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Asian Paints to set up new manufacturing facility in India
Aian Paints has approved the setting up of a manufacturing facility for Vinyl Acetate Ethylene Emulsion (VAE) and Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) in India.
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The Sherwin-Williams Company buys Oskar Nolte and Klumpp Coatings
The Sherwin-Williams Company announced an agreement to acquire German-based Specialized Industrial Coatings Holding (SIC Holding), a Peter Möhrle Holding and GP Capital UG venture comprised of Oskar Nolte...
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Polymeric aziridines as crosslinkers for water-based coatings
Researchers have introduced polymeric aziridines as a new class of low toxicity two-component crosslinkers for carboxylic resins.
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Environmentally friendly corrosion-protection for land, sea and air
When oxygen and water meet steel, trouble may be near in the form of corrosion. By proactively applying a suitable coating system, corrosion can be reduced. Learn more about how anticorrosion pigments...
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Sika places EUR 607 million bond
Sika has successfully placed a bond with a total amount of EUR 607 million through a triple tranche. The net proceeds of the transaction will be used, among other things, to finance the acquisition of...
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Interview: “Not a matter of ‘if’, but only of ‘when’”
Andre van Linden, R&D director Scientific Academic Partnerships at Akzo Nobel, expands on how additives can have a great impact on the sustainability of a coating and the shift to sustainable additives....
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Graffiti spray paints pollute soils with microplastics
A research team has demonstrated that spray paints used for graffiti cause an extensive amount of microplastic pollution in the surrounding soil. Analysing soil samples, scientists recorded hundreds of...
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Sherwin-Williams to expand architectural coatings facilities
Sherwin-Williams has announced facility upgrades that are intended to significantly expand the annual manufacturing capacity for the company's architectural paint and coatings products.
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New Review: Low-gloss UV-curable coatings
A newly published review focuses on light mechanisms, formulations and processes of low-gloss UV-curable coatings.
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Allnex opens new R&D center in Werndorf
Allnex has announced a multi-million-euro investment into a new, state-of-the-art Research and Development center, which is located in Werndorf, Austria and the modernisation and expansion of production...
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Preventing stress cracking failure of bonded joints
The aim of a new project is to prevent the damage caused to bonded joints by additive migration by applying suitable atmospheric pressure plasma coatings in order to increase the long-term stability of...
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BASF opens surface treatment centre in China
The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF’s Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, opened its first regional innovation and technology centre for applied surface treatment technology...
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Modified GO for enhanced corrosion resistance of waterborne epoxy
Waterborne epoxy (WEP) resin is drawing increasing attention due to its environmentally friendly nature. However, its application has been greatly hindered by poor corrosion resistance due to its rich...
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Röhm and OQ Chemicals break ground for new plant
Röhm and OQ Chemicals officially broke ground on a new world-scale methyl methacrylate (MMA) plant. The new facility will be constructed by Röhm at OQ Chemicals’ production site at Bay City, Texas....