Merck is significantly expanding its global production capacities and optimising its manufacturing processes for effect pigments.

As of now, the Swedish Nordmann subsidiary Kemi-Intressen AB is operating under its new name Nordmann Nordic AB.

According to a new research report, the global spray adhesives market is set to grow from its current market value of more than EUR 6,3 billion to over EUR 8,1 billion by 2025.

The coatings industry has expressed significant concerns about border delays and separating from European chemical regulations ahead of a "no deal” Brexit, in a new survey by the industry body, the British Coatings Federation (BCF).

BASF has increased the capacity of its neopentyl glycol (NPG) plant at the Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, by 10,000 metric tons per year.

In a new work, polymethyl (hydro)/polydimethylsilazane-derived coatings have been deposited on aluminum alloy AA1050.

The upcoming new poison information centres notifications remain among the most pressing regulatory matters for the paints and coatings industry. We spoke to poison centre expert Caroline Raine, NCEC, about deadlines and challenges.

Scientists have developed an electrochemical method to produce cement. Possibly, cement production will thus be operated solely by renewable energies in the future.

An international team of scientists has successfully used cashew nut shell oil instead of crude oil in organic synthesis.

REACH has been in force since 2007 and has shaped the paint and chemical industries immensly. The last deadline has expired a good one and a half years ago. Reason enough to compile a few figures on the regulation.