other than coatings from a national product portfolio.
“It is clear that the NPA’s regionally
diverse group of member manufacturers
are successful based upon their deep understanding of their home geography —
they formulate and manufacture world
class coatings tailored to the structures’
needs. Collectively, through the NPA,
they cross pollinate their knowledge and
expertise so that a national chain can now
have the best possible coating for each of
their buildings, no matter where they are
located, while receiving the best service
and local trouble shooting,” added Child.
The NPA member manufacturers, with
a combined 400 ;eld representatives, 16
manufacturing facilities, and 520 retail
stores across the U.S. and Canada offer a
coordinated, regionally-formulated and
manufactured portfolio of coatings which
provide superior performance and durability. Child stressed that the NPA products are
“the better alternative” to a national formulation marketed to ;t all environments.
Child further shared that “no longer
will speci;ers, including the architects
who start the speci;cation process at
the very beginning of a construction
project, have to depend on a one size
;ts all scenario for their paint and coat-
ings requirements.”
“Color expertise abounds across all
of the NPA member companies – each
guarantees exact color matches and 100
percent color ;delity to whatever nation-
al manufacturers’ color is speci;ed,” said
Child. “Computer color matching is an
industry standard and each of the NPA
members have extensive color expertise,
with, collectively, some of the best color
formulators in the industry on their staffs.
And, of course, their expertise and un-
derstanding of regional color preferences
and how local environmental conditions,
especially natural light, impacts the read-
ing of color in their regions, is the back-
bone of their color counsel.”
The comprehensive, combined prod-
uct portfolio and local ;eld support
provided by the nine regional
manufacturers allows them to
offer coordinated coatings to
their customers. Child shared
that the NPA is con;dent it offers the
broadest choice, the best performance
since all products are formulated for the
speci;c geographic areas in which they
were invented and manufactured, and the
largest technical team in the industry.
For further information on the
National Paint Alliance visit national-paintalliance.com.
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Solutions to ECT Delta
Terminal for Port Cranes
Hempel Protective has recently provided coating solutions, with a volume of
130,000 liters for the biggest port cranes
in the world at the ECT Delta Terminal in
the port of Rotterdam.
There are ;ve huge quay cranes for
unloading the largest container ships. The
new Ship-to-Shore Cranes come from
For more information visit: www.kingindustries.com
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