In recent times environmental awareness has spread throughout many industries but despite this cleaning and greening the creation of waste cannot be avoided.

Cleansing Service Group (CSG) is expert in the treatment and recovery of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes including chemicals, paints, adhesives, inks and contaminated liquids. The company’s expertise will be illustrated on Stand B12 at Surfex Plus (NEC 29-30 May 2012) where experts will be on hand to discuss the company’s Total Waste Management (TWM) service.

The introduction of a TWM programme ensures recycling is maximised and the volume of waste going to landfill is minimised. In many instances the programme can also save a company money.

An additional advantage of the TWM service operated by CSG is that its network of depots means much of the waste can be dealt with locally thereby minimising the transport of materials over long distances. This is a much more environmentally sustainable way of handling the waste because it reduces long distance haulage and therefore effectively reduces the company’s carbon footprint.

The display on the Stand will also illustrate the emphasis CSG places on ensuring it achieves full compliance with the very strict environmental and technical regulations governing the UK waste industry.

CSG is one of the UK waste industry’s fastest growing companies operating a nationwide network of depots and treatment facilities including the UK’s largest specialist hazardous waste treatment and recovery facility at Cadishead, Manchester.

Visitors to Stand B12 will have the opportunity to talk through all aspects of Total Waste Management with CSG experts.

For further information contact: Mike Wilson, CSG, Cadishead. Tel: 0161 7752644.
Issued for CSG by: Lawrence Public Relations, Brighton. Tel: 01273 413097.

Cornelius Group PLC is pleased to announce that we are now the distributor for VB Technochemicals S.A. in the UK and Ireland. VB Technochemicals is based in Switzerland and has brought a philosophy based around competitiveness, availability and reliability to the marketplace, concepts that fit well with the Cornelius approach. Their main products are precipitated barium sulphate (Blanc Fixe), lithopone, natural barytes, and also benzoin, so of interest to a wide range of industries.

For more information, please contact Jane Tolfts (+44 (0)1279 714300, jane.tolfts@cornelius.co.uk)

Colour makes all the difference. It is an essential component of the paint and coatings industry and getting it right is as important as getting the right colour.

Whether it's a device to capture a colour that inspires, laboratory and quality control instruments to help develop and validate colours including non-contact and multi-angle options for wet samples and special effects, portable units that can be used across production, or point of sale instruments to turn your customers ideas into a reality, X-Rite Pantone has solutions for accurate colour communication across your entire workflow.

Visit us at Surfex Plus 2012 and be one of the first in the UK to see the all new Spectralight QC Light Booth soon to be available from X-Rite Pantone. 

Join us at stand E2 for more information, product demonstrations and exclusive show promotions - we look forward to meeting you.

Peter Smith
Acumen Centre First Avenue
Poynton Cheshire, SK12 1FJ United Kingdom
phone: +44 (0) 1625 871100
psmith@xrite.com

Spectra Colours Ltd, a member of Ming Hui Group, was established in 2007 with a mission to provide better service and shorter lead time to European customers from our UK warehouse. Today, SCL have a wide range of current stocks from solvent dyes, organic/inorganic pigments, to glitter powders, fluorescent pigments, and many other effect pigments. They are all REACH pre-registered and ready for immediate dispatch, serving numbers of industries including plastic, coating and petroleum, etc.
 
With technical support from our strong R&D team, SCL also offer colour matching service to meet individual requirement. Our factories are ISO9001 certified and operate strict QC procedure to ensure highest quality.

In addition to the core products and services, we also aim to be a platform for chemical raw materials/intermediates sourcing from China for our European customers and vice versa.

We are at Stand E17 of Surfex 2012 show. Welcome to talk to us.
 
Your business success is our goal.

Elementis Specialties provides high value functional additives to many markets including architectural and industrial coatings, adhesives and construction. These additives improve the flow characteristics and performance of products or production processes. The major products are BENTONE® organoclays, RHEOLATE® rheological additives, DAPRO® specialty additives, M-P-A® anti-settling agents, NALZIN® corrosion and rust inhibitors, THIXATROL® rheology additives, NUOSPERSE® wetting and dispersing agents, and more. They also offer the TINT-AYD® ranges of colorants for flexibility and performance.

Omega Minerals GmbH was established in early 2002, and manufactures ceramic hollow microspheres under the trade name OMEGA-SPHERES, available in both standard (grey) and white colours, the later offering particularly high strength and melting point. In addition, they offer fine spherical fillers  under the trade name OMEGA-SIL that can be used in coatings or cementitous systems, where they exhibit pozzolanic activity.  They also manufacture hollow glass spheres, OMEGA-BUBBLES.

Radiant Color N.V operates from their facility in Houthalen, Belgium,  where they produce  fluorescent pigments, special colour concentrates and effect colourants for coatings, inks, plastics and personal care. With a wide selection of product types and colours, Radiant Color can offer something for most applications and the quality and consistency of their products can be relied on.

Tronox Incorporated is the world’s fifth-largest producer and marketer of titanium dioxide pigment, and holds a 12% market share and serves customers in 100 countries. It has manufacturing operations in the US, Netherlands and Australia.
Tronox is committed to quality, safety, environmental responsibility and ethical conduct. Quality is a priority, and 16 of the company's operations and units have met strict requirements for certification under the ISO 9001 and 9002 international quality standards.

The Surfex Plus Team is pleased to welcome Promtek (www.promtek.com) to Surfex Plus 2012. To exhibit at Surfex Plus 2012 contact: Email surfexplus.co.uk or Telephone +44(0)1525372530. To visit Surfex Plus 2012 register at www.surfexplus.co.uk/register. Registration is free. The Surfex Plus Team

The Surfex Plus Team is pleased to welcome Melrob (www.melrob.com) to Surfex Plus 2012.

Melrob will be showing products from Arizona Chemicals, CLiQ , Cardolite Corporation, Evonik, Holliday Pigments, Tor Minerals, Sun Chemical/Pigment, Rhodia, Ferro, Nynas, Soltech and Yongfeng.

To exhibit at Surfex Plus 2012 contact: Email surfexplus.co.uk or Telephone +44(0)1525372530. To visit Surfex Plus 2012 register at www.surfexplus.co.uk/register. Registration is free. The Surfex Plus Team

The Surfex Plus Team is pleased to welcome professional partner ERMA (www.erma.org.uk) to Surfex Plus 2012. To attend Surfex Plus 2012 visit www.surfexplus.co.uk/register. Registration is FREE.

www.surfexplus.co.uk;
www.erma.org.uk;
www.surfexplus.co.uk/register

An ideal time to present a paper at the technical seminars, especially as Surfex Plus 2012 is dealing with such a broad set of industry sectors and the visitors will be from diverse areas of interest. Surfex Plus 2012 will be feature 2 technical seminars within the presentations theatre area ofn the exhibition floor. -

• “Sustainability – the Economic Benefits, Environmental Developments and Issues” - on the afternoon of 29th May, opens with a keynote presentation from Dr. Houshang Kheradmand, Chairman of ERMA’s Technical Committee.

• “Technological Advances and Innovation” - on the morning of 30th May. Awards will be given to the three best presentations, which will be useful future marketing material for the winning presenters

To reserve one of the 20 minute presentation time-slots contact Keith Dobell ( Keith.Dobell@btconnect.com) with outline details including details  of the speaker, title of paper and a brief synopsis.

Exhibitor Commercial Presentations

The presentation theatre area can be hired for commercial presentations outside of these core seminar times and details can be obtained from the sales team. Contact surfex@occa.org.uk

Date: December 2011

Potter Group Logistics’ managing director Matthew Lamb has supported the Chemical Business Association’s (CBA) call for a reduction in the legislative burden which threatens to undermine the industry’s ability to compete and to offer a cost-effective service.

The call comes in response to the recent statement from the CBA’s chairman Dr Neville Prior which highlights the industry’s concern over attempts by government bodies with regulatory powers – such as the Health and Safety Executive, Home Office and Department for Transport – to raise additional revenue from new or extended charges.

He commented: “Potter Group Logistics has invested heavily over the years in equipment, systems and training to ensure we conform to legislation covering the handling and storage of chemicals and hazardous products, which represents a far greater commercial commitment than for non-hazardous products. This includes a £2m investment by the company this autumn in a new specialist warehouse for global speciality chemicals company Johnson Matthey. But like others in the industry we see our business and our ability to maintain a competitive service threatened by yet more costly legislation”.

“We were encouraged by the government’s promise to apply a ‘one-in, one-out rule’ to help stem the rise in red tape, but the proposals now being tabled such as the Health and Safety Executive’s plans to raise revenue through its ‘ Fee for Intervention’ scheme run counter to this policy. Given the plethora of new legislation over the past decade we believe that an actual reduction in red tape is the least we can expect, to ease the administrative burden on businesses.”

“In the present economic climate the health of SMEs such as Potter Group Logistics to generate revenue, employ people and pay taxes is vital to the nation’s economy.  Any additional burden places us all at risk, even more so at a time when rising fuel costs, lack of demand and severe competition make it ever harder to grow a successful business.”

“Despite the current uncertainty we will continue to invest where the case is justified and we can see a fair return.  At the same time, as CBA members we intend to give our wholehearted support to the Association’s efforts in opposing any additional burden on the industry either from additional legislation or extra costs.”

Issued for The Potter Group, Melmerby Industrial Estate, Green Lane, Melmerby, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 5HP.  Website www.pottergroup.co.uk. Contact Emily Clarke on 01353 662345.

For further press information contact Mike Kearney of MTK Communications Limited, 23 Cloudberry, Walnut Tree, Milton Keynes, MK7 7 DL.  Tel: 01908 250931.  Email Mike@mtkcomms.co.uk.

Date: December 2011

Directors of global speciality chemicals company Johnson Matthey and Yorkshire-based logistics provider Potter Group Logistics formally opened a new 50,000ft² warehouse on the Group’s Ripon distribution centre.  Under a five year agreement, the new warehouse will provide Johnson Matthey with a dedicated, specialised storage and distribution facility to store some 7,500 Tes of drums, Octoboxes and KATPACS™ of catalysts.

The Group has invested around £2 million in the project and infrastructure including Flexi trucks and other new materials handling equipment.  Ten dedicated staff are being employed on the contract that will see over 90% of products dispatched for export worldwide.

Issued for The Potter Group, Melmerby Industrial Estate, Green Lane, Melmerby, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 5HP.  Website www.pottergroup.co.uk. Contact Emily Clarke on 01353 662345.

For further press information contact Mike Kearney of MTK Communications Limited, 23 Cloudberry, Walnut Tree, Milton Keynes, MK7 7 DL.  Tel: 01908 250931.  Email Mike@mtkcomms.co.uk.

Technical Seminars at SurfexPlus

SurfexPlus will be featuring 2 technical seminars within the Lecture Theatre within the exhibition hall. -

·         the first session, on the afternoon of 29^th May, when the theme will be of “Technical Innovation”;

·         the second session, on the morning of 30^th May, will be on “Environmental Developments and Issues”. 

Speakers are invited to give 20 minute talks and presentation time-slots can be booked by contacting Keith.Dobell@btconnect.com.  If you would like to reserve one of these for your company or for a principal, an outline of the title and content should be provided when reserving your time-slot.

Also, the Lecture Theatre can be hired for commercial presentations outside of these core seminar times and details can be obtained from the Surfex Plus Team: Contact surfex@occa.org.uk or contact Yvonne Waterman; Tel: 01525372530 or email yvonne@occa.org.uk

• drying times which are on the whole better than zirconium and broadly comparable to lead
• less toxic than zirconium driers and significantly less toxic than lead driers
• no OEL associated with strontium
• no loss of dry with strontium
• a cost effective alternative to lead and zirconium
  
  To learn more about replacing zirconium with strontium please email Cornelius industrial team on sales@cornelius.co.uk. If you are buying other drier products click here for more information on our full range

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Global speciality chemicals company Johnson Matthey has signed a five-year agreement with Potter Group Logistics to occupy 50,000ft² of storage and distribution space at the Group’s Ripon distribution centre.  The Group’s long experience in handling highly specialised products and in dealing with chemicals was a vital factor in the decision.  The Group is investing around £2 million in the project and infrastructure including new Flexi trucks, and the facility will have its own dedicated entrance and access separate from other buildings on site.

The facility was completed in August 2011, with Johnson Matthey taking possession at the start of 2012.  It will be used to store some 7,500 Tes of drums, Octoboxes and KATPACS™ of catalysts, with small batch stock stored on racking and fast movers block stacked.  Potter Group Logistics will ship materials from the Johnson Matthey catalyst manufacturing plant at Clitheroe into Ripon with its fleet of MAN units that use environmentally friendly low emission EGR engine technology.  

A dedicated 5,000ft² zone will house a repacking rig to handle repacking from drums into other containers, with the process managed by Johnson Matthey’s SAP system for pick, pack, product re-labelling, re-banding and configuration. The building has additional space to enable the company to handle spikes in demand and Potter Group Logistics has already obtained planning permission for a 40,000ft² extension if required.

Johnson Matthey signs five-year contract with Potter Group Logistics

Reflecting both Johnson Matthey’s and Potter Group Logistics’ commitment to minimising their carbon footprint, the facility incorporates a number of the latest energy efficient technologies.  The warehouse lighting supplied by Inspired Lighting operates at a very low level, turning quickly to full power when any movement is detected.  Using power only when required and with an operational life of up to 30,000 hours, the system will make significant energy savings compared with more traditional methods.

The roof design makes maximum use of natural lighting to further reduce the energy demands of internal lighting and can be retrofitted with solar panels when they can be economically justified.  The latest high standards of building insulation materials ensure that internal heating levels are kept to a minimum.  Excavated soil from the construction will be used to create a new on-site tree planting zone.

Potter Group Logistics currently stores around 2,500 pallets of raw material for the Johnson Matthey manufacturing plant in its top tier COMAH centre in Knowsley, Merseyside, and together with the decision to store at the Ripon distribution centre, Johnson Matthey has demonstrated its commitment and faith in Potter Group Logistics as a partner for its long-term growth.

Issued for The Potter Group, Melmerby Industrial Estate, Green Lane, Melmerby, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 5HP.  Website www.pottergroup.co.uk.  Contact Emily Clark on 01353 662345.

For further information contact Mike Kearney of MTK Communications Limited, 23 Cloudberry, Walnut Tree, Milton Keynes, MK7 7 DL.  Tel: 01908 250931.  Email Mike@mtkcomms.co.uk.

Surfex Plus 2012 is the only exhibition in the British Isles dedicated to all of the following industries - coatings, inks, adhesives, sealants, corrosion and construction chemicals.

This exciting new face of Surfex Plus will be held for the first time at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham on 29^th and 30^th May 2012.

Surfex Plus will encompass the following sectors; Chemicals and Raw Materials, Adhesives and Sealants, Test Equipment, Manufacturing Plant, Suppliers of Protective Coatings, Paint Application and Surface Preparation Equipment.

The exhibition is supported by professional partners throughout these sectors and in particularwe welcome the support of the British Coatings Federation (BCF), British Adhesives and Sealants Association (BASA), Chemical Business Association (CBA), European Resin Manufacturers Association (ERMA), British Colour Makers Association (BCMA) and the European Federation of Construction Chemicals (EFCC). Surfex Plus supports the values of these organisations and includes appropriate publicity for their activities through the news columns of Surface Coatings International.

The Surfex Plus team consulted widely with both industry leaders and their customers to ensure the best location and format was chosen to display their latest products and services to the broadest spectrum of their customer base.

Traditionally, the perception of the NEC was that it was a venue for big, multi-hall and hence would not be suitable venue for a Surfex Plus exhibition. Discussions with NEC Managed Events quickly established that their focus was on SURFEX-like exhibitions. Coupled with excellent road, rail, air links and good value local hotels, we are confident that the Pavilion at the NEC will provide a long-term home for Surfex Plus.

In addition there will, of course, be the social events of the premier industry dinner - Kaleidoscope - on the first evening as well as a half day golf tournament on the day prior to the opening of the exhibition. Both events provide an opportunity to conduct some business in a more relaxed environment.

More information on seminars and business presentations will be communicated through regular issues of this newsletter together with specific Company and Industry news.

If, as a potential exhibitor, you have not already reserved your spot, remember the best stand locations disappear early so contact the Surfex Plus team now.

To date the following companies will be represented at Surfex Plus 2012 either on their own stand or that of their distributor: Active Minerals International, ADD APT, Addi-Tec, ALFA Chemicals, Antaria, Arizona Chemicals, Asiafine, ATP, Azelis, Benasedo SpA, Binder, Blagden Specialty Chemicals, BRB Silicones, Bruchsaler Farben, BYK, Camida, Chemlink Specialities, Chinorge, Clariant Specialities, Clydebridge Chemicals, Collano AG, Collomix GmbH, Coloris Global Coloring Concept, Cornelius Group Plc, CPS Color, Cytec, Dalian Onichem, Devine Chemicals, Dominion Colour Corporation, Dorf Ketal, Dow Chemical Company, DuPont, DuPont Titanium Technologies, E H Worlee & Co (UK),  Eckart GmbH, Elementis Specialties, Etcos AG, Exakt, Fluko, Gabriel Performance Products, Gem'Innov, Grolman, Hanse Chemie, Hebron SA, Huber Engineered Materials, Huntsman, ICL Industrial Products, IGI Wax, Inmix, J I Technologies, Jiangsu Liside, J M Huber, John Godrich, Kamin Performance Minerals, Kern, Lake Chemicals &  Minerals, Laniosa SpA, Liebisch, lmerys Talc, Lubestine, Luzenac Borate, Maflon, Matsui International, Morchem, Nabaltec, NanoResins AG, Neville Chemical, Nittel UK, Nordkalk Corporation, Ofru GmbH, Omega Minerals, Omya UK, Orisil, Orrest UK, P C C Chemax, Pointer Srl, Potters Europe, QolorTech, Radiant Color NV, Refnol Resins, Rhys Davies Freight Logistics, Rhys Davies Forwarding, R J Marshall, Robert Kraemer, Rockwood Pigments, Royce International, Safic-Alcan UK, Salvis, Sapici SpA, Schill+Seilacher, Scott Bader Co, Sekisui, Shark Solutions, Shin  Etsu, Sigmund Lindner GmbH, SNCZ, StenTouch, Stort Chemicals, StortEskens, Sumitomo Bakelite, Takehara Chemical, Taminco NV, Tayca Corporation, Ter Hell, The Leneta Company, Toyal Europe, Tronox Inc, Troy Corporation, Wacker Chemie, Whitehall Recruitment, Wilfrid Smith Limited, Zanelli Srl, Zehntner.

September 2011

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n Highly efficient

n Imparts strongly shear thinning flow behaviour

n Excellent sag resistance and anti-settling behaviour

n Good flow and levelling

n Limited influence on water sensitivity and corrosion resistance

n Excellent optical properties in the final coating system


RHEOLATE® 299 efficiently provides strongly shear thinning flow behaviour to both pigmented and clear waterborne coating systems. This results in excellent application properties, sag resistance and storage stability.
The associative thickener has limited influence on the water sensitivity and corrosion resistance of a coating. RHEOLATE® 299 is the product of choice for applications like:
- Industrial wood and wood joinery
- Industrial metal coatings

Natalia McDonagh
Marketing Manager

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