CLIPPING - ABRAFATI 2015 PREVIEW
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| PAINT&PINTURA |Outubro2015
ABEAÇO
Abeaço(short inPortugueseforBrazilianSteelPackaging
Association) issettingupan institutionalspaceatAbrafati
2015tohighlightthesteelcanasoneofthemostreliable
andsustainablepackagingmaterialsforfillingwithpaints
and derivates, according to executive manager Thaís
Fagury.“Thispackaging isthebestoption forfillingwith
theseproductsduetotheir inherentcharacteristics,such
impermeability, safety, practical storage and transport.
Ourmainobjective istoreinforcewithinthe industrythe
competitivenessandtheenvironmentalbenefitsyouget
whenyouuse steel packagingproducts.”
Thaíspointsout thatoneotheradvantageof steel cans,
compared tootherpackagingmaterials, is that theycan
be reused, as theyare 100-percent recyclable. “Besides,
this packagingmaterial is easily separated from others
usingelectromagnets, and it takes three to tenyears to
decompose ifdisposedof in theenvironment.”
ADEXIM-COMEXIM
Having evolvedover time, Adexim-Comexim and its re-
presentedcompaniesarebringing their entire technical
teams for Abrafati 2015. “We are introducingnew addi-
tions toour product range, such as the additives called
Anti Flash Rust, from Labema Laboratories (France), a
high-tech company producing and exporting products
all over the world, which serve as a precaution in the
processingof coatings of all quality levels. Alsowithus
isourrepresentedcompanySiliBeads,based inGermany
(established in 1854),which isdebutingon theBrazilian
market,providingfulltechnicalsupport,applicationandopera-
tion instructionsfor itszirconiumbeadsforgrindingallkindsof
coatingsordispersions,”saystechnicaldirectorCarlosRusso.
Another highlight is the calcium carbonate naturally FDA-
-approved,high-brightnessandhigh-puritycalciumcarbonate
Provençale,France.“This isaspecialtyproductthatgenerates
great savings in termsof productivityandeaseof incorpora-
tion.We are also showcasingour quality control equipment
(ASTM standard), which we are already exporting to Latin
America, Central AmericaandEurope,”Russopointsout.
AGROQUÍMICAMARINGÁ
AgroQuímicaMaringá supplies the paint industrywith pro-
ducts from a large portfolio. “Our product range comprises
solvents, surfactants, pigments, thickeners, alkalinizers,
coalescing agents, resins, etc. The constant presence of our
sales team at our customers’ facilities creates rather close
relationships thatallowus to identifybusinessopportunities.
Our technical team supports customers and assists them in
developingproducts. Headquartered inDiadema, SãoPaulo,
Agro QuímicaMaringá is present in Brazil’s entire national
territory.Byparticipating inAbrafati,wehaveanopportunity
tohangoutwitha largenumber of customers and suppliers
in a short periodof time,” saysmarketingmanager JoséAn-
toniodaCosta.
AIRPRODUCTS
Air Products’ Materials Technology divisionwill be at Abra-
fati 2015 with additives and epoxy resin curing agents. The
researchers of these business units will show during the
congress some of the company’s technologies in the field
of superwetting agents and how environmental regulations
drive thedevelopment of newepoxy coatings technologies,
according toMarcelo Graziani, additives business manager.
“Thepapersareentitled“NewSuperwettingSurfactants for
CoatingsApplications”and~GlobalEnvironmentalRegulations
DriveNewTechnologies inEpoxyCoatings.”
At the company’s booth, the visitors will be able to discuss
and solve their doubts with Air Products researchers about
surfactants,defoamers,wettingagents,pigmentdispersants,
curing agents for epoxy resins, curing agents for epoxywa-
ter based, reactivediluents for epoxy systems, catalysts and
accelerators for epoxy, polycarbamides (amines for curing
