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Tesa SE posts double-digit growth in 2017
Tesa SE brought the 2017 fiscal year to a positive close. The development of the business in the U.S. was highly positive again, most especially in terms of ...
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EU plans new limits for further chemicals
European Commission takes further action to better protect workers against cancer-causing chemicals
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Production of bio-based acrylic acid
Scientists of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg have developed a new process for the production of acrylic acid, which puts on the liquid ...
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Prestigious award for enzymatic polymerization of polysaccharides in coatings
At this years American Coatings SHOW Christian Lenges from DuPont was awarded for the most outstanding technical presentation. Lenges work is an important piece...
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Songwon begins large scale manufacture of functional monomers
Having started to develop functional monomers about two years ago, Songwon has now begun bulk manufacture at its production site in Ulsan, South Korea.
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Axalta announces new names for Spencer Coatings
Axalta Coating Systems announces the new legal entity names for The Spencer Coatings Group after its successful acquisition by Axalta in May 2017.
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Effect of copper-modified montmorillonite on lacquer sap
In a recent study scientists prepared a series of hybrid lacquer saps by adding copper(II)-modified montmorillonite (Cu(II)-MMT) into the raw lacquer.
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Covestro starts commercial production of composites
Covestro invests a mid-double-digit million euro sum and begins commercial production of a novel lightweight, high-strength and aesthetically powerful material....
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Evonik joint venture expands capacity for TAA derivatives in China
Evonik Tianda (Liaoyang) Chemical Additive Co., Ltd. (ETL) has increased its production capacity for triacetonamine (TAA) derivatives in Liaoyang by 50 percent....
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Axalta wins market leadership award for global refinish products
Axalta Coating System received the Frost & Sullivan 2017 Market Leadership Award for the automotive refinish coatings industry, which recognized the company’s...
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BASF increases production capacity for water-based emulsions
BASF has extended its production facilities for Joncryl water-based emulsions. In addition to the production site in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, BASF has ramped up ...
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Altana accelerates growth
The specialty chemicals group Altana significantly accelerated its growth in the 2017 fiscal year and expects further positive development for the current year....
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Akzo Nobel sells its specialty chemicals business to Carlyle
Akzo Nobel has agreed to sell its specialty chemicals business to U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group and Singapore’s GIC for EUR 10.1 billion.
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Overlack becomes OQEMA
The Chemicals distributor from Mönchengladbach, Germany, aligns itself to European markets with a new name.