Resins
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Akzo Nobel to scale-up in-house production of resins
Akzo Nobel has announced plans to invest in the expansion of in-house resin manufacturing as part of the company’s Grow & Deliver strategy.
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Innovative strategies to improve the drying properties of castor oil
Because castor oil is a non-drying oil, interesterification and physical blend of castor oil with sacha inchi oil were compared as methods to produce drying oils that could be used for the synthesis of...
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Arkema to expand its UV curable resins production
Arkema has announced plans to double its UV curable resins production capacity at its Nansha plant in China.
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ASK Chemicals acquires industrial resin business from SI Group
ASK Chemicals Group has completed the acquisition of the industrial resins business from SI Group. With this transaction, the Group, headquartered in Hilden near Düsseldorf (Germany), is strengthening...
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Interview: “A continued shift of growth to emerging markets
GC, part of Thailand’s largest integrated petrochemical and refining business, PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited, has agreed to acquire the resin manufacturer Allnex.The deal was made following...
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SI Group announces resole capacity expansion plan
SI Group has announced plans to increase the resole production capacities at their facilities in Rotterdam Junction, New York, and Lote, India.
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SI Group to sell industrial resins business to ASK Chemicals
SI Group has announced plans to sell the majority of its global industrial resins business to ASK Chemicals.
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New book on resins for water-borne coatings
Water-borne coatings are already the standard for many applications and still to continue to get even more important. The new text book Resins for water-borne coatings offers a comprehensive overview on...
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Keyser & Mackay and Synres agree on sales cooperation
The Dutch resin manufacturer Synres and Keyser & Mackay have agreed on a sales cooperation.
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Coal-derived resins as economic raw materials
Solvent extraction of subbituminous coal at mild conditions (360°C) provides solid extracts that consist of numerous organic molecules that can be utilised in the synthesis of polymeric coatings.
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IGM Resins announces new strategy
IGM Resins has announced a new company strategy: "Go, Grow, Green".
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Azelis and BASF announce new distribution agreement
Azelis has made public its new distribution agreement with BASF, effective immediately, for their dispersions, additives, and resins range in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ).
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DKSH enters distribution agreement with Galstaff Mutiresine
DKSH has signed an exclusive distribution agreement for Germany with Galstaff Multiresine, Italian producer of synthetic resins and auxiliaries for coatings, paints, composite materials and printing inks....