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Sustainability in Wood Coatings: Insights from Dr. Alexander Kröger (Grace)
Dr. Alexander Kröger talked to our European Coatings editor Bettina Hoffmann about the latest advancements and sustainability trends in wood coatings. He explains how Grace is focusing on renewable energy...
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Nippon Paint launches in East Africa
Nippon Paint launched in the East African market in automotive refinish, car care, wood coating, and industrial coatings.
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Akzo Nobel upgrades Chinese site
A newly updated and automated production line is up and running at Akzo Nobel’s Suzhou site in China, part of a €14 million investment designed to accelerate growth and double the plant’s capacity...
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Beckers Group reveals leadership changes
Beckers Group announced a strategic change of its regions and leadership. Eric Fouissac, Pia Götze and Jared Ireland will fill new positions in the future.
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Eurosyn announces strategic partnership with hubergroup Chemicals for the italien market
Eurosyn, a distributor of specialty chemicals for the Italian market, announces a new partnership with hubergroup Chemicals, a division of the international chemical and ink specialist hubergroup, specializing...
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Interview with Frank Brouwer from Stahl: bio-based materials on the rise
Frank Brouwer, Renewable Chemistry Specialist at Stahl, spoke to our European Coatings-editor Bettina Hoffman about the growing demand for bio-based materials and the future of sustainable coatings.
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Hauschild SpeedMixer expands operations
Hauschild Engineering announced that its US distributor, Hauschild SpeedMixer, is moving to a larger facility in Farmington Hills.
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Europe’s top 10 companies with the biggest changes in turnover
The year 2023 brought significant changes to the European paint and coatings industry, as shown by the current data of the Top 25 companies. An analysis of the revenues from 2018 to 2023 highlights the...
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Covestro becomes a shareholder in the company BioBTX
By becoming a strategic partner in the company BioBTX, Covestro is enabling the construction of a demonstration plant for a chemical recycling method. The technology will make it possible to recover valuable...
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Evonik commissions new plant at Rheinfelden site
Evonik has commissioned a plant for an innovative dispersion technology for fumed silica at its Rheinfelden site.
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Bodo Möller: New competence centre in Shanghai with change in top management
Bodo Möller Chemie, distributor of speciality chemicals, adhesives and composite materials, has opened a new Adhesive Competence Centre in Shanghai, China.
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Wacker focuses on silicone specialities and builds production site in the Czech Republic
Wacker is building a new production site for silicone specialities in Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), investing a three-digit million euro amount, creating around 200 jobs by 2028 and aiming to strengthen...
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Sales development of Top 5 companies in the paints and coatings industry
Over the past five years, the top 5 companies in the paints and coatings industry have experienced significant developments in their sales figures, painting a picture of the market and its growth potential....
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Covestro enters into concrete negotiations with Adnoc on a potential transaction
Is a takeover of Covestro getting closer? Several financial portals are reporting that the Arab oil group Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc) is holding out the prospect of EUR 62 per share.