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BASF: NPG and PA with product carbon footprint of zero
According to the company, BASF for the first time offers neopentyl glycol (NPG) and propionic acid (PA) with a cradle-to-gate product carbon footprint (PCF) of zero.
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ASK Chemicals inaugurates new plant in Mexico
ASK Chemicals has celebrated the opening of its new production facility in El Carmen near Monterrey, Mexico. The new site will produce high-performance binders and coatings for the Mexican market.
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Safic-Alcan and Nouryon extend distribution agreement
Safic-Alcan has entered into an agreement with Nouryon and becomes sole distributor of the company's crosslinking peroxides accross multiple countries as of the 1st January 2023.
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Viton opens new production plant
Viton has opened a modern highly automated production plant in the Czech Republic.
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Vencorex appoints new distributor in Canada
Vencorex has appointed Emco-Inortech the Canadian distributor for Vencorex effective October 15, 2022 for their HDI and IPDI monomers and aliphatic polyisocyanates.
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BASF closes divestiture of its kaolin minerals business to Ka Min
BASF has closed the divestiture of its kaolin minerals business to Ka Min, a global performance minerals company headquartered in Macon, Georgia, United States, following the fulfillment of clearance conditions....
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Akzo Nobel’s “Paint the Future India” challenge awards two startups
Two startups in India have won "Paint the Future" awards and the chance to continue working together with Akzo Nobel to accelerate their solutions.
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To enhance circularity: Arkema joins Spanish consortium
Arkema, together with a consortium of companies, is exploring and advancing the recyclability of post-consumer PET (from bottles and other plastic items) to regain monomers for reuse as raw materials for...
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Merck: New facility for digital colour measurement of pigment products
Merck has commissioned its first fully automated unit for the digital colour measurement of its pigment products. The unit was commissioned in Gernsheim, Germany, the company’s largest pigments production...
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Interview: “You have to change and if you don’t change, you will be left behind
The coating market in the middle east plays a special role in the coatings industry. Daniel S. Murad, CEO at the ChemQuest Group, has a deep insight into this region and answers our questions about the...
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Evonik increases additive capacities for architectural paints
Evonik's Coating Additives business line is increasing capacities of two additive product groups for architectural paints: hydrophobing agents and polyurethane thickeners. The new capacities will be available...
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BASF Coatings inaugurates new research center
BASF Coatings has inaugurated a new research center for electrophoretic dip coating at its headquarters in Münster-Hiltrup, Germany.
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Akzo Nobel on schedule with largest warehousing base in China
A huge logistics hub which is set to become Akzo Nobel’s largest warehousing base in China is on course to be completed by the middle of 2023.
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Perstorp announces toxicity targets
Perstorp strengthens its commitment towards significantly reducing the environmental impact by releasing two new 2030 sustainability targets for (eco) toxicity.