Best Under the Sun
With exceptional tint retention, chalk resistance
and photochemical stability, MINEX® additions
can enhance the color and extend the service
life of aqueous and solvent based architectural
paint. Forty years of real time exterior
exposure tests verify MINEX is the best
functional filler under the sun.
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SPECIALTY AND PERFORMANCE MINERALS
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sustainability agenda by signing a landmark agreement
with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). The agreement makes AkzoNobel the FSC’s first global partner
outside of products that are FSC certified. Both parties
will now cooperate to increase understanding of the organization’s work in promoting responsible forest management, and to boost awareness of FSC certification being
a label for wood and paper from well-managed forests.
Under the terms of the agreement, the company and
most notably its woodcare brands—Cuprinol, Pinotex,
Xyladecor, CetaBever, Sparlack, Flood and Sadolin—will
now work closely with the FSC to promote forest stewardship and drive demand for responsible products. The
agreement includes setting up a global partnership fund
with the FSC to support agreed social policy projects;
educating customers about the FSC and its objectives;
and helping to drive demand for FSC certified products.
A new partnership logo has also been developed which
will be used extensively on all branded material, including packaging.
DUPONT HOSTS COLOR TREND SHOW 2010 IN JAPAN
DuPont Shinto Automotive Systems (DSAS), part of the
DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) business, recently
introduced the latest global color trends in the DuPont
Global Color Trend Show 2010. The event was hosted in
the DuPont K.K Japan office in Tokyo and at customers’
offices in Nagoya, Japan. The color trend show attracted
68 representatives from the country’s four leading automotive manufacturers and focused on automotive color
trends that were based on: colors for cars produced in
Europe, the U.S. and in Asia Pacific (AP) in 2009; colors
for cars exhibited in motor shows held in Geneva,
Switzerland; Beijing, China; and Tokyo, Japan; and the
latest paint technology.
BASF AND SPEC MIX COMBINE FORCES
OFFERING HIGH PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS
The Wall Systems business of BASF Corporation and
SPEC MIX, Inc., specializing in factory preblended construction products and silo material delivery systems,
have formed a joint marketing agreement. The program
enables contractors to combine the advantages of BASF’s
stucco finishes, water-resistive barriers, reinforcing base
coats and PermaLath 1000 fiberglass lath with comput-er-batched SPEC MIX Fiber Base Coat (FBC) stucco in
systems that are covered by a single source warranty.
SPEC MIX Fiber Base Coat stucco (FBC) is an ICC code
approved, dry, preblended cement stucco basecoat that is
engineered with proprietary admixtures and fibers that
reduce shrinkage and checking. Produced at more than
