Citation
(2009), "Valentine Chemicals acquires a 3M business", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 38 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.2009.12938fab.026
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Valentine Chemicals acquires a 3M business
Article Type: Industry news From: Pigment & Resin Technology, Volume 38, Issue 6
Valentine Chemicals of Lockport, LA, acquired the assets of 3M's gray and color-corrected ceramic microspheres used in performance coatings. The company will operate as Zeeosphere Ceramics, LLC. The gray and color-corrected ceramic microspheres are fine particle size, high-strength ceramic microspheres typically used to reduce VOC levels, increase filler loadings, improve hardness, reduce and control gloss and add burnish scrub and abrasive resistance to a coatings formulation.