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New edition of “Fillers for Paints” launched

Now available in its third edition, the book "Fillers for Paints" has been updated with the latest market data, information about new fillers and an outlook on ...

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Radiation curing: giving films a smoother profile

A new paper investigates the film quality of electron beam curable varnish coatings on polymer web substrates. Properties were found to be affected by monomer...

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Rain Carbon gives starting signal for production plant of industrial resins

Rain Carbon Inc. has commissioned detailed engineering for a new plant for the production of important raw materials for the adhesives and coatings industry at ...

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Recycling: How sustainable is UV-curing?

Nowadays, it is hard to imagine a printing industry without the utilization of UV curing anymore. It is efficient, it is fast, it is cheap. However, the technology...

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Saudi Minister launches industry committee for the growing coating sector

Saudi Arabian Minister of Commerce and Investment, Dr Majid Al Kassabi, is set to launch the Kingdom’s first paint and coating industrial committee on May 24, 2017 ...

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Tense situation on the market for key adhesive raw materials

The German Adhesive Association IVK has published current price trends in key adhesive raw materials. There are several reasons why tonnages imported to European...

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Sapici forms commercial alliance with Sun Chemical

Sapici and Sun Chemical have formed a commercial alliance to market Sapici’s lamination adhesives portfolio under the Sun Chemical commercial brand name.

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Akzo Nobel rejects third takeover proposal from PPG

Dutch paint maker Akzo Nobel has rejected a third takeover proposal from its U.S. rival PPG Industries, valued at EUR26.9 billion, saying it undervalues the ...

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UV-cured coating resins made from renewable thiolactone derivatives

A set of multifunctional UV-cured thiol-ene polymer resins was prepared from thiolactone containing monomers and different amine compounds. When applying the...

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“We will see increased use of bio-based materials“

Completely sustainable solutions are still rather rare in the paints and coatings industry. However, the academic world is quite active in this field. We spoke ...

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Freeman Technology opens office in Japan

Powder characterisation specialists, Freeman Technology, continues to expand their global presence with the establishment of an operation in Japan.

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Axalta opens new headquarters in India

Axalta Coating Systems has opened its new headquarters office for India located in Gurugram within the National Capital Region (NCR).

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BASF announces cooperation with HP Indigo

BASF has entered a strategic collaboration with HP Indigo, a leading manufacturer of digital printing presses. Both companies are working on an interesting ...

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Changes in Tikkurila Management Board

Tikkurila has reorganised its Management Board. The purpose of the operations is to improve the company's cost competitiveness by clarifying decision-making and ...