Coatings World - December 2008 Buyers Guide

Fresh Paint

Int’l Paint, Kazakhstan working together

long-term partnering effort between International Paint and TCO to simplify specifications, increase coating availability and affordability, as well as raise the quality of the work carried out on site. A separate field day for the students was sponsored by Cape Industrial Services in Atyrau.

Pictured at left is David Hunter, NACE Certified Instructor and International Paint global
account manager. At right, NACE CIP - Level 1 course students from left to right include
Melih Ataman, Arzu Gurbanliand Mohammad Shikhaliyev.

International Paint LLC, an AkzoNobel company, and one of the world’s leading providers of high-performance and fire protection coatings, is the first coatings manufacturer to sponsor the NACE Coatings Inspector Program-Level I course for key customers and industry contractors throughout Kazakhstan, in Central Asia.

The course was held in August, 2008 at the Renaissance Hotel in the nation’s capital of Atyrau. More than 25 TengizChevrOil (TCO) employees, company subcontractors, and leading blasting and painting contractors in yards across Kazakhstan, gathered for an intensive week-long training provided by several instructors including NACE Certified Instructor and International Paint’s Global Account Manager for Chevron, David Hunter.

“We were pleased to see such a high
level of interest for this initiative,” said
Hunter. “NACE training brings with it
a credibility that is difficult to match.”
Hunter went on to say, “All of the stu-
dents worked very hard to demonstrate
the proficiency required to receive the
NACE designation.”
The course is part of an ongoing,
BASF INTRODUCES WATERBORNE
BASECOATS IN ROMANIA

BASF Coatings has introduced waterborne basecoats in Romania. BASF Coatings’ waterborne basecoat technology is used to coat carmaker Dacia’s Logan and new Sandero models, which are produced at the Dacia plant in Pitesti, approximately 150 kilometers from Bucharest. All of the colors come from BASF’s Color Design Studio Europe. Each day, 1,400 vehicles are coated at the Dacia plant. Plans call for 400,000 new vehicles to leave the plant each year starting in 2010.

Romania is a significant growth market in Europe. In addition to the waterborne basecoat system, BASF’s new products in Romania primarily include new colors for Dacia. However, BASF also contributed its expertise during the construction of the new production line.

DÜRR AND FORD SIGN AGREEMENT

Dürr and automaker Ford are further expanding their collaboration in the area of painting systems. For that purpose, the two companies signed a framework agreement giving Dürr the status of an aligned business framework (ABF) partner worldwide. This means that Dürr is the first supplier Ford will approach for projects in the field of painting systems, and the two companies will jointly develop technical solutions.