Coatings World - May 2016

the world,” said Pat Trippel, senior vice
president, H.B. Fuller. “Working togeth-
er, we will respond to changing market
demands, develop breakthrough adhe-
sive technology and improve customers’
product performance.”
Since 2003, A. T. Kearney has conduct-
ed the Best Innovator program in more
than 15 countries around the world, and
2015 marks its second year in China. The
award program aims to increase the in-
novativeness of participating companies
through better understanding and shar-
ing of innovation best practices. “Most
multinational firms acquire companies in
developing markets, especially in China,
to tap into their domestic customer base
and sell products into that country. H.B.
Fuller’s acquisition of TONSAN is a very
rare case where a global firm bought a
local entrepreneurship team for its in-
novative products and R&D capacity,
and not for its market share or reach.
Furthermore, the local team built a com-
petitive start-up and its R&D technology
now has become the core innovation of
the mother company,” says Dan Starta,
managing partner at A.T. Kearney,
Greater China.

Valspar Packaging Launches
valPure Website

The Valspar Corporation’s Packaging division has launched a new website to spotlight its valPure non-BPA product line of coatings for light metal packaging. Valspar is the global leader in non-BPA coatings, and valPure is the brand name for Valspar’s next-generation high-performance non-BPA coating solutions.

“The valPure website showcases the expansion of our extensive light metal packaging product portfolio in the non-BPA arena,” said Paul Krueger, global marketing director - Food Packaging Coatings.

Specifically engineered to support
the sustainability of the can, valPure
delivers the performance characteris-
tics customers demand for their most
complex packaging process-
es and designs. The valPure
family of products includes
coatings for most light metal
packaging container applications.
The website features Valspar’s prod-
uct development protocol - Safety by
DesignT- and its non-BPA coating of-
ferings based on polyester and acrylic
technology platforms.

Hempel Announces
Divestment of Blome
International

Global coatings supplier Hempel has announced the divestment of Blome International, a U.S.-based corrosion control products manufacturer.

Danish-based Hempel acquired Blome International in 2012 in order to gain technologies and linings critical to its business, including products that are now a part of Hempel’s Versiline range of high performance linings for aggressive industrial environments. Hempel