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use of activated coal to treat process water, effluents
and reusewater.
The titleofCarbonoQuímica’s lecturewas“Distributing
Trust!”, featuring director Rodrigo João Gabriel, who
made an introduction to Carbono as a distributor of
aliphaticandaromatic solventsandother rawmaterials
for thepaint andcoatings industry.
Fabriciano Pinheiro, technical director at Intertox and
alsoabiomedicalengineerfrom IB-UNESP/Botucatuand
Master of Toxicology and Toxicological Analyses from
FCF/USP, presented the lecture“Scope, Legislationand
Impact of GHS, FISPQ and Labeling”, emphasizing the
scopeoftheUN’s(UnitedNations)GloballyHarmonized
SystemofClassificationandLabelingofChemicals(GHS).
Toclose the forum, IvanRigolettopresented the lecture
“WhatSustainabilityMeans intheCoatings Industry”.He
isachemicalengineerfromUnicampspecializing inoccu-
pationalsafetyengineering,withamaster’sdegree incivil
engineering, anMBA degree in business management
and a doctorate inmechanical engineering. Rigoletto
coordinated theBrazilianAssociationof PaintManufac-
turers’ CoatingsCareprogrambetween2002and2015.
LAUNCH - PASQUICK LAUNCHEDBYCOVESTRO
In September of 2015, Bayer Material Science was
renamed Covestro. Despite the change, none of the
products thatwereeither under development or being
introducedhavebeenaffected.Those includePasquick,a
two-componentaliphaticcoatingproductrecommended
for surfaceprotection.
Oneof itspointsofdifference isthefactthatthepainted
areacanbefreeduprapidly,as it isafast-dryingproduct.
In fact, the name “Pasquick” is a combination of the
words“polyaspartic”and“quick”.
Contrarytothethreecoatstypicallyused inconventional,
heavy-duty coating systems,withPasquickall youneed
is a basecoat and a topcoat. This reduction, however,
has no negative effects on the quality of the film: the
totalcoatingthickness isunchanged,providingexcellent
protection fromwaterandotherenvironmental influen-
ces. “Eliminating one of the coating steps saves time
and labor costs. Consider a paint job on a surface that
ishard toaccess, suchas anoffshore rig. The faster the
application, thebetter,” remarks Covestro’s laboratory
analystMaxMachado.
When you compare the price for a pound of Pasquick
to thatof adirectlyor indirectlycompeting solvent, the
lattercanbecheaper,butMachadorecommendsconsidering
notonlythecostofthatchemical,butalso laborcosts indoing
themath.“WithPasquick, the jobsite isfreedupmuchfaster.
Consideringthatadditionaladvantage,Pasquickprovidesthe
bestcost-benefitratio.Youalsoneedtotake intoaccountthe
time that thepainter spendson the job,which is significantly
shorter to addproductivity. Themore productive, themore
cost-effectivetheprocess is.Oneotherbenefit istheabilityto
turnoutextremely low-VOCproducts,whichreducestranspor-
tationandstoragecosts,whilecausingnodamage tohuman
healthor theenvironment.”
TRIBUTE -SÉRGIOÁVILA:FAREWELLTOTHEFRIENDAND
COMPANION
June 20, 2016 saw the industry lose agreat professional and
us, at Paint & PinturaMagazine, lose one of the creators of
this publication that is strongly recognized and renowned in
thepaint andcoatings industry: SérgioÁvila.
A co-worker and friend, Sérgio spent long years with us at
AgneloEditora—formerlyÁvila-AgneloEditora(until2009).A
devotedprofessional andachampionofsuccessful ideasand
projects, Sérgio lefthisbrandon thevariousnewsoutletshe
served inthecourseofhiscareer,suchasthenewspaperDiário
Popular (currentlyDiáriodeSãoPaulo) and industry-specific
publishing houses. In late 1994, he joined Agnelo de Barros
Neto to establish Ávila-Agnelo Editora, which created the
publicationsJornalShowdoPintorandPaint&PinturaMaga-
zine,projects thathave revolutionized thepaintandcoatings
market inBrazilwith innovative ideasandeventuallywonover
the industry, becoming leaders in the segments theycover.
EVENTS - SITIVESPWITHNEWBOARD
Theboardof directorsappointed for the2016-2019periodat
Sitivesp(short forUnionofSãoPauloStatePaintandCoating
Manufacturers)was inauguratedonJune1stattheFIESP(São
PauloState IndustriesFederation)headquarters. FIESPpresi-
dentPauloSkaftookanactivepart intheceremony,personally
interactingwithall of those inattendance.
AccordingtoSkaf,Sitivesprepresentsavery importantsector
of theeconomy, as it ispartof thebuildingandconstruction
supplychain. “It’saserious institution thathasonlyprovided
quality services over somany years. There are great contri-
butors in this house, and so I’m really happy to be able to
behere andgive ahugnot only toNarciso, but also to all of
thosepresent.”
The ceremony began with a speech from Paulo Henrique
Schoueri, director of FIESP’s UnionDepartment and Service
