Revista Paint & Pintura - Edição 220

CLIPPING 12 | PAINT&PINTURA |Abril 2017 rion,whichdiscussedproductsthatarekeytoachievingauniqueformulation. AfternoonLectures After lunch, Eastman’sproductdevelopmentmanager forLatinAmericaki- ckedofftheafternooncyclecoveringthetheme“CoalescingAgentstoMeet Current VOCRequirements inBrazil andOther LatinAmericanCountries.” Thecompanyprovidedanoverviewof itstechnologyandrecommended its coalescentagentsthatareuptonewregulations. Thatactwas followedby IMCDBrazil,with its lecture“IMCFBrazil:Distribu- tingInnovationstoOurCustomersthroughEvonikSolutionsfortheWorldof PaintsandCoatings,”whichwasdeliveredbyAlexandreTarantino,directorof Manufacturingat IMCDBrazil,andRafaelDias,accountofficerandtechnical salespersonatEvonik. Elementis Specialties presented the lecture “Rheology Applied to Solving TypicalDecorativePaintProblems,”whereby thecompany tookadifferent approachtorheology,viewing itasatoolofresolvingthoseproblemswhich typicallyoccur intheformulationofdecorativecoatings. NextcamesalesmanagerRicardoGouvea,ofWackerQuímica,whodelivered alectureentitled“VAESolutionsforPaintsandCoatings,”whichshowedthat thanks to theiruniquepropertiesandpositivecost-benefit ratios,VAE (vinyl acetateandethylene) copolymer dispersions havebeengainingmoreand morerelevance inthecoatingsandadhesive industries. Oneothermajorthemecoveredattheforumwas“VoluntaryCertificationof CoatingsforBuildingandConstructionunderINMETROOrdinance529/2015,” for the lecture delivered by Roberta Chamusca, Metrology andQuality executiveanalystat INMETRO (short inPortuguese forNational Instituteof Metrology). Closingtheforum,“Scope,LegislationandImpactofGHS,MSDSandLabeling Requirements”was the theme forapresentationbyProf.AlanadePontes Danze,atraininganalystatIntertox,whoexpatiatedonthescopeoftheUN’s (UnitedNations)GloballyHarmonizedSystemofClassificationandLabeling ofChemicals(GHS). EQUIPMENT - INTELLIGENCEAPPLIEDTOFLUIDS Through itsFluidManagementbusinessunit, IngersollRand is introducing in theBrazilianmarkettheair-operateddiaphragmandpistonpumptechnologies fromitsARObrand,whichcomealongwithtechnicalsupportandreplacement partsalloverBrazil. IngersollRand,aUS-basedcompanywith145yearsofexistence, ispresent in theBrazilianmarketplacewithitsleadingequipmentbrandsforthemanufac- turingsector,aswellasrefrigerationequipment.“We’retalkingaboutagroup worthUS$13billionworldwide,US$10ofwhich intheClimatebusinessalone, whichcomprises thegroup’sair conditioningbrands,offeringall sizes from smallunitsto largeequipment.These includetheThermoKingbrand,which leads theworld in transport refrigerationand temperaturecontrol systems for trucks, buses, etc., aswell asmore low-profilebrands for refrigeration machines,” says CristianDrewes, sales director for LatinAmerica at ARO’s FluidManagementbusinessunit. Drewes points out that the remainingUS$ 3 billion come from five other businessunitsunder thegroup’sumbrella.Wehave Ingersoll Randwithair compressors, ClubCarwithgolf carts and services,Material Randwithair- -operated cranes or lifting systems, air-operated and electric power tools,andFluidManagement,whichI’mresponsibleforinLatinAmerica, and includestheARObrandoffluidmanagementproducts. IngersollRandemploys40,000peopleandruns870plantsandbusiness officesaroundtheworld,allofwhichoverandaboveanother54manu- facturingsitesbuildingtheirequipment.“It’sareallylargegroup,which comprisesseveraldivisionsandisratherglobalized.IntheAmericasand Asiaalone,wehave380plantsfortheClimatebusinessandanother75 plantsthatbuildequipment for industrialapplications.Andwe’reglo- balizingouroperationsevenfurther,whilegrowingovertime.Notonly dowehaveallkeycertifications,suchasISO9000,ISO9001,ISO9002, ISO 14000, and ISO 18000, theproducts fromourpumpbusinessare uptothestrictesttechnicalspecificationsaswell.Wearepresent inall segmentsofour industrybecausethere’salwaysapossibleapplication forourpumpsacrosstheboard,especiallyinthechemicalandcoatings industries,whereourpumpsareusedfromthemanufacturingprocess upuntilapplicationoftheendproduct,”Drewesconcludes. EVENTS-SINTIRJHONORSCOMPANIESWHOSTOODOUT IN2016 Everyyear,theUnionofPaintManufacturersintheCityofRiodeJaneiro (knownforshort inPortugueseasSintirj)honorsthebestsuppliersfor theprevious yearwithanawardpresentation ceremony that brings together representativesof those companies andentities related to thepaintandcoatings industry. Inthisyear’sedition, theBestSuppliersoftheYearAwardsceremony washeldonMarch 16, during theentities traditional social dinner at ClubedaAeronáutica.Inattendancewere150professionalsoftheindus- tryandrepresentativesof itsrelatedentities, includingDilsonFerreira, executivepresidentofABRAFATI,NarcisoMoreiraPretoandAntonio CarlosdeOliveira, president andexecutivepresidentof Sitivesp, res- pectively,RubensMedrano,presidentofAssociquim-Sincoquim(short inPortugueseforBrazilianAssociationofChemicalandPetrochemical DistributorsandUnionofSãoPauloStateChemicalandPetrochemical Wholesalers), and José Carlos Zanotelli, president of Sindiquímicos (shortforChemicalIndustryUnioninEspíritoSanto),aswellasrepresen- tativesofFirjan(shortforFederationofRiodeJaneiroStateIndustries) and INMETRO(shortforNational InstituteofMetrology). Inhis opening speech, Sintirj president AlexandreBastoswelcomed all guestsandstressed the importanceof the industry’sunionand its accomplishments,aswell as thesupportprovidedbyFirjan, including last year’sopeningof theRiode JaneiroCoatingsLaboratory,which representsasignificantadvancefortheindustryinRiodeJaneirostate. Here are the awardwinners: BRResinas, for resins; Oswaldo Cruz Química,foremulsions;Transcor,forpigments;IncalIndústriaNacional deCalcário,forfillersandextenders;WanaQuímica,forthickenersand rheologymodifiers,andasCompanyoftheYear;Disamtex, foradditi- ves;Miracema-Nuodex, for biocides;MóduloEmbalagens, formetal packagingmaterials;BellaArtefatosdePapel,fornon-metalpackaging materials; Univar Brazil, for chemical distribution; and IQ Soluções e Química, for solvents. Carlos AugustoAlves, of LiarteMetalquímica, acceptedtheawardasPersonalityoftheYear.