LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
April 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Attendees looking for the distinctive green Air Products (NYSE:
APD) logo at the 2016 American Coatings Show (ACS), April 11-14, Indianapolis, Ind., will instead find the
company's market-leading portfolio of epoxy curatives, resins and
diluents, and additives for industrial and institutional coatings
under a different name and look. Air Products will be showcasing
its innovative products in booth #2240 as Versum Materials, the new
brand name for Air Products' Materials Technologies business.
"The ACS represents an ideal venue to communicate about the
company's innovative and advanced technologies for the coatings
market. We want the industry to know that Versum Materials is
committed to furthering its leadership position in the industry,"
said Guillermo Novo, executive vice president for Materials
Technologies.
Among the products and recognized brand names being showcased in
the booth:
- Defoamers and deaerators such as Airase® Structured Siloxane
Defomers Line (SSDL™) enabling predictable performance and faster
selection.
- Pigment grind aids such as ZetaSperse® 3800, the company's
newest broad utility dispersant.
- Dispersants such as Surfynol® 107L, a liquid, nonionic wetting
agent and molecular defoamer with a unique chemistry that offers a
range of surface active performance benefits, is nonfoaming, and
will disrupt the foam stabilization properties of other formulation
components.
- Superwetters such as Dynol™ 960 and 980 for improved flow and
leveling.
- Epoxy curing agents and modifiers such as Anquamine® curing
agents, Amicure® curing agents and polycarbamides, and chemical
resistant epoxy curing agents.
Technical representatives will be available throughout the Expo
(April 12-14) to answer formulators'
questions and provide insight on optimizing the manufacture,
performance and environmental qualities of coatings.
In addition, the company's senior principal applications
chemist, Sudhir Ananthachar, will be presenting a paper,
"Polycarbamide Resins for Industrial Direct-to-Metal Coatings
Applications," which will share study results reviewing the
chemistry and application properties of polycarbamide technology in
direct-to-metal and top coat formulations benchmarked against
aliphatic polyurethanes and other competing technologies.
Six "Exhibitor Spotlights" will also be available in booth
#159:
TUESDAY, APRIL 12
- 9:40 – 9:55 a.m. -- Epoxy
Moisture Vapor Barrier for Flooring, presented by Shafiq Fazel, Senior Applications Chemist
- 1:00 – 1:15 p.m. -- High
Temperature, High Chemical Resistance Curing Agent, presented by
Sudhir Achar, Senior Applications
Chemist
- 4:40 – 4:55 p.m. -- Low
Temperature Epoxy Curing Agents, presented by Sudhir Achar, Senior Applications Chemist
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13
- 2:40 – 2:55 p.m. -- A New
Molecular Defoamer Ideal for Pigmented Systems, presented by
K. Michael Peck, Senior Principal
Research Engineer
- 3:40 – 3:55 p.m. -- New Defoamers
for Water-based Coatings: Performance and Sustainability, presented
by Jeanine Snyder, Principal
Development Chemist
THURSDAY, APRIL 14
- 9:40 – 9:55 a.m. -- The Influence
of Surfactants on Colorant Acceptance in Paints and Coatings,
presented by Jim Reader, Lead
Chemist
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE: APD) is a
world-leading Industrial Gases company celebrating 75 years of
operation. The company's core Industrial Gases business provides
atmospheric and process gases and related equipment to
manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical,
metals, electronics, and food and beverage. Air Products is also
the world's leading supplier of liquefied natural gas process
technology and equipment. The company's Materials Technologies
business serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and
coatings, and adhesives industries.
The company had fiscal 2015 sales of $9.9
billion and was ranked number 284 on the Fortune 500 annual
list of public companies. Approximately 20,000 employees in 50
countries strive to make Air Products the world's safest and best
performing Industrial Gases company, providing sustainable
offerings and excellent service to all customers. For more
information, visit www.airproducts.com.
NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements
within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
based on management's reasonable expectations and assumptions as of
the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual
performance and financial results may differ materially from
projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking
statements because of many factors not anticipated by management,
including risk factors described in the Company's Form 10K for its
fiscal year ended September 30,
2015.
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