Coatings World - June 2016

The PPG Colorful Communities initiative aims to enhance, protect and beautify the neighborhoods where the company operates around the world. Together with community partners and PPG employees who volunteer, the program supports projects that transform community assets using donated PPG products. In 2015, PPG completed 11 Colorful Communities projects, and it expects to complete about 30 more this year.

Sherwin-Williams Among
First in North America to
Achieve QUALICOAT Class
1 Certification

Sherwin-Williams has achieved QUALICOAT Class 1 Normal Durable Certification for polyester-TGIC based powder coatings manufactured at Sherwin-Williams Arlington Powder Plant. These gloss powder coatings include a wide array of colors and include many RAL colors.

A QUALICOAT Class 1 Certification
assures aluminum building specifiers and
architects that they are specifying a high
quality product that offers long-term val-
ue and consistent quality.

“QUALICOAT is a worldwide stan-
dard known for its rigorous testing prac-
tices, which is why Sherwin-Williams
is pleased to be the first in the United
States to earn this certification,” said
Laura Kelleher, vice president market-
ing, Sherwin-Williams Product Finishes
Division. “As a market leader in powder
coatings, customers have come to rely on
Sherwin-Williams for VOC-compliant
coatings that perform to required stan-
dards and deliver long-term value in
terms of both application and durability.”
“Our Powdura TGIC-based polyes-
ter coatings have met the requirements
for Class 1 Certification,” added David
Calabra, director of product market-
ing, Sherwin-Williams Product Finishes
Division. “When our customers choose a
QUALICOAT certified product, they can
be sure of its durability and performance
as prescribed by the certifica-
tion, which means specifiers and
architects can specify these coat-
ings with confidence. ”
QUALICOAT testing includes a plant
audit where the powder coatings are pro-
duced (Arlington, Texas) and a stringent
battery of tests that include weathering,
gloss retention, wet and dry adhesion,
acidified corrosion resistance, thickness
and impact analysis.

AkzoNobel Announces First Issue of Carbon Credits from Intersleek Technology AkzoNobel has announced the issue of more than 126,000 carbon credits worth more than $500,000 – the first to be awarded under the company’s landmark scheme for the shipping industry – which was developed in conjunction with the Gold Standard Foundation and the Fremco Group.