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Kansai Helios completes acquisition of CWS Lackfabrik
Kansai Helios has completed the acquisition of German powder coatings and resins manufacturer CWS Lackfabrik.
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Akzo Nobel: 100% renewable electricity in North America
According to a press statement, all of Akzo Nobel’s locations in North America are now operating on 100% renewable electricity. This is intended to underline the company's ambition of reducing carbon...
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Univar Solutions and Dow announce new partnership
Univar Solutions has announced a new distribution relationship for Dow's key acrylic emulsion polymers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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Elementis and Grolman sign exclusive distribution agreement
Elementis and Grolman Group are set to begin an exclusive distribution relationship for DACH and Central Eastern Europe, effective beginning inf March, 2023.
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New cooperation between Devine Chemicals and Van Weezenbeek Dispersions
Since February 2023, the British additives manufacturer Devine Chemicals and the Dutch trading house Van Weezenbeek Dispersions have been cooperating in Germany.
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Wilhelm Niemann Maschinenfabrik delivers dispersing machines to Aditya Birla
Wilhelm Niemann Maschinenfabrik has recently received the largest order in the company's history from the Aditya Birla Group in India for the delivery of 36 high-performance dispersing machines.
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Axalta’s Automotive Colour of the Year 2023: “Techno Blue
Axalta Coating Systems has announced its 2023 Global Automotive Colour of the Year – "Techno Blue". This is the 9th year the company has featured a trending colour.
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Cost-saving measures: Dow cuts 2000 jobs
Dow has outlined a series of targeted actions aligned to its previously stated plan to achieve aproximately EUR 0,92 billion in cost savings in 2023.
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BASF publishes “Color Report 2022 for Automotive OEM Coatings
As they have for several years, achromatic colours dominated the automotive market around the globe in 2022. But as BASF’s designers found in the company’s Color Report for Automotive OEM Coatings,...
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Byk production expansion successfully completed in Shanghai
Following Byk Tongling, the integrated site in Shanghai is now Byk's second production plant in China. The company has invested a total of a low double-digit million EUR amount.
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Penn Color opens new “Singapore Technology Center
In addition to the company’s existing Technology Centers in Hatfield PA, USA, and Venray, The Netherlands, Penn Color has opened a new site in Singapore.
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Sika to sell selected MBCC Group admixture assets
Sika and Ineos Enterprises have signed an agreement for the acquisition of MBCC Group’s admixtures assets in the US, Canada, Europe, and the UK and its entire operations in Australia, and New Zealand....
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BASF breaks ground on MDI capacity expansion project
BASF has broken ground on the third and final phase of the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) expansion project at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana, announced in July 2022.
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Teknos Germany plans to relocate its production
Teknos Germany has recently completed a strategic review of its production footprint in Germany. As a result, a relocation of production from Fulda to Brüggen is now planned.