Canadian Finishing and Coatings Manufacturing: Nov/Dec 2022 - 8

NEWS
CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
February 6-8
Powder Coating Week 2023
Renaissance, Orlando at Seaworld
Orlando, Fla.
www.powdercoating.org
March 7-8
BIG IDEAS 2023
UV+EB Technology
Wyndham Bayside
San Diego, Calif.
www.bigideasconference.com
March 28-30
European Coatings Show
Nuremburg, Germany
www.european-coatings-show.com
May 24-25
CPCA's Annual Conference & AGM
Queen's Landing, Vintage Hotels
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
www.canpaint.com
Protech Group Acquires Evotech Industrial
Coatings
Peintures Prolux Inc., of the Protech Group, recently acquired the liquid coatings
business of Anjou, Que.-based Evotech Peintures Industrielles.
Evotech is a liquid coatings manufacturer with a flagship production factory based
in Cornwall, Ont. The company also has two service centres located in Quebec City
and Mississauga, Ont. All manufacturing equipment and offices will continue to
operate under the Protech Group brand.
" We look forward to welcoming the talented employees at Evotech to the Protech
Group family upon the close of the transaction, " said David Ades, president, Protech
Group. " This acquisition brings us additional strengths in waterborne and solvent
liquid coatings technology and formulations, new relationships with multi-national
and local customers, and additional presence with strategically located manufacturing
and service sites. "
Since 1965, Evotech formulations, notably marketed under the Acrythane brand,
have been refined for optimal performance in the windows and doors industry, as well
as commercial vehicles and heavy equipment industries.
Originally founded in 1976 as a manufacturer focused thermoset powder coatings,
the Protech Group has progressively expanded its coating solutions through various
technologies including thermoplastics and specialty materials. The company strives
to be an all-encompassing coatings provider to meet the most stringent customer and
industry requirements.
Acquisitions are a continuing part of growth and success within the Protech Group.
Over the past two years, the Protech Group has acquired a total of six businesses
including this most recent acquisition of Evotech. The other businesses include the
thermoset powder coatings businesses of ACG Industries, Gondecourt, France, Lynx
Thermoset Coating Ltd., Calgary, Alta., the specialty materials business of Dyvex
Industries, Carbondale, Pa., as well as the liquid paints businesses of Excalibur Paints
& Coatings Ltd., Wichita Falls, Texas, and Winslow Browning Inc., Liberty, Ind.
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www.cfcm.ca
New Appointment
for AkzoNobel Wood
Coatings
AkzoNobel Wood Coatings has
announced the appointment of Bryan
Hodges as colour design manager, North
America. Hodges will lead the Global
Colour and Design Centre in High
Point, N.C., where he will be responsible
for translating ideas from customer's
designers and product development
teams into custom finishes which
can be industrialized at manufacture.
Hodges will also offer design and trends
presentations for customers. " I look
forward to the future and leading the
Global Colour and Design Centre into the
digital age, " said Hodges.
June 6-8
SUR/FIN
Cleveland, Ohio
www.nasfsurfin.com

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