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PAINT & PINTURA
Agosto 2011
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States. In addition, he speaks English, Spanish and
Mandarin fluently.
To learn more about the goals of the Dow Brazil’s
new director, the Paint & Pintura magazine has made
an interview, available in Portuguese only, where
Junho gives a detailed account of his main responsi-
bilities for the next few years.
Mineral Fillers - Sustainable mining
When it comes to mineral fillers, the paint industry
is rather demanding. Suppliers of these materials
are required to provide mineral fillers with excel-
lent brightness, outstanding hiding power, improved
washability and strength. They are also required to
keep strict control of heavy metals, lead times, pack-
aging materials, just-in-time logistics and specifica-
tions, as minerals often fail to meet market require-
ments and need to be blended with one or more other
types of minerals so that they can meet customer
specifications.
Paint manufacturers seek a consistent supply of raw
materials with assured quality. Suppliers must be able
to absorb the seasonality of the industry’s pur-
chases and serve customers with prompt delivery.
Manufacturers also seek more competitive prices.
Another major factor that has become a require-
ment in the paint industry refers to products
manufactured with a sustainable or responsible
approach, especially considering that mining is a
complex business in this regard. There is a more
promising future for companies whose mining
operations are conducted in accordance with prin-
ciples of sustainability and responsibility.
In a nutshell, what paint manufacturers constantly
seek in mineral additives are materials that deliver
superior performance, while enabling products to be
produced at competitive costs and with greater ver-
satility in formulations, quality assurance, prompt
delivery and ever-growing care for sustainability.
Slurry - Functional material
Paint manufacturers have been constantly seek
slurries which provide superior performance, while
enabling products to be produced at competitive
costs and with greater versatility in formulations,
quality assurance, prompt delivery and ever-
growing care for sustainability and reduced VOC
contents. Another important point for slurries is
suppliers’ assurance of microbiological preservation
and increasingly strong partnerships with customers
in technical and logistic issues.
According to João Scaloppe, Sales Manager for Brazil
at Unimin, more and more slurries are becoming high
value-added products in paint formulations, and the
term “mineral fillers” is being replaced with “functio-
nal mineral additives”. “In this respect, Unimin South
America has been developing slurries with engineered
functional minerals and titanium dioxide extenders,
for which we rely on the expertise we have gained in
more than 100 countries to mix domestically-produced
and imported natural and synthetic mineral products.
To accomplish this mission, we have special grinding
and dispersing processes which allow the selective
micronization of particles and control of grain size
distribution to impart greater hiding power, washa-
bility and an effective titanium dioxide extension to
paints and coatings, while developing other customi-
zed solutions. Combined with these factors, we have a
strict microbiological control of our slurries,” says Mr.
Scaloppe.