Coatings World - June 2011

color schemes. The Paso Robles store is located at 611 Creston Road. For more information call 805.239.1285.

BASF launches two new sites for car enthusiasts BASF has launched two new web sites for car enthusiasts and custom car painters. For car enthusiasts www.basfpaintnews.com provides visitors with automotive finishing resources, including industry news stories, photo galleries and videos of custom designed cars painted with BASF lines of paint including Glasurit, R-M and Limco. BASF also launched www.carizzmacolor.com, which is dedicated to the company’s R-M Carizzma Color line of automotive finishes, that features downloadable literature with educational information to help car painters achieve maximum results, industry information about Carizzma’s colors, as well as video footage and photo galleries featuring cars and hot rods painted with the colors.

Rhino acquires Concrete Solutions Inc.

Rhino Linings Corp., a manufacturer of polyurethane, polyurea, polyaspartic and epoxy coatings, has acquired Concrete Solutions Inc., a manufacturer of a range of materials and systems for the restoration, protection and decoration of concrete.

Concrete Solutions, based in San Diego, is a supplier of stamped concrete overlays, decorative-resurfacing applications, stains, dyes, stencils and other products.

Concrete Solutions will relocate its operations to the Rhino Linings facilities in San Diego. Bart Sadleir, Concrete Solutions’ current general manager of operations and training will oversee the Concrete Solutions division as general manager, Rhino Linings said.

Concrete Solutions manufactures a wide range of concrete repair and resurfacing products and systems for industrial, commercial and residential applications.

“This acquisition strengthens our commitment to be one of
the leading concrete coatings solution providers by expanding
our current product line and offering the best products avail-
able,” said Pierre Gagnon, Rhino Linings president and CEO.
“With the expanded use of concrete in both the residential and
commercials markets, we want to take a leadership position in
the concrete restoration business.”
Privately held Rhino Linings manufactures sprayed and/or
rolled urethane, polyaspartic and epoxy coatings and linings for
industrial, municipal and residential applications. The company’s
business units include Rhino Linings, Rhino Vehicle Protection,
Rhino Industrial, Rhino Epoxy, Rhino Concrete Solutions and
Rhino Military.

H.B. Fuller opens Nanjing manufacturing facility H.B. Fuller Company has opened its manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China. The new plant is the first multinational reactive adhesives plant in China and is located in the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park. This facility and the company’s regional technical center in Shanghai will collaborate to serve the Asia Pacific region. H.B. Fuller’s Nanjing facility will produce urethanes and other reactive chemistries for customers in the construction, filter, flexible packaging, solar, textile, window and woodworking markets. CW

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