Dunn-Edwards opens LEED-certified paint
manufacturing facility
Dunn-Edwards has opened what it claims is
the world’s first LEED-certified paint manufacturing facility. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the 336,000-square-foot facility was
custom designed to be “green” and efficient.
This ultra-modern building encompasses
manufacturing, product development, quality control laboratories, a distribution center,
retail outlet and office space. The company
eliminated cardboard boxes for packaging
one-gallon containers and now uses heat
shrink wrap. According to the company, it is
the only paint plant in the U.S. using heat
shrink wrap. This reduced cardboard consumption by one million boxes, or approximately 250 tons of cardboard per year.
Energy calculations on the new plant show
a 50 percent reduction over its two existing
operations—one was first built in the mid-
1950s and the other in the mid-1970s. With
more than 50 percent more space than its
two former plants combined, this new $40
million investment meets Dunn-Edwards’
needs for long-term growth and has room
to expand another 40,000 square-feet.
LKQ Corporation acquires
AkzoNobel’s North American
paint distribution business
LKQ Corporation has closed the acquisi-
tion of AkzoNobel Coatings Inc.’s paint
distribution business consisting of 40 lo-
cations across the U.S. In addition to dis-
tributing Akzo’s paint in these 40 markets
and the other markets in which LKQ cur-
rently distributes Akzo’s paint, LKQ will
continue to distribute paint for other man-
ufacturers in the approximately 38 mar-
kets in which LKQ currently distributes
paint and related products. CW
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.
PPG acquires business of
automotive refinish distributor
Ducol Coatings in South Africa
PPG Industries has acquired the business of
Ducol Coatings South Africa (PTY) Ltd.,
which has served as an importer and distributor of PPG’s automotive refinish products in South Africa since 2003. Ducol
Coatings, based in Krugersdorp, northwest
of Johannesburg, was formed in 1990 and
has been active throughout South Africa and
in Namibia. PPG will continue to use the
Ducol brand, as well as Ducol Coatings’ former franchisee and distributor network, giving PPG access to a solid, proven distribution
network in the growing South African and
surrounding markets. Many of the world’s
largest automotive manufacturers have a
presence in South Africa, and over the next
several years, PPG anticipates that population growth and higher purchasing power
will lead to more vehicle sales and increased
demand for automotive refinish products.
AkzoNobel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 10
Altana ...................................................... 10
BASF ................................................. 10, 16, 18
BenjaminMoore .............................................. 10
Concrete Solutions Inc. ......................................... 10
DiamondVogel ............................................... 18
Durr Systems GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Dunn-Edwards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Dyrup ...................................................... 10
EbbinghausVerbundGmbH ..................................... 10
Greenkote ................................................... 10
H.B. Fuller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hempel .................................................. 10, 29
ICA Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Kelly-Moore Paint Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Lord Corporation ............................................. 10
NOF Metal Coatings Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
PPG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 10
RhinoLiningsCorp. ........................................... 10
RPM ....................................................... 18
Sherwin-Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 29
Specialty Coating Systems ....................................... 24
Valspar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 18, 29
WatsonStandardAdhesive Co. ................................... 10
Whitford .................................................... 10
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