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Ferro launches program to increase capacity of ultramarine pigments
Ferro Corporation has announced it is making investments in its Ferro Pigment business to increase capacity and optimise production of its ultramarine pigments...
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Hempel invests in life-saving fire protection coatings
Global coatings company Hempel is investing in a new research and development centre focused solely on passive fire protection coatings. Located just outside ...
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Black Bear receives certification for carbon black pigments
Black Bear’s carbon black has received an official "Cradle to Cradle Certified" Bronze Certificate, assessed by the Environmental Protection Encouragement ...
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Troy Corporation elects Senior Vice President AMEAI and Regulatory Affairs
Troy Corporation has announced the election of Donald A. Shaw, Ph.D. by the Board of Directors to the position of Senior Vice President AMEAI and Regulatory ...
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Lifting PUR chemistry into the next dimension
Development of new polyisocyanurate-based coatings will be presented at EC Future Dialogue.
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Synthomer selects Campi y Jové to concentrate their distributions activities in Iberia
Effective from September 1, 2017 Campi y Jové has been appointed as distributor of Synthomer’s range of redispersible polymer powders, dispersions, latex and ...
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BASF invests in automotive coatings in North America
BASF is expanding its automotive coatings production in North America with investments of nearly EUR35.8 million over the next two years.
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EU observatory for nanomaterials launched
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a new website that gives citizens, workers and professionals access to information on nanomaterials on the EU market...
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Stepan acquires surfactant production facility in Mexico
Stepan Company, through a subsidiary in Mexico, has reached an agreement with BASF Mexicana, S.A. DE C.V. to acquire its surfactant production facility in Ecatepec,...
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Future of water-borne products under threat
In the course of the systematic re-evaluation of all available biocidal active substances which is being carried out under the biocidal products regulation, it ...
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PPG marks completion of coatings facility in Russia
PPG has marked the opening of a EUR45 million paint and coatings manufacturing facility and commercial operation in the Lipetsk region of Russia.
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Axalta opens Asia-Pacific Technology Center in China
Axalta Coating Systems has formally opened its newest investment in innovation, the Asia-Pacific Technology Center (APTC), in the Minhang District of Shanghai. ...
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Tikkurila plans to build new factory in Russia
Tikkurila has signed a Letter of Intent to buy a seven hectare industrial site in Russia. The aim is to start the construction work of a greenfield factory in 2018. ...
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Silica/methacrylate hybrids: Telomerisation versus RAFT polymerisation
For the synthesis of a polymer, researchers compared reversible addition fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) with telomerisation (TL), to investigate whether ...