The Construction
Chemicals Market
Coatings World takes a look at the latest products and news from the construction
chemicals markets.
According to a recent study from market research firm, The Freedonia Group, U.S. on-site construction chemi- cal demand will rise 3. 4 percent annually through 2013.
Gains will be driven by a rebound in the housing market, a
shift to higher value products and solid home improvement and
repair spending. Caulks and adhesives will surpass protective
coatings and sealers as the largest product segment by 2013.
Freedonia estimates the U.S. construction chemical industry is
valued at $7.7 billion.
Carboline Company recently broke ground on a new
100,000 square foot storage and distribution facility in Lake
Charles, Louisiana. The facility will be located in close proximity to one of Carboline’s largest manufacturing facilities.
Construction on the new facility is expected to be complete
in the spring of 2013. Once open, the new facility will be utilized
as a key component in Carboline’s growing service and support
plan. While the facility will be used as a storage location for
material in the manufacturing process, its primary use will be as
a finished goods distribution center.
“This warehousing space will allow us to optimize the restocking process for our over 30 U.S. service centers” said Bruce
Hammersla, vice president of operations at Carboline Company.
Carboline’s expectations are for this facility to become another
key ingredient in providing industry leading service and support
to its customers.
“We are excited about the opportunity a facility of this na-
ture provides us,” said Randy Roth vice president of sales for
the U.S. and Mexico. “We pride ourselves in meeting the ever
changing and ever growing demands of our customers, and this
facility is being created with that in mind.”
The global construction chemicals market appears to be
growing as well, with BASF’s Construction Chemicals division
opening new centers in Canada and Russia.
BASF’s Construction Chemicals division recently opened its
new Construction Center in Toronto, Ontario.
“The new BASF Construction Center will service the greater
Toronto area and the Canadian marketplace and will continue
to build on BASF’s leadership position and commitment to pro-
viding product and system solutions to solve even the most de-
manding jobsite challenges in the construction industry,” said
John Salvatore, head of BASF Construction Chemicals Americas.
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