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Plant leaves delay ice formation

A research work reveals that kale leaves have special surface microstructures delaying the ice formation initiation making them good candidates for designing ...

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Akzo Nobel opens specialty coatings facility in China

Akzo Nobel has opened a specialty coatings facility in Dongguan, China, dedicated to producing aerospace coatings for the North and South Asian aviation market. ...

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Krahn Chemie takes over distribution for FP-Pigments in Germany

Krahn Chemie GmbH and the Finnish company FP-Pigments Oy started to cooperate in the sales and marketing of opacity pigments for paint, coating and printing ink ...

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New kind of coating could revolutionise hypersonic aerospace vehicles

Travelling from London to New York in just two hours? Researchers have developed a new kind of ceramic coating that could come closer to the vision of hypersonic...

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Akzo Nobel makes double acquisition

Akzo Nobel has made a double acquisition to strengthen its leading global position in performance coatings.

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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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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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Axalta acquires CH Coatings

Axalta Coating Systems has signed an agreement to acquire CH Coatings, an importer and distributor throughout Switzerland of Axalta's "Spies Hecker" refinish...

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Akzo Nobel opens new Performance Coatings facility in Thailand

Responding to current and expected production needs for Thailand and South East Asia region, Akzo Nobel has opened a new Performance Coatings production facility ...

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Axalta Coating Systems acquires Spencer Coatings Group

Axalta Coating Systems has entered an agreement to acquire the Spencer Coatings Group, a leading manufacturer of high performance industrial coatings for heavy-duty...

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Akzo Nobel opens production facility in South America

Akzo Nobel has strengthened its Performance Coatings business by opening a new production facility in South America.

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Anti-icing potential of petal shaped nanostructures planted on array micro-patterns

The aim of a paper was to report a strategy of planting a layer of petal shaped nanostructures on the surface of array micro-patterns, and producing excellent ...

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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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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 ...