increased interest in high-performance
products, Valspar is ready to deliver.”
The capacity increase will enable
Valspar to manufacture higher volumes
of both existing and new technologies,
including non-BPA coating solutions for
the food and beverage markets.
Benjamin Moore Rebrands,
Reintroduces Corotech
Benjamin Moore has rebranded and reintroduced Corotech High Performance
Coatings as Benjamin Moore Corotech,
starting this month.
Corotech High Performance Coatings
have been designed as a high-quality line
of industrial maintenance coatings that
feature epoxy toughness in a ready-to-use waterborne formula. The products
save time while delivering results and
can meet everyday commercial and industrial needs, as well as larger project
requirements.
Corotech can be applied via spray,
brush or roll, and is a universal colorant. The color formulas exist in
Benjamin Moore COLORx and X-Rite
ColorDesigner tinting software. It is ideal
for use in occupied areas as it is low odor,
low VOC and offers water cleanup. The
cured film is scrubbable, resists water and
common cleaning chemicals, and stands
up to abrasion and marring.
BCF Member Survey Shows
Increased Satisfaction
Nearly 100 British Coatings Federation
(BCF) members from across the paints,
coatings, printing inks and wallcover-ings sectors responded to BCF’s major
biennial member survey in the Spring of
2016. Results showed that overall member satisfaction has risen from 88 percent to 90 percent.
The survey, of which CEOs or business
heads, or those involved in technical/reg-ulatory affairs made up over 50% of respondents, showed the highest satisfaction
levels were with technical and regulatory
advice, BCF staff service, communication with members and responsiveness to
member needs. The top three valued services remain the same as in 2014, which
are lobbying, communications to members
and technical advice and guidance.
Two key areas noted for improvement
in BCF’s 2014 survey were better lobbying, and raising the profile of the industry.
It was therefore encouraging to see that
both of these, along with BCF’s website,
were shown as having the highest improvement over 2014.
While industry knowledge, leader-
ship and lobbying at both a national
and European level were all noted as
particular strengths, the latter
was also shown to be an area
that needs to be developed fur-
ther, especially with a better in-
fluence in Europe.
Tom Bowtell, BCF’s CEO commented
“It is of course fantastic to see an improved satisfaction among BCF members. The information provided in all
areas of the survey are vital as we focus
