manufacturers, and in July 2010,
the paint industry kicked off the
PaintCare program in Oregon to
reduce paint waste, increase reuse and recycling, and safely dispose of
remaining unusable paint. Costs for safely managing leftover paint are incorporated in the purchase price of new paint.
ACA’s PaintCare program is at the
forefront of the producer responsibility
movement, in which Oregon is a national
leader. Producer responsibility means
manufacturers take responsibility for reducing the lifecycle impacts of a product,
including internalizing the end-of-life
management costs, rather than having
government set up and fund collection
programs for waste products. In response
to the success of the Oregon Program,
legislation mandating the creation of
the PaintCare program has been enacted in six additional states since 2009:
California (2010), Connecticut (2011),
Rhode Island (2012), Minnesota (2013),
Vermont (2013) and Maine (2013). The
California program launched in October
2012, the Connecticut program launched
in July 2013, and program operations will
commence in Rhode Island, Vermont, and
Minnesota by July 2014 and in Maine by
July 2015.
The PaintCare program is expected
to result in the proper management of
millions of gallons of leftover paint each
year. Paint recycling is now more convenient throughout participating states
and many communities that were previously underserved for household hazardous waste services have a PaintCare
drop-off site available in their area for
paint. Partnering government programs
are realizing a direct financial savings
as PaintCare covers the cost of paint
transportation and recycling from their
programs.
Following submittal of PaintCare’s
inaugural report in 2011, DEQ recommended to the Oregon Legislature that
the PaintCare pilot program be made
permanent, echoed by ACA. This July, the
Oregon Legislature passed legislation to
repeal the sunset date on the state’s four-year pilot industry paint stewardship program, and made the program permanent.
BASF to Build European
Production and
Competence Center for
Flooring and Waterproofing
Systems
By the end of 2014, BASF will have built
a new European center of expertise for its
flooring and waterproofing systems at the
BASF Coatings GmbH site in Oldenburg,
Germany. The company is investing in the
production and development of polyurethane and epoxy-based systems for flooring and waterproofing, together with
logistics, research, sales and service. The
investment is the next step in the development of these businesses, following the
sale of the CONICA Sports Surfaces business line and the Swiss Schaffhausen site
on July 1st, 2013.
“Our new center in Oldenburg underlines our strategic and operational target
to expand and develop permanently and
sustainably our Performance Flooring
and Waterproofing segments. We are setting ourselves up for the future and want
to remain a reliable and innovative solution partner for our customers,” said
Roland Nowicki, vice president at BASF’s
Business Unit Construction Chemicals
Europe, to which the Performance
Flooring and Waterproofing segments
belong.
“Oldenburg is very well positioned
thanks to the technical competence and
experience of its employees and its infrastructure,” said Mark Paßkowski,
Oldenburg site manager.
The Sherwin-Williams
Company Adds Chemsol as
North American Aerospace
Coatings Distributor
Sherwin-Williams has added a leading
aerospace coatings distribution partner
to its North American sales and service
network. The company announced it
has signed a distribution agreement with
Chemsol, a leading QPL manufacturer
and servicer with extensive GSA and
mil-spec operational experience. This
distribution expansion supports Sherwin-Williams’ growth in the military and
commercial aviation sector and strengthens the overall nationwide service for its
expanding customer base.
H.B. Fuller Company To
Invest in a Packaging
Center of Excellence in
North America
H.B. Fuller Company will invest in a
Packaging Center of Excellence in North
America to address customers packaging
adhesives needs across a broad range of
applications, substrates and environmental conditions. Upon its opening in early
2014, the Packaging Center of Excellence
will be H.B. Fuller’s fourth center focused
specifically on customer collaboration.
With its wide variety and industry-leading packaging adhesive offerings,
H.B. Fuller provides the full breadth
and depth of adhesives and engineering
services for end-of-line packaging, container labeling, flexible packaging, retail-ready packaging, handle and packaging
reinforcement and specialty packaging.
Along with the robust offering, the new
Packaging Center of Excellence will further enable collaboration efforts to help
brands continue to advance their packaging designs.
“Packaging heavily influences consumer buying decisions and with the rise
of social media, all it takes is one negative experience to put brands on the defensive,” said Peter Petrulo, business
director of packaging, North America,
at H.B. Fuller. “As experts in packaging
adhesives, it’s our role to help protect
our customer’s product and ensure end-users have a positive experience with our
customer’s brand. That means staying on
top of industry trends so we can meet our
customers’ evolving business needs for
safety, sustainability, efficiency and new
packaging applications.”
Dulux Paint Stores
Distribute PPG’s Protective
and Marine Coatings
Products Across Canada
With the April 2013 acquisition of
AkzoNobel’s North American architectural coatings business by PPG Industries,
customers can now purchase PPG
Protective and Marine Coatings (PMC)
products at Dulux Paint stores across
Canada. This is the first time PPG PMC
products are available through stores in
Canada.
