HOUSTON – March 13, 2012 – International Paint LLC, an AkzoNobel company and leading provider of high-performance protective coatings, linings and fire protection products, is pleased to announce that the company will broaden its portfolio of world-class coatings offerings through an exclusive distribution agreement with Polibrid Coatings, Inc., headquartered in Brownsville, TX.

Under the new agreement announced today at the 2012 NACE Conference in Salt Lake City, UT  -  International Paint will become the sole distributor of Polibrid Coatings’ proprietary solventless elastomeric polyurethane coatings products in the USA, a new territory addition to an existing agreement with International Paint’s worldwide locations in South America and Mexico.

“We are delighted to have this unique opportunity to partner with a company that leads the industry in polyurethane technology,” said Chris Tiernay, International Paint’s Vice President Protective Coatings, North America. “The versatility of Polibrid’s products will bring value to a number of industries and the US water & wastewater market segment will be the first to benefit from this new agreement,” explains Tiernay.

For more than 30 years, Polibrid Coatings has been considered the global leader in solventless elastomeric polyurethane technology used in a wide range of severe service industrial applications. Today, the Polibrid 705 lining system is considered the water & wastewater market segment’s premier choice for the protection of concrete or steel surfaces subjected to the effects of H2S and microbiologically induced corrosion (MIC). As a natural elastomer, Polibrid 705 is the ultimate replacement to coal tar epoxies and other rigid coatings that won’t hold up to the expansion and contraction of concrete without breaking.

Polibrid Coatings’ President, George Ramirez states, “We are very proud of our global reputation for unique, high-quality coatings and lining products. We believe our expertise in elastomeric polyurethane technology, and International Paint’s dominance in high-performance protective coatings specifications here in the US, brings a robust protection solution to a wide variety of industrial applications.”

For more than 100 years, International Paint has led the coatings industry in protective coatings technologies that meet the changing needs of their global customers in the oil, gas, chemical processing, power, pulp and paper, rail, steel structure, mining and marine industries. The new distribution agreement represents International Paint’s ongoing business strategy to grow stronger market share and revenue throughout the Americas utilizing leading-edge coatings technologies.

For further information about International Paint’s full range of high-performance protective coatings, please visit www.international-pc.com or contact protectivecoatings@internationalpaint.com.