Coatings World - October 2017

application, the Interstores range has been sold to more than 3,000 vessels since launch. The range consists of Interstores Alkyd (top coat), Interstores Polyurethane (top coat), Interstores Epoxy Primer, and now Interstores Alkyd Primer, affording users a complete suite of options.

A vital part of effective onboard maintenance is ensuring that products are available when and where they are needed. Interstores is part of AkzoNobel’s streamlined “port and product offer”, which ensures Interstores is available in the world’s major ports, with minimal lead time.

PPG Debuts
MEASURECOLOR MOBILE
Platform for Quick Coating
Color Selection

PPG has announced that its indus-
trial coatings business has launched
MEASURECOLOR MOBILE, an in-
novative cloud-based color platform
that combines a color-matching app and
hand-held MeasureColor Mobile scan-
ning device to immediately identify color
matches to PPG industrial coatings prod-
ucts and improve the speed and accuracy
of color selection.

To generate a color match, users can place the MeasureColor Mobile scanner on the surface of virtually any source object, including painted metal, plastic, leather, fabric, drywall or other material. The BLUETOOTH enabled scanning device interprets the color data, calculates the color difference and promptly sends a PPG color match to the MeasureColor Mobile app on the user’s tablet or smart-phone, eliminating days of lab work and related production costs.

PPG’s customized MeasureColor
Mobile platform, developed jointly with
the creators of the MeasureColor Mobile
technology, contains extensive PPG prod-
uct libraries for search-and-match func-
tions for industrial powder and liquid
coatings. Color matches are displayed by
color name, product code, product cat-
egory, gloss range and resin chemistry to
facilitate quick color selection. Clicking
on product codes also gives users imme-
diate access to product data sheets, safety
data sheets, cure conditions and inven-
tory status.

The app contains industry-standard color communication and color-match systems used around the world, such as MUNSELL COLOR, RAL and Federal Standard 595C, as well as thousands of architectural paint colors that can be instantly cross-referenced to a corresponding PPG-stocked color.

Shelley Verdun, PPG powder product manager, industrial coatings, said the MeasureColor Mobile platform increases productivity, improves customer responsiveness and reduces costs by significantly accelerating the color-matching process.