specifications, BIM content, blog posts
and other news to celebrate Fluropon’s
50th year. Valspar also will share notable
projects showcasing Fluropon throughout the decades: Aspen Art Museum,
2014; Dubai International Airport in
the United Arab Emirates, 2011; Guthrie
Theatre in Minneapolis, 2006, Taipei 101
in Taiwan, 2004; Globe Life Park, home
of the Texas Rangers, 1994; Tokyo Dome
Stadium, 1985; GM Renaissance Center
in Detroit, 1977; and the Watergate
Towers in D.C., 1971.
Valspar’s John Kelly remembers it all.
President Dwight Eisenhower was in the
White House and Kelly was 17-years-old
in Philadelphia when he started working
in the coatings industry. Today, more than
50 years after mixing his first batch of
paint, he serves as Valspar’s market manager for metal buildings. “It’s been exciting to be involved with a product whose
first response was ‘What is this stuff?’ to
one that became the basis of fluoropoly-mer specifications as used by architects
all over the world today,” said Kelly.
In 1965, Pennwalt’s corporate headquarters in Philadelphia was the first
project to feature Fluropon commercially.
The building was brown, one of only five
colors available at the time. Today, there
are more than 50,000 active code offerings from neutral to bright colors, micas,
metallic and pearlescent coatings.
With its high durability and large
color palette, these field-proven, high-performance, 70 percent PVDF resin-based coatings are offered in two- to
four-coat systems in nearly any formulation, including low gloss, low sheen
and solar reflective ENERGY STAR.
Meeting the American Architectural
Manufacturers Association’s AAMA
2605 high-performance exterior specification, Fluropon demonstrates reliable
performance including resistance to
harmful ultraviolet rays, chemical degradation, abrasion and humidity.
Along with its high-performance
coatings, The Valspar Corporation supports architects and designers with its
industry-leading technical expertise, col-or-matching and sustainability resources,
responsive customer service and high-pri-ority lead times.
Sherwin-Williams Launches
Interactive Water &
Wastewater Coatings App
Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine
Coatings launched the Water &
Wastewater App designed to provide
users with protective coating recom-
mendations for the following water and
wastewater operations: conventional
water treatment, membrane
water/wastewater treatment,
water storage, water convey-
ance, sewer collection and
wastewater treatment.
The app was developed to help engineers access accurate and up-to-date
coatings information via mobile technology. If a new product is introduced,
