Pflaumer Brothers Inc. has made available a new amine-functional resin for polyurea polyaspartic coatings used on concrete, metal, plastic composites, wood and other substrates. The polyaspartic amine, designated Teraspartic 230, is characterized by low viscosity, high reactivity and fast gelation. It is ideal for specialty applications such as patching compounds, […]
Decorative Concrete Press Releases
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Polycoat expands its sales force
Polycoat Products, a division of American Polymers Corp., has hired Adriaan van der Capellen as sales and technical support manager for their waterproof division and Steven McGrane as technical sales manager in industrial applications for the foam division. The company has also hired 18 independent sales reps tasked with expanding […]
Quest names new service manager
Quest Building Products has promoted Nicholas Shilling to the position of service manager. Nicholas will be responsible for managing Quest Building Product’s service department and its growing fleet of rental equipment used by contractors throughout the Southwest. www.questbuilding.com
Bayer develops new sealer technology
Bayer MaterialScience LLC has developed new two-component polyurethane waterborne technology for sealers in the decorative concrete market. The new sealer technology offers a number of advantages over currently available concrete sealer products, including better ease of use, improved durability, low odor, increased service life and very low amounts of volatile […]
A new president at Versatile
Versatile Building Products has promoted Matthew Newman, formerly a vice president at the company, to the position of president. In his new role, Newman will be responsible for leading Versatile’s North American manufacturing operations. He will manage operations at the company’s plant in Anaheim, Calif., which serves the entire United […]
Dow Coating Materials offers low-VOC coating
Dow Coatings Materials, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Co., has developed Paraloid B-66 Thermoplastic Acrylic Resin in Dimethyl Carbonate (DMC). Part of Dow’s Paraloid B-66 Acrylic Resin family, the new product forms clear solutions, which air-dry extremely fast to form hard, colorless films that offer excellent block […]
Scofield grows Chromix-It team
L. M. Scofield Co. has hired David Reid and Stan Nabers to further develop Scofield’s rapidly growing Chromix-It Liquid Color Dispenser program. Reid will hold the position of director of engineering services, and he will be responsible for building, installing and maintaining Scofield’s Chromix-It Liquid Color Dispensers throughout the United […]
Quest becomes sole distributor of Kretus concrete coatings
Quest Building Products is now the sole distributor of the new and growing line of Kretus concrete coatings. The lineup includes: Kretus Water Based Epoxy, a fast-drying primer; Kretus Easy Patch, a two-part fast-curing epoxy-based patching material; Kretus Base Coat Pro, an ultrafast-drying, economical epoxy that is great for sand, […]
Ameripolish Hires Two Vice Presidents
Mark DiLorenzo has joined Ameripolish Inc. as vice president of marketing. DiLorenzo will oversee worldwide marketing of the Ameripolish brands. “We are delighted to have Mark DiLorenzo on the Ameripolish team,” said Davis “The Ameripolish brands have been expanding steadily since the founding of the company. We are constantly developing and launching new […]
New UV curing equipment from Jelight
Jelight has introduced new portable UV curing equipment for decorative concrete applications. The JFC-426L unit is 26 inches wide and weighs just 135 pounds. The power supply provides 230 watts per cubic inch of nominal output, which is ideal for most waterborne UV coating applications. The JFC-434E is a larger […]