Clariant has acquired the organic pigment business of Jiangsu Multicolor Fine Chemical Co., Ltd (JMC) based in Jiangsu Province, PRC. JMC is a leading supplier of several types of high performance pigments and pigment preparations in ...
Tags: Pigments, Construction Coatings
Two Swedish scientists have won the 2013 AkzoNobel Science Award in recognition of their prominent research in the fields of materials and surface engineering. Lars Hultman, of Linköping University, and Per Claesson, from the Royal ...
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APV Engineered Coatings has hired Lars Larsen as its new international sales director. Larsen most recently worked as an industry consultant and advisor in his role as president and owner of Know Polymers Inc. Prior to his consulting work ...
Clariant announced the closing of the sale of its Textile Chemicals, Paper Specialties and Emulsions businesses to SK Capital. Starting October 1, 2013, the three former Clariant businesses are now operating under the name Archroma. After ...
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PPG Industries recently celebrated the grand opening of its new facility in Acharnai, Greece. In addition to administrative offices, the facility will house a spray application center and customer training facilities. During the opening ...
PG Industries will display a variety of DURANAR decorative specialty coatings at booth 1321 at METALCON International 2013 in Atlanta’s World Congress Center, Oct. 1-3. PPG will highlight Duranar ULTRA-COOL and Duranar VARI-COOL ...
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Glaston has closed a more than $4 million (USD) deal for a heat treatment line with the Spanish company Tvitec – Técnicas de Vidro Transformado S.L. The line will be delivered to the customer in the final quarter of 2013. The ...
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As anyone who's ever been to a Circuit City (remember those?!) knows, not all speakers are created equal. But they are generally constructed similarly, large rectangles encased in plastic or wood. What they don't usually resemble is glass ...
Tags: Glass Bowls, Decoration, Glass
The Swiss Krono group intends to locate a Russian OSB investment project announced this spring at a site in Krasnokamsk in the region of Perm, which is on the western edge of the Urals. Ines Kaindl, the chairwoman of the group's supervisory ...
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The Governor's Office of Workforce Development (GOWD), in partnership with carpet industry leaders across Northwest Georgia, has launched the Fast Track Innovation Program to provide technicians with On-the-Job training for employment in ...
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Süddekor has announced an expansion to its North American operations slated for completion in October, 2013. A new, state-of-the-art treater that offers a variety of proprietary overlays for high and low pressure laminates will be ...
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In one of their last actions before the current government shutdown, the International Trade Commission (ITC) declined to reverse their earlier decision to impose a dumping order on Chinese engineered flooring. Jonathan Train, Alliance ...
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Quick: tell me what you think of when you hear the word "linoleum." Cheap, tacky-looking polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheeting sprawled across your floors, right? With some ridiculous pattern designed to make it look like something else when we ...
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HomerWood is pleased to announce its new distribution partnership with CDC Distributors covering all HomerWood hardwood product lines for Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. "CDC has a long-standing reputation for excellence in sales and service ...
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Mullican Flooring recently introducted hardwood floor cleaning products for the first time under its own label. Called the Mullican Flooring Hardwood Floor Care System, the products are packaged as a kit, consisting of a 32-ounce spray ...
Tags: Floor Care, Construction, Decoration, floor cleaning products