Bowman said. “In fact, our EHS
management system helps ensure
we conduct all business activities in a responsible manner that
protects employees, neighbors, customers
and the environment.”
BehrPro Launches 2013
Nationwide Mobile
Experience Tour
BehrPro, the Professional Products
and Services Group of Behr Process
Corporation, a supplier of architectural
paint and exterior wood care products,
announced the start of the BehrPro
Experience Tour, its third annual mobile
tour across the U.S. The tour will showcase the company’s latest products and
services designed to help local professional painters, contractors, remodelers
and property managers build better businesses. This year’s tour is traveling—for a
total of 18 weeks—to The Home Depot
stores across the country, popular industry trade shows and select customer appreciation events.
The tour will help educate customers about the Kilz and Behr brand products and BehrPro services available to
the professional marketplace through a
series of hands-on product demonstrations and access to local BehrPro sales
representatives. To further give back to
the professional community and support
the growth of local businesses, BehrPro
is sponsoring the BehrPro Experience
2013 Sweepstakes, in which eligible participants have a chance to win one of two
custom paint trailers equipped with trade
tools and having an approximate retail
value of $12,000. Participants can enter
at tour stops or online. Additionally, one
attendee at each tour stop will take home
an iPad mini—the perfect business tool
for a professional on-the-go.
“As we take to the road for our third
BehrPro Experience Tour, we’re focused
on connecting directly with our customers
and learning about their projects, while
sharing tips, insights and information
on the breadth of products and services
available from Behr. The mission behind
our tour is to empower today’s pros to be
more successful and profitable by sharing our latest innovations and services,”
said Colin Jaffe, senior vice president operations for Behr Process Corporation.
“Featured on the tour will be our newly
introduced, top-of-the-line Behr Marquee
Exterior Paint and Primer product, where
demonstrations will showcase the product’s dirt resistance, durability, UV protection and early rain resistance.”
BASF Supplies Basecoats
and Clearcoats To Ford
Otosan in Turkey
BASF has acquired new business with
Ford Otosan and has supplied basecoats
and clearcoats for the company’s plant
in Kocaeli, Turkey, since the beginning
of this year. Ford Otosan, the leader of
Turkish automotive industry, is positioned as the commercial vehicles production hub of Ford Europe.
In addition to supplying paints, BASF
provides support to ensure a smooth coating process with a team of field technical
service representatives on site. In addition to a clearcoat, BASF supplies waterborne basecoats for the new customer in
Turkey. Ford Otosan (Ford Automotive
S.A.) is a publicly traded company that
operates under the equal partnership of
Ford Motor Company and Koç Holding.
Among the first three companies of
Turkey in exportation since 2005, Ford
Otosan became the sector export leader
in 2012 as a result of exportation of vehicles and parts to 76 countries in five
continents. Ford Otosan employs 9527
employees in four establishments. With its
1240 R&D engineers Ford Otosan holds
the largest R&D facility in Turkey and
the highest R&D spending in the Turkish
automotive sector. Kocaeli plant which is
been assessed as the “Best Manufacturing
plants” among all European manufacturing plants has a manufacturing capacity
of 320,000 commercial vehicles.
Pittsburgh Paints Unveils
The Voice of Color Paint
Your Own Room Visualizer
Mobile Version
The PPG Pittsburgh Paints brand has released a mobile version of The Voice of
Color Paint Your Own Room Visualizer
with PPG EasyEdge Technology, providing homeowners and designers with an
all-in-one digital tool that now works
directly from a tablet device’s mobile
browser. Offering the first room visualizer
accessible via tablet device, The Voice of
Color Paint Your Own Room Visualizer
enables homeowners and designers to
use a tablet’s browser and camera in concert to take a photo and virtually paint a
room through a single seamless process.
To access the Paint Your Own Room
Visualizer, go to http://www.voiceofcolor.
com/digital-color/paint-color-visualizer.
For additional mobile color tools, homeowners and designers can download the
complete The Voice of Color mobile app
for iOS and Android devices.
RPM Provides Update
on Bondex Asbestos
Proceeding
RPM International Inc. has reported
that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for
the District of Delaware has issued an
opinion estimating the current and future asbestos claims associated with
Bondex International, Inc. and Specialty
Products Holding Corp. at approximately $1.17 billion.
The estimation hearing represents one
step in the legal process in helping to determine the amount of potential funding
for a 524(g) asbestos trust. The debtors,
Bondex and SPHC, firmly believe that
the opinion substantially overstates the
amount of their liability and is not supported by the facts or the law. The debtors intend to appeal. It is anticipated that
the appeal process could take an additional two to three years.
On May 31, 2010, Bondex and its
parent, SPHC, filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court for the District of Delaware.
Through the Chapter 11 proceedings, the
filing entities intend ultimately to establish a trust in accordance with Section
524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code and seek
the imposition of a channeling injunction
that will direct all future Bondex-related
and SPHC-related claims to the trust. It is
anticipated that the trust will compensate
claims at appropriate values established
by the trust documents and approved by
the bankruptcy court. CW
