Fresh Paint
International Paint completes 100th gap analysis
departments including design, procurement, quality, steelwork, outfitting and production need to be
involved, not just the paint department. With gap analyses completed in
China and Europe, plans are now
developing to begin work in the
Americas.
Photograph shows personnel at the award of the PSPC certificate. Back row left to right:
Maxwell Hembling, STX quality expert; Gueguen Guilluame, IP local manager; Andrew
Maidment, IP technical manager EMEA; and Denis Thiard, IP STX account manager. Front row
left to right: Marc Furic, STX paint dept. manager; Tania Le Noellec, STX paint dept. supervisor; Michael Hindmarsh, IP worldwide business development manager; Jean Yves Jaouen, STX
vice president; Bill Cramman, LR senior coatings specialist; Liberette Foubert, STX systems
engineer; and Bertrand Blanchard, LR France, Nantes surveyor in charge.
Just two years after completing the
first PSPC (Performance Standard for
Protective Coatings) gap analysis in a
Chinese shipyard, Lloyd’s Register
and International Paint have completed the 100th analysis in STX France
Cruise SA, Saint-Nazaire. Conducted
over a two day period by personnel
from Lloyd’s Register, International
Paint and STX France Cruise SA,
Saint-Nazaire, the PSPC gap analysis
assesses current shipyard coating
practices against PSPC requirements.
Lloyd’s Register and International
Paint then jointly deliver a presentation to shipyard senior management
and departmental managers. The
presentation to all functions is a key
aspect of the analysis and is specifically designed to help the shipyard
understand that in order to meet the
requirements of the PSPC and maximize shipbuilding efficiency, all
NATIONAL COATINGS OPENS
NEW RESEARCH FACILITY
National Coatings recently opened a
new state-of-the-art laboratory that has
the capability to provide breakthrough
research and development results for the
coating industry in the years ahead,
according to the company. This new center, equipped with cutting edge instrumentation, will support National
Coatings in the development of next generation coatings for numerous construction applications. National Coatings,
known for their Performance through
InnovationSM, will continue to design
and produce products for the roofing
industry.
TEXTURED COATINGS OF AMERICA
GETS TOP GREEN BUILDING AWARD
Textured Coatings of America (Texcote),
a manufacturer of specialty coatings for
residential and commercial buildings,
has been named the “Top Green Coating
Project” by the Journal of Architectural
Coatings. The designation came as a
result of applying Texcote’s energy efficient Coolwall coating system to the
Lake Mary, FL, office building of Burke,
Hogue, & Mills Associates Inc., an architectural firm that specializes in sustainable design. Coolwall Textured Primer
and Coolwall Super-Cote were applied to
the exterior of the facility and reduced
the building’s energy demand by up to
21%. This helped Burke, Hogue, & Mills
achieve LEED Silver status from the
U.S. Green Building Council.
