The company operates a new, $15 million flagship collision facility in Highland
and another collision center in Dexter,
MI. The switch to waterborne coatings at
both locations coincides with the grand
opening of the Highland center, which
features General Motors vehicles and
opened June 2.
AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS, ADHESIVES
AND SEALANTS INDUSTRY REPORT
U.S. demand for automotive coatings,
adhesives and sealants is expected to
increase 2.6% annually to $5.3 billion in
2012, with volume reaching 1.6 billion
pounds, according to “Automotive
Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants,” a new
study from The Freedonia Group, Inc., a
Cleveland-based industry research firm.
Coatings will continue to dominate the
market, accounting for nearly 80% of
market value. Slow gains in this segment will offset the more rapid advances
seen in the smaller volume adhesive and
sealant markets. An improving outlook
for motor vehicle production will support
PPG SUPPORTS CHINA
EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY
PPG Industries is taking action to
help the Sichuan, China, region and
its people after a massive 7.8-magni-
tude earthquake struck there May 12.
PPG Asia/Pacific is donating
RMB500,000 through the Red Cross
Society of China to help purchase
emergency equipment for the
Sichuan region. In addition, thousands of employees from PPG
Asia/Pacific plants, trading companies, offices, labs and joint ventures
are donating to a special account the
company created to support earthquake relief.
The PPG Industries Foundation,
based at the global headquarters in
Pittsburgh, has pledged to match
donations of $25 or more made by U.S.
employees to the American Red Cross
volume gains, as will the increasing
importance of structural adhesives in
vehicle assembly.
The OEM market for coatings,
adhesives and sealants is heavily
dependent on motor vehicle production patterns. Through 2012, motor
vehicle production is expected to
rebound from the poor performance
experienced during the 2002-2007
period, spurring demand in the
OEM market.
Aftermarket demand will benefit
from continued growth in the motor
vehicle park, as well as the popularity
of light trucks, vans and sport utility
vehicles over the past decade. Despite
below average gains in the production
of these larger light vehicles due to
high fuel prices and market saturation, these vehicles—which consume
higher volumes of coatings, adhesives
and sealants in their repair than do
smaller light vehicles—will maintain
a significant share of the motor vehicle
park. Providing further aftermarket
International Response Fund for
earthquake disaster relief. Matching
will apply to donations made within
90 days following the earthquake.
PPG Asia/Pacific has established
a team that employees and their
families in the Sichuan region can
call for emotional support and guidance in finding emergency services,
and the company has asked employees not to travel to Sichuan and surrounding areas to help reduce traffic
and facilitate easier travel for emergency and rescue units.
“We are monitoring earthquake
recovery efforts, and we plan to
offer help to affected areas in
restoring their infrastructure as
recovery advances,” said Cathy Yan,
general manager, government
affairs and business development,
PPG/Asia Pacific.
support will be above average increases in the number of medium and
heavy vehicles in use.
Demand for coatings will be limited to
some extent, as competing alternatives
such as paint film and in-molded color,
which are used with plastic substrates,
can offer cost advantages, reduced production time and improved wear-resist-ance. Adhesives, on the other hand, will
benefit from the shift toward plastics, as
they are lower in cost and better-suited
for use with plastics than mechanical
fasteners.
SHAWCOR TO PROVIDE COATING
SERVICES TO GAZPROM IN RUSSIA
ShawCor Ltd. has announced that its
subsidiary, Bredero Shaw, has received
a contract with a value in excess of $20
million to provide three layer anticorrosion and concrete weight coating for
the subsea crossing of Baydaratskaya
Bay. The contract has been awarded to
Bredero Shaw Limited and will be executed at its coating facility in Leith,
Scotland.
Baydaratskaya Bay is located in the
southern part of the Kara Sea along
the coastline of the Yamal Peninsula
in Northern Russia. This contract will
involve coating 20 km of 48” pipe and
represents a section of one of several
strategic pipelines that will move gas
from the Yamal Peninsula to Europe.
ShawCor Ltd is an energy services
company specialising in products and
services for the pipeline and pipe services and the petrochemical and industrial segments of the oil and gas industry. The company operates through six
divisions with over sixty manufacturing and service facilities located
around the world.
JOTUN BREAKS GROUND
ON NEW FACTORY IN KOREA
Jotun has expanded its operations
in Korea due to the growing market
there with a new factory. The old
paint factory in Yangsan is already
