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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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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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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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Interview: “Triumphal march as a joining technology”

The European and global adhesives markets, are operating at a high level, says Dr Jürgen Wegner, CEO of ChemQuest Europe. In the interview, he also explains ...

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Polyurethane adhesives containing Diels-Alder-based thermoreversible bonds

A facile two-step process was developed to obtain polyester urethanes that contain various concentrations of thermoreversible Diels-Alder adduct-based bonds for ...

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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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New distributor for Vencorex in Turkey

Vencorex has appointed Interplast Muhendislik Plastikleri as distributor in Turkey for its "Tolonate” and "Easaqua” aliphatic polyisocyanates ranges.

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New “biomimetic” adhesive shows high-strength bonding under water

An adhesive that works under water and is modeled after those created by shellfish to stick to surfaces is stronger than many commercial glues created for the ...

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Henkel submits offer to acquire Darex Packaging Technologies

Henkel has entered into negotiations with GCP Applied Technologies to acquire their global Darex Packaging Technologies business for around EUR995 million.

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Krahn Chemie Polska distributes silica products from PPG in Poland

As of January 1, 2017 Krahn Chemie distributes the precipitated silica products from PPG in Poland.

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Wacker expands production capacity for dispersions in Germany

Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its production plants for polymeric binders in Germany. The chemical group is currently building another dispersion reactor with an ...

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Synthomer invests EUR20 million in dispersion plant in Germany

Synthomer, a leading supplier of waterborne dispersions and speciality polymers, will invest EUR20 million in its dispersion plant located in Worms, Germany.

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ChemQuest Group appoints new director

The ChemQuest Group, Inc., a leading business strategy firm in specialty chemicals, announces the addition of Dr. Michael A. Lucarelli as Director.