Fresh Paint
known for products such as the patented PSX 700 and versatile Amercoat 240
epoxy coating.
KANSAI NEROLAC TO
OPEN NEW FACILITY
Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited,
India’s second largest paint manufacturer, is setting up its second
manufacturing facility in Tamil
Nadu at Hosur. The company has a
similar facility in Perungudi at
Chennai.
H.M. Bharuka, managing director,
Kansai Nerolac, said the new facility will commence operations in
October this year. It will manufacture decorative paints and paints
for general industrial products.
The 50-acre facility will be dedicated to the manufacture of water-based paints and will have an initial
capacity of 15,000 tons, and be
scaled up to 75,000 tons in three
phases.
“Investment in the first phase will be
Rs 90 crore and will be funded through
DRYLOK EXTREME RECEIVES
GREEN CERTIFICATION
United Gilsonite Laboratories’ (UGL)
Drylok Extreme Masonry Water-
proofer has been given the Green Wise
seal of approval. All products bearing
the Green Wise label have been tested
and certified by Coatings Research
Group, Inc. (CRGI) to meet or exceed
the VOC requirements of Green Seal
GS- 11, 2008 version, and environmen-
tally determined performance stan-
dards established by CRGI for specific
product types. Drylok Extreme was
introduced in 2007 at the public’s
demand for a quality waterproofer
which incorporated a mold and mildew
preventative, according to the compa-
ny. Before 2007, there was not an addi-
tive to control mold and mildew that
internal accruals,” Bharuka said
On the total investment for all the
three phases, Bharuka said, “It will be
based on the market demand.” The company will commence phase two work
after 18 months from the day phase one
production starts. The plant will cater to
markets in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,
Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and parts of
eastern India.
RPM ACQUIRES INTEREST
IN CHINESE LICENSEE
Carboline Company, a subsidiary of
RPM, has acquired a 49% interest in its
Chinese licensee, Carboline Dalian
Paint Production Co., Ltd. (Carboline
Dalian). The remaining 51% of the joint
venture will be owned by UniChemical
Company, a long-standing partner of
Carboline in another joint venture,
Carboline Korea Ltd.
Carboline Dalian , with sales expected
to approach $10 million, manufactures
corrosion control coatings and linings for
a variety of industries, including off-shore drilling, oil and gas, petrochemi-
was not hazardous. However with the
introduction of International Specialty
Products (ISP) CleanGuard Biocide,
UGL was able to develop Drylok
Extreme Masonry Waterproofer.
CleanGuard Biocide is an EPA-regis-tered, solvent-free, water-based fungicide that guards the dry paint film
with no-VOC, low-odor, broad-spec-
cal, general manufacturing and OEM,
nuclear and conventional power, among
others.
Carboline Dalian’s headquarters and
manufacturing facilities are located in
Dalian City, Liaoning Province, People’s
Republic of China. The company, which
employs 60, also has a sales office and
warehouse in Shanghai.
H.B. FULLER OPENS
ASIA PACIFIC TECHNOLOGY CENTER
H.B. Fuller Company has opened a
new technical center in Shanghai
Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, China. The
new lab, part of the company’s five-year strategic plan, is the company’s
first regional technical center in Asia
Pacific and will house research and
development, applications testing,
sales and regional leadership. The
new technical center will focus on
next-generation adhesive applications, helping the company promote
product development and localization
of initiatives in a variety of market
segments, ranging from insulating
trum protection against degradation,
discoloration and defacement caused
by mold and mildew, without adding
any potentially hazardous elements in
the mix. In addition to a green biocide,
Drylok Extreme is smoother than traditional latex and oil-based Drylok and
is a brighter white to meet the needs of
a different decorative pallet.
