characteristics common to latex. “Advance cleans up with soap and water and is as green as they come, with a low-VOC content of less than 50 grams per liter, which is well below the 250 to 500 count for most other alkyds, and with significantly reduced odor.”

Advance reflects Benjamin Moore’s advance on the technology in many ways. A mineral versus petroleum formulation of the alkyd is one of the key differentiators between Advance and the acrylic-based hybrids, according to the company. It is the mineral-based formulation that enables the water dispersion of the Benjamin Moore tints. Another of the advantages of the Benjamin Moore Gennex tints is that they are VOC-free, so Advance is low-VOC even after the colorant is added, and regardless the color choice, which numbers more than 3,300. Custom color matching also is available.

Though alkyd paint typically is preferred for trims, doors, furniture wainscoting, chair rails, base moldings and cabinetry, Advance is also being marketed as a wall paint, as well, with a flat sheen and primer soon to be added to a range that initially includes satin and high gloss.

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In response to an emergency request to replace an oven from another manufacturer that was damaged by fire, Reliant Finishing Systems provided a gas-fueled powder coating oven to Advanced Quality Coatings one day after the company ordered the equipment

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Federal-Mogul Corporation, a leading global supplier of technologies that improve powertrain efficiency and enhance vehicle safety, has developed a new coated piston for gasoline engines that combines the properties of low wear and low friction in a single application

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PPG's aerospace transparencies group has been awarded a contract by Bombardier Learjet to design and manufacture heated glass windshields and side cockpit windows for the Learjet 85 aircraft. The contract calls for PPG to supply original equipment flight deck windows and aftermarket parts to Bombardier Learjet for operators of the Learjet 85 business jet.

The four windows will wrap around the cockpit to enhance visibility and aerodynamics, with the large windshields formed into complex, compound shapes. Three plies of Herculite II chemically strengthened glass will afford strong, lightweight transparencies. The windshields will be designed to resist impact by a 4-pound bird at 300 knots.

Rain-repellent Surface Seal coating on the windshields will maintain visibility in rain conditions, enabling Bombardier Learjet to eliminate windshield wipers on the aircraft to save weight and reduce aerodynamic drag.

New PR-1425CF chromate-free sealant by PPG used as the outboard moisture seal will provide ultraviolet and weather exposure resistance in an environmentally responsible formulation. Proprietary new PR-2060 sealant used as an internal moisture seal will provide an additional barrier to further reduce moisture ingress and extend service life, according to Scott. Highly resistant to moisture damage, S-123 urethane by PPG will be used as the interlayers to bond the glass substrates, affording more elasticity than vinyl to eliminate cold chipping and defend against delamination.

PPG is designing and will produce the windshields and side cockpit windows for the Learjet 85 aircraft at its Huntsville aircraft transparencies facility with deliveries expected to begin the first quarter 2011 to Bombardier Learjet's Wichita, Kansas facility.

Launched on Oct. 30, 2007, the new Learjet 85 aircraft will be the first Bombardier Aerospace jet and first business jet designed for type certification under U.S. Federal Aviation Administration FAR Part 25 to use composite materials for all external primary structures.

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Industrial Nanotech has developed a nanotechnology-based thermal insulation coating capable of being applied to surfaces of at least 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. Nansulate Extreme High Heat was developed as a result of a request by Saudi European Petrochemical Company, IBN ZAHR, a customer of the company's exclusive distributor in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Environmental Projects, Ltd, to insulate a 2.1 mile pipeline transporting high pressure steam.

"To date, we have successfully tested the coating on surfaces with temperatures up to 1004 degrees Fahrenheit (540 degrees Celsius)," said Stuart Burchill, CEO/CTO of Industrial Nanotech, Inc. "We have reason to believe the coating can also be used on surfaces with temperatures up to 1500 degrees Fahrenheit and will finish our due diligence in that extraordinarily high temperature environment over the next few months. Regardless of that outcome, the performance qualities of the product are more than satisfactory to meet the challenge presented to us in April of this year by our representatives in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Environmental Projects, Ltd. This opens up a whole new market to us which few, if any, other companies can pursue."

The Saudi European Petrochemical Company, IBN ZAHR, is an affiliate of the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC). SABIC is one of the world's five largest petrochemicals manufacturers and the largest and most profitable non-oil company in the Middle East.

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