Industry News
Arch has also been granted regis-
tration for use of its Omacide IPBC
30, 40 and 100 fungicides as dry-film
paint preservatives by Pest Man-
agement Regulatory Affairs (PMRA),
the agency responsible for conducting
efficacy assessments on pest control
products as well as industrial biocides
for use in Canada. These broad-spec-
trum fungicides, based on IPBC (3-
lodo-2-propynl-n-butylcarbamate)
chemistry, inhibit the growth of
mildew on latex paints and are used
where a high mold hazard is present.
ARCH CHEMICALS AND
SYNGENTA JOIN FORCES
Arch Chemicals has announced that
it will incorporate Sporgard technology into new biocide solutions to
actively combat mold and fungi in
paint, coatings and other building
materials. Sporgard technology is an
advanced mold solution developed by
Syngenta.
“Arch Chemicals is excited about
the opportunity to expand our family
of biocides for building products with
Sporgard’s technology, which represents the next generation in dry-film
fungicides for coatings products,”
said Mark Kenline, global business
director for Arch Chemical’s
Industrial Biocides Building
Products business. “This alliance
with Syngenta builds on Arch’s well-established reputation for superior
microbiology product formulation
skills, regulatory and toxicological
expertise and in-depth market
knowledge.”
CELANESE EMULSION POLYMERS
EXHIBITS LATEST OFFERINGS AT
INTERLAKOKRASKA 2010
Celanese Emulsion Polymers exhibit-
ed its broad range of waterborne
technologies at Interlakokraska
2010, the leading paints and adhe-
sives exhibition for Russia. Under the
business slogan, “Your Future is Our
Focus…Worldwide,” the multination-
al team from Celanese discussed
solutions to the industry’s most
pressing topics at the four day exhibi-
tion. Celanese presented its Mowilith
brand of emulsions for environmen-
tally-friendly interior and exterior
paints as well as those for fire retar-
dancy, wood and metal protection and
thermal insulation (EIFS).
DOW COATING MATERIALS
PRESENTS TECHNICAL PAPER AT
FURNITURE COATINGS CONFERENCE
Dow Coating Materials presented a
technical paper on the use of
“Designed Diffusion” technology to
reduce volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) in hybrid acrylic/urethane
furniture coating binders without
sacrificing performance at the
Furniture Coatings Conference in
Berlin, Germany, on March 3, 2010.
In his presentation titled, “The Use
of Designed Diffusion Technology in
Binders for Furniture Coatings with
Unique Properties,” Guy Clamen,
technical group leader for industrial
coatings in EMEA, explained how
this new technology can help furni-
ture coatings formulators maintain
high coatings performance while sat-
isfying recent EU directives on VOC
emissions.
ATLAS MATERIAL TESTING
AND UNDERWRITERS LAB
FORM ALLIANCE
Underwriters Laboratories (UL), an
independent third-party safety testing and certification provider, has
entered into a strategic alliance with
Atlas Material Testing. This alliance
benefits both companies with
increased global testing capacity and
expertise in accelerated aging performance and enables them to provide faster testing and certification
turnaround-time for manufacturers
specializing in solar energy products.
IN BRIEF
Elementis and Hung San Hwa
Sung have formed a strategic partnership, whereby Elementis will
exclusively represent the Hung San
products and technology outside
Korea while Hung San will represent
Elementis to the coatings industry
inside Korea...Dow Chemical has
declared force majeure for phenol in
the Americas due to circumstances
beyond its reasonable control. The
situations is expected to be resolved
by mid-April 2010...Fortune
magazine named DuPont among the 50
“Most Admired Companies” in the
world for 2010. Fortune cited the
company for its innovation, financial
soundness, people management and
social responsibility. CW
