purity and balance associated
with the work of ceramic glazing
artists Josh Herman and Joyce
Schleininger.
•Knight’s Watch – Strength, resilience, force, power and brawn are
at the center of “Knight’s Watch.”
Motivated by a day in the metalworking studio of Christopher
Puzio, “Knight’s Watch” features an
army of dark hues presented in varying levels of saturation and intensity,
contrasted by soft off-white hues
that communicate precision, order
and cleanliness.
As 2016 color of the year, the PPG
color team selected “Paradise Found,”
a soothing green with blue undertones
blended to express the ease and rejuvena-tion one feels in nature.
Allison Heape, PPG regional team
leader, color and styling, consumer elec-
tronics, said the four color palettes em-
phasize versatility, offering designers
wide latitude for expression in industrial,
consumer, interior fashion and architec-
tural applications ranging from applianc-
es, curtain walls, fabrics and furniture to
smartphones, airplanes, cabinets, cook-
ware and clothing.
“Good writers deliberately leave sto-
ries open for interpretation. PPG’s color
experts created their four color stories
with the same dynamic in mind,” she
said. “The 2016 TRENDCAST Styling
Directions toolkit shows how each
color palette can be executed across a
universe of surfaces, substrates, indus-
tries and applications, not with the goal
of dictating how to use each collection,
but with hope of sparking conversation
and the creative energy of our custom-
ers’ design teams.”
The TRENDCAST Styling
Directions 2016 toolkit for consumer
products contains 45 different tactile
objects and effects that can help design-
ers communicate their design vision to
colleagues, collaborators, end-users
and other audiences.
Teknos Acquires Industrial
Coatings Business from
Feidal Coatings
Teknos has agreed to buy Feidal Coatings’
industrial coatings business. Feidal
Coatings is a private company that produces paints and coatings for industrial
and architecural use. The industrial business had net sales of € 18 million and employs 80 people. The acquisition includes
Feidal GmbH & Co. KG in Brüggen,
Germany and the industrial business of
Feidal Polska SP.z.o.o. in Poland. At the
site in Brüggen, the company will continue producing industrial coatings for
metal. Teknos already operates a site in
Germany in Fulda.
The acquisition is an important addition to Teknos’ existing industrial coatings business and will further strengthen
the company’s position in this segment.
