as The International Association for
Continuing Education and Training
(IACET) and The American Institute of
Architects (AIA).
TECNOGLASS JOINS PPG
CERTIFIED APPLICATOR PROGRAM
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings
business announced that Tecnoglass
S.A. of Barranquilla, Colombia, has
been accredited as the first international participant in the PPG CAP
Certified Applicator Program.
Tecnoglass joins this group of
commercial coating applicators certified by PPG to apply high-performance fluoropolymer coatings to aluminum architectural components.
PPG CAP program applicators
undergo a rigorous auditing process
that encompasses all aspects of the
coating process, from cleaning and
pre-treating of the metal substrate to
the actual application of the coating.
The audit also contains a continuous
training and education component
and specifies paint application parameters and cure schedules, as well as
how finished products should be handled, packed and shipped.
The PPG CAP program enhances
the ability of coatings applicators to
meet building industry demands for
value-added products and solutions.
It offers architects, general contractors, glazing contractors and other
customers the highest levels of quality, reliability and performance.
Working with a PPG-certified applicator ensures the enhanced color harmony of coated aluminum architectural components on a building. The
PPG CAP program establishes protocols to help minimize color variance
across coated aluminum building
components, such as a digital global
database of colors that are stored
numerically; mandated use of common software and hardware to measure color reproduction and uniformity; a uniform, systems-oriented
approach to matching colors and making paint; and PPG’s color and coatings knowledge, experience and
resources, especially regarding metallic color production.
KECO COATINGS ACQUIRES
TEKNIX POWDER COATING
Keco Coatings of Indianapolis, IN has
completed the acquisition of Teknix
Powder Coating in Statesville, NC.
This acquisition will enable Keco to
transition its Teflon and plasma coating technology into the southeast territory. Teknix Powder Coating is located in the heart of the NASCAR region,
which will make it more convientent
for existing NASCAR customers to
leverage Keco’s coating portfolio.
Founded in 1980, Keco Coatings is a
leading developer and applicator of high
performance coatings for the printing,
packaging, lighting, aircraft, glass container and racing industries and is a
licensed DuPont Teflon Industrial
Applicator (LIA). Headquartered in
Indianapolis, IN, Keco has sales offices
in Charlotte, NC and Tucson, AZ.
“We’ve been looking at companies
in the North Carolina area for a few
years, primarily to be closer to our
existing customer base and our printing and packaging marketing partners,” said Keco’s president Mike
Klinge. “Through this new location we
will be able to service our racing customers who have relocated or expanded into the NASCAR region more efficiently. Services will include high volume automated powder coating,
Teflon and plasma coating. We anticipate additional employment opportunities will be created at Teknix as well
as our headquarters in Indianapolis
to support this facility.”
ACCESSA ACQUIRES
LOUISVILLE INDUSTRIAL COATINGS
Accessa Coatings Solutions has acquired
Louisville Industrial Coatings of
Louisville, KY, to expand its market
share throughout Southern Indiana,
Kentucky and parts of Tennessee, southwestern Ohio and southeastern Illinois.
“This acquisition not only expands our
presence in the markets previously
served by Louisville Industrial Coatings,
but also allows us to bring additional
product solutions and resources to said
markets, for both current and prospective customers,” said Vince Todd, Jr., vice
president of Accessa Coatings Solutions.
Through this acquisition, the
operations of Louisville Industrial
Coatings will be moved to Accessa’s
Indianapolis facility.
CHINA’S PAINT INDUSTRY BECOMES
WORLD’S SECOND LARGEST
China has become the second largest
paint producer and consumer in the
world propelled by booming real estate,
auto and shipping building sectors,
according to AsiaPulse. Global paint
manufacturers have moved their production capacities to China in recent years.
The world’s top paint and coating
producer Akzo Nobel recorded $1.03
billion of sales revenue in China last
year, up 16% year-on-year. By 2012,
Akzo Nobel is expected to realize $2
billion of sales revenue in China,
according to Anders Brostm, president of Akzo Nobel China.
The production value of the world’s
paint industry exceeded $82 billion
in 2002 with an annual growth rate
of approximately six percent, according to the 5th China international
Exhibition for Painting Chemical
Materials in Beijing.
Currently, the output of the top
ten paint producers in the world
account for one third of total output,
boasting a 60% market share.
KIKUCHI COLOR & CHEMICALS SELLS
DOMINION COLOUR SUBSIDIARY
Toshio Kikuchi, president of Japan-based Kikuchi Color & Chemicals Corp.
(KCC) and Mike Klein, president of
Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based
