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Akzo Nobel rejects takeover bid from PPG

Dutch paints and chemicals maker Akzo Nobel NV said Thursday it had rejected a EUR 21 billion offer from U.S. coatings producer PPG as it undervalued the business....

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Akzo Nobel reviewing strategic options to separate Specialty Chemicals

Akzo Nobel has announced a review of strategic options for the separation of its Specialty Chemicals business.

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Sun Chemical acquires RJA Dispersions business

Sun Chemical Corporation has acquired the assets and business of RJA Dispersions LLC, effective March 1, 2017.

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Henkel submits offer to acquire Darex Packaging Technologies

Henkel has entered into negotiations with GCP Applied Technologies to acquire their global Darex Packaging Technologies business for around EUR995 million.

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Perstorp sells Belgian site with its coating additives activities to Synthomer

The specialty chemicals innovator and supplier Perstorp has announces the sale of its additives activities primarily serving the paints and coatings industry ...

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Krahn Chemie Polska distributes silica products from PPG in Poland

As of January 1, 2017 Krahn Chemie distributes the precipitated silica products from PPG in Poland.

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Evonik opens coatings laboratory in Turkey

Evonik has opened a new coating additives laboratory at its Tuzla site east of Istanbul.

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Siegwerk purchases UK-based supplier of water-based inks and coatings

Siegwerk has signed a contract to purchase UK-based Hi-Tech Products Ltd. The supplier of water-based inks and coatings develops and manufactures high-quality ...

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Heubach expands production capacity for anticorrosive pigments in the US

Heubach is constructing a production facility in the US for anticorrosive pigments which will expand the global production capacity by 4,000 tons.

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Bayer sells 11% of Covestro for EUR 1.5 billion

Bayer places 10.9% of Covestro’s shares with institutional investors.

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Synthesis of high hydroxyl content self-emulsifying waterborne polyacrylate emulsion

The stability of hydroxyl polyacrylate emulsion was studied from two aspects of the structure of latex particles and polymerization conditions.

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Siegwerk acquires plastic packaging business from Schekolin AG

The international ink manufacturer Siegwerk acquires Schekolin’s business unit "Plastic Tubes and Laminates” and further expands its portfolio of UV inks and ...

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Orion Engineered Carbons expands carbon black capacity in Sweden

Orion Engineered Carbons S.A., a worldwide supplier of specialty and high-performance carbon black, has announced that it will expand production capacity at ...

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Marine coatings market size worth over EUR14 billion by 2024

According to a new research report by Global Market Insights, the marine coatings market size is slated to reach EUR14.15 billion by the end of 2024.