Coatings World - July 2016

Jotun Group is divided into seven regions: Scandinavia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Middle East, India nd Africa, North-East Asia, South East Asia and Pacific and the Americas responsible for the sale of Decorative Paints and Performance Coatings (Marine, Protective and Powder Coatings). The company has 33 production facilities in 20 countries, 68 companies in 43 countries and is represented in more than 90 countries around the world. Marine coatings comprised 27 percent of sales, Decorative paints 37 percent, Protective coatings 26 percent and Powder coatings 10 percent.

Following the success of Jotachar JF750 revolutionary mesh-free epoxy passive fire protection coating, Jotun recently introduced Jotachar 1709, a mesh free epoxy developed specifically for the hydrocarbon processing & energy industries.

Jotachar 1709 has been developed using the revolutionary technology platform behind Jotun’s successful Jotachar JF750. Jotachar JF750 continues to be embraced by the offshore and onshore industries as an alternative to traditional mesh containing solutions for hydrocarbon pool and jet fire scenarios. Jotachar JF750 is the preferred solution for operators and installers who wish to remove risks associated with incorrect mesh installation, whilst benefitting from significant reductions in installation time.

Jotachar 1709 has been specifically designed to protect steel against hydrocarbon pool fire scenarios for up to four hours, as defined within the ANSI/UL1709 Standard. Operators also benefit from long term corrosion protection, reduced life-cycle costs and the elimination of any risk associated with mesh installation errors.

PUBLIC COMPANY YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1926

REVENUE: $1.236 billion t (2014: $1.767 billion)

MARKETS SERVED

• Decorative paints • Marine and protective coatings • Industrial coatings • Powder coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES

Morton Fon, president and CEO; Bård K. Tonning, decorative paints; Esben Hersve, performance coatings;

Ram Ramnath, powder; Geir Bøe; Bjorn Wallentin, protective.

20Jotun AS andefjord, Norway www.jotun.com

DuluxGroup consists of Paints Australia, Australia’s leading manufacturer of premium branded decora- tive paints, texture, protective and wood care coatings products; Paints New Zealand, New Zealand’s leading manufacturer of premium branded decorative paints, texture, protective and wood care coatings products; Selleys Yates, which is Australia and New Zealand’s leading manufacturer of home improvement and garden care products; and Offshore and Other segments which comprises Australia and New Zealand’s leading manufacturer of powder and industrial coatings. DuluxGroup employs approximately 4,000 people in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, South East Asia and China and has a comprehensive, world-class, scalable manufacturing base and supply chain across 21 main manufacturing sites, 21 distribution centers and more than 120 company owned trade outlets.

The company announced it will be adding a new factory in Melbourne, Australia. The $165 million investment is on track and is expected to be up and running by late 2017.

Dulux Australia’s new color content in the ArchiCAD platform has received praise from users. Users say it is helping them to save time and assisting with creativity and better documentation. It is a key authoring platform for Building Information Modelling (BIM) and computer aided design, reported Architecture and Brand.

Introduced as part of Dulux BIM Solutions, the feature enables designers and specifiers to integrate 4900 free Dulux color files from Dulux’s World of Colour Atlas into ArchiCAD projects. It is downloadable from dulux.com.au/BIM into ArchiCAD projects.