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Huntsman begins production at new pigment plant

Global chemical company Huntsman announced the start up of operations at its brand new colour pigments facility in Augusta, Georgia.

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Sherwin-Williams opens new powder plant in Poland

Sherwin-Williams has officially opened the doors to the company’s new powder plant in Poznan, Eastern Poland.

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Assessment of ZnO nanoparticles as anticorrosive pigment in sol-gel films

A work by Spanish researchers is focused on the study of sol-gel hybrid films doped with 0.5% (w/w) ZnO nanoparticles and applied on commercial tinplate.

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Teknos acquires industrial coatings business from Feidal Coatings

The acquisition includes Feidal GmbH & Co. KG in Brüggen, Germany and the industrial business of Feidal Polska SP.z.o.o. in Poland.

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Evonik acquires specialty & coating additives business of Air Products

Evonik Industries AG is acquiring the Specialty & Coating Additives business (Performance Materials Division) of the US company Air Products and Chemicals, ...

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Intumescent coatings market size worth EUR 1.02 billion by 2022

Intumescent coatings market size is forecast to be worth EUR 1.02 billion by 2022, as per a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc.

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ACE: “The move to low VOC-coatings is a challenge in itself

Agriculture, construction and earth moving equipment is a business that generates a high demand for coatings. We spoke to Fernanda Tavares of Cardolite about the ...

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Everything about epoxy resins in a single book

The new book "Epoxy Resins" by Michael Dornbusch, Ulrich Christ and Rob Rasing is out now.

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Akzo Nobel publishes Q1 2016 results

Akzo Nobel reported its first quarter 2016 results with positive volume developments in all three business areas despite a challenging market environment.

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New generation multi-hollow opaque polymer pigments

Turkish researchers synthesised a new generation multi-hollow opaque polymer pigment by suspension polymerisation of "water-in-oil-in-water” emulsion method,...

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Further strategic growth at PTE Coatings AB in Europe

Christian Schneider, Managing Director of PTE Coatings GmbH, and Frank Gläser, CEO of Grebe Holding GmbH and Managing Director of Weilburger Coatings GmbH, have ...

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New issue of EC Journal: Bio-based coatings

A sense of urgency is driving the activity on both research and development of sustainable coatings.

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Beckers Group opens new production site in Mexico

Beckers Group has announced the official opening of its new production site in Monterrey, Mexico on April 6, 2016.

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Siegwerk acquires Actega Colorchemie from the Altana Group

Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA, one of the leading international suppliers of printing inks for packaging applications, labels, and catalogs, has signed...