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Nouryon to expand ethylene amines offering
Nouryon has inaugurated a demonstration plant in Stenungsund, Sweden to showcase a new and more sustainable technology platform to produce ethylene amines and their derivatives.
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Substituent effect on cool activity of perylene bisimide pigments
In a new paper, some derivatives of perylene bisimides are successfully synthesised and characterised using FTIR, HNMR and XRD techniques.
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Chemical transport: Cefic response guidelines
Companies involved in the manufacture, management and distribution of chemicals should ensure their systems and processes have suitable features to support a fast and effective response intervention when...
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Axalta invests in Turkey
Axalta acquires a new manufacturing site in Turkey for its powder coatings business.
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Development of a visual inspection system for the detection of paint defects on car bodies
A recently published paper focuses on the development and validation of an algorithm for a surface inspection system, which improves the accuracy of detecting paint defects through an image processing...
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Market study on levulinic acid and succinic acid
Two new market reports published by Nova-Institute shed light on the current and future market situation of levulinic acid and succinic acid.
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Properties of water-borne hyperbranched alkyd–acrylic resins
The goal of a new work was to prepare and evaluate various properties of water-borne hyperbranched alkyd–acrylic resins (HAAR).
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ADNOC, Adani, BASF and Borealis plan PDH site in India
ADNOC, Adani, BASF and Borealis sign a Memorandum of Understanding to further evaluate a collaboration for a chemical production complex in Mundra, India.
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“Digitisation will come faster than most in the industry are prepared for”
PPG has recently acquired two businesses which gives the company a stronger foothold in Europe. Tim Knavish, executive vice president, architectural coatings, talks about the company’s targets in Europe...
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Superhydrophobic coatings made from polydimethylsiloxane and wax
Scientists recently reported the preparation of a composite suspension coating from biocompatible carnauba wax and polydimethylsiloxane, and demonstrated its superhydrophobicity and resistance to water...
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Uzin Utz extends company premises in Sursee
Uzin Utz Group extends its laboratories and opens a new logistics centre as well as a mechanical workshop for tillage machinery.
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Multifunctional cementitious materials
A new study focuses on the material design and electromechanical behaviour of new multifunctional strain-hardening cementitious materials (MSCs) that integrate tensile ductility with self-sensing functionality....
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Azelis to acquire Orkila
Azelis announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Orkila, a specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor throughout Africa and the Middle East.
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Fire retardant coatings: “Many raw materials you traditionally add actually bring you in the wrong direction”
Coatings play a crucial role to protect us from the devastation that fires can bring. However, developing coatings that can prevent or slow down a spreading fire is very challenging. We spoke with Jens...