AkzoNobel opens new powder
coating plant in Apodaca, Mexico
AkzoNobel has invested in a new powder
coating manufacturing plant in Apodaca,
Mexico, a suburb of Monterrey. Located
five miles from the Monterrey airport, the
new 85,000 square foot facility is situated
in an industrial area and will include manufacturing, warehousing, research and development labs, administrative offices and
a quality control laboratory. The new site
continues the development of AkzoNobel’s business in Central America and the
company said it aims to more than double its powder coatings business over the
next few years. The site will begin with
four powder lines and the company said
it plans to expand eventually to six or
seven lines. Production will continue at
AkzoNobel’s current site in Monterrey
until the new manufacturing plant is
ready and fully operational, anticipated to
be in the third quarter of 2011.
to develop and qualify MesoCoat’s Cer-
maClad process for the application of
CRA (corrosion resistant alloys) to the
internal and external surfaces of pipes
using proprietary high-density infrared
(HDIR) lamp technology. It is in the in-
terest of both Petrobras and MesoCoat
to promote such activities. MesoCoat’s
CermaClad technology utilizes a high in-
tensity light source, which is effectively
an artificial sun captured in a quartz and
aluminum reflector to rapidly fuse CRA,
metal and ceramic coatings on steel
pipes, plates and bars. CermaClad is a
high speed cladding process that clads
15-100 times faster, is cheaper and offers
better metallurgical properties than the
competitive weld or laser cladding
processes, according to the company. The
speed of this process would ensure that
metal cladding can match the line speed
of steel mills, and reduce lead times for
clad pipes and tubes by 75-80 percent.
The CermaClad application process and
nanocomposite cladding materials pri-
marily address the metal cladding mar-
ket, which is utilized to protect large
surface areas against highly caustic and
corrosive environments. CermaClad™ ad-
dresses the needs of the rapidly growing
$3.8 billion global cladding market. Ex-
perts estimate that a less expensive, and
faster cladding process will increase the
global metal cladding market by 100%
in the next three years to $7.6 billion,
this increase will be driven by significant
investments being made by oil and gas
companies in deep water projects. CW
PPG introduces
Zircobond pretreatment
for appliance industry
PPG’s industrial coatings business has in-
troduced Zircobond 4500 pretreatment, a
zirconium-based metal pretreatment for-
mulated to pass rigorous appliance-indus-
try tests for corrosion resistance.
Zircobond 4500 pretreatment replaces a
two-step iron-phosphate and passivating
sealer process with a single step, simplify-
ing the metal finishing system and making
it more cost-efficient and environmentally
responsible. Zircobond 4500 pretreat-
ment is based on proprietary technology
PPG developed for the automotive indus-
try. The original Zircobond product won
a 2008 R&D 100 Award from R&D
Magazine for its ability to help users save
energy, conserve water and reduce waste.
MesoCoat signs agreement
with Petrobras to develop
CermaClad process for
CRA application
MesoCoat, Inc., has signed an agreement
with Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras),
Index to Companies
This index gives the starting page for a department or feature with a signifi-
cant reference to a manufacturer of paint, coatings, adhesives and sealants.
Subsidiaries are indexed under their own names.
AkzoNobel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 10
Antistatic Industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
APVEngineeredCoatings ....................................... 18
BASF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
BenjaminMoore .............................................. 20
Deloro Stellite ................................................ 10
DuPont ..................................................... 10
H.B. Fuller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
InMat ...................................................... 18
Jotun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
KansaiNerolac ............................................... 10
Kansai Paint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Masterchem Industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MesoCoat ....................................................8
Minwax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
PPG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 10, 13
Resene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Rustoleum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Shawcor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sherwin-Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Thompson’s Water Seal ......................................... 20
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