PPG Industries’ automotive refinish business has added to its SHOP-LINE brand
with JC830 Production Clear coating, a
2.1 VOC (volatile organic compound)
clearcoat developed for value-minded
collision centers for use on spot and panel
repairs. Shop-Line JC830 coating features
a simple 4-to-1 mix ratio for easy spraying and speedy cycle times that include a
fast, low-bake option and the capability
to air-dry and buff quickly.
“The Shop-Line brand lineup offers
everything a shop requires to perform
high-quality yet economical refinish
work, and JC830 fits into that lineup,”
said Jennifer Boros, PPG segment man-
ager, solventborne brands. “This is a very
efficient, performance-focused clearcoat.
For shops that want to increase produc-
tivity while keeping costs under control,
JC830 production clear is the smart an-
swer. We expect shop owners and their
customers to be very satisfied with what
this clear can do.”
Boros added that the new clearcoat is
easy to use and extremely versatile – com-
patible with any of three available PPG
hardeners, allowing it to adapt to a va-
riety of working conditions and jobs. As
a compliant 2.1 VOC clearcoat, JC830 is
suitable for use by customers throughout
the regulated regions of North America.
Axalta Adds Alesta Zerozinc
Primers to Enhance Powder
Product Global Portfolio
Axalta Coating Systems has expanded
its global product portfolio to include
Alesta ZeroZinc, the next generation of
zinc-free anticorrosion primers. These
innovative powder primers are formulated to provide an optimum solution
for a variety of substrates and offer the
potential to reduce costs, enhance operating reliability and save resources for
customers, the firm noted.
“Alesta ZeroZinc is an environmen-
tally responsible coating solution due
to its zinc-free and heavy-metal-free
formulation,” said Fred Allen, global
technical director for powder product
R&D at Axalta. Alesta’s ZeroZinc is
available in three formats suited for ap-
plication on different substrates.
The Alesta ZeroZinc family includes
“Steel Primer” for ferrous substrates,
“Edge Primer” for steel and aluminum substrates with sharp edges and
“Antigassing Primer,” which offers a tailored solution for degassing substrates.
“The Alesta ZeroZinc primers are
designed for customers who demand
high performance and environmentally
responsible solutions that can help generate operational savings from reduced
costs and wear on their application
equipment,” said Bill Sante, global business development director for Axalta’s
powder coatings.
Aside from quality protection, Alesta
ZeroZinc is environmentally responsible, due to its formulation without zinc
and heavy metals. ZeroZinc meets the
standards regarding corrosion protection and durability according to DIN
ISO 12944-6. It also fulfils requirements
up to class C5-I long. In combination
with an adequate pre-treatment, the
primers provide durable, best-in-class
corrosion protection even under the
most severe conditions such as aggressive atmosphere, high humidity and extreme climate.
AIT Develops Temporary
Bonding Wax
AI Technology, Inc. (AIT) has recently de-
veloped a series of temporary wax-like
media that has been proven to be useful
in many thinning applications, in particu-
lar for the dies and wafers of cell phones,
cameras and tablets.
AIT’s wax-like media provides melt-
ing points of 80ºC and 160ºC for dif-
ferent processing requirements. The
bonding medium can be dissolved with
IPA or acetone. AIT says its temporary
bonding media has been proven useful
in all of the four primary methods for
wafer thinning: mechanical grinding,
chemical mechanical polishing (CMP),
wet etching and atmospheric down-
stream plasma (ADP), and dry chemical
etching (DCE).
While back-grinding tapes are used in
many applications in place of traditional
wax solutions, a temporary bonding wax
that can be applied to the thickness of 10
micron still provides many advantages
over the thicker back-grinding tapes, the
company says. This is particularly true
for more aggressive processes and more
fragile wafers.
PPG Packaging Coatings
Launches INNOVEL HPS
Coatings
PPG Industries’ packaging coatings business has announced that INNOVEL HPS
coatings, the next generation of internal
protective spray lacquers for the beverage
can industry, has been approved for use
on aluminum and steel beverage cans.
Major beverage brand owners already recognize Innovel HPS coatings
as the lacquer of choice thanks to their
enhanced characteristics for flavor neutrality and pack resistance, according to
Dave Cole, PPG vice president, packaging coatings.
Innovel HPS internal sprays are water-based acrylic polymer resin coatings designed to meet the evolving regulatory
requirements for beverage cans. The pale-gold lacquers for either aluminum or steel
beverage cans are the result of a comprehensive development process, extensive
testing, pack-testing and industrial scale-up trials.
Innovel HPS spray coatings have
been approved by major brands around
the globe. The reliable, consistent coatings conform with North American and
European regulations, including the second phase of French regulations concerning BPA (bisphenol A) that will take effect
in January 2015. CW
PPG Debuts SHOP-LINE JC830 2.1 VOC
Production Clear Coating
