pany was €2.4 million in 2010. Tikkurila is the leading decorative paints company in Russia, where it operates four paint factories after the transaction.
In other news, Australia’s largest paint maker Dulux expanded its presence in the growing Chinese market through a
merger between its Chinese operations and Hong Kong-based
Camelpaint group. Dulux will own 51 percent of the new company called DGL Camel International.
Camelpaint was established in Hong Kong in 1932, manufacturing a range of coating products in Hong Kong and southern China. Dulux and Camelpaint have been joint venture
partners to produce powder coatings used in windowsills and
door paints in China since 2004.
Dulux recorded revenue of roughly $700 million last year
with more than 90 percent of its business coming from Australia
and New Zealand. Remaining sales occur in Malaysia, China,
Hong Kong and PNG.
In terms of infrastructure expansion, AkzoNobel Powder
Coatings has been very active this past year. The firm expanded
its facilities at a manufacturing plant in Izmir, Turkey as well as
invested in a new powder coating manufacturing plant in Apo-daca, Mexico. In addition, AkzoNobel opened a new, dedicated
polymer research laboratory facility in Felling, UK. The building
houses a polymer laboratory devoted to the development of
novel polymers and processing technologies for AkzoNobel Powder Coatings’ Interpon and Resicoat brands, as well as a powder
application line.
Antimicrobial technology in powder
formulations
In terms of new technology development, one growing area involves the incorporation of antimicrobial technology into new
powder coating formulations.
Diamond Vogel launched a premium industrial powder coating
with Agion antimicrobial protection. Sciessent, the creator of naturally occurring silver-based antimicrobial brand Agion, partnered
with Diamond Vogel to offer the Peridium Powder Coatings line.
The new Peridium line brings the quality and durability that industrial customers have found synonymous with the Vogel name,
with the added benefit of Agion antimicrobial product protection.
Agion technology inhibits the growth and propagation of bacteria on the surface of a product, adding an important layer of
product protection to equipment and furnishings coated with the
new Peridium powder coating line. Diamond Vogel makes coatings specifically formulated to the manufacturing setting and the
customers’ requirements.
The new Peridium Powder Coatings—including hybrid, polyester and epoxy technologies—with Agion technology is a powder coating made without water or petroleum-based solvents,
and is applied electrostatically and cured through a baking
process. This performance feature in Peridium powder coatings
is exhibited in excellent final hardness and abrasion resistance
of the coating, the company said.
Agion antimicrobial solution provides continuous product
protection by releasing silver ions to the surface at a steady rate,
and is designed to last the useful life of the product. Peridium
Powder Coatings with Agion antimicrobial technology are ideal
for healthcare furnishings, fitness equipment, furniture fixtures
and many other industrial applications.
AkzoNobel Powder Coatings has teamed up with BioCote,
an antimicrobial specialist in Europe, to create Interpon AM. Interpon AM is a high quality powder coating product that incorporates BioCote antimicrobial technology to offer coating
protection in hygiene sensitive environments.
“AkzoNobel Powder Coatings is a world leader in powder
technology, and working with BioCote we are now able to offer
a coating product that combines the protective qualities of In-
terpon Powder Coatings with the antimicrobial properties that
BioCote silver ion technology offers,” said Mark Reekie, market
segment manager – Europe West AkzoNobel Powder Coatings.
“The possibilities that antimicrobial coatings can deliver are ex-
citing and building hygiene protection into a coating provides a
further line of defence in many diverse environments.”
Interpon AM provides benefits not only in traditionally hygiene
sensitive areas such as medical and catering industries but also
areas where there is a high level of human contact, for example in
public transport, leisure facilities and self service technologies.
The antimicrobial technology used in Interpon AM is independently tested and is shown to reduce levels of bacteria and
fungi by up to 99.9 percent said the company. CW
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