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German Design Award for Ral Colours
For the fourth time, Ral Colours has been awarded the international Design Award for its innovative product and communication design.
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Ineos Styrolution: new distribution structure in Europe
Ineos Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, announces today the implementation of a new distribution structure in Europe.
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Archroma joins the United Nations Global Compact initiative
Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals from Switzerland, has become a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, joining the world’s ...
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Safic-Alcan UK acquires Techform Fine Chemicals
Safic-Alcan UK, a major distributor of specialty chemicals and subsidiary of the French Safic-Alcan Group, announces that it has acquired 100 % of Techform ...
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AkzoNobel appoints Renier Vree as Chief Financial Officer of its Specialty Chemicals business
AkzoNobel has appointed Renier Vree as Chief Financial Officer of its Specialty Chemicals business, effective March 1, 2018.
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Asian Paints to boost production capacity
Asian Paints, which is setting up to plants in South India, is all set to increase production capacity by 11 million kilo litres in 18 months.
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Alberdingk Boley GmbH takes over production site of Synthomer Leuna GmbH
"By taking over the new site at Leuna, Alberdingk Boley reliably ensures the growth strategy for its polyurethane and acrylate dispersions", states Timm Wiegmann,...
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Clariant Turkey and Interplast form new distribution partnership
Clariant has announced a new partnership in Turkey with the distributor Interplast, a member of the Safic-Alcan Group. The agreement involves the distribution of ...
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Lanxess plans to buy specialty chemicals division of Akzo Nobel
Chemical specialist Lanxess has linked up with private equity shop Apollo to court Akzo Nobel’s specialty chemicals division. But they are not alone.
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7 steps to higher sales prices
Paints and coatings companies wanting to push through higher prices to cover higher purchasing costs have very good prospects of success in 2018. Fear of putting ...
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Sika: “Our target is to establish 105 national subsidiaries by 2020”
By acquiring two businesses in Turkey and the Czech Republic and establishing a subsidiary in El Salvador - its 99th worldwide - Sika continues to expand its ...
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New CEPE President: Dr. Harald Borgholte
Dr. Harald Borgholte of BASF will succeed Jaques Menicucci of Allios as president of CEPE.
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Water-borne coatings: “Still challenges in some high-gloss trim paints”
Calls to lower the solvent content of coatings are in line with customer demands and regulations. Anne-Sophie Hesry, senior chemist, R&D Performance Polymers at ...