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Sika starts strong with 10.7% sales growth in the first quarter of 2017
With double-digit sales growth in the first quarter, a new sales record of EUR1,300 million was set. This equates to an increase of 10.7% in local currencies ...
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Berger Paints and Chugoku Marine Paints sign Memorandum of Understanding
Berger Paints and Chugoku Marine Paints of Japan have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation and collaboration in the fields of marine ...
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Axalta Coating Systems to acquire Valspar’s North American industrial wood coatings business
Axalta will buy Valspar’s business for USD 420 million in cash. Valspar is not selling entirely voluntary.
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Toyo Ink and Doneck enter licensing agreement for water-based lamination inks
Toyo Ink Co., Ltd. and Doneck Euroflex S.A. have concluded a licensing agreement that allows Doneck to manufacture and sell Toyo Ink's "Aqua Liona” and ...
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Coatings sector warns of Brexit risks in major industry survey
A major survey conducted by the British Coatings Federation (BCF) has revealed some significant concerns of the coatings sector regarding the economic and regulatory...
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Kick-off for major fire retardant conference
Last week, a kick-off meeting for the European Coatings Fire Forum took place in Germany with major influencers from academia and industry. The meetings' goal was...
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Looser Holding sells Feyco Treffert Group and Schekolin to Teknos Group
Looser Holding AG is selling the Feyco Treffert Group and Schekolin AG with the plant in Bendern (FL) to the Finnish Teknos Group.
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High performance polyurea coatings based on cardanol
A research work deals with the synthesis of phenalkamines and their use as curing agents for blocked polyisocyanates to yield high performance polyurea coatings....
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Hubergroup acquires Alden & Ott Printing Inks
Hubergroup, Inc. and Alden & Ott Printing Inks have announced that Hubergroup has acquired substantially all of the assets of Alden & Ott in a private deal. ...
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PPG reiterates invitation to Akzo Nobel to discuss combination of the two companies
PPG has reiterated its invitation to Akzo Nobel to enter into discussions to explore PPG’s proposal to form a combined company.
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DKSH expands Performance Materials business to Cambodia
DKSH Business Unit Performance Materials has expanded its geographic footprint to Cambodia, bringing its global country presence count to 31 countries.
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Flint Group increases production of water-based coatings
Flint Group has completed a major investment in additional capacity, in its "Sheetfed" water-based coatings site in Willstaett, Germany.
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Henkel further drives growth within global aerospace industry
The Adhesive Technologies business unit has started the construction of a new production facility for aerospace applications at the Henkel site in Montornès del ...
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BASF and Landa partner to create nano pigments for automotive coatings
BASF and Landa Labs announced their strategic long-term partnership yesterday at the European Coatings Show (ECS) in Nuremberg, Germany.