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News: DuPont launches Education Hub

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Company Profile: BAMR celebrates 75 years

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Write your own legacy I was fortunate to discuss what made leaders in business successfull with a managing director of a global software company – this was roughly five years ago. His view is that leaders who make a difference are the ones brave enough to take a leap through a blackhole – not knowing what is on the other side.

I was inspired compiling the content for this issue of Coatings SA by the story behind BAMR. The founder of BAMR had to find a way to earn a living after the Second World War and through his leadership and entrepreneurial spirit he became the first company in Africa to sign a distribution agreement with Elcometer.

Today, 75 years later BAMR is still family-owned and continues to be a proud distributor of Elcometer products. Back then, founder Fred Duk had no crystal ball predicting the future – he took a chance.

As we move from this pandemic in

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the coming year, we’ll be a little bruised, maybe battered, but we will be stronger.

Johann Gerber No one had any inclination of what the world would look like in June 2021, and we have no idea what it will look like in June 2022 – but you must jump through the dark holes to see if there is a better world for you on the other side.

Make 2021 a year you’ll never forget, maybe one day your grandson can look back in 75 years’ time and feel proud of your legacy. Happy birthday BAMR! Johann

Make 2021 a year you’ll never forget, maybe one day your grandson can look back in 75 years’ time and feel proud of your legacy.

Happy birthday BAMR!

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abecote-ing the country When it comes to flooring a.b.e. Construction Chemicals is a household name. The company has in more than eight decades of operation formulated products that are trusted and applied by major flooring contractors and the avid DIY’er.

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becote WD 337 is a twopart, water-dispersed tough epoxy paint that produces a durable floor coating with a smooth finish. The company recently calculated that this immensely popular product has, over the past five years, been applied to floor surfaces in total of: • Five times the size of The Pentagon boasting a total floor area of 620 000m2 • Almost eight times the ground area of the Boeing Aircraft Factory • Eighty times the floor surface area of the 55-storey The Leonardo skyscraper in Sandton – the tallest building in Africa.

This tough epoxy paint is not only decorative, and ideal for DIY home applications, but also robust enough to protect factory and warehouse floors, such as those found at chicken farms, dairies, motor workshops, shopping centres, and even battery plants with their acidic environment. abecote WD 337 tough epoxy paint is now also approved for use at wineries by the South African wine industry.

Some noteworthy flooring projects

for which the product was specified include Havanna Hills Wine Estate in Durbanville, Douglas Green Winery in Wellington, SA Breweries in East London, ABI CocaCola in Durban, Reebok Pump Station in George, Base 4 Aviation hangar in Western Cape, and the NEU Pack Industries plastics extrusion factory floor in Jacobs, KwaZulu-Natal.

“This is an economical product that can be applied over damp surfaces, and can easily be overcoated at any time for maintenance.

The NEU Pack Industries plastic extrusion factory in It is exceptionally Jacobs is one of several KZN projects where abecote WD popular as a protective 337 floor coating was applied. and decorative coating for masonry and cementitious surfaces and can be ramps as it can be mixed with fine used for industrial, commercial and aggregates to provide non-skid residential applications,” explains surfaces. The product is available in Peter Jones, a.b.e.’s national six colours: Ivory Silk, Lime Stone, Sea sales manager.

Grey, Soft Grey, Sahara Beige and Jones says abecote WD 337 is Havanna Beige. c both oil- and petrol-resistant and has strong impact-resistance as well.

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abecote WD 337 tough epoxy paint is now also approved by the SA wine industry. Pictured: Havanna Hills Wine Estate floors in Durbanville, Cape Town, which were given abecote WD 337 protection.

About 2 200m2 of hangar flooring at Base 4 Aviation in the Western Cape was coated with abecote WD 337.

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Obituary

SAPMA mourns loss of leading paint tutor Antonio ‘Toni’ Stella, one of the most experienced tutors in the South African paint industry, has passed away at the age of 69.

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oni held a Diploma in Analytical Chemistry and spent his entire career in the paint industry, starting as a laboratory assistant at Wardkiss Paints in 1970. He subsequently worked for Dulux (twice) and was also employed in technical, marketing and training capacities by Everite, Repex, Vascola, Prominent, Tinta and Plascon before he joined SAPMA in 2013. For the past three years he was working on contract with the association while running his own business.

“Teaching is the greatest way to reach someone, and then each one will reach everyone. Our reach will become

rich as long as we continue to teach,” was his passionate training cry.”

Aggie Argyrou, chairman of SAPMA, said Toni’s training skills would be sorely missed. “He was a friend to all in the paint industry, always prepared to share his knowledge,” Aggie added.

Tara Benn, executive director of SAPMA, said Toni played key roles for SAPMA. “He also was involved in creating the Retail Technical Videos for SAPITI. His reputation as a valued tutor and instructor in the paint industry has set new industry standards,” she stated.

“I had the privilege of working with Toni for some years at SAPMA where

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Toni Stella

his contribution to SAPMA and the paint industry was enormous. He made significant contributions to many of the leading brands in the market. He played a meaningful role in SAPITI’s application training and was frequently called upon by the Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA) for input on training issues. The industry has lost one of the best paint trainers in the country. His absence will be sadly missed,” said Deryck Spence, retired executive director of SAPMA. All at SAPMA would like to convey sincere sympathy to Toni’s widow and family. c

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Axalta wins three prestigious 2021 Edison Awards Axalta, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, is pleased to announce it won three bronze Edison Awards in the categories of Innovative Services, Sustainability and Engineering, and Materials Science

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amed after Thomas Edison, the Edison Awards have recognised and honoured some of the most innovative new products, services, and business leaders in the world since 1987. "We are proud to be an Edison Award recipient for the third consecutive year.

Axalta’s focus on continuous innovation of our coating solutions is the key to our company’s success. Receiving three Edison Awards for innovations in three different categories is further validation of Axalta’s commitment to developing new technology to serve our customers," commented Robert Roop, Axalta's chief technology officer.

ENABLING ADVANCEMENTS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES In the Innovative Services category, Axalta's LiDAR GonioRetroreflectometer System (ALGRS) won a bronze 2021 Edison Award. This patented optical system measures the LiDAR reflectivity of vehicle coatings for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) or autonomous vehicles. ALGRS allows Axalta's chemists and designers to create LiDAR-compatible coatings without compromising appearance or colour.

ADAS, like emergency braking and collision avoidance, depends heavily on LiDAR technology to improve vehicle safety and advance autonomous vehicles. The novel coatings analysis provided by ALGRS enables new colour development and formulations that assure the LiDAR detectability of painted coatings over the wide range of traffic conditions that exist in the autonomous environment.

“ALGRS represents a major

advancement in the technologies that are required to attain high levels of vehicle autonomy in a safe and responsible manner,” said Roop.

REDUCING EMISSIONS IN BODY SHOPS In the Sustainability category, Axalta’s Spies Hecker Permahyd 5650 sealer, which is not commercially available in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, won a bronze 2021 Edison Award.

The sealer provides collision repair shops in North America with a sustainable premium waterborne application system with lower solvent emissions. Axalta’s Spies Hecker Permahyd 5650 sealer applies in a single coat giving refinishers the ability to improve productivity with a sustainable solution.

“The combination of improved productivity and higher performance continues to drive technology roadmaps for the collision industry,” said Roop, adding, “The Spies Hecker 5650 application system not only helps our customers grow their businesses,

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but it is also environmentally friendly and protects the communities in which we live and work.”

TECHNOLOGY SIMPLIFYING MANUFACTURING PROCESSES Axalta’s Universal Titan Primer and Enamel Coating also won a bronze 2021 Edison Award in the Engineering and Materials Sciences category.

This coating is designed for the kitchen cabinet market offering processing efficiency and superior appearance. Only one coat of primer and enamel are needed compared to the standard four coats. Universal Titan is also optimised to eliminate the need for two separate products for horizontal and vertical applications saving cost and simplifying the manufacturing process.

“Universal Titan enables customers to lower oven settings, which reduces energy costs for improved sustainability. We are honoured that Axalta’s novel technologies have been recognised with Edison Awards. This is truly a reflection of the dedication of Axalta’s scientists and engineers in delivering solutions that benefit our customers and the environment,” says Roop.

“We were very impressed by the level of collaboration and discovery in this year’s entries. Somehow, while facing the unprecedented challenges of this global pandemic, companies around the world figured out how to work safely and smartly and still innovate at an award-winning level,” concluded Frank Bonafilia, Edison Universe executive director. c Visit www.axalta.co.za for more information.

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Building tomorrow IMCD has a global footprint that includes nearly 3 300 employees in over 50 countries across six continents and has increased presence in sub-Saharan Africa as part of its ongoing growth programme.

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eading speciality chemical company, IMCD South Africa, has already expanded into African countries, such as Kenya and Uganda, and is now celebrating 15 years of operations. With the head office in Johannesburg the company has branches in Cape Town and Durban, and extensive warehousing facilities in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and East London. The company also has a local coatings laboratory for development and optimisation of coating formulations.

“IMCD Coatings & Construction is focussing on understanding today's evolving trends and aims to help manufacturers create high-quality, future-proof formulations that respond to market trends,” says Daniela Bloomer, IMCD executive.

“Building Tomorrow is a new trend commentary for the coatings and construction industry and explores trends in the markets in which IMCD operates. The report features interviews with technical and commercial experts from IMCD Coatings & Construction who share relevant insights on megatrends such as sustainability, safety, smart technology and efficiency,” says Bloomer. The expert viewpoints reveal how four trends are now strongly evolving in today’s market:

regulatory expectations while setting new standards in biocide reduction.

Smart functionality – adding new features: Every 16 months, another city grows beyond 10 million inhabitants, with SMEs developing smart new solutions for compact urban space.

New coatings not only maintain, but even enhance the functionality of city surfaces.

Green and Circular – The quest for sustainability: Sustainability is no longer an end goal to be achieved, but a journey with an ever-evolving destination, and it is now more important than ever that companies should operate in an eco-friendly manner.

Time for efficiency – making more with less: Efficiency relies on maintaining an artful balance between innovation, regulation, quality of production, ease of distribution, cost effectiveness and ease of use. Manufacturers can now optimise every element to ensure speed and value, from shortening drying time to eliminating layers, without sacrificing performance or aesthetic appeal. c

Clean label and safe use for a healthy future: Tomorrow’s producers, applicators and consumers want solutions that are not only safe, but beneficial to health. Future-proof formulations should surpass

Bloomer says SAPMA members who would like to access the full details and learn all about the advice provided in the Building Tomorrow report, should visit IMCD’s Trends Commentary Page or visit www.imcdgroup.com.

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Celebrating Global Recycling Day Global Recycling Day presented an opportunity for Polyoak Packaging to explore the importance of recycling plastic packaging with its employees.

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olyoak hosted various internal workshops across its manufacturing sites in Diepriver, Aeroton, Roodekop, KwaZulu-Natal and East London to remind employees about the role of plastic packaging in a circular economy, and the relevance of separation at source to maximise recycling which helps create job opportunities, diverts valuable waste going to South Africa’s already overflowing landfills and helps prevent plastic pollution.

“With Extended Producer Regulations coming into effect from 5 May 2021, we are fully committed to partnering with our customers to achieve the legislated recycling targets,” explained Karl Lambrecht, Polyoak’s managing director.

Polyoak’s rigid plastic packaging is already widely recycled.

For example, HDPE beverage bottles are the most recycled milk packaging in South Africa, with a recycling rate of 75%. These bottles are recycled into numerous useful items including new bottles for personal and home care products, crates, bins and plastic bags.

The company is well placed to advise customers on ‘Design for Recycling’ best practice. It is essential that plastic packaging is designed and adapted to give it the best chance of being circulated multiple times through our economy, by choosing materials that are widely recycled in practice and at scale in South Africa.

The whole pack must be considered in terms of its recyclability, as even

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one component can limit or prohibit recycling of the whole pack.

“Polyoak offers rigid plastic packaging that is already optimised for recycling. Furthermore, all our packaging carries accurate and legible material identification codes (MICs) required to assist collectors and recyclers,” says Lambrecht.

Designing for recycling is also essential to create high quality feedstocks which can be included as recycled content in new packaging. It offers bottles containing recycled PET (rPET) and, provided there is a sufficient supply of rPET, the company is well placed to assist customers in meeting the legislated recycled content target of 10% for PET beverage bottles in year one, as well as the SA Plastics Pact target of 30% by 2025.

The business is excited about its new Tight Head Drum range made from virgin and recycled HDPE, available in sizes ranging from 100L up

News to 250L. This advanced multilayer technology now gives customers access to world-class quality drums that are fully recyclable and can contain recycled content. This will significantly contribute towards circular economy.

“It’s clear that extended producer responsibility (EPR) is our collective responsibility. It’s not just about supplying environmentally sustainable packaging. We need to motivate action through education and inspiration – every touchpoint is an opportunity!” adds Lambrecht.

This was the thinking behind the company’s internal programme of events to celebrate Global Recycling Day. Employees already separate their waste out for recycling at all manufacturing sites. Water and energy optimisation programmes are in place and there is a continuous focus on reducing waste throughout operations. Polyoak’s Roodekop site in Gauteng has already achieved ‘zero waste to landfill’ status with learnings being shared across the business.

Separation of waste plays a crucial role in achieving ‘zero waste’ status.

“SA’s National Waste Management Strategy highlights the importance of reducing waste going to landfill and eliminating plastic pollution.

Therefore, our campaign aimed to educate and inspire households to divert their organic kitchen waste and recyclable packaging from landfill, by learning how easy it is to make compost and recycle their plastic instead. Both streams are too valuable to waste!” explained Michelle Penlington, Polyoak’s marketing and sustainability executive.

DIVERTING ORGANIC WASTE TO LANDFILL Organic waste contributes more than 50% of total general waste disposed at landfill, where it is at risk of emitting dangerous methane gasses.

Therefore, Polyoak partnered with Soil for Life for Recycling Day. This public benefit organisation teaches people how to grow nutritious food with whatever resources they have available. They facilitated a workshop with its employees to demonstrate

simple ways of transforming organic kitchen waste into compost.

“Composting in Polyoak’s 20 litre plastic buckets is simple and effective.

It’s not necessary to buy expensive equipment or have a large garden,” adds Penlington. According to Soil for Life, easy growers in small spaces include tomatoes, strawberries, eggplant and radishes for example.

DIVERTING PLASTIC WASTE TO LANDFILL An effective way to help eliminate litter is to highlight and reinforce the ‘trash is cash’ principle and to get households to separate out their recycling, to be beneficiated at its highest value.

The company’s employees have been trained and already practice separation of waste at work. For Recycling Day, it hosted various talks by local recycling organisations to provide useful tips on home recycling to help employees take home the recycling behaviours learnt at work. Gregory Player from Clean C highlighted the importance of On-Pack Recycling Labels (OPRLs), which should be applied to all primary packaging to clearly direct the consumer on how to responsibly dispose of their packaging at end of life.

UPCYCLING PLASTIC PACKAGING Recent research by Polyco and the Moss Group shows that over 80% of plastic (polypropylene) tubs are reused for a myriad of other purposes, once empty.

This ranges from freezing leftovers and using as a lunchbox, to storing stationery, toys and tools.

“The widespread upcycling of our ice-cream, yoghurt and spreads tubs inspired us to explore additional re-uses for our packaging that are practical and useful at home, school or work. This was the inspiration for our ‘Packaging Upcycling’ internal campaign launched on Global Recycling Day,” explains Penlington.

Employees have been challenged to find ways of adapting Polyoak’s packaging in ways that may add value and reduce cost.

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Karl Lambrecht, Polyoak Managing Director.

CRAFTS FROM RECYCLED PLASTIC Recycling Day also presented a unique opportunity to show employees how entrepreneurs transform Polyoak’s recycled packaging into beautiful arts and crafts.

Its Diepriver branch partnered with local Cape Town artist, Heath Nash, well-known for his pleated lampshades and flowers made from folded die-cut panels of polypropylene, much of which has been exhibited at numerous Design Indabas and galleries in London, Tokyo, Milan and Vienna.

Today, Heath heads up Our Workshop, known as ‘Guga S’Thebe’ based in Langa, as a self-sustaining, free, and supportive collaborative workspace that provides economic and creative stability through learning and skills development.

Heath and his team facilitated numerous plastic craft workshops with Polyoak’s employees to highlight the entrepreneurial value and potential of plastic packaging.

Karl Lambrecht concludes, “Sustainable packaging is everyone’s responsibility. We need to leverage every platform available to help educate and motivate all citizens of this beautiful country to use plastic responsibly and recycle to help eliminate plastic pollution.” c

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SAPMA welcomes election of Bowtell to World Coatings Council Tom Bowtell who works closely with, and has often attended, the SA Paint Manufacturing Association (SAPMA) events in South Africa, has been elected vice president of the World Coatings Council (WCC).

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owtell is the chief executive of the British Coatings Federation which has for many years made extensive parts of its own training modules available to SAPMA. Tara Benn, executive director of SAPMA, says the association is delighted that such a close ally is now in a leading position in the global coatings industry.

“We have always had tremendous support from Tom Bowtell and wish him well in his new capacity. His tenure comes at a difficult time for the industry worldwide but we are confident that he and Andy Doyle, the current president – another strong supporter of SAPMA – are well equipped to lead the industry right now,” added Benn.

SAPMA is the leading African

member of the World Coatings Council which is made up of members representing associations from the United States, China, European Union, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Turkey, France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

The Council, which provides a forum for exchange and cooperation on major issues and priorities facing the industry, has established itself as a global voice with the United Nations, Governments and NGOs. Bowtell is expected to become president of the WCC in March next year. c

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"We have always had tremendous support from Tom Bowtell and wish him well in his new capacity" - Tara Been, SAPMA

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DuPont launches education hub

DuPont announced the launch of the Educational Hub (EDU HUB), a customised learning resource for residential construction professionals. The EDU HUB is available 24 hours a day, making it a convenient tool to learn more about the portfolio of DuPont residential construction products, current industry trends and to access a broad range of interactive content.

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he EDU HUB highlights the deep industry knowledge and experience of DuPont as a building science thought leader to aid builders, remodellers and contractors in gaining further expertise. A range of information will be available in multiple formats, including webinars with the opportunity for CEU credits, podcasts, video content, case studies and product profiles.

"We have a long history of offering industry leading products as well as accompanying educational elements to help provide enhanced product understanding, practical tips and spotlight key industry issues," said Alan Hubbell, residential marketing leader North America, DuPont Performance Building Solutions. "Our ability to look ahead and innovate both in terms of product offerings

and educational resources has helped us differentiate ourselves over the years in a crowded marketplace. The EDU HUB will enable building professionals to stay abreast of the latest information in a way that is convenient and highly accessible for years to come."

The EDU HUB is available at building.dupont.com/eduhub.

Visitors will be able to browse new, informative and entertaining content such as, the premier podcast in the series, Residentially Speaking with host, Alan Hubbell.

In this first podcast, Alan speaks to Mark LaLiberte from the company Construction Instruction on the ‘state of the industry’ from the point-ofview of a building scientist to futurelooking trends in residential building.

DuPont Performance Building Solutions provides the marketplace

We have a long history of offering industry leading products as well as accompanying educational elements to help provide enhanced product understanding, practical tips and spotlight key industry issues

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with a full suite of weatherisation, thermal and air sealing solutions and services with the EDU HUB being the latest addition to a solution set aimed at both supplying and serving the needs of the residential building industry.

DuPont knows staying abreast of the latest information and topics in construction is important to builders because the homes they build today will need to stand the test of time – expanding, contracting, breathing, and protecting – for generations to come. c

"The EDU HUB will enable building professionals to stay abreast of the latest information in a way that is convenient and highly accessible for years to come"

Company Profile

BAMR – 75 years of consistency BAMR, the brainchild of Fred Duk, is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2021, and remains a customer-focused, family-owned business.

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red Duk, a major in the Airforce, returned from the Second World War in 1945 and had to find a means to earn an income – his first opportunity was as a commission agent. Using his background in engineering he explored the importation of instruments and founded British American Manufacturers Representatives on 22 May 1946.

BAMR was born, “We have always used the acronym BAMR,” says Graham Duk, owner of BAMR and grandson of the founder Fred.

Fred Duk quickly realised importing opportunities from other countries and changed the name to British Allied Manufacturers Representatives (BAMR). The company was the first importer of the Elcometer Coating Thickness Gauge in 1947. “Elcometer was the first manufacturers of the

coating thickness gauge and to this day coating thickness gauges are often referred to as Elcometers,” remarks current owner Duk. In its early days, the company focused predominantly on instrumentation in the coating industry with the Air Force being the first target focus with Fred’s background. To this day, the business remains loyal to its core business principles. BAMR is still supplying Elcometer instrumentation throughout Africa. “We have evolved to include Elcometer’s continually increasing and diversified product range.

Other than the Protective Coatings Industry, Elcometer also supply instruments and equipment that are used for laboratory and physical test equipment, predominantly in the paint manufacturing industry,” says Duk. This includes:

BAMR, owner and grandson of founder Fred, Graham Duk, with the excellent BAMR staff.

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From Top to Bottom: Fred Duk, founder of BAMR was a major in the South African Air Force. He is pictured with his squadron (top). Frank Duk, Graham’s Dad, is pictured in the bottom photo.

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BAMR was the first company worldwide to establish a distribution agreement with Elcometer and was their first export sale in 1947. The first coating thickness gauge, the Elcometer 101 is on the left.

Elcometer has recently launched a new range, which is specifically for the abrasive blast industry prior to applying a coating as well as a new spray equipment arm. “They are also focussing more on the Non Destructive Testing (NDT) side of the business,” he said, adding, “We have also approached and been approached by other manufacturers who are aligned to our product range, which includes Quality Control Instrumentation predominantly in the Coating and Corrosion industry.

Other major suppliers of ours include Protimeter, Tramex and Max Doser who are all moisture meter manufacturers, Time, Affri, AZ and Zircon. Countries include the USA, UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, Taiwan and China.”

The company remained at the CTC Building in Plein Street, Cape Town for 20 years, until Fred’s son, Frank who became owner of the business in 1961, decided to move the business to its current location at 4 Palm Street, Newlands. “We have always worked from home or close to home and I think the last year has shown that the advantages of saving time on commuting and rental has its merits,” says Duk. In an always changing industry, BAMR has remained the constant.

Compliance with industry specifications and international standards is top of mind for the company. “South Africa and Africa tends to lag behind global specifications and implementation

thereof. In these ever changing scenarios I’d rather be the fox than the hedgehog,” he said, referring to Clem Sunter’s analogy.

“With our partners on both the supplier and the distribution front having similar philosophies with regards to innovation and customer service, we are very excited about the future of BAMR. We feel we are ideally situated to make the most of our position in the industry with regards to our experience and dynamic approach to give the customer the best experience possible. The extension to our suppliers offering means that our product range is continually expanding

Elcometer 456 Coating Thickness Gauge.

and with the customer relationships that we have built, we are sure that the solutions that we can offer will make us more relevant to their efficiency and effectiveness in supplying products and services,” says Duk. An exciting solution will be a new Elcometer thickness gauge, which is planned to launch in the next two years. Its coating thickness gauges are considered the best value for money in the industry and the new model promises to be state-of-the-art, robust and as easy to use as the current models.

Coating thickness gauges are used in a diverse range of applications and are an extra tool in the quality control process. It gives coating manufacturers a micron thickness of a coating on predominantly metal substrates, although there are gauges that also measure on non-metallic substrates. They have an accuracy of approximately 1% and the applications are diverse ranging from pipes, tanks, stadiums, ships and other industrial uses to automotive as well as white goods. This includes paint coatings, galvanising, anodising, powder coating as well as many other options.

BAMR is working hard to keep pace with the digital evolution and launched its E-commerce site Gaugeit. co.za last year. “We have had a great response to the incorporation of this online platform. We are continually evolving and trying to make sure that we are relevant to our stakeholders.

We feel that the combination of the our 75 years of experience alongside our goal of being the best in what we offer gives the end user the confidence that they are having the best possible experience,” concludes Duk. c For more information, please contact BAMR on 021-683-2100, sales@bamr.co.za and www.bamr.co.za

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Feature

SCEA pulls out of CASA to avoid betraying members

by Dr Ivor Blumenthal, SCEA Facilitator The Surface Coatings Employer Association (SCEA) has withdrawn its membership from the newly-formed Construction Alliance of South Africa (CASA), which is managed by the Master Builders Association on-behalf of a multitude of associations in the construction sector.

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CEA’s membership of CASA has been very short-lived, but long enough to see that the level of strategic collusion between some CASA members has more to do with the exclusion of traditional players than what is right for the country. That collusion has quickly spilled over into like-minded government circles, in particular on matters of transformation, BBBEE targets and newly-formulated management targets on race and gender.

Clearly, the position of elements within CASA is directed to turning the screws unfairly on companies in the construction sector which are finding compliance with the Construction Charter Council Scorecard targets impossible. Employment equity targets managed by the Department of Employment and Labour are also biased against companies which are committed to managed transformation with a view to retaining quality and inclusivity as two critical priorities.

The SCEA’s primary objection to continuing as a member of CASA – and so become part of the establishment, which is taken into formal engagement with the Department of Employment and Labour – is that SCEA would be betraying the interests of SCEA and SAPMA Members in the process.

In 2017, the Department of Labour adopted and gazetted Employment

Equity Targets, which had no foundation in empirical member-based research and were a thumb suck of a few pro-transformation advocates who were deployed into the sector to lie, disrupt and capture. Participating in well-orchestrated ‘sweetheart engagements’ were associations and federations, which themselves had been captured and overrun with people who again had no history in the construction sector and whose sole purpose was to sacrifice the foundation of our world-class sector.

The reality is that those associations and federations, which were party to accepting the Transformation Targets adopted by the Departments of Trade and Industry and equally Labour, had little mandate from their actual feepaying members. Instead, together with State choreographers, a narrative of a baseline (that never existed infact), led to the adoption of targets which were at the time impossible for the majority of world-class companies to achieve.

Questions that should be asked is why a handful of large companies went along with these changes as meekly as they did? What pressure was placed on them and what threats exerted to buy their silence?

Did this have anything to do with the post-2010 Soccer World Cup investigations into collusion by the Competition Commission?

The problem is that now, in 2021,

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the Department of Employment and Labour has signalled its intention to move to the next phase of its Strategic Plan, which is ‘punishment and enforcement’ designed to decimate existing players in the sector which have consistently struggled with the 2017 targets. The strategy is to finalise the establishment of a construction sector which is wholly represented

by BBBEE Level 1 & 2 members of the Black Business Council for the Built Environment, to the exclusion of all other players.

I say this because there are uncanny similarities between arguments made by some CASA members during the recent engagement process with the Department of Employment and Labour during the SCEA's last meeting with them. This was also reflected during internal discussions prior to the engagement, and how DE&L representatives articulated their dissatisfaction with the issues addressed by CASA during the engagement.

I refer to a mail received directly from the CEO of the Black Business Council for the Built Environment which is accurate and highlights a well devised and orchestrated strategy with government which is now bearing-fruit: “The position of the BBCBE remains unchanged with regards to the CSC targets of 2017. The industry has had three years to achieve these targets.

Feature The few companies that haven’t managed to achieve the target can’t hold the industry to ransom. This is informed by the fact that the majority of the scorecards in the market indicate that an overwhelming number of companies have achieved BBBEE Level Status 2 and 1. This suggests that companies are now compliant and we shouldn’t be tempering with the set targets. On the other hand, if they have not met their EE Target, but have opted to focus on other elements of the scorecard, it’s their problem which shouldn’t be generalised.”

The BBCBE is the organised business structure which represents black business in South Africa. This statement is significantly disingenuous in-that the majority of players in the construction sector are already at BBBEE Levels 1 (100% black-owned) or 2 (51% black-owned). The reality is that these members are in those categories because that is the profile of the Black Business Council but they are by far the minority of companies active in the construction sector. The majority of construction companies have not achieved the targets.

Despite the fact that the BBCBE is factually incorrect and bases this supposition on bad research, the reality is that the BBCBE and government are entitled to say to those people now objecting to the 2017 Construction Charter Scorecard Targets and to adjusted targets now being proposed by the Department of Employment & Labour as new employment equity targets: “You agreed to these targets in the engagement you were all part of, from 2013-2017. Those targets which we finally published – and which formed the basis of the targets cemented within the Construction Sector Scorecard – were agreed to by yourselves. You signed the agreement and pretended to have a mandate to do so from your members. You cannot now, some four years later, claim that they were unfair targets.

The fact is that you didn't question the science and data provided from which those targets were initially proposed.

That’s on you. You did not do your jobs as associations. You failed to

exercise scrutiny or act responsibly on-behalf of your membership in any reasonable way.”

Associations and federations which are members of CASA elected to turn a blind eye to what was going on and were naïve to the strategy of those orchestrating the capture of the sector. They were prepared to throw their members to the wolves, in the hope that they, the personalities running the Associations and Federations, would be allowed to remain within the favoured circle.

Members of these associations which have contributed to the destruction of the construction sector should be booting out those who currently are leading those organised business associations. These people should be accused of ‘treason’ against their own members – companies paying their salaries.

Business should wrest control back of their own collective associations and should be collapsing the structure of the Construction Charter Council as well as the Construction Industry Development Board.

What caused our withdrawal from CASA, was when we discovered that the Department of Employment and Labour had signalled its intention to finalise those new Employment Equity Targets so that it, the DE&L, could then establish a certification scheme, devised to exclude Level 3 and upwards companies from being allowed in any way to work on projects funded by the Public Sector or to supply products or services to private sector construction companies, which were dependent on public sector tenders at local, provincial or national government levels.

The chain of Sectoral Capture was clear to the SCEA – the so-called ‘Boiling Frog’ strategy: Establish a Construction Charter Scorecard with Targets which were unattainable by 2017 by getting Associations which themselves had been well-and-truly captured, to sign on the dotted line without first having done sufficient or empirical research amongst their members themselves, associations which had never obtained any kind of collective mandate

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from their members to sign their futures away.

Account for those few companies which were prepared to submit annual reports to the BBBEE Commission as the Sector upon which to justify the new Employment Equity Targets in 2021.

Implement New Employment Equity Targets making compliance absolutely impossible for companies which were not at least 51% Black Owned and Controlled.

Punish Level 3-8 companies by excluding them from being able to play in either the Private or Public Construction Sector.

What made matters worse for the SCEA was the request by a formal CASA representative to the Department of Employment and Labour, representing that whereas the certification system has been designed to apply to companies employing in excess of 50 people and only those operating in the capacity of servicing public sector needs, the same certification model should also be applied by the DE&L to companies in the private sector.

The SCEA has withdrawn from CASA, and with it disassociates SAPMA from CASA so that we are able to focus our time and attention on opposing any action by CASA Members acting in-concert with government to impose new Employment Equity Targets being proposed by the DE&L, and also to ensure that any certification system is contested socially and legally as constitutionally unjust and unfair.

This will be an uphill battle because the problem in this regard, as the BBCBE and the DE&L contest – quite correctly – that the horse has already bolted.

We intend to form a like-minded coalition of organisations not wishing to sacrifice the interests of their membership to the altar of state and association capture.

We will vigorously oppose plans by the BBBCBE and the DTIC to misuse Supply Side Funds managed by the Industrial Development Corporation, Business Partners and other DTIC Agencies and in-particular the Black

Feature Industrialist Fund to run our members businesses into the ground and then fund BBCBE Members to steal either their businesses at cents-to-the-rand or to steal their market share with new DTIC-funded companies.

To do this however requires the collective mandate from our SCEA and SAPMA Membership.

Make no mistake, however, the SCEA and SAPMA both stand for managed and coordinated transformation. We urgently want to facilitate managed changes relating to who owns the businesses in our sector, reflecting fair and equitable distribution amongst black owners and female black owners, in particular.

We want to facilitate fair transformation amongst all levels of management in our sector. Proper training, incubation and professional development amongst those who work in our sector and importantly the transformation of supply chains, which make sense in terms of who

constitutes the economically active population of South Africa.

However, fairness implies establishing proper baselines of the actual, existing levels of penetration against the published targets and then engaging with Government on accepting a programme of

transformation which makes sense to our collective membership who needs to mandate our approach.

We must not cow-tow to the politically correct impersonators in our sector collaborating with some in government to destroy and then replace our membership! c

The SCEA has withdrawn from CASA, and with it disassociates SAPMA from CASA so that they are able to focus time and attention on opposing any action by CASA Members acting in-concert with government.

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Raw materials shortage a major concern A serious shortage of raw materials, coupled with substantial increases in prices for raw materials, has put the South African coatings industry under intense pressure.

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complex mix of demand, production issues at global chemical plants, and scarce transport resources for key raw materials are hitting the supply chain which will have enormous implications for an industry already badly hit by pandemic lockdowns last year.

The main reasons for the coatings raw materials shortage and price rises in SA are: • An increase in demand for paint and raw materials from neighbouring SADC markets, which lost a significant supply of imported material from China, India and the Middle East due to Covid-19 shipping restrictions. “Companies in the SADC then turned to South Africa to provide alternative supplies which, although providing welcome new business, nevertheless drained local supplies,” Benn explains • Heavy snow storms and subzero temperatures in the USA forced several key US raw material suppliers to halt production • The closure of several plants in Europe during lockdowns which led to raw materials suppliers invoking ‘force majeure’ to contractually break supply obligations • Soaring transportation costs due to the sharp rise in oil prices and shortage of containers. “The pandemic lowered commodity demand and therefore the traffic and volume of containers moving geographically between regions decreased. As demand picked up again, sea freight costs skyrocketed. SAPMA estimates that on average sea freight costs have gone up by 40% to 55%.”

Tara Benn, Executive Director - SAPMA

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According to the European Paint Council, CEPE, the shortage of raw materials is an 'immense burden' for the coatings sector worldwide as raw material prices account for more than half of the cost of finished products.

Since January last year, costs for key components such as epoxy resins have risen by 60% in Europe, while among solvents, prices have soared by up to 123%, CEPE has estimated. The current situation is exacerbated by the unexpectedly rapid economic recovery in China, which is also fuelling demand for key raw materials. c

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