Troy Corp. is a global leader in performance materials - principally preservatives and additives - used in the manufacture of paint and coatings, building products, adhesives and sealants, textiles, metalworking

Crescent Bronze Powder Co., The Metallic Products Specialist, has an 80-year tradition of quality and innovation. Offering more than 111 pigments and colors, including metallics, pearlescents, fluorescents and phosphorescents, Crescent

Akzo Nobel Non-Stick Coatings is a sub business unit of Akzo Nobel. ANNSC develops a range of both liquid and powder coatings that provide functional performance. This includes low COF

DuPont Powder Coatings has a long history of serving the Americas industrial coatings industry. As one of the pioneers in the powder coatings market, the company has developed a wealth

In mid-1998, when Nu-Way Industries Inc., Des Plaines, Ill., designer and fabricator of precision metal products, needed a new wastewater solution, the company called on Arbortech Corp., McHenry, Ill. Ray Graffia Jr., president of Arbortech, helped Nu-Way troubleshoot an existing membrane filtration system used to remove oil from solution. Although Graffia started his business in 1981 as a representative products, it was in 1992 that Arbortech built its first membrane oil removal system utilizing polymeric membranes and entered the manufacturing market.

Although the economic outlook in late November was not as bright as it had been earlier in 2004, it could have been much worse. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reports the data on international trade point in the direction of an upward revision to third-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, up to an annualized 4 percent. GDP measures the value of all goods and services produced within the United States and is considered the broadest barometer of the economy's health. Although the third quarter's performance fell short of analysts' expectations, it still marked the best growth seen since the first three months of 2004.

Custom coater Vanguard Industries in Anderson, S.C., began in 1967 as a liquid Teflon custom coating business, applying coating to rollers used in the textile industry. In the late 1970s, the DuPont-approved applier of Teflon coatings purchased its first manual powder gun to expand its custom coating business. In the early 1980s, Vanguard purchased a used powder coating system from Black & Decker. The system, much of which is still in use today, consisted of a five-stage washer; combination gas convection dry-off/curing oven; overhead conveyor and four powder booths.

Colanyl 500 is an eco-friendly line of aqueous pigment preparations used for the coloration of latex paints and synthetic binder systems. The additives in Colanyl 5600 enable coating formulators to

Coating thickness testing as a discipline to combat corrosion has been around for quite some time. However, coating thickness testing today serves more purposes than just corrosion prevention.

Celanese Corp. has agreed to acquire Vinamul Polymers, the emulsion polymers business of ICI plc's National Starch and Chemical Co., for $208 million, pending regulatory approvals. The Vinamul Polymers product line includes vinyl acetate-ethylene (VAE) copolymers, vinyl acetate homopolymers and copolymers, and acrylic and vinyl acrylic emulsions.