Newsletter - January

Market Updates

• Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell, indicated interest rates may rise more rapidly than planned to contain inflation.
• Supply chain snags, shipping container shortages, driver & warehouse worker vacancies, combined with high demand, resulting in higher prices (and short inventory).
• Consumer Price Index reached 7% in 2021 with food & energy rising 5.5%
• Economists predict overall inflation will ease with the current lower oil and energy prices.
• Sherwin Williams will implement a price increase February 2022 of +15% on Industrial Coatings, +12% on Architectural Paint & Chemical Coatings - citing raw material and labor challenges. Demand will remain strong on housing & construction.
• The US Supreme Court blocked a COVID vaccine or testing requirement for businesses.

Newsletter - January

Join Barentz for a Cocktail Reception at the American Coatings Show!

You already knew Maroon Group - now get to know Barentz!

We want to invite you to relax and unwind at the American Coatings Show at our reception on April 5, 2022 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Follow the Skywalk connected to the Indiana Convention Center to the Capitol 2 room in the Westin Indianapolis hotel and join Barentz for an evening of cocktails & hors d’oeuvres.

See you at Barentz Booth 2288!

RSVP!

Newsletter - January

Barentz appointed distributor for Honeywell Specialty Additives in the Midwest Region

Effective January 1, 2022, Barentz is the new authorized distributor for Honeywell’s performance additives across the Midwest. Honeywell’s broad product range of low molecular weight polymers and copolymers are designed to help you get more performance, cost savings, and manufacturing efficiency out of your products. Their technical expertise in the chemistry behind your inks, paints, coatings, adhesives and sealant applications can help you find the right synthetic wax or blend for your specific application. Honeywell’s A-C®, ACumist®, AClyn®, Cohesa®, and NduroMatt® brands of additives deliver benefits to you and your customers:

• Rheology Control
• Mar and Abrasion Resistance
• Slip Control (COF)
• Matting and Gloss Control
• Stain resistance
• Improved adhesion

Contact us your Barentz Account Manager today to learn more about Honeywell’s Specialty Additives and how they can enhance your formulation and improve your customers‘ experience at 440-937-1000, marketing@barentz.us, or visit our website.

Honeywell Products

Newsletter - January

NADIC Methyl Anhydride

Dixie Chemical is a global leader in alicyclic anhydrides and offers NADIC methyl anhydride (NMA). NMA is a liquid alicyclic anhydride commonly used to cure epoxy resins in many challenging applications, including fiber reinforced composites used in high performance aerospace and military applications, as well as mechanically demanding applications like filament wound bearings.

The excellent electrical properties and high temperature performance make NMA-cured epoxies outstanding materials for encapsulating electronic components and circuits. NMA demonstrates many excellent characteristics when used as a curing agent for epoxy resins, including:

• Ease of handling with low viscosity, low volatility, low odor, and long pot life
• Compatibility with solid and liquid epoxy resin
• Light color and good thermal stability
• NMA offers high heat distortion temperature and glass transition temperatures
• Excellent electrical characteristics, including arc resistance
• Minimal shrinkage when cast
• Excellent hardness and Impact strength

NMA may also be used as a building block for unsaturated polyester resins and is useful in modifying other anhydrides to lower their freezing points and make them easier to handle.

For more info about the Dixie product line, including technical bulletins, samples, or to purchase material, call your Barentz Account Manager today at 440-937-1000, marketing@barentz.us, or visit our website.

Dixie Chemical Products

Newsletter - January

Experience a Visual Color Representation of Pigment Chemistries

Pigments are the key components in providing color to plastics, paints, and coatings. Once dispersed in a liquid medium, these pigments are known as colorants, which provide an easy-to-use method of adding color to a material. Chromaflo Technologies offers this application to help users visualize the color and shade of pigments used in colorants for these applications.

The new Chromaflo Colorant Explorer App is live in the Apple Store and is available in Google Play so you can download the app on iOS and Android devices!

To learn more, click here!

Commodities Report

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Barentz' monthly Commodities Report tracks select raw materials and currencies allowing you to gain a better understanding of some of the key cost drivers in our industry.

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