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Brenntag expands distribution agreement with SI Group for EMEA

Brenntag announces the renewal and expansion of a distribution agreement with performance additives leader SI Group.

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PPG launches expanded automotive OEM clearcoat production

PPG has announced the start-up of an expanded automotive OEM clearcoat production at its facility in Erlenbach, Germany.

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Gulf Coatings Show, Pacific Coatings Show: Major companies pledge support

The new international exhibitions for the coatings industry in the United Arab Emirates (Gulf Coatings Show, Sharjah, 16-18 October) and Indonesia (Jakarta, 21-23 September) have now won the official support...

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Westlake to acquire Hexion’s global epoxy business

Westlake Chemical Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with Hexion to acquire Hexion’s global epoxy business for approximately USD 1.2 billion (ca. EUR 1.0 billion).

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New technical laboratory of Wilhelm Niemann

Wilhelm Niemann expands the range of dispersion and fine grinding trials with the new technical laboratory at the company's site in Melle/Germany. Niemann provides almost all machines of the product portfolio...

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Ka Min to acquire BASF kaolin minerals Business

Ka Min, a global performance minerals company owned by I Min Partners, and BASF have entered into a definitive agreement in which Ka Min will acquire the BASF kaolin minerals business. Currently, the kaolin...

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Advent International acquires Caldic

Private equity investor Advent International has reached conditional agreement with Goldman Sachs Asset Management to acquire Caldic, a supplier of raw materials for the coatings and adhesives industry,...

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Grasping the Potential: Emerging market for smart antimicrobials

Covid-19’s impact on both consumers and the worldwide economy has been far reaching and is reshaping the market for antimicrobial coatings. In the past, the biggest drivers for smart anti-microbials...

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Lanxess launches new production line in China

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess put a new production line for the manufacture of water-based compounds into operation in Nantong, China.

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Meghmani Organics planning to build new pigment facility

Meghmani Organics has announced that it will enter into a new variant of White Pigment Titanium Dioxide (TiO2). The company is about to set up a 33,000 metric tons production facility at Dahej, the chemical...

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New Feica Board elected

A new Feica Board has been elected at the 2021 General Assembly with Dr Guido Cami as the next President.

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Brenntag reports “outstanding results” in third quarter of 2021

According to the company, both divisions continued to deliver "strong results" with Brenntag Specialties in particular showing an excellent performance.

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Lankwitzer Lackfabrik takes over Teleplast

For more than 50 years, Teleplast has exclusively produced coatings for demanding industrial processors and, according to the company, "excellently complements the portfolio of the Lankwitzer Lackfabrik"...

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Interview: “Our product quality and performance are not fully known in the market

French additives manufacturer Protex International has just completed the construction of a new production site in Guangdong province, China, to capitalise on the region’s surge in industrial coating...