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PPG acquires automotive refinish coatings company Futian Xinshi
PPG has acquired certain assets of automotive refinish coatings company Futian Xinshi. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Self-stratifying epoxy/silicone coatings for plastics
In a French research work, an innovative self-stratifying coating, based on an epoxy/silicone blend, has been developed and applied on a plastic substrate....
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Byk inaugurates laboratory for application technology in Russia
Byk have celebrated – together with Homa, a manufacturer of dispersions and emulsions based in Dzerzhinsk, Russia – the opening of a laboratory for Byk’s...
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Climate-friendly cement substitute
Researchers are proposing geopolymers as an alternative to cement. These mineral binders are not only more environmentally friendly, they are also more resistant ...
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Merck moves executives between businesses and group functions
Merck has announced new appointments to several executive positions. These appointments involve transfers between the businesses and Group functions.
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Challenges ahead for 2017
All in all, 2016 was a good year, according to the majority of Europe’s leading heads in the coatings industry who took part in ECJ’s Annual Survey. The ...
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Preparing soybean oil-based curing agents for epoxy resin
In order to improve the flexibility properties of conventional epoxy resin, researchers from Guangdong University of Technology have synthesised two novel soybean...
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Innovative Chemical Products acquires Rock-Tred
Innovative Chemical Products has acquired Rock-Tred Corporation, a manufacturers of polymer floor coating solutions. Rock-Tred will be integrated into ICP Construction,...
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New Akzo Nobel site strengthens leading powder coatings position in China
Akzo Nobel has officially opened its EUR11 million powder coatings facility in Chengdu, Western China.
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Renewably sourced phenolic resins from lignin bio-oil
Traditional lignin pyrolysis generates a bio-oil with a complex mixture of alkyl-functionalised guaiacol and syringol monomers that have limited utility to ...
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Teknos to acquire powder coatings business from Śnieżka
Teknos has entered into an agreement to acquire powder coatings business from Śnieżka in Poland.
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Review on surface treatment for concrete
There are variety of surface treatments used for concrete structures protection. A paper presents a review of the effect of surface treatments on mechanical...
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Sika acquires Austrian manufacturer of waterproofing systems
Sika is acquiring Bitbau Dörr, a leading waterproofing system manufacturer, headquartered in Innsbruck, Austria. The transaction is subject to approval by the ...
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Synthesis of photochemically driven polymeric network formation
Polymeric networks have been intensely investigated and a large number of applications have been found in areas ranging from biomedicine to materials science. ...