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Nippon Paint launches in East Africa
Nippon Paint launched in the East African market in automotive refinish, car care, wood coating, and industrial coatings.
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Akzo Nobel upgrades Chinese site
A newly updated and automated production line is up and running at Akzo Nobel’s Suzhou site in China, part of a €14 million investment designed to accelerate growth and double the plant’s capacity...
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Beckers Group reveals leadership changes
Beckers Group announced a strategic change of its regions and leadership. Eric Fouissac, Pia Götze and Jared Ireland will fill new positions in the future.
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Fraunhofer: Bio-concrete and biogenic construction materials with cyanobacteria
Fraunhofer researchers have developed a method of creating biogenic construction materials based on cyanobacteria.
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New EC Tech Report: All about Marine Coatings
Stay informed about the latest advancements in marine coatings with the new European Coatings Tech Report Marine Coatings.
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Eurosyn announces strategic partnership with hubergroup Chemicals for the italien market
Eurosyn, a distributor of specialty chemicals for the Italian market, announces a new partnership with hubergroup Chemicals, a division of the international chemical and ink specialist hubergroup, specializing...
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Eco-friendly and facile method to prepare waterborne polyurethane based fire-resistant & waterproof coatings for wood protection
Researchers found that an ecological and simple method for producing water-based, fire-resistant and waterproof coatings for wood protection can be developed by mixing water-based polyurethane with commercially...
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Interview with Frank Brouwer from Stahl: bio-based materials on the rise
Frank Brouwer, Renewable Chemistry Specialist at Stahl, spoke to our European Coatings-editor Bettina Hoffman about the growing demand for bio-based materials and the future of sustainable coatings.
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Hydrophobicity, transparency, mechanically excellent and fire safety multifunctional epoxy resin based on a novel DOPO derivative with cyano group
Researchers discovered that a novel DOPO derivative with cyano groups (PDPO) as an additive for epoxy resin significantly improves the fire resistance as well as the mechanical properties and hydrophobicity...
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Hauschild SpeedMixer expands operations
Hauschild Engineering announced that its US distributor, Hauschild SpeedMixer, is moving to a larger facility in Farmington Hills.
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Use of plant-derived polymeric coating to modulate iron corrosion for bone scaffold applications
Researchers found that the use of plant-based polymeric coatings can modulate the corrosion of iron in simulated body fluids for bone implant applications.
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Europe’s top 10 companies with the biggest changes in turnover
The year 2023 brought significant changes to the European paint and coatings industry, as shown by the current data of the Top 25 companies. An analysis of the revenues from 2018 to 2023 highlights the...
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Schiff base-coated ammonia polyphosphate for improving thermal and fire-retardant properties of unsaturated polyester
Researchers found that the use of a Schiff base-coated ammonium polyphosphate (MAPP) significantly improves the thermal and fire-retardant properties of unsaturated polyester (UPR).
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Covestro becomes a shareholder in the company BioBTX
By becoming a strategic partner in the company BioBTX, Covestro is enabling the construction of a demonstration plant for a chemical recycling method. The technology will make it possible to recover valuable...