A new Micro Air Clean Air Booth (CAB) brochure includes facts and specs on the entire line of booths from 8’x8’x8’ to 16’x8’x8’ and custom sizes from 4’ to 120’ wide. The booths are modular in design and have the ability to be customized for specific applications.

Mini Catalog #23 from the Paul N. Gardner Co. features many new paint and coatings test instruments not highlighted in the company’s 1600-page General Catalog. This interim catalog includes more than 100 full-color pages of new and revised products, instructions, specifications and prices.

Stainless Steel Coatings, Inc. has launched STEEL-IT® Anti-Rust, a USDA-approved stainless steel polyurethane coating that can be brushed or sprayed onto parts to permit touch-ups without breaking down a production line.

Seaside Environmental Marine Coatings has developed MarineTech, a nontoxic, long-lasting coating system for boat bottoms. According to the company, the pollution-free product not only protects hulls, bottoms and decks, but it also increases boat speed, creates less drag, and provides up to 30% fuel savings.

Convenience Products, maker of SEAL-KRETE brand products, has introduced new Concrete Colors semi-transparent, water-based stains for concrete surfaces. The stains are available in four pre-mixed colors, a tint base, and a clear low-luster sealer. A range of 30 colors is available with base tinting.

University of Arkansas researchers have found a simple, inexpensive way to create a nanowire coating on the surface of biocompatible titanium that can be used to create more effective surfaces for hip replacement, dental reconstruction and vascular stenting. Further, the material can easily be sterilized using ultraviolet light and water or using ethanol, making it useful in hospital settings and meat-processing plants.

Rohm and Haas Co. and Weihai Jinhong Polymer Co. Ltd have begun formal operation of a joint venture company, Jinhong Rohm and Haas Chemical Co. (JinHaas), following the announcement of the agreement in December 2006. Headquartered in Weihai, Shandong Province, JinHaas will produce methacrylate butadiene styrene (MBS), acrylic impact modifiers (AIMs), and acrylic processing aids for distribution in China, as well as in other emerging markets.

Responding to a need for improved process and energy efficiency for companies that use wet grinding processes, NETZSCH Fine Particle Technology, LLC, has begun offering a turnkey, outsourced engineering service called Total System Solutions. Companies can use the new service for engineering and project management of new and expanding plants.

Ciba’s Coating Effects Segment will implement price increases for most pigments and additives of 5 to 30% for some specific products. Price increases will be effective immediately or as contracts allow.

BYK-Gardner will hold a number of regional seminars in September covering common quality control measurement topics and challenges. The seminars will focus on all the visual attributes of various products and how to measure them objectively.