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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.
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New issue of European Coatings Journal is out
Suspension is rising. Only one more month and the ECS 2017 will make Nuremberg the hub for the international coatings industry from 3 – 6 April 2017.
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BASF provides business figures for the fiscal year 2016
In 2016, BASF achieved the growth and earnings goals it set for itself. The chemicals business grew successfully and profitability improved further.
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Zinc ferrocyanide as novel inhibiting and sensing pigment in protective coatings
The fabrication and application of zinc ferrocyanide ion exchange compounds for use as inhibiting and sensing pigments in protective paints and primers for ...
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Wacker expands production capacity for dispersions in Germany
Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its production plants for polymeric binders in Germany. The chemical group is currently building another dispersion reactor with an ...