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Proficiency Testing

The NZPMA Proficiency Testing programme has been designed to provide a platform for comparative testing amongst NZPMA member companies. The tests are carried out twice yearly, with paint samples ...
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Understanding and Reporting Early Fire Hazard Indicies

Understanding and Reporting Early Fire Hazard Indicies

Providing Fire Safety Information for Paint Systems. Understanding and Reporting Early Fire Hazard indicies. During the consent process designers must prove that proposed structures will meet a ...
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Labelling Guide

Labelling Guide

The following guidelines have been created from typical formulae for products falling within the appropriate generic type. These guidelines have been created as a service to the Industry through ...
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Reducing the impact of paint on the environment

Reducing the impact of paint on the environment

More than six litres of household paint is sold for each and every person in New Zealand. That’s a lot of paint particularly as much of it is left sitting in paint containers and ends up in ...
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VOC in Surface Coatings: Update

Dear all Following is a notice from Australia re an investigation into opportunities to reduce VOC emmissions from surface coatings. The Environment Protection and Heritage Standing Committee ...
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Tips for the home painter

Tips for the home painter

These DIY Info leaflets from Resene cover anything you ever wanted to know about home painting - What Makes a Good Home?, DIY or Hire a Professional Painter?, Hiring a Professional Architect, ...
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Altex signs long term license with Carboline

Altex Coatings Ltd founded in 1954 (The Protective and Marine Coatings business of Resene Paints Ltd) has signed a long term technology license with Carboline of USA. The license is for Protective ...
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