H.B. Fuller Lüneburg
Adhesive Academy
Awarded LEED
Certification
H.B. Fuller has announced that its
newest technical center of excellence,
the Adhesive Academy in Lüneburg,
Germany, is LEED certified to the Gold
level. It is the first laboratory building in
Germany that has achieved a Gold certification under version LEED v2009 NC
(New Construction).
PPG Industries Foundation
Grants $7,000 to United
Way of Delaware
United Way of Delaware has announced
the generous gift of $7,000 from the
PPG Industries Foundation. “From
PPG providing the paint and volunteers
to upgrade our office in Dover, to the
PPG Industries Foundation’s lifetime fi-
nancial support of over $400,000, the
PPG team continues to be a committed
partner to United Way of Delaware’s
mission. As PPG celebrates 40 years
of manufacturing operations in the
First State, we honor them for all they
have done and continue to do to posi-
tively impact the community,” said John
Moore, vice president of resource de-
velopment at United Way of Delaware.
Neal Nicastro, plant manager at the
PPG Architectural Coatings facility in
Dover, Delaware, said, “We are proud
to support the United Way of Delaware
and are committed to the communities
in which we operate. PPG values our
relationship with the United Way and
the impact we’ve been able to make on
the Dover community together.” PPG
Architectural Coatings is a business
of PPG Industries, the world’s leading
coatings company.
PPG-Painted Chevy Takes
2015 Barrett-Jackson Cup
A PPG-painted 1962 Chevrolet Bel
Air Bubbletop was named the 2015
Barrett-Jackson Cup Ultimate Best
of Show winner at Circus Circus in
Reno, Nevada. The award was presented during the final evening of
the three-day Barrett-Jackson Reno
Tahoe collector car auction. The car
is owned by Randy and Lisa Wilcox
and was built by Andy Leach at CAL
Automotive Creations in Bennington,
Neb. Its silver finish was applied by
Charley Hutton of Charley Hutton’s
Color Studio in Nampa, Idaho, using
PPG Industries automotive refinish
products exclusively.
Hutton used several PPG brands to
attract the judges’ eyes. ENVIROBASE
High Performance Basecoat, Magnesium
Silver (code 904978) and DELTRON
DCU2021 Urethane Clear gave the car its
exterior luster. The engine bay received
Pepper Grey (code 931611) and finished
with GLOBAL REFINISH SYSTEM
D8115 Matte Clearcoat, and the interior was painted with custom-mixed
Envirobase High Performance coatings
to match the oxblood leather.
The Barrett-Jackson Cup was es-
tablished in 2013. The Ultimate Best
of Show award brought with it a prize
package worth almost $60,000. Cars
entering the competition were reviewed
over a three-day period by a trio of
well-respected custom car world per-
sonalities including builder and PPG
devotee Bobby Alloway, hot rodder Pete
Chapouris, and Bob Millard, general
manager of the International Show Car
Association (ISCA).
Accella Acquires Burtin
Polymer Labs and Coating
& Foam Solutions
Accella Performance Materials, a manufacturer of polyurethanes and recycled
rubber products has announced the
acquisitions of Burtin Polymer Labs
(BPL) and Coating and Foam Solutions
(CFS), a manufacturer of spray foams
and coatings for insulation and roofing as well as specialized spray elastomers including the Bullet Liner brand
for truck bed liners and heavy duty
coatings. Burtin Polymer Labs and
Coating and Foam Solutions are based
in Cartersville GA, and will continue to
provide their broad line of high performance products with strong customer
support with even greater resources as
part of the Accella family.
“The combination of Burtin and
Accella provides strong technical expertise and a portfolio of polyurethane
system capabilities, allowing us to further expand our manufacturing foot
print and provide even more valuable
solutions for our customers based on
deep polyurethane technology and application expertise,” remarked Andy
Harris president and CEO of Accella
Performance Materials. CW
