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slumping economies in the region.
Marine fungicide consumption in Asia,
excluding cuprous oxide, was just over
seven million pounds worth $77 million
in 2008 and an eight percent annual rate
of growth is forecast. Shipbuilding and
repair activity is forecast to remain
strong over the next couple of years, but
the recent drop-off in global ship orders
will cause marine biocide growth to slow
in the latter part of the report’s five year
forecast. The long term outlook is dependant on the recovery of world trade, the
firm said.
China is the largest consumer of biocides in Asia taking 35% of the dol-lars.Japan and South Korea are next
and have mature growth forecasts. India
captures approximately ten percent of
the biocide dollars and is the fastest
growing consumer in the region.
The above information is contained
in Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney’s just
completed study, Asian Coating
Biocides, 2008-2013. For more information call 973-472-0300 or e-mail
nerlfikng@cs.com.
DAP HONORED WITH GOLDEN
HAMMER COMMITTEE CHOICE AWARD
DAP Products Inc. was awarded the
“Committee Choice Award” for category
management at the 25th Annual Golden
Hammer Awards in Las Vegas on
Tuesday, May 5, 2009. A select panel of
retailers presented the award to DAP for
superiority in the company’s total category management approach and service
it provides its retail partners. John
McLaughlin, president and CEO, accepted the award during the ceremony at the
2009 National Hardware Show.
INTERNATIONAL COATINGS
EXPANDS CONTRACT
MANUFACTURING CAPACITY
International Coatings Company, a
southern California-based plastics, coatings and adhesives compounder and custom formulator, has recently expanded
its manufacturing capacity in order to
broaden its contract manufacturing
capabilities and services to more companies. International Coatings compounds
and manufactures for a wide range of
industrial sectors that include aerospace,
military, automotive, textile, athletics
and recreation, toys, health care, replica
food and entertainment. With more than
50 years of experience, an in-house
research and development division, integrated shipping and receiving as well as
warehousing, International Coatings can
manufacture products using a client’s
own proprietary formulations or create
custom formulations from scratch.
International Coatings has long-standing expertise in the formulation of plas-tisol, vinyl and urethane compounds,
water-base or low VOC coatings, adhesives, bio-degradable and eco-friendly
compounds, as well as screen printing
inks.
TIKKURILA EXPANDS IN RUSSIA
Tikkurila has acquired the remaining
30% of the shares in two St Petersburg-based paint companies from their
founders and previous management.
OOO Gamma Industrial Coatings is a
producer of metal industry coatings and
OOO Tikkurila Powder Coatings is a
producer of powder coatings. After the
transaction, Tikkurila owns 100% of
both companies. In spring 2007
Tikkurila acquired a 70% stake in the
industrial coatings companies OOO
Gamma Industrial Coatings and OOO
Tikkurila Powder Coatings. They produce and market industrial coatings
under the brand names Gamma and
Ohtek with acombined revenue totalling
approximately € 10. 7 million and a staff
of 155. Tikkurila currently has five paint
factories in Russia. Products from these
factories are sold under the brands of
Teks, Finncolor, Gamma and Ohtek.
BENJAMIN MOORE HELPING
RETAILERS CUSTOMIZE WEB SITES
Benjamin Moore is supporting its
national retailer network with the North
American rollout of a service to create a
store’s customized web site. The new
Retailer Web Site Program is designed to
ensure that the retailer’s site effectively
represents the Benjamin Moore brand
experience.
“The web is the first place smart home
improvement shoppers go,” said Jim S.
Gorman, director of retail marketing for
Benjamin Moore. “We want to make sure
we are providing our retailers with 21st
century marketing tools in an increasingly web-enabled world. A pilot program in Boston last year met with immediate and exceptional success, and we’ve
heard from our retailers in all markets
that they are ready to embrace new ways
of doing business. So, we’re expanding
the program to the entire Benjamin
Moore retail network in both the U.S.
and Canada.”
According to Gorman, ChannelNet, a
Sausalito-based company and a provider
of multi-channel solutions in the home
improvement industry, developed and
now manages the turnkey Benjamin
Moore Retailer Web Site Program. A
store simply enrolls with ChannelNet,
and within hours gets a customized “
virtual store” that showcases locations,
staff, products, services, special events
and other features. Once a retailer’s web
site is launched, ChannelNet’s eBusiness
Support Center (eBSC) provides training
and other backup services. Retailers can
update their own web site via a user-friendly admin tool, or ChannelNet’s
eBSC makes updates to the sites for
them.
ARCHITECT SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS
‘GREEN’ PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES,
OVERSEAS GROWTH MARKETS
Architects say durability is the most
important attribute for a “green” building product, according to a new industry
survey commissioned by PPG Industries.
It was followed by Energy Star compliance, life-cycle assessment, no- or low-VOC content and the ability to source
products regionally.
