Hybrid Coating Technologies Inc (fka HCTI)

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PPG Electrocoating... another possible connection?

Saw this article released (and posted here as well) Friday: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ppg-marks-completion-20-million-150900968.html

Didn't really think much of it at first, until I started poking around researching it..

So what is electrocoating? --> Electrocoating is an organic coating method that uses electrical current to deposit paint (coating) onto a part or assembled product. (http://www.electrocoat.org/page-1138501). Basically, this is done in an electrocoat bath, where the item to be coating is dipped into it.

Here's a animation that shows it visually... http://www.electrocoat.org/Resources/Pictures/ecoat%20process%20moving%20diagram.swf

Saw this listed on Polymate's site.. a fairly recent patent application from September: Method of producing soluble silicates with organic cations, US Application No. 14/860,708; filed: September 22, 2015, Kudryavtsev P., Figovsky O. Application details are not listed on the US Patent site yet, as it takes 18 months from application submission to be published per protocol.

3 things stuck out, the words: soluble (as in dissolved in water i.e. a bath), silica (as in coatings/paint), and cations (remember chemistry class.. these have positive charges). Sorta sounds like something used in electrocoating, huh?

Well let's see what else PPG has released recently? ... http://corporate.ppg.com/Media/Newsroom/2016/PPG-to-increase-North-America-precipitated-silica PPG to increase precipitated silica production capacity in North America ...

Speculation of course, but quite some interesting coincidences if not related...