Coatings World - October 2010

40 manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Canada, SPEC MIX FBC is computer batched for consistency and performance. It can be installed as a “one coat stucco” basecoat or as the scratch and brown coat in a traditional stucco application. Available in 80 and 3,000 pound packages, the product meets the requirements for ASTM C 926.

LORD CORP’S KRAKOWSKI WINS
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARD
Frank Krakowski, Lord Corporation’s
senior staff scientist for Materials and
Process Development, has been select-
ed as the winner of the 2010 Donald
M. Alstadt Technology Innovation
Award. Established in 2006 to recog-
nize innovative technological achieve-
ments that have led to successful com-
mercialization of projects within the
last five to eight years, Krakowski
was honored for his work with elas-
tomers for industrial products and
fixed-wing aircraft systems. Kra-
kowski has more than 35 years expe-
rience within the industry, with Lord
Corporation for 28 years, and special-
izes in formulating elastomers for
specific mechanical and dynamic
properties applicable to diverse aero-
space, defense and industrial environ-
ments and applications.

ALEXSEAL YACHT COATINGS
MOVES TO SOUTH CAROLINA
Alexseal Yacht Coatings, the paint

Fresh Paint system manufactured by German-based Mankiewicz Gebr. and Co., moved its U.S. operations from St. Louis to Charleston, SC. Mankiewicz renovated a 24,000 square-foot building, which includes a state-of-the-art lab, production, technical training and warehouse facility and provides new employment opportunities for the local community. The move provides faster access to Alexseal shipments from Germany through the Charleston port of entry, decreased delay for West Coast shipments via direct access to Southern trucking routes, closer proximity to the hub of its U.S. customer base and better resources for their employees, the company said. CW