Powder Coated Tough - Fall/Winter 2007 - (Page 11) performance, aesthetics and durability of metal products and surfaces, Horizon Business Group has announced the creation of Sureshield Coatings Co., headquartered in Northbrook, Ill. With this spin-off, Sureshield Coatings Company is launching a comprehensive website (www.sureshieldcoatings.com) that provides a tailored experience to different types of users, including manufacturers, building designers and facility managers, and consumers. As a leading developer of coatings that inhibit the growth of odor and stain-causing bacteria, molds, mildews, and fungi on the coating, Sureshield Coatings Co. (a member of Horizon Business Group) offers a comprehensive selection of powder, liquid and coil coating options that are designed to be easily integrated onto any consumer or commercial metal product. Sureshield is available in clear, solid and transparent colors, which are designed to resist fingerprints for the life of the product, making it ideal for major and small appliances, computer products, foodservice equipment, office products, office and healthcare furniture, medical products, HVAC and air handling equipment, commercial laundry equipment, plumbing fixtures, lab equipment, and doors and windows. Atlantic Coatings, Xiom Form Joint Venture A tlantic Coatings has formed a joint venture with Xiom Systems to provide mobile polymer powder coating services to the marine industry throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Chuck Bell, president of Atlantic Coatings began his architectural and decorative pow- der coating operation serving the MidAtlantic in 2006. Strategically located in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay on Kent Island, Bell says his company now plans to focus most of its offerings on the marine industry with its new partnership with Xiom Systems. Xiom, West Babylon, N.Y., has developed both a mobile application system and special polymer formulations specific to recreational and commercial marine applications. “What we are most excited about is the polymer formulation for anti-fouling,” says Bell. “The antifouling formulation has tested to be incredibly effective at keeping growth off the hull bottom, while also being very sensitive to the environment.” Instead of a liquid paint, the polymer formulation is a powder that is applied thermally to the bottom of a vessel. The system can be used to apply the anti-fouling coating to metal, fiberglass and wood hulls as well as metal and composite running gear such as props and rudders. Bell says he’s in the “BETA” stage right now and has one unit ready to be mobilized. The process doesn’t require oven curing, which makes it a unique powder coating. The anti-fouling coating is solvent-free and features controlled, minimal leaching. A report from the Florida Institute of Technology said anti-fouling properties should last five years. “The anti-fouling product uses a capillary leach where the cuprous oxide particle is actually bound to the polymer, so when it’s applied what you have is a microscopic latticework,” says Bell. “In the testing that’s been done, it’s been proven that this product has a very slow leach rate. After six months of immersion, the active ingredient, cuprous oxide, showed negligible leaching, from 51.8 percent cuprous oxide to 51.5 percent.” PLACES TO BE 2008 PCI Two-day Hands-on Powder Coating Workshop February 19-20, 2008 ITW Gema, Indianapolis Call 800-988-COAT 2008 PCI Annual Meeting June 1-4, 2008 Marriott Marco Island Resort Marco Island, Fla. Call 800-988-COAT PCI Committee Meetings June 1-4, 2008 Marriott Marco Island Resort Marco Island, Fla. Call 800-988-COAT PCI Board of Directors Meeting June 1-4, 2008 Marriott Marco Island Resort Marco Island, Fla. Call 800-988-COAT PCI Membership Committee June 1-4, 2008 Marriott Marco Island Resort Marco Island, Fla. Call 800-988-COAT COATING 2008 September 23-25, 2008 Indiana Convention Center Indianapolis Visit www.thecoatingshow.com www.powdercoating.org 11 http://www.sureshieldcoatings.com http://www.thecoatingshow.com http://www.powdercoating.org
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