As We Go To Press
Stonhard acquires Ascoat in Australia
RPM International Inc. announced that
its Stonhard subsidiary, part of RPM’s
Performance Coatings Group, has
acquired Ascoat Contracting Pty Ltd and
Ascoat Pty Ltd, a supplier and installer
of polymer flooring systems. Based in
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and with
annual sales of approximately $5 million, Ascoat has been Stonhard’s exclusive Australian distributor since 1996.
Founded in 1988, Ascoat will continue to
be led by its existing owners, John Black
and Terry Callaghan.
Ascoat serves primarily industrial
markets, with a focus on food processing,
pharmaceutical and general manufacturing. Ascoat’s capabilities include
turnkey contracting, floor care services,
consultation, specification, installation
and warranties.
“We see this acquisition as a near-term opportunity to broaden the base of
our Stonhard business throughout
Australia given Ascoat’s strong base in
Victoria,” said Frank Sullivan, RPM
chairman and CEO. “This will also give
our Performance Coatings Group a
strategic platform for further penetration of the Asia-Pacific region.”
behalf of International Paint by John
Willsher, business development manager for Intersleek.
PPG NEXA AUTOCOLOR LOW-VOC
ETCH PRIMERS APPROVED BY GM
General Motors has approved new
SX1071 and Nexa Autocolor P565-
9880 etch primers from PPG’s automo-
tive refinish business for use in warranty repairs on its vehicles. Part of
the OneChoice product line from PPG,
SX1071 is a low-VOC, two-component
acid etch primer designed to provide
excellent adhesion and corrosion
resistance to properly prepared steel
and aluminum surfaces while offering
fast drying. CW
Index to Companies
This index gives the starting page for a department or feature with
a significant reference to a manufacturer of paint, coatings, adhesives and
sealants. Subsidiaries are indexed under their own names.
LLOYD’S LIST GLOBAL AWARD
FOR INTERSLEEK 900
International Paint has won a prestigious Lloyd’s List Global Award in the
Clean Seas Category 2009 for fluoropoly-mer foul release coating, Intersleek 900.
Held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel,
London on September 8, the Clean Seas
Award, sponsored by the Bahamas
Maritime Authority, honours an institution, firm or individual which has made
a recognizable contribution to the fight
towards reducing the pollution of oceans
from maritime sources.
Presented by Alastair Campbell, the
renowned writer, communicator and
strategist, the award was received on
Advanced Polymer Coatings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
AkzoNobel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 34
American Powder Coatings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
AmerimaxBuilding Products ................................ 28
BASF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 34
California Products ..................................... 10, 44
DuPont .................................................. 10
Ecology Coatings .......................................... 10
Greenkote. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 48
Henkel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
International Paint .........................................8
Jotun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Kelley Technical Coatings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
National Paints ........................................... 10
PPG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 10, 28, 34, 66
Pratt&Lamber ........................................... 28
Remmers Baustofftechnik. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SchaefflerGroup .......................................... 28
Sherwin-Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 28
Sono-Tek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Stonhard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Tikkurila. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tnemec. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Victrex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
