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Akzo Nobel improves profitability to record levels

Akzo Nobel has reported record profitability in the first quarter of 2017. Up across all business areas the company achieved higher revenues and volumes.

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Improved corrosion protection with flake-type zinc-phosphate particles

Scientists have demontrated that coatings with flake-type zinc-phosphate particles exhibit better corrosion protection than spheroidal particles.

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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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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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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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Cerium tartrate as pigment in epoxy coatings for corrosion protection

A new inhibitor pigment, cerium tartrate, was studied as a pigment in epoxy coatings on aluminium alloy.

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With the closing of Helios acquisition, Kansai Paint enters European coating industry

With the closing of transaction on March 31, 2017 Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. acquired all shares of European coating manufacturer Helios Group.

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Novel hydrophobic nanocomposites for natural gas pipelines coatings

Polyvinylidene fluoride nanocomposites were successfully prepared by solvent casting approach using graphene oxide and 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane-graphene...

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Enhancing the stability of UV-curable thiol/vinyl carbonate resins

In a study, Austrian researchers evaluated the effect of various stabiliser systems on low-cytotoxic thiol/vinyl carbonate formulations with the aim to inhibit...

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Elementis sells its US colourants business to Chromaflo

Elementis has reached an agreement to sell its US colourants business to Chromaflo Technologies for an undisclosed cash consideration.

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Formulating flexible epoxy novolac coatings with cardanol-based flexibilisers

Indian researchers from National Chemical Laboratory have developed flexible epoxy novolac coatings with two different cardanol-based flexibilisers that show great ...

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Univar announces new distribution agreement with Angus Chemical Company

Univar has announced its entry into a new distribution agreement with Angus Chemical Company to include the paint and coatings and industrial markets in Spain, ...

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Akzo Nobel publishes Q4 and full-year 2016 results

Akzo Nobel has published the Q4 and the full-year 2016 results. The company's revenue fell by 3% year on year to EUR3.46 billion in the fourth quarter while earnings...

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Axalta Coating Systems appoints new distributor for powder coatings in Vietnam

Axalta Coating Systems has appointed Ocean Vietnam International Trading Co. Ltd. as its distributor for "Alesta" powder coatings products in Vietnam to support ...