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Azelis and BASF extend their partnership in Turkey
Azelis becomes a leading distributor for dispersions, resins and additives in Turkey through an extended partnership with BASF .
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Ashland forms new partnership with Anagraf Comercial Grafica
Ashland and Anagraf Comercial Grafica will be working together in the field of ultraviolet curable varnishes, adhesives and high-quality primers for the label graphic industry.
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What happens with titanium dioxide?
Will titanium dioxide be classified? This question has been on the minds of the European coatings industry for a long time. The fact that there was no decision before the European elections is causing...
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Hardide Coatings receives Nadcap Merit Status for coatings
Nadcap recognises Hardide Coatings for its performance in aerospace quality by awarding Nadcap Merit status for coatings.
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Applied Graphene Materials signs distribution agreement with Carst & Walker
Applied Graphene Materials (AGM) has signed a distribution agreement with Carst & Walker (C&W) that will extend the Company's commercial reach into the South African chemical markets.
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Beckers Group publishes its 2018 sustainability report
Industrial coatings company Beckers has published its 2018 sustainability report, giving a comprehensive picture of last year’s activities.
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“Good rheological modification may help reduce the overall cost”
Complexity is one of the main hurdles for coating formulators. We spoke with Yannick Nabil-Moreau, Global Technical Manager at Arkema about the role of additives in complexity reduction and other trends...
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Axalta’s “Vibes Trend Report 1.2019” is available
In its seventh edition, the "Vibes Trend Report" features four new trend themes: sense, lavish, austere and visionary. As each trend contains 6 colours, it is a selection of 24 new colours.
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Teknos to strengthen its position in the Czech Republic by acquiring Finnproduct
Teknos has made an agreement and closed the deal to acquire Czech paint distributor Finnproduct s.r.o. to strengthen its position in the market.
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Interview: “We appreciate the growth potential of Turkish market”
Recently, Nippon Paint acquired Turkish paint manufacturer Betek Boya. We spoke to the Japanese company about the acquisition and the Turkish market.
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BASF named a General Motors Supplier of the Year for 14th time
BASF was named a 2018 General Motors (GM) Supplier of the Year for the fourteenth time since 2002.
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Researchers create uniform-shape polymer nanocrystals
Researchers from the University of Konstanz have successfully generated uniform-shape nanocrystals using direct polymerisation.
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Applied Graphene Materials signs distribution agreement with Came
Applied Graphene Materials (AGM) announced the signing of a distribution agreement with Came srl, Italy, a leading international chemical distribution business.