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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 ...

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Breaking new ground for a biobased railcar coating

Polish railway vehicle manufacturer Newag SA broke new ground in resource-efficient coatings when he coated two diesel locomotives with a paint based on renewable ...

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Axalta Coating Systems acquires Century Industrial Coatings

Axalta Coating Systems has entered into an agreement to acquire Century Industrial Coatings, a manufacturer of high performance industrial coatings for structural ...

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Axalta Coating Systems acquires business of Ellis Paint Company

Axalta Coating Systems has announced its acquisition of the business of Ellis Paint Company, a prominent manufacturer of industrial and automotive refinish ...

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Looser Holding intends to sell the coatings group

Looser Holding AG with its head office in Arbon (Switzerland) has announced plans to sell the coatings segment. The intended sale marks the outcome of the strategy...

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Report “Steel pipe coating – the global market” is out

The 4th edition of the report "Steel pipe coating - the global market" analyses the current state and forecasts the future of this industry.

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Teknos acquires industrial coatings business from Feidal Coatings

The acquisition includes Feidal GmbH & Co. KG in Brüggen, Germany and the industrial business of Feidal Polska SP.z.o.o. in Poland.

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Developing low drag surface coatings

A research project aims to identify surface coatings that reduce drag by 25%.

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Akzo Nobel reaches general agreement to buy BASF’s industrial coatings business

BASF and Akzo Nobel have reached a general agreement on the sale of the industrial coatings business of BASF’s Coatings division to Akzo Nobel for EUR 475 million. ...

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Allnex appoints Miguel Mantas new CEO

Allnex announced the appointment of Miguel Mantas to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective as of February 1, to succeed Frank Aranzana.

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Interview: Coil coatings in architecture

Sonja Specks, editor European Coatings Journal, asked Per-Erik Sundell, SSAB about the big differences of facade and roof top coatings. Furthermore in how far ...

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AkzoNobel opens new coil coatings production line in Mexico

AkzoNobel has opened a new production line for coil coatings at its facility in Garcia, Mexico.