Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 17 Issue 7

Comment

It is a little surprising to note that inspite of the increasing pressure against the use of solvent based coatings, the market for aqueous emulsions is only forecast to grow 1.6…

New series of metal binaphthalocyanine pigments

M.A. Abd El‐Ghaffar, S.M. Sayyah, A.R. Abd El‐Ghany, I.A. Sabbah

Copper and nickel 1,8 binaphthalocyanines were prepared by the urea fusion method. The proposed structure of these compounds was confirmed via micro‐analytical, volumetric and…

Queen's Award for ICI high‐tech vehicle paints

Aquabase, a waterborne paint for vehicles, developed by ICI has been recognised by a Queen's Award for Technological Achievement. It is ICI's 50th award — 24 have been for…

Development of the Motormill horizontal bead mill: Report from Eiger Engineering

For almost ten years now Eiger Engineering have been producing a range of horizontal bead mills known throughout the surface coatings industry as the Motormill.

CoBall○‐Mill from Fryma

Fryma, are suppliers of specialised equipment to the paint, varnish and printing ink industry. One of the latest additions to its range is the CoBall○‐Mill MS‐100.

Instant check on storage drum contents

A portable weighing device that gives an instant check on the contents of industrial storage drums has been developed by A Cheshire company.

Spectrum shaking the Paint Industry

Spectrum International Ltd market a range of shakers on a sole agency basis from the manufacturers, Skandex, in Sweden. The machines are being used by a number of major paint and…

Newspapers switching inks to stay in the black: lithography spells death of letterpress in Europe

Though it may prove nostalgic to only a few pressmen, the black ink spread so widely on the fingertips of every newspaper reader from Bonn to Fleet Street is undergoing drastic…

Materials

After an introductory period of just under two years, Degussa AG of Frankfurt am Main (Federal Republic of Germany) has included a toner resin to be known as OT 5201 in its…

New Coatings

Elton Systems is expanding its two ranges of aerosol marking paints with the introduction of a new non‐CFC, lead‐free yellow.

Equipment

By the use of the latest developments in optical and electronics engineering, Sheen Instruments is now offering the new 155 miniaturised portable statistical glossmeter, which it…

Industry

The annual lunch of the British Chemical Distributors and Traders Association, at Grosvenor House, London, was made an occasion for promoting this year's Chemical Trades Fair and…

People

Salford based paint manufacturer, Granyte Surface Coatings plc, has announced several key board changes, took effect from 1st June. Having attained the age of 60yrs, William…