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New Chief Financial Officer at Akzo Nobel
Akzo Nobel has announced Maarten de Vries as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), starting January 1, 2018.
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Evonik enters into strategic partnership with Melrob and NRC Group
The methacrylates business line is concentrating its sales activities; as part of this Evonik has given distribution rights for its methacrylate monomers in ...
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Akzo Nobel studies plans to build cellulosic ethers plant
Akzo Nobel's Specialty Chemicals business is studying plans to build a plant for its "Bermocoll" business, which supplies essential ingredients for the paint and...
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Facts in five: The automotive coatings market
New materials, developments in car-producing markets and autonomous driving as a future technology at the horizon – there is a lot of change ahead in the ...
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Nordmann, Rassmann acquires Melrob Group
Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH has acquired 100% of the shares in Melrob Group Holdings Ltd. (Melrob) of Crawley, UK. The acquisition includes all of Melrob’s subsidiaries...
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BASF to acquire Solvay’s global polyamide business
BASF and Solvay have signed an agreement related to the sale of Solvay’s integrated polyamide business to BASF at a purchase price of EUR1.6 billion. The acquisition...
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Sika establishes national subsidiary in Central America
Sika is continuing to expand its worldwide presence and is setting up a national subsidiary in the smallest Central American country – which, however, has the ...
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Driving Growth Globally: Automotive Coatings
Development of light-weighting vehicles and the move to low-temperature curing are driving the coating technology advances. Vehicle manufacturers are exploring...
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Coatings companies report subdued confidence as Brexit nears
The latest statistics from the British Coatings Federation (BCF) show subdued confidence in the UK coatings industry with companies taking a more pessimistic...
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Automotive coatings in the focus of the September issue
The September issue of the European Coatings Journal features a full package on automotive coatings: a report on the global market, a novel water-borne acrylic...
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BASF scores double win for functional coatings technology
At the Automotive Brand Contest 2017 international design competition, BASF's Coatings division's functional coatings technology for passive temperature ...
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Clariant enters partnership with Tiangang for production of polymer additives
Clariant has signed a Joint Venture contract with Tiangang Auxiliary Co., Ltd. The multi-million CHF investment of both companies will establish a production...
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Akzo Nobel launches sustainable paint factory in the UK
Akzo Nobel has officially opened its sustainable paint plant in Ashington, UK. The hi-tech facility - which cost more than EUR100 million to build - represents the ...
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Bio-based resin for stable timber construction materials
Working with four partners, Covestro is developing bio-based layers for wood construction materials to replace the petrochemical products used to date. The...