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Highlights from the ACS 2022!

After months of planning, the ACS has come and gone!

This year’s ACS was a success; it was great to get together as a team once again, as well as network with others in the industry!

Here are some of the highlights from the show:

See below for more photos from ACS 2022!

Bismuth Vanadate & Indanthrone Blue Manufacturing Expansion

DCL is pleased to announce that we have initiated a major capital investment project to expand the Bismuth Vanadate manufacturing capacity at our Maastricht, Netherlands location.   This investment will increase capacity by over 20%, and it is expected to be operational in early 2023.  DCL is committed to supporting the growing needs of our customers with the highest quality and broadest portfolio of Bismuth Vanadate pigments in the market.    

Bismuth Vanadate pigments provide exceptional hiding properties and durability for automotive, decorative, and industrial coatings as well as used in the most demanding plastics applications.

This Bismuth Vanadate capacity expansion is in addition to our recently completed investment and startup of the manufacturing of Indanthrone Blue pigments, also at our Maastricht, Netherlands site.  Indanthrone Blue is a high-performance pigment that is valued for the coloration of synthetic fibers and engineering resins due to its high heat stability and lightfastness.  Color formulators utilize Indanthrone Blue for its chromatic red shade in a variety of automotive and high-performance industrial coatings due to its transparency, neutral flop and exceptional outdoor durability.

Magen Buterbaugh, Chief Commercial Officer noted “these capacity expansions show DCL’s commitment to further support our customer’s growth with these value-added pigments.”

ERP News: Migration of Legacy DCC Business to New ERP System

The following update does NOT apply to the legal entity representing Bushy Park Products (ie. DCL Corporation (BP), LLC).   

On September 1, 2021, DCL migrated the legacy LANSCO (US) business to our new ERP Platform, INFOR M3.  We are now implementing Phase II of this implementation with the migration of the legacy DCC business to our new ERP system on July 1, 2022.   We will also undergo a corporate restructuring which will impact the name of our company customers see on our invoices and where remittances are made. 

All future POs for product shipped after July 1st should be issued to DCL Corporation (USA), LLC.  Invoices for shipments confirmed from July 1^st forward will be issued by DCL Corporation (USA), LLC. 

Payments for invoices confirmed after July 1^st are required to be remitted to DCL Corporation (USA), LLC.

Note that existing payment terms and other relevant account details will remain unchanged.  We will no longer invoice or collect payments to DCL Corporation (the headquarter legal entity) which issues invoices and collected remittances prior.

This change will require you to set up DCL Corporation (USA), LLC as the legal entity for submitting your POs, receiving invoices, etc.  Please ensure to update your records in a timely manner to avoid any delays in processing.  The following is the required information to complete the set up in your system.

Company Details

DCL Corporation (USA), LLC

1 Concorde Gate, Suite 608

Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

M3C 3N6

We will communicate changes to our banking instructions and VAT/HST numbers well ahead of this change. 

Again, There are no changes to the legal entity servicing the former Sun Chemical products provided from Bushy Park under our legal entity DCL CORPORATION BP LLC which continues to bill and invoice as a standalone company.

ERP News: New Product Codes

What follows is an overview of the changes to our product codes that are being made to both communicate information about the packaging of the product and to unify the multiple product coding systems which have arisen due to the merger of our different companies.  We will also introduce new Item Number designations which are six-digit numbers that will appear on Order Confirmation, Invoices and other paperwork.  This transition of product codes does not apply to our DCL Corporation (BP), LLC legal entity which services the Bushy Park business and products.  Those codes are not changing.

Examples: As you can see in the table, our new product codes are a relatively small change from the current ones but an important improvement in communication.   For example our 1225 still has these same numbers in the new product code but DC20 has been added as a suffix to communicate the packaging (20 kg bag with a plastic liner).  Our 06-905 is now 06-905-DP20 to communicate this product is packaged in a 20 kg all paper bag. There are a number of customers who have specific packaging requirements or questions about packaging and these new product codes will quickly communicate package construction (C if plastic is present in the bag), standard package size (the default is kg but an L is used to designate a package with a standard weight in pounds) and if the labeling complies with unique European requirements (designated with E). Customers who have given us their specific internal codes for our products will see these printed on our Order Confirmation.

DCL’s Signs are Complete at Bushy Park Site

We are pleased to announce that the signs at our Bushy Park site have been transitioned to the DCL branding. This completes our re-branding of the site!

Upcoming Webinar: Sneak-Peek of RAL Shades

Is penny wise, pound foolish? Cost-in-use RAL shade matching for an industrial application

Presented by: Nigel Smith (Product Manager Dispersions & EMEA Technical Service) & Zeki Acar (Application Specialist/Business Development, Coatings)

Date: May 11, 2022 (9:00 AM EST)

Click on the video below to hear from Nigel Smith!

Click here to register!

Also coming up this Summer

Red Notice: Do you want the most inspiring reds? DCL’s Perylenes can be your solution!

**Re-scheduled**: If you have already registered for this webinar, you will receive an email with an updated calendar invite.

Presented by: Martin Georg Baier (Technical Key Account Manager Automotive Coatings in Sales)

Date: September 21, 2022 (9:00 AM EST) (rescheduled from June 22, 2022)

DCL presents how high-transparent, mega-vivid and ultra-chromatic reds can been achieved in coatings for automotive and plastics as well as in Fibers and Digital Inks. Technical panelists will include Scott Heitzman and Nigel Smith.

Click here to register!

Your Sales Managers

Please contact your regional sales manager for more information on the products advertised here and any others in our product range. 

North America:

• Jeff Babich, Sales Manager (jbabich@pigments.com)
• Michele Claeson, Sales Manager (michele@pigments.com)
• Rick Devore, Sales Manager (rick.devore@pigments.com)
• Melissa Koester, Sales Manager (mkoester@pigments.com)
• Larry Lane, Sales Manager  (llane@pigments.com)
• Frank Lavieri, Executive VP Sales & Marketing (frank@pigments.com)
• Mark Freshwater, VP Sales & Marketing Organic Pigments (mark@pigments.com)
• Scott Heitzman, Sales Manager (sheitzman@pigments.com)
• Paul Holder, Sales Manager, Canada (pholder@pigments.com)
• Suzanne Letrondo, Technical Sales Representative Specialty Coatings, Monteith (sletrondo@pigments.com)
• Jon Morrison, Sales Manager (jmorrison@pigments.com)

Europe:

• Peter Baggen, Vice President Sales (pbaggen@pigments.com)
• Andy Fenlon, Director of European Sales (afenlon@pigments.com)
• Lieven Vandenberghe, European Coatings Industry, Coordination Manager (lvandenberghe@pigments.com)
• Raimund Wilhelm, Sales Manager, DACH Region (rwilhelm@pigments.com)
• Prakash Naik, UK, Global Procurement & Business Development (p.naik@pigments.com)
• Laura Kenny, Sales Manager, Dispersions (lkenny@pigments.com)
• Phil Conway, Sales Manager, UK (pconway@pigments.com)
• Cosimo Azzarito, Sales Manager, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Key Account Manager Inks, EMEA (cazzarito@pigments.com)
• Andreas Weis, Sales Manager DACH Region (aweis@pigments.com)
• Deniz Sarialtin, Sales Manager, France (dsarialtin@pigments.com)

Asia Pacific:

• Patrick Chan, Regional Sales Director, Asia Pacific (pchan@pigments.com)
• Effendi Wijaya, Technical Sales Manager, Asia (ewijaya@pigments.com)
• Yvonne Chang, Technical Sales Manager, Asia (ychang@pigments.com)

MEA:

• Haytham Sayed, Business Development – Middle East & Africa (hsayed@pigments.com)

Latin America:

• Michele Claeson, Sales Manager, Puerto Rico (michele@pigments.com)
• Denis Rojas, Regional Sales Manager, North Latin America & Caribbean (drojas@pigments.com)
• Zully Villalobos, Technical Sales Manager, Latin America (zvillalobos@pigments.com)

About DCL Corporation
DCL Corporation is a manufacturer and supplier of pigments for our customers in the coatings, plastics, printing ink and paper industries worldwide. Our extensive range of pigments is backed by technical expertise, our commitment to service excellence, continuous improvement, environmental, health, safety and social responsibility. Please visit www.pigments.com for more information on our product range.