Coatings World - February 2009

Fresh Paint
Christian Decker named Tess Award winner

Christian Decker, director of research at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in France has been named the winner of the 2009 Roy W. Tess Award in coatings.

Christian Decker, director of research at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Strasbourg, France has been named the Roy W. Tess Award winner in coatings for 2009 presented by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering (PMSE).

Decker is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in the area of radiation-induced reactions in polymeric materials. His main research interests are in ultrafast light-induced polymerizations, the synthesis and characterization of UV-cured coatings and nanocomposite materials, photo-stabilization of polymers, and laser-assisted chemical processing of polymers. He has contributed more than 300 publications, patents and book chapters to the coatings and scientific literature as well as given more than 300 lectures at scientific meetings.

Decker will receive the Roy W. Tess Award on August 17, 2009 during the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C. The award is funded by a grant to the PMSE from Dr. and Mrs. Roy W. Tess. The purpose of the award is to encourage interest and progress in coatings science technology and engineering and to recognize significant contributions to the field. The award consists of a plaque and a $3,000 cash prize.

INDUSTRIAL NANOTECH EXPANDS TO GERMANY Industrial Nanotech is continuing its expansion of manufacturing locations for their Nansulate coatings and will begin producing the products in Germany in the first quarter of 2009. This brings the total number of manufacturing locations for their nanotech-nology-based products to five including

three in the U.S. with two in New Jersey and one in Colorado, one in South Africa and the newest location in Germany.

GLASURIT RECEIVES WORLDWIDE APPROVAL FROM VOLVO Automaker Volvo has now approved Glasurit 90 Line paints for its authorized dealers and bodyshops throughout the world. Glasurit is a BASF Coatings’ paint brand. The engineers at Volvo tested the quality of the products. In addition to the quality of the products, Glasurit’s training network and global presence were key factors for the recommendation. Glasurit paints are currently approved by most well-known car-makers. The approval means that Glasurit 90 Line has now been incorporated in Volvo’s new bodyshop management system. Entitled Volvo Information and Diagnostics for After Sales, or VIDA for short, the system streamlines order processing for authorized dealers and bodyshops. When a bodyshop enters an order, the system displays paint products and manufacturers that have been approved for use in refinishing work. Now, the Glasurit premium brand is one of these preferred partners.

GOODRICH SELECTS U.S. AIR FORCE
FOR F- 35 LANDING GEAR COATINGS

Goodrich Corporation has selected the U.S. Air Force’s Ogden Air Logistics Center (OO-ALC) at Hill Air Force Base, UT, to provide specialty coatings on landing gear for the F- 35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. The OO-ALC will apply high velocity oxygenated fuel (HVOF) thermal spray coating on Goodrich landing gear components produced for the F- 35. This agreement runs through May 2009 and covers requirements for five landing gear shipsets of the F- 35.