liters of leftover decorative
paint generated each year in
the country.
Various stakeholders across
the nation, including decorative paint
manufacturers, retailers, trade associations, waste management companies, local and national government
and other third-sector organizations,
are backing the program. These stakeholders will be confirming their commitment to help create a sustainable
circular economy for leftover decorative paint, to increase reuse and remanufacturing rates from two percent
to over 50 percent.
At the BCF’s Annual Conference in
Chester, chief executive Tom Bowtell
said of the PaintCare launch, “Despite
the great strides made by the UK paint
industry to reduce their environmental
impact, leftover paint continues to end
up in landfill. We now have the abil-
ity to reuse and remanufacture paint,
but challenges remain over creating a
national network of drop-off points
at council recycling centers, finding
markets for remanufactured paint and
regulatory issues. The aim of PaintCare
is to help remove these barriers, to cre-
ate a national solution to the leftover
paint problem, but this will not happen
overnight and will require collabora-
tion from all stakeholders.”
The launch of PaintCare was wel-
comed by David Cornish, Global
Sustainability manager for AkzoNobel
Decorative Paints, who commented,
“Our schemes have already saved 2.7
million liters of paint from landfill or in-
cineration, and we are excited to build
on this success together with the British
Coatings Foundation. PaintCare will
help us work together with other parties,
especially in government and the waste
industry, to address some of the more
challenging problems.”
Key paint brands associated with
the initiative include AkzoNobel
(Dulux), Craig and Rose, Crown
Paints, Farrow & Ball, Green Farm
Paints, Little Greene, Newlife Paints,
Manor Coatings, PPG Industries
(Johnstone’s and Leyland), Sherwin-
Williams (Ronseal) and Valspar.
Praxair Receives Nadcap
Accreditation for Coatings
Praxair Surface Technologies coating service center in Changzhou, China, recently
received Nadcap (National Aerospace
and Defense Contractors Accreditation
Program) accreditation for coatings.
Nadcap is a global cooperative program that brings together technical experts from among prime contractors,
suppliers and government representatives
to work jointly to establish requirements
for approval of suppliers using a standardized approach.
Praxair commissioned an airframe
production line in its Changzhou facility
in 2013 to support the company’s 10-year
agreement with Messier-Bugatti-Dowty
for automated thermal spray coating services to replace chrome plating on major
airframe component programs. This facility can also apply high-velocity oxy-fuel
coatings to aircraft engine components.
Praxair Surface Technologies offers
a comprehensive array of high-performance coatings and technologies to the
aviation, energy and other industries. By
continuously advancing coatings technologies, Praxair Surface Technologies
helps customers improve environmental
performance, decrease energy consumption, extend component life, improve
productivity, minimize downtime, reduce
operating costs and produce high-quality
products, the company stated.
Sto Corp. Adopts New
Naming Structure For Wall
Systems
Sto Corp., a producer of integrated exterior wall systems for new building construction and restoration, has adopted a
new naming convention to ensure ease
of specification and peace of mind for
customers concerned about code compliance and sustainability. Systems that
meet or exceed ASHRAE design standard
90.1-2013, IGCC/IECC energy code requirements for continuous insulation (ci)
and California Title 24 requirements for
energy efficiency now include the acronym “ci” in their names, followed by the
names of finishes, insulations or other
components that differentiate products
from one another.
To align its existing products with
the new naming structure, Sto made the
following name changes to its product
offering:
StoTherm ci wall systems:
•StoTherm Lotusan NExT is now
Sto Therm ci Lotusan
•StoTherm Classic NExT is now
Sto Therm ci Classic
•StoTherm Essence NExT is now
Sto Therm ci Essence
Innovative stucco wall systems:
• StoPowerwall EnergyGuard is now
StoPowerwall ci
• StoPowerwall NEx T DrainScreen is
now StoPowerwall DrainScreen
• StoPowerwall with Sto ExtraSeal is
now StoPowerwall ExtraSeal
Premium cement board stucco wall
systems:
• StoQuik Sliver NEx T DrainScreen is
now StoQuik Silver DrainScreen
“In addition to reflecting our prod-
ucts’ compliance with energy standards
and building code requirements, changes
to the way we name our wall systems
provide a structure for naming new prod-
ucts as we expand our product offering,”
said Brian Chang, Sto product manager.
“We look forward to introducing new
products and ci assemblies to continue to
meet our customers’ needs.”
Colortone Automotive
Paints Receives ColorSource
Distributor of the Year
Award from BASF
BASF’s Automotive Refinish business awarded its 2014 ColorSource
Distributor of the Year Award to
Colortone Automotive Paints at its annual ColorSource Conference.
“The Los Angeles market is one of the
largest and most competitive in the country. In this challenging market, Colortone
has achieved double digit growth over
the past three years and in 2014 delivered
more than 20 percent growth,” said John
Moreau, key accounts manager for BASF
Automotive Refinish in North America.
“Not only do they deliver growth, they
