and UV exposure while maintaining
excellent flexibility and abrasion protection. The unique and highly durable
topcoat gives the highest color stability
and gloss retention of any special effect
finish currently available.
AkzoNobel won the Product innovation award from Ternium, the leading steel company in Latin America,
for its new generation of metallic and
pearl finishes for the appliance market,
which has become the coating of choice
to represent pre-painted steel products
and technologies.
This new system has a highly appreciated iridescent color, manufactured with
pearl and aluminum pigments. It meets
all general appliance specifications (
refrigeration, range, and laundry) and allows only two coats (basecoat and clear
coat) to be used, instead of the traditional
three (primer, basecoat, and clear coat).
This means materials can be painted in
just one pass through a production line,
saving time and money.
The latest development of AkzoNobel’s
Metal Coatings color team is an imitation
of copper fabric, Copper 3D, with new innovative visual effects.
Seneca Foods, Valspar
Debut valPure Can Linings
in Flagship Libby’s Brand
Canned Vegetables
Seneca Foods Corporation, a fruit and
vegetable processing company, has announced its continued commitment to
food safety education by partnering with
The Valspar Corporation, adding their
valPure logo to many of its canned vegetable labels.
valPure, Valspar’s brand of non-
BPA can lining technologies, provides
superior protection for food while addressing consumers’ desire to avoid
materials of concern. The valPure lining has been evaluated using Safety by
Design, a process modeled on pharmaceutical development, ensuring a
safe and sustainable solution. As the
first major canned vegetable processor to switch to BPA non-intent linings,
Seneca has updated its labels to provide greater transparency of the materials used in place of BPA.
Teknos to Acquire Powder
Coatings Business From
Śnieżka
Teknos has entered into an agreement
to acquire the powder coatings busi-
ness from Śnieżka in Poland. Through
the acquisition Teknos gets ownership
to the powder coatings production lines
and strengthens its’ sales and R&D
organization. Teknos’ vision is to
be the leading supplier of techni-
cally advanced coating solutions.
Through the acquisition of the
powder coatings business from Śnieżka,
Teknos will strengthen its’ R&D and production capabilities closer to the growing
Polish market and shorten the supply
chain for special products. CW
