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BASF opens first automotive coatings production plant in Thailand

BASF’s Coatings division has inaugurated a new automotive coatings plant at its Bangpoo manufacturing site, Samutprakarn province, Thailand.

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Understanding the influence of wood substrates on the permeability of coatings

The shift towards waterborne coatings makes coatings more sensitive to water. As a consequence, the durability of both wood and coatings can be negatively affected....

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Siegwerk expands presence in Latin America

With the acquisition of Tupahue Tintas, a Brazilian provider of inks, varnishes and solvents for flexo and gravure printing, Siegwerk further strengthens its ...

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Akzo Nobel expands colloidal silica capacity in Sweden

AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business is investing more than EUR4 million to increase production capacity for its line of surface modified colloidal silica in...

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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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Water-borne coatings: “Still challenges in some high-gloss trim paints”

Calls to lower the solvent content of coatings are in line with customer demands and regulations. Anne-Sophie Hesry, senior chemist, R&D Performance Polymers at ...

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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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Water whitening: Comparison between water- and solvent-borne films

Water whitening of polymer films derived from solution, bulk and emulsion polymerisation processes was studied by researchers at University of New Hampshire.

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U.S. paint and coatings market: green and sustainable coatings lead

Coating consumption in 2015 was 5.8 billion liters containing 3.8 million tons of solids with a sales value of USD 26.6 billion. Growth is placed at a mature ...

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Improving the anti-corrosion performance of epoxy coatings

Solvent-based epoxy resins are often used for the anti-corrosion purpose but their cured process fabricating plentiful micro-pore via solvent evaporation is...

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Anti-corrosion coating market is projected to reach EUR 23,385 million by 2019

The new report "Anti-Corrosion Coating Market - Global Trends & Forecasts to 2019” by MarketsandMarkets defines the anti-corrosion coating market with an ...