Coatings World - March 2011

lenges to ensure the material meets the specifications for a paint binder ingredient.

“We also have to make sure our ingredi-
ent is compatible with all the other things
that go into your average pot of paint, of
which there are potentially thousands of in-
dividual materials in the finished product,”
Hinkley said. “The binder must also be sta-
ble in the pot and on the wall, cost effective
to produce and economic to export.”
In 2011, Resene plans to launch a new
eco range of paints that use the new in-
gredient, with the first products expected
to be for walls and ceilings.

While the original IRL/Resene collaboration was an 18-month-long project, the partnership will continue with the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology providing funding for a $2.6 million dollar project that will run over the next four years. That project, co-funded by Resene, will allow the team to develop its technology to produce high-performance paints.

named PPG Industries “Best Supplier” during its Annual Supplier Conference, recognizing the high quality of PPG’s coatings products, customer service and technical support. Mingyang Wind Power Group is the largest non-state-owned or - controlled wind turbine manufacturer in China, and the only one with shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

It specializes in designing, manufacturing, selling and servicing megawatt-class wind turbines. As a global provider of integrated solutions to the wind energy industry, PPG offers proven technical and sales support to customers such as Mingyang Wind Power Group, with whom PPG has worked since 2007. CW

AkzoNobel becomes a full technology partner of McLaren Group AkzoNobel has become a full technology partner to the McLaren Group after expanding and extending the current relationship with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes. The announcement of the deal coincided with the launch in Berlin of the new MP4-26 Formula 1 car, which now features the AkzoNobel logo on the rear wing end plate.m The two companies have been working together since 2008, when AkzoNobel, through its Sikkens brand, became the official supplier of paint solutions to the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team. Under the new four-year agreement, AkzoNobel will work closely with McLaren Racing to further develop its extreme environment technology for use in Formula 1 and wider industrial applications. The new MP4-26 features a sophisticated high gloss Sikkens system and will be driven by former champions Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. The first Grand Prix of the 2011 season takes place in Bahrain on March 13.