Wood finishing is one of the last processes in the manufacture of furniture or cabinets and the first thing seen on the retail floor. The wood finish emphasizes the mission of the furniture and cabinets with respect to their look and feel. It triggers consumers’ emotional responses to the senses of sight and feel.
Metro Hardwoods Inc., Glendale Heights, Illinois, is now a master distributor of the complete line of Milesi high-performance Italian wood coatings, according to a joint announcement released by the two companies.
HGH Hardware Supply Inc., Birmingham, Alabama, is now a distributor of the complete line of Milesi high-performance Italian wood coatings, according to a joint announcement released by the companies.
Hunter Coatings, Charlotte, North Carolina, is now the distributor of the complete line of Milesi high-performance wood coatings, according to a joint announcement released by the companies.
In the 1960s a coating system formed by overcoating a molten hot-melt coating with a latex paint was conceived as an answer to a search by the wood siding industry for a primer to improve paint performance on its product. Performance testing, including weather exposure, had a positive outcome, but circumstances prevented commercialization. Thirty years later, the originator of the concept undertook a more thorough investigation. This article is a public a report on coating system composition and performance.
These micronized innovations are based on renewable raw materials in different particle size distributions that support customers’ ambitions to offer more sustainable solutions to industrial markets without compromising performance.
The acquisition was an opportunity for Axalta to enter the wood coatings business, a market size of more than $8 billion globally, with an industry-leading product portfolio and a customer-trusted business with a strong reputation.
