Hattiesburg, MS, June 29, 2004 – Painting a baby’s room, a hospital, or an office is less disruptive using odorless paint developed by USM's School of Polymers and High Performance Materials. The paint, now available for sale on the Internet at www.safepaint.net, carries the brand name American Pride and is the result of a unique relationship between USM and Southern Diversified Products.
"Our company uses patented technology, developed in Mississippi, to create the very best architectural paint products available anywhere," said Rocky Prior, vice president and general manager of Southern Diversified Products, which markets American Pride in partnership with the university. "In addition to being better for the environment and odorless, they are priced at or below conventional solvent containing products."
American Pride paint contains no hazardous organic compounds and emits almost no odor, meaning it can be applied in occupied areas without complaints. Thus part of the interior of a building can be painted without having to close off other parts of the building so employees avoid breathing paint fumes. Prior also mentioned that American Pride paint is Green Seal certified.
“By offering their paint products for sale on the Internet, they’ve expanded their potential customer base worldwide,” said Meg Martin, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at U.S. NetworX, the firm that developed the website for SDP. “The boundaries of location and hours of operation have been eliminated, because now anyone, anywhere, can buy American Pride paint online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.“
U.S. NetworX is a provider of e-business services such as website design, maintenance, and hosting, databases, intranets, website marketing, and dedicated servers, as well as nationwide Internet access. Their website is located at www.usnx.com, and they presently have clients in 37 states and several foreign countries.
