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The Paints and Varnishes Market in The Briccountries Was Valued Over US$29 Billion in 2011
Dec 21, 2012The paints and varnishes market in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries was valued over US$29 billion in 2011, representing an increase of 56.3 percent from the value recorded in 2007, according to a new report released by ...
Tags: BRIC, paints and varnishes market, report, increase
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European Coatings:The Communication of Safety Information
Dec 21, 2012The European coatings sector is being confronted with one of its most difficult challenges in the communication of safety information to its customers and other paint users. This communications problem stems from the ...
Tags: coatings sector, European, REACH
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Sales in Europe's Decorative Paints Market Have Been Sluggish This Year
Dec 21, 2012Sales in Europe's decorative paints market have been sluggish this year and are likely to show an even slower pace of growth in 2012. Meanwhile in the Gulf area of the Middle East—close to Europe's doorstep—the decorative ...
Tags: decorative paints market, the Gulf area, European coatings companies
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Europe's Coatings Companies Can Continue to Increase Sales in The Short- to Medium-Term
Dec 21, 2012Europe's coatings companies, especially the multinational ones, are reasonably confident they can continue to increase their sales in the short- to medium-term, unless the world is plunged into a second recession. But they are much ...
Tags: coating, Europe, recession, sales, interim results
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Paint Producers and Their Raw Material Suppliers in Europe to Make Sustainability
Dec 21, 2012Paint producers and their raw material suppliers in Europe are giving a new impetus to the drive to making sustainability a central objective of the whole coatings market across the region. The sector is seeking to draw up common ...
Tags: paint producers, raw material suppliers, Europe, CEPE
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Industrial Nanotech Was Specified Into a Recently Awarded Renovation Project in Miami
Dec 21, 2012Industrial Nanotech, Inc., said its patented Nansulate translucent thermal insulation and protective coating was specified into a recently awarded renovation project in Miami, Fla. The nanotechnology-based coating, which insulates while ...
Tags: Industrial Nanotech, Inc., Nansulate
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BASF Is Expanding Its Global Automotive Refinish Training Network
Dec 20, 2012BASF is expanding its global automotive refinish training network. In Hanoi, Vietnam, a new Refinish Competence Center (RCC) has just opened, with new training centers in the pipeline for the United States and Italy. The openings are ...
Tags: BASF, automotive refinish training network, Hanoi, RCC
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BASF Signed a Contract for The Sale of The Decorative Paints Business
Dec 20, 2012BASF and Prosol Lacke + Farben GmbH signed a contract for the sale of the decorative paints business of Relius Coatings GmbH & Co. KG in Germany and Relius France SAS in France. The business encompasses construction paints and plaster as ...
Tags: BASF, Farben GmbH, sale, decorative paints business
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Mccain Announced The Expansion of Its North American Powder Coating Operations
Dec 20, 2012McCain Manufacturing, the outsource manufacturing division of McCain Inc., announced the expansion of its North American powder coating operations. Housed at McCain's 100,000-square-foot, LEED-certified manufacturing facility in Vista, ...
Tags: McCain Manufacturing, powder coating operations, North American
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BASF Is Investing in a New Basecoat Plant at The Shanghai Chemical Industry Park
Dec 20, 2012BASF Shanghai Coatings Company Limited is investing in a new basecoat plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai, China. The new plant will increase the company's local production capacity for basecoat by 13,500 tons per year. ...
Tags: BASF Shanghai Coatings Company Limited, Shanghai Chemical Industry Park
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PPG Atlanta Application Support Center Has Received The Northrop Grumman Supplier Award
Dec 20, 2012The Atlanta application support center operated by PPG Industries' aerospace business has been recognized by Northrop Grumman Corp. as a 2011 Platinum Source Preferred supplier for quality and performance in providing coatings, sealants and ...
Tags: Atlanta application support center, PPG Industries, defense coatings
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Sensient Colors LLC Has Been Granted a Patent for Modified Pigments
Dec 20, 2012Sensient Colors LLC has been granted a patent for a method of modifying a pigment, the method is comprised of sulfonating a pigment comprised of at least one of an azo pigment, a phthalocyanine pigment, an anthraquinone pigment, a ...
Tags: Sensient Colors LLC, patent, a method of modifying a pigment
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PPG Industries Has Received a Patent for Metallic Particles Generated in Situ in a Polymer
Dec 20, 2012PPG Industries has received a patent for a method for generating metallic particles in situ in a solid polymer comprised of contacting the polymer with a solution comprised of a solvent, a metal salt and a free radical generator; infusing ...
Tags: PPG Industries, patent, metal salt
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Nippon Has Been Granted a Patent for Clearcoat for Automobiles
Dec 20, 2012Nippon Paint Co., Ltd. has been granted a patent for a clear coating composition for an automobile comprised of a hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin and a polyfunctional isocyanate compound, wherein: the hydroxyl group-containing ...
Tags: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd., clear coating composition, patent
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Japanese Majors Are Scouting Overseas Countries to Set up Petrochemical Plants
Dec 20, 2012Japanese petrochemical majors are scouting overseas countries to set up petrochemical plants either on the own or in joint ventures. Big petrochemical companies like Sumitomo, Asahi Kasei, Mitsui & Co, Mitsubishi Chemicals and Ube ...
