Akzo Nobel has signed and closed the acquisition of Swire Industrial Limited’s minority interest in the Akzo Nobel Swire Paints (ANSP) joint venture.

Brexit is nearing and will affect the chemical industry massively. The European Chemicals Agency ECHA offers help for companies to stay on the British market while still fulfilling all necessary regulations.

Together with Guangdong TGPM Automotive Group Co. Ltd. (TGPM) has opened the Refinish Competence Center (RCC) BASF-TGPM in Foshan, Guangdong Province (China).

Ashland increases its production of hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) in Nanjing, China, by nearly 30 percent.

Songwon increases the production of its liquid hydroxyphenyl triazine (HPT) UV absorber at its site in Suwon, South Korea.

Novel aliphatic polyurethane-silica hybrid films were prepared using prepolymerisation method in the presence of spherical, submicron amorphous SiO₂ Sidistar T120 particles (0, 1, 2, 5 and 10 wt%).

Recently, researchers succeeded in identifying defect levels in organic coatings with electrochemical noise (EN) measured in Single Cell (SC) mode.

Researchers recently investigated polydopamine functional reduced graphene oxide to enhance the mechanical and electrical properties of waterborne polyurethane nanocomposites.

In a present study, ZnS–Mn nano-luminescent pigments were synthesised, using co-precipitation method.

In a recently published study, scientists evaluated the effect of surface coatings on protection of concrete against sewage-induced degradation based on gray correlation analysis