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Shrinking pool of substances

A top priority for EuPIA remains a EU-wide regulation for printed food contact materials. European Coatings has spoken to Dr Martin Kanert, managing director ...

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Hoover Color and Ecoat announces project for more environmentalism

Hoover Color, a division of Cathay Industries, and Ecoat, French developer of bio-based chemistry for the coatings industry, have started a collaborative project ...

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Bodo Möller Chemie extends Eastern Europe business

The collaboration between Bodo Möller Chemie and Huntsman Advanced Materials continues to grow.

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Barrier improvement for packaging coatings

Development work carried out at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in Freising has shown that the barrier effect of protein ...

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Ferro acquires Dip Tech

Ferro Corporation has acquired Dip Tech Ltd., a leading provider of digital printing solutions for glass coatings headquartered in Kfar Saba, Israel.

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The future is green – for the coatings industry, too!

Germany in summer 2017. The nation of carmakers is shocked. A court in the south of the country has ruled in favour of a diesel driving ban. From 2018 many ...

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Tikkurila publishes half year financial report

Tikkurila has published its half year financial report for January to June 2017. While revenues were stable, sales volumes were lower than anticipated. To boost ...

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Evonik on target after the first half of 2017

Evonik grew sales to EUR7.3 billion in the first six months of 2017. Three factors have contributed to this rise of 15 percent compared with the first half of ...

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Copolymers with hyperbranched architecture

To investigate the potential as binder for adhesive and coatings applications, researchers have characterised acrylic copolymers from methyl methacrylate and butyl ...

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New waste packaging guidance launched

The guidance document "The assessment and classification of waste packaging” was developed by trade associations representing companies operating in the chemicals...

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DSM appoints new President of DSM Resins & Functional Materials

Royal DSM has announced that Helen Mets will join DSM as of 1 August 2017 in the role of President DSM Resins & Functional Materials.

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DKSH opens specialty chemicals innovation center in the Philippines

DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials has opened an innovation center in Canlubang Laguna to focus on the development of new concepts, high-performance ...

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Evonik expands fumed silica capacities in Belgium

Evonik is investing an amount in the upper double-digit million euro range in the expansion of its fumed silica capacities in Antwerp, Belgium.

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HuntsmanClariant merger on track

Clariant and Huntsman Corporation have presented a update on their planned merger. The preparations to create HuntsmanClariant are proceeding as planned with ...