Tikkurila to sell Rohm & Haas powder coatings: companies form alliance in Northern and Eastern Europe.Tikkurila This article is about a place in Finland. For Tikkurila brand paints, see Kemira.Tikkurila (Dickursby in Swedish) is a district of the municipality of Vantaa, Finland. is now the exclusive distributor for Rohm and Haas Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE: ROH), a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based company, manufactures miscellaneous materials. A Fortune 500 Company, Rohm and Haas employs more than 17,000 people in 27 countries. The annual sales revenue of Rohm and Haas stands at about USD 8.2 billion. Powder Coatings Powder coating is a type of dry coating, which is applied as a free-flowing, dry powder. The main difference between a conventional liquid paint and a powder coating is that the powder coating does not require a solvent to keep the binder and filler parts in a liquid suspension in Finland Finland, Finnish Suomi (swô`mē), officially Republic of Finland, republic (2005 est. pop. 5,223,000), 130,119 sq mi (337,009 sq km), N Europe. , Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Commonwealth of Independent States Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), community of independent nations established by a treaty signed at Minsk, Belarus, on Dec. 8, 1991, by the heads of state of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Between Dec. 8 and Dec. including Russia. "We are excited about this opportunity of working with a global leader and being able to offer a complete range of high-quality coatings that now includes powder coatings," said Ulf Koivula, president, Tikkurila Coatings. "This new alliance with Rohm and Haas Powder Coatings offers us more technical strength, and the ability to connect quickly with customers while expanding our ability to proactively manage a large customer base, regardless of geography." Robert Linsdell, general manager, Rohm and Haas Powder Coatings Europe, added, "This alliance with Tikkurila enables us to accelerate our speed to market by utilizing Tikkurila's established networks throughout these regions ... The combination of our state-of-the-art powder coatings technology with Tikkurila's market coverage and distribution network gives us a strong foundation to bring new innovative solutions quickly to the market place." |
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