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Interview: “A clear downward trend in incident rates
Safety in the workplace is a hot topic in the coatings sector. David Starkey of CEPE's Operational Safety & Risk Assessment (OSRA) group on the status quo ...
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Birla Carbon Spain invests in increasing production capacity
Carbon black manufacturer Birla Carbon Spain announced an investment of EUR 5 million towards sustainability and energy efficiency projects, to increase its ...
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DSM expands production capacity in Germany
Royal DSM has announced the operational launch of a new state-of-the-art polyester production facility in Meppen, Germany.
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Five facts about the five most important additives
Additives are critical components for the successful formulation of any modern-day coating and ink. Five additive classes can be considered the leading types. ...
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Akzo Nobel completes sale of its specialty chemicals business
The split of Akzo Nobel’s specialty chemicals business to U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group and Singapore’s GIC is complete.
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Omnova acquires supplier in European coating resins
Omnova Solutions Inc. announced that it has acquired Resiquímica, S.A., a Portugal-based producer of resins and binders for the coatings and building and construction...
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Safic-Alcan extends its distribution agreement with PMC Organometallix
French specialty chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan announced the extension of its distribution agreement with PMC Organometallix Inc. to the UK and Ireland.
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Evonik to expand its hydrophobic fumed silica capacities
Evonik Industries will invest an amount in the low double-digit million euro range to expand its Rheinfelden facility, Germany, which further processes hydrophilic...
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Interview: “East Africa is a fairly stable and growing region”
Akzo Nobel has opened a new coatings production facility in Kenya. Located in the capital, Nairobi, the long-term plan is to expand further. We spoke to Baron ...
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Wacker binders based on renewable resources certified
TÜV Süd, the international technical inspectorate and certification body, has certified Wacker’s biomass balance method as meeting its international CMS 71 ...
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Military aerospace coatings market rises to EUR 333 million by 2023
According to a new market report the market size of military aerospace coatings is projected to grow from EUR 253 million in 2018 to EUR 333 million by 2023, at ...
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Hardide coatings’ aerospace coatings technology receives funding from NATEP
Hardide Coatings has been awarded funding for two projects from The National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Program ("NATEP”). The funding will further...
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Waterborne UV coatings: Allnex and Bardese sign agreement
Allnex, an industrial coating resins producer, signed a strategic cooperation agreement focusing on waterborne UV coatings with Guangdong Bardese Chemical Group,...
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Functional coatings: “An exciting period of creativity and innovation
David Hannan, Business Development Director at Opus Materials Technologies, on the latest developments in anti-soiling and anti-ice coatings and the usage of ...