Dow breaks ground on new Vietnam plant
Dow Advanced Materials has broken
ground on a new manufacturing facili-
ty in Dong Nai Province in southern
Vietnam for the production of acrylic
and styrene-acrylic polymers used in
the paint, coatings, construction, pack-
aging, home and personal care indus-
tries. The new plant, scheduled to go
on-stream in September 2011, will be
shared by three Dow Advanced
Materials businesses—Dow Coating
Materials (DCM), Dow Building &
Construction (DB&C), and Dow
Adhesives & Functional Polymers
(AFP). "Growing demand for our poly-
mers from global and local paint and
coating manufacturers located in
Vietnam was the primary driver for
building the new plant," said Yoke
Loon Lim, general manager, Southeast
Asia, Dow Advanced Materials. "More
than 90 percent of our capacity will be
sold to Vietnam-based customers, the
majority of which are multinational
companies." Paint and coatings cus-
tomers use DCM acrylic and styrene-
acrylic based specialty polymers as
binders, rheology modifiers, and other
additives for the development of a wide
range of architectural and industrial
products. DB&C customers use related
specialty polymers to produce a wide
range of products, such as specialty
cements, concrete sealers and con-
struction adhesives, caulks and
sealants. Dow AFP customers include
Vietnam-based food and beverage
packagers, textile companies, and
home and personal care manufactur-
ers. "The new acrylics plant in Vietnam
is part of our ongoing, tailored and flex-
ible expansion strategy in Asia," said
Bruce Hoechner, vice president, region-
al director, Asia Pacific, Advanced
Materials Division and general manag-
er, Asia Pacific, Dow Coating Materials.
"We have designed the new plant in
order to provide in-region support to
our customers and offer them the cus-
tomized solutions they need."
VOGEL PAINT FORMS LICENSE
AGREEMENT WITH HESSE-LIGNAL
Vogel Paint, Orange City, Iowa has
signed an agreement with Hesse-Lignal
of Hamm, Germany to become its exclu-
sive licensee for the manufacture of wood
coatings for the U.S. The newly created
Vogel Industrial Wood Coatings group
will market Hesse coatings and technol-
ogy through independent representa-
tives and distributors throughout the
U.S. Hesse-Lignal is one of the leading
producers of interior wood finishes in
Europe and has 26 partners and daugh-
ter companies around the world. Hesse
has a strong background in a variety of
technologies including lacquer, ure-
thanes, water-based and UV-cure coat-
ings and has a strong portfolio of envi-
ronmentally friendly coatings. With a
staff of more than 100 in the laboratories
and R&D department, Hesse is focused
on developing new, high performance lac-
quer systems to improve the productivity
and quality level in the wood industy.
Vogel Paint is a leading manufacturer of
coatings in the Midwest U.S. serving
painting professionals and industrial
customers. In addition to operating 70
locations in 13 states, Vogel Paint serves
customers nationally through product
lines like Old Masters Craftsman
Quality Stains and Finishes. 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.
AkzoNobel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 21
Arekema. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Complementary Coatings Corp. .............................. 18
DuPont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,
JDSU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Jotun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
NOF Metal Coatings Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PPG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 34
Spies Hecker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Standox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Teknos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Valspar ............................................... 10, 18
Vitex .................................................... 18
Vogel Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
