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tion profiles. These and other trends
are presented in Solvents, a new
study from The Freedonia Group,
Inc., a Cleveland, OH-based industry
research firm.
Among conventional solvents, best
opportunities are expected for the
ester and alcohol product classes,
driven by growth in markets such as
coatings, cleaning products, and cosmetics and toiletries. Glycols will
experience more subdued advances,
restrained by increased antifreeze
recycling efforts and demand for
automotive fluids with longer life
spans. Hydrocarbon and chlorinated
solvents will continue their long-term declines in demand, although
the drop in consumption for both
products will be less pronounced
than in the past.
Green solvents have come to prominence through the replacement of
conventional solvents over which
environmental or toxicological concerns have been raised. All the major
green solvent product classes will see
more rapid gains in demand—albeit
from a smaller base—than their conventional counterparts, with particularly strong growth for smaller-vol-ume products such as hydrogen peroxide and supercritical fluids.
Demand for more mature products
such as propylene glycol, pine oil and
soy oil will rise at a slower rate,
though still far outpacing gains for
the solvent market overall.
Demand for solvents in transportation uses, the largest of the
non-manufacturing markets, will be
limited by slowing growth in the
number of motor vehicles on the
road through 2012. Coatings and
printing inks will remain the two
largest manufacturing markets for
solvents. However, demand gains
will be restrained as manufacturers
of these products continue to move
away from solvent-based formulations in order to comply with VOC
emissions regulations. More fortuitous growth prospects are expected
in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and
electronics, fueled by strong product
demand and the use of more environmentally favorable solvents.
For more information visit The
Freedonia Group on the web at
www.freedoniagroup.com.
“K” LINE AND INTERSLEEK 900 CELEBRATE 100-SHIP MILESTONE
International Paint has announced the completion of the 100th ship coated
with the fluoropolymer-based, patented foul release product Intersleek 900.
Working in close co-operation with “K” Line, the Japanese headquartered
global shipping and logistics company, the 1998 built, 77,302 dwt Type 77
thermal coal carrier, the Corona Emblem, was completed at Huarun Dadong
Dockyard Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China.
FRITZ WALKER TO DELIVER
2008 FSCT MATTIELLO LECTURE
The Federation of Societies for
Coatings Technology (FSCT) has
announced that FSCT past-presi-dent, Frederick “Fritz” H. Walker,
will present the 2008 Joseph J.
Mattiello Memorial Lecture. Walker
is the intellectual asset manager for
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. His
presentation will be a focal point of
the 2008 FutureCoat! Conference, to
be held October 15–16, 2008, at the
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, in
Chicago, IL. Walker’s presentation,
scheduled for Wednesday afternoon,
October 15, is entitled “Dimethyl
Secondary Amine Chain Extenders:
A Conceptual Approach to In Situ
Generation of Advanced Epoxy
Resins for Rapid-Cure, Low-VOC
Coatings.”
At left Intersleek 900 is seen on the 77,302 dwt Type 77 thermal coal carrier, the Corona
Emblem. Next to it, Bill McPherson (left), International Paint Marine & Protective
Coatings general manager presenting the Intersleek 900 100th Ship Award to Yoshida
Katsue, “K” Line representative director and managing executive.
AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS
WORLD ALLIANCE LAUNCHED
After several years of cooperation
between Ohashi Chemical in Japan
and Mäder Group in France, these
two companies sought to broaden
their global activities to encompass
North America, while at the same
time Spraylat Corp., a powder coatings supplier based in Pelham, NY,
was looking for a global partnership
to expand its operations in automotive interior coatings.
