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Evonik acquires specialty & coating additives business of Air Products
Evonik Industries AG is acquiring the Specialty & Coating Additives business (Performance Materials Division) of the US company Air Products and Chemicals, ...
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Intumescent coatings market size worth EUR 1.02 billion by 2022
Intumescent coatings market size is forecast to be worth EUR 1.02 billion by 2022, as per a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc.
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ACE: “The move to low VOC-coatings is a challenge in itself
Agriculture, construction and earth moving equipment is a business that generates a high demand for coatings. We spoke to Fernanda Tavares of Cardolite about the ...
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Everything about epoxy resins in a single book
The new book "Epoxy Resins" by Michael Dornbusch, Ulrich Christ and Rob Rasing is out now.
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Akzo Nobel publishes Q1 2016 results
Akzo Nobel reported its first quarter 2016 results with positive volume developments in all three business areas despite a challenging market environment.
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New generation multi-hollow opaque polymer pigments
Turkish researchers synthesised a new generation multi-hollow opaque polymer pigment by suspension polymerisation of "water-in-oil-in-water” emulsion method,...
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Further strategic growth at PTE Coatings AB in Europe
Christian Schneider, Managing Director of PTE Coatings GmbH, and Frank Gläser, CEO of Grebe Holding GmbH and Managing Director of Weilburger Coatings GmbH, have ...
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New issue of EC Journal: Bio-based coatings
A sense of urgency is driving the activity on both research and development of sustainable coatings.
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Beckers Group opens new production site in Mexico
Beckers Group has announced the official opening of its new production site in Monterrey, Mexico on April 6, 2016.
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Siegwerk acquires Actega Colorchemie from the Altana Group
Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA, one of the leading international suppliers of printing inks for packaging applications, labels, and catalogs, has signed...
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Synthomer acquires Hexion Performance Adhesives & Coatings
Synthomer has announced the acquisition of Hexion Performance Adhesives & Coatings, a business of Hexion Inc., a global chemical company based in Columbus,...
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Evonik in talks to buy Air Products’ business unit?
Air Products’ business unit, which makes chemicals used in sun lotion and paint, could be valued at more than USD 3.5 billion.
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Sherwin-Williams to buy Valspar
The Sherwin-Williams Company and The Valspar Corporation announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Sherwin-Williams will acquire...
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For the first time BASF produces binders for interior paints based on mass balance process
For the first time ever BASF is producing dispersions for interior paints based on the mass balance approach.