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Bodo Möller Chemie wants to strengthen its market presence in the MEA region

Bodo Möller Chemie Middle East wants to strengthen its market presence and growth in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. To this end, the management structure will be reorganised from 2025.

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PSA film for semiconductor industry applications

A newly developed PSA maintains adhesion after thermal treatment but reduces adhesion after photo treatment, enabling easy removal from silicon wafers.

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Sika reports record sales for 2024

Sika reports record sales of CHF 11.76 billion (around EUR 12.5 billion) for the past financial year (previous year: CHF 11.24 billion, around EUR 12 billion). In local currencies, this corresponds to...

How is the situation at the market for powder coatings?
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Powder coatings: A vibrant future

Powder coatings are an integral segment of the global coatings market, offering unique sustainability benefits and performance advantages. Despite steady growth, the market landscape is evolving, shaped...

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Bio-based wood protection

Researchers have presented a bio-based interior UV-curable coating designed for wood substrates.

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BASF publishes ‘Color Report for Automotive OEM Coatings’

According to the newly published BASF "Color Report for Automotive OEM Coatings", the global automotive colour landscape continued to evolve in 2024.

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New review: Smart MSN containers for corrosion inhibitors

A new review summarises the structure and properties of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) as smart containers corrosion Inhibitors.

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CIN acquires Hempel Industrial

CIN has acquired Hempel Industrial B.V., based in the Netherlands. This acquisition is intended to bolster CIN’s position in the European market and to broadens its product portfolio.

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Tesa wants to drive AI transformation forward

By implementing predictive and generative artificial intelligence (AI), Tesa says it wants to ‘take its business processes to a new level’.

The spread of bacteria should be prevented everywhere, especially in the medical environment. Coatings can help in the routine.
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Cyclised/knotted poly-divinyl-benzene (Pdvb) antibacterial coatings

Cyclized/knotted poly-divinyl-benzene (Pdvb) antibacterial coatings

Corroded aluminium spider of a washing machine. Protection is vital to prolong lifetime of parts like this.
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Efficient acrylic-based coating for corrosion protection utilising surface modified ZnO nanoparticles

Modified ZnO nanoparticles proved their performance on aluminium substrates in acrylic based coatings.

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Akzo Nobel employs hydrogen-powered spray booth

One of the automotive industry’s first hydrogen-powered spray booths has been installed by Akzo Nobel at a new training center in Belgium.

Natur can be a strong inspiration for new ideas in science.
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Brown algae-inspired, multifunctional and bionic soy protein-based wood composite adhesive

Brown algae-inspired, multifunctional and bionic soy protein-based wood composite adhesive

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Fricke reorganises filling technology business unit

The German mechanical engineering specialist Fricke Abfülltechnik GmbH & Co. KG has reorganised its filling technology business unit (BU). Functions that were previously organised separately, such...