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Don’t miss the deadline: REACH Pre-registrations
The next REACH phase entails a registration for companies that either produce substances in amounts between 1 and 100 tons or import them into the European ...
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Milliken acquires Keystone Aniline Corporation
Milliken & Company, a leading supplier of polymer-bound colourants and additives, has acquired Keystone Aniline Corporation, a global leader in dyes, pigments,...
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Influence of coalescing aids on the film formation of water-borne coatings
Coalescing aids are organic solvents that are widely used to accommodate the film formation of water-borne coatings. Slovenian researchers have investigated the ...
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Nyanza Light Metals’ plant provides titanium dioxide pigment to Africa
Africa’s titanium pigment market will have a new player through a technology partnership between Nyanza Light Metals and Avertana of New Zealand.
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Diffusion of amphiphiles in silicone-based fouling-release coatings
In a study, Danish researchers present a novel method for the measurement of diffusion coefficients of PEG-based amphiphiles of different chemistries in PDMS-based...
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Sika starts strong with 10.7% sales growth in the first quarter of 2017
With double-digit sales growth in the first quarter, a new sales record of EUR1,300 million was set. This equates to an increase of 10.7% in local currencies ...
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Improving the edge protection of automotive electrocoatings
A study develops a method for the edge coverage improvement of cathodic electrocoatings by silica nanoparticles.
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Berger Paints and Chugoku Marine Paints sign Memorandum of Understanding
Berger Paints and Chugoku Marine Paints of Japan have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation and collaboration in the fields of marine ...
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Polyurethane adhesives containing Diels-Alder-based thermoreversible bonds
A facile two-step process was developed to obtain polyester urethanes that contain various concentrations of thermoreversible Diels-Alder adduct-based bonds for ...
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Axalta Coating Systems to acquire Valspar’s North American industrial wood coatings business
Axalta will buy Valspar’s business for USD 420 million in cash. Valspar is not selling entirely voluntary.
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Toyo Ink and Doneck enter licensing agreement for water-based lamination inks
Toyo Ink Co., Ltd. and Doneck Euroflex S.A. have concluded a licensing agreement that allows Doneck to manufacture and sell Toyo Ink's "Aqua Liona” and ...
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Designing self-healing superhydrophobic surfaces with ultra durability
A self-healing, water-repellent, spray-on coating developed at the University of Michigan is hundreds of times more durable than its counterparts, according to ...
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Coatings sector warns of Brexit risks in major industry survey
A major survey conducted by the British Coatings Federation (BCF) has revealed some significant concerns of the coatings sector regarding the economic and regulatory...
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Kick-off for major fire retardant conference
Last week, a kick-off meeting for the European Coatings Fire Forum took place in Germany with major influencers from academia and industry. The meetings' goal was...