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Asian Paints recorded growth in 2017
Asian Paints announced financial results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months ended December 31.
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Interview: “South Korea is one of the key growth markets“
Wacker is expanding its existing production plants for dispersions and dispersible polymer powders in South Korea. We spoke to Peter Summo, President Wacker ...
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Wettability and bonding quality of coatings on wood surfaces
A new study investigates wettability and bonding quality of exterior coatings on fast-growing jabon and sengon wood surfaces.
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PPG and U-M’s Mcity partner to develop coatings for autonomous vehicles
PPG has announced its partnership with the University of Michigan's (U-M's) Mcity, a public-private partnership that brings together industry, government ...
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Digitisation and Big Data – What are they good for?
You’ve only just said goodbye to paper in the laboratory and made your acquaintance with Microsoft Excel and suddenly everyone's talking about digitisation....
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Protective coatings for offshore wind energy devices
What are the current offshore standards and commercial specifications used in the German OWEA industry? A new paper reviews 34 commercial coating specifications. ...
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Michelman inaugurates innovation centre for coatings in India
Michelman has announced the opening of its new packaging incubator, the Michelman Innovation Centre for Coatings (MICC), at its facilities in central Mumbai....
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Effectiveness of commercial anti-graffiti treatments in granites
A new paper presents a study of the efficiency of two chemically different anti-graffiti coatings (sacrificial and permanent anti-graffiti products) on two...
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Improving risk assessment in Non-Intentionally Added Substances
Non-Intentionally Added Substances (NIAS) can pose challenges for food contact materials. CEPE’s NIAS Task Force works on guidelines on the topic to improve risk ...
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Waters and Malvern Panalytical collaborate to improve polymer characterization
Waters "Acquitiy Advanced Polymer Chromatography (APC) System" and Malvern Panalytical’s "Omnisec Reveal" are combined to improve analysis of polymers.
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White Tale sells Clariant shares to Saudi corporation
The Saudi Arabia-based company Sabic bought nearly 25 % of Clariant and is now its largest shareholder. Sabic received the shares from White Tale, an entity that ...
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Glasurit (BASF) and FIVA publish Handbook for vintage cars
Vintage cars have been growing in popularity for many years now. Refinishing paintwork damaged through accidents or the aging process and adapting the color ...
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Chinacoat 2018
Chinacoat‘s 23rd edition is scheduled to take place from December 4 to 6, 2018 at the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou.
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New adhesives for bonding of displays
Delo extends its product range with two adhesives that are suitable for fixing display frames – a one-component, light-activated urethane polymer and a two-component...