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Sika acquires automotive supplier in acoustics
Sika has acquired Faist Chemtec Group, a manufacturer of engineered, structure-borne acoustic solutions for the automotive industry.
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Akzo Nobel expands colloidal silica capacity in Sweden
AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business is investing more than EUR4 million to increase production capacity for its line of surface modified colloidal silica in...
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Self-healing polyurethane containing carboxyl groups
Self-healing polymer is a kind of intelligent material with the capability to repair damage automatically. In a paper, a type of polyurethane containing carboxyl ...
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Slowly upward: The Italian architectural paints market
The third-largest paints and coatings market in Europe – by volume and value – is Italy. The market is so highly fragmented that it is difficult to obtain ...
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Effects of nonionic surfactants on stability of latex in cement paste
To clarify why surfactants affect the stability of latex in cement pastes and why many latexes qualified in standard stability tests still coagulate when mixed ...
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British Coatings Federation wins Industry Leadership Award 2017
The British Coatings Federation (BCF) has picked up a third major award this year, winning the Industry Leadership award at the fourth British Standards Institution’s...
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Environmentally-friendly removal of biofouling
A German research team has cooperated to develop an environmentally-friendly coating. This coating makes it harder for marine organisms to grow on the hulls and ...
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Sika commences concrete reinforcing fiber production for region EMEA
Sika has started producing reinforcing fibers for clients in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region at its manufacturing facility in Troisdorf, Germany, where ...
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Bioinspired route toward elastic concrete materials
Taking inspiration from a sea urchin spine with highly ordered nanoparticles in the biomineral mesocrystal, German researchers report a bioinspired route toward ...
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Axalta and Nippon Paint end acquisition talks
Only days after merger talks between Axalta Coating Systems and Nippon Paint became public, they are already over again. Only a short while before Axalta started...
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PPG completes investment at automotive adhesives facility in France
PPG has completed a EUR1.18 million investment at its automotive adhesives and sealants manufacturing and research and development center in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée,...
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Copolymer coating with outstanding corrosion inhibition properties
A novel class of copolymers containing polyimide and polyurea blocks with unique physical properties and capable of providing effective corrosion protection to ...
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Paintistanbul & Turkcoat Congress: Call for Paper ends 1 December 2017
Until December 1, 2017, the call for paper for the paintistanbul & Turkcoat 2018 is still open. The congress will be held on 20-21 March 2018 in the Istanbul...
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Valtris Specialty Chemicals selects Krahn Chemie as distributor for plasticisers
Valtris Specialty Chemicals has appointed the Krahn Chemie Group as its new distributor for Germany, Poland, the Benelux, Switzerland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania...