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AkzoNobel acquires Stahl’s powder activities
Akzo Nobel gains unique low cure technology with acquisition of Stahl’s powder activities.
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Bio-based coatings overview: Increasing activities
Bio-based paints and coatings continue to play a rather small role in the coatings business. The current market share is estimated at around 5 % in sales. Most of this is also likely to come from long-established...
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ETCC postponed to 2021
The European Coatings Technology Congress 2020 that was planned to take place this year in Krakow, Poland, has ben postponed to 2021 due to the Corona pandemic.
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European Coatings Show 2021 will take place
After an elaborate exchange with the exhibitors, the organisers of the European Coatings Show have decided that the leading trade fair of the European coatings industry will take place. A detailed hygiene...
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Five Facts on the South African coatings market
While Africa is a much smaller coatings market than Europe or Asia, it has been developing into an emerging market. One of the most important consumers of paint on the continent is South Africa – we...
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The cost-performance-sustainability triangle needs to be considered
At the moment, bio-based coatings are a niche. However in recent years they more and more attention and activities in this area are on an all-time high. We spoke with Frank Hezel from BASF about the current...
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Interview: “Bottlenecks in the supply of important raw materials”
EuPIA’s managing director Dr Martin Kanert speaks about the current market development at the printing inks market and how the pandemic affects urgent topics of the association.
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Interview: “Defend the voice of paints”
Christel Davidson has been with CEPE since January and took over as managing director in April. She recaps her first four months in the coatings industry.
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COVID-19: global coatings industry shows solidarity
The Corona pandemic is still occupying the industry. An overview of global activities illustrates how companies support rescue services and authorities in their fight against COVID-19.
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CEPE’s Managing Director for 15 years says farewell
Jan van der Meulen answers a few questions from his home office while about his time at CEPE. Since April he is succeeded by Christel Davidson as Managing director of CEPE. We talked about his time in...
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Coatings industry supports fight against Corona pandemic
The international paint and coatings industry is showing solidarity and pragmatism in times of need. Numerous raw material suppliers and coatings manufacturers are actively supporting measurements to fight...
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Interview: “We didn’t see any sign of reduction in demand”
Inkmaker is headquartered in North Italy, which has been one of the hotspots of the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe. CEO for the Asia-Pacific business, Roberto Guerra, speaks about how the company implemented...
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Interview: “This is our social responsibility
In view of the Corona pandemic, Remmers has converted a production line and has already supplied rescue services and hospitals with 15,000 litres of disinfectant. We spoke to Jürgen Jahn, head of personnel...
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American Coatings Show and Conference 2020 cancelled
The organizers of the American Coatings Show and Conference 2020 (ACS/ACC) just announced that both events are cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The next show will be held in April 2022.