new products designed to improve the coverage of traditionally poor hiding solventborne
basecoat colors. While many refinish paint suppliers have been scaling
back support for their solventborne paint
lines, DuPont Refinish continues to invest
in its solvent product portfolio.
DuPont ChromaPremier 62155F and
62165F, is a new binder package specifically designed to improve the coverage of
poor hiding colors. The improved hiding
binder package can be utilized with both
DuPont’s ChromaPremier and
ChromaBase basecoats. The company said
it has reformulated several hundred of the
worst hiding OEM colors with an option
to use the new binders. DuPont ColorNet,
a color retrieval software, will automatically flag poor hiding colors and provide
the option to select the new, improved
hiding formula.
For collision shops in regulated or
soon-to-be regulated areas, or for shops
that want the advantage that water
brings, DuPont supplies provide its Cromax Pro portfolio.
“These new binders reinforce our commitment to our valued customers who
choose to use National Rule products,”
said Harry Christman, DuPont Refinish
brand manager.
EIMA launches new website
EIFS Industry Members Association
(EIMA) headquartered in Falls Church,
Va., United States, has launched a new
website at www.EIMA.com. The new site
adds several features to those interested in
EIFS and the association’s work.
“One of the many goals of EIMA is to
be the main source of information on EIFS
for current and future users of the wall
cladding system, the EIFS industry and the
EIMA membership,” said Dave Johnston,
executive director for EIMA. “It is defi-
nitely an exciting time in the EIFS indus-
try. The launch of our new site is only step
one in the new information flow we’ll be
generating at EIMA.”
Visitors to the new EIMA site will no-
tice a very image driven look, showcasing
the widespread use of EIFS nationwide
and the inspirational designs of EIFS proj-
ects. In addition to the new site layout sev-
eral other pages and features are included,
such as: Project Gallery; EIFS Education;
EIFS Insurance; and a Directory of EIMA
Members.
Founded in 1981, the EIFS Industry
Members Association (EIMA) is a national non-profit technical trade association comprised of leading manufacturers,
suppliers, distributors and applicators involved in the exterior insulation and finish
systems (EIFS) industry. For additional information visit www.EIMA.com.
ICL-IP expands in flame
retardant market
ICL Industrial Products (ICL-IP), one of
the three strategic operating segments of
ICL, has signed a licensing agreement with
Dow Global Technologies LLC, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company,
for its polymeric flame retardant technology. Dow’s technology will be used for the
launch of FR122P, ICL-IP’s next-generation brominated polymeric flame retardant for use by the building industry in
extruded polystyrene (XPS) and expanded
polystyrene (EPS) foam insulation products. The company expects to begin supplying commercial quantities beginning in
2014, and is currently supplying pilot
quantities as required to its customers.
FR122P is a sustainable, polymeric replacement for the flame retardants currently used in EPS/XPS insulation foams.
Pilot tests conducted by ICL IP’s customers have confirmed that FR122P delivers the required level of fire safety to
their products.
ICL-IP recently began work on a new
10,000 metric ton capacity manufacturing
plant. The company’s flame retardant
portfolio includes a growing number of
sustainable polymeric products, including
the FR1025P, brominated epoxy polymers
and the Polyquel product line as well as
the new FR122P.
PPG completes acquisition of
the coatings business of
Colombian company Colpisa
PPG Industries Colombia and its Pittsburgh, Pa.-based parent, PPG Industries,
have completed the acquisition of the
coatings businesses of Colpisa Colom-biana de Pinturas and its affiliates, in-
cluding Colpisa Ecuador. The parties
first announced an acquisition agreement Aug. 4, 2011.
“PPG is pleased with the completion of
the Colpisa acquisition, and we look for-
ward to building our presence in Colom-
bia to serve and grow with our customers
in the region,” said Tim Knavish, PPG vice
president, Automotive OEM coatings,
Americas. “This acquisition is further ev-
idence of PPG’s commitment to global
growth in coatings.”
In acquiring Colpisa, PPG becomes
the only major coatings supplier with a
direct automotive OEM coatings manu-
facturing presence in Colombia and one
of the leading providers of a full line of
automotive refinish products in Colom-
bia with an established distribution net-
work, according to Knavish. Colpisa has
been a technology licensee of PPG auto-
motive OEM coatings since 1996 and a
distributor of PPG automotive refinish
products since 2004. PPG now operates
Colpisa’s coatings manufacturing facility
in Itagüì, Colombia.
Colpisa was founded in 1973 and
manufactures and distributes coatings for
OEM, automotive refinish and industrial
customers in Colombia and Ecuador.
Eco Building Products begins
production of coated wood
products from its latest Oregon
plant
Eco Building Products, Inc., (ECOB) has
started to produce coated wood products
in its newly commissioned coating facility
in Salem, Ore., United States. This facility
is located in the heart of the timber producing corridor and is approximately
30,000 square feet located on a railway
spur. Working through a few start-up delays, the company said it produced its first
order for a customer located in Bridgewater, Conn.
Salem is a strategic location, allowing
ECOB the ability to purchase timber
products from various lumber mills in the
local corridor from Northern Washington
State to Southern Oregon, where all the
Douglas Fir used in the Northeastern and
Western United States comes from. Prior
to adding this capacity, the company
would purchase uncoated products from
