general industrial and job-coater
segments of the powder coatings
market under the brands Alesta
Powder Coatings, NAP-GARD
Axalta Coating Systems will continue to do business as DuPont
Performance Coatings for the next several months until the new name is formally launched in the second quarter
of 2013. The company’s beta website
AxaltaCoatingSystems.com is under
development and will enable visitors to
navigate to sites that contain information about its products and services.
AkzoNobel, American
Chemical Society Honor
Chemist with Inaugural
North America Science
Award
AkzoNobel and the American Chemical
Society (ACS) named Carnegie Mellon
University Professor Krzysztof (Kris)
Matyjaszewski, Ph.D. as the winner of
the inaugural AkzoNobel North America
Science Award for his cutting-edge poly-
mer chemistry research.
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their innovative contributions to scientific
research for more than 40 years with the
AkzoNobel Science Award,” said Graeme
Armstrong, executive committee member
for research, development and innovation
for AkzoNobel. “We are privileged to recognize Professor Matyjaszewski and will
continue to acknowledge those who are
undertaking big, innovative research that
can deliver Tomorrow’s Answers Today.”
From his discovery of the atom radical
transfer polymerization (ARTP), an innovative process of the way macromolecules
are made, to educating students and industrial scientists on the new procedures
for the polymeric material development,
Matyjaszewski continues dedicating his
efforts to deliver research that will help
advance the field of polymer chemistry.
Polymer chemistry, also known as macromolecular chemistry, is the area of chemistry that generates advances in everyday
products and materials such as building
materials, furniture, paints and plastics.
Matyjaszewski will receive a $75,000
cash award and a certificate of recognition. He will be officially honored for his
achievements at the ACS 245th National
Meeting and Exposition, held April 7-11
in New Orleans, LA.
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BASF Supplies Coatings for
Mobile Cranes
BASF now supplies coatings for the mobile crane manufacturer Terex Cranes at
its plant in Zweibrücken, Germany. The
use of ultra high solids coatings – solvent-borne coatings with a higher solids content and low volatile organic compound
(VOC) emissions – plays a central role.
“Terex Cranes wanted to further
reduce the emission of VOCs during
the coating process,” said Karl-Heinz
Edinger, BASF commercial transport
systems Germany. “We adapted our ul-
tra high solids technology to the specific
needs of Terex, which made us win over
this customer.”
Commercial vehicles such as mobile
cranes are exposed to particularly harsh
stresses through weather impacts and
their use in off-road conditions. BASF’s
primers and topcoats provide a high level
of corrosion protection and weathering
resistance. “Our topcoats also have high
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