PPG Automotive Refinish has announced that 5,000 subscribers of the Paintmanager software color retrieval and management program have chosen to use the Internet instead of traditional CD releases to update their systems. The announcement of ...
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BASF is building a new Ultramid polymerization plant with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year in Shanghai, China. The new plant is planned to start up in 2015. "As part of our long-term strategy, we aim to locate production close ...
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Some of the most advanced coated glasses available today apply three layers of silver during the magnetron sputter coating process; these are more commonly known as “triple silver” coatings and provide the glass with the ...
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A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning, and incredibly slippery, a team from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard School of Engineering and ...
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The GCC glass industry is witnessing a period of unprecedented growth driven by a significant acceleration in new construction and infrastructure projects announced by regional governments. According to the UK-based Bowmedia Group’s ...
Xu Zhong, general manager, GD Solar and Walt Cheng, managing director, Greater China, DuPont Electronics & Communications signed a strategic cooperation agreement during the The Renewable Energy Industries Forum (REIF), organized by the ...
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A typical apartment building in Dubai. Boosted by heavy public and private spending in various infrastructure projects, the glass industry in GCC is enjoying a period of tremendous growth. Boosted by heavy public and private spending in ...
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Materials Performance (MP) magazine, a publication of NACE International, is now accepting nominations for its 2014 Corrosion Innovation of the Year Awards. The deadline for nominations is October 18, 2013. Honoring the most important ...
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Dürr is spending almost €10 million on further expanding its test center for painting technology in Bietigheim-Bissingen. The company has also invested in a third facility for robot assembly. "We are receiving more and more ...
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) today announced that they will collaborate to rapidly scale up the construction of green buildings in emerging markets. The new partnership demonstrates ...
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PPG Industries' industrial coatings business has added DRAGONHIDE heavy-duty coatings to its lineup of polyurea-based protective coatings for trucks, commercial vehicles, heavy-duty equipment and other demanding applications. DragonHide ...
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The Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium sponsored by the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at the University of Southern Mississippi has announced its 2014 Plenary Speaker. Professor James Rawlins of the ...
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Major players in Indonesia's cement industry have each posted solid growth in revenue in the first half of the year on the back of solid demand for the building material, but that has not translated into profitable results for all of them. ...
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PPG Industries, Inc. announced it has reached an agreement to divest its 51 percent interest in Transitions Optical to Essilor International, which currently holds a 49 percent interest in the venture. Transitions Optical is a global ...
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In the wake of a settlement to resolve violations of the federal Clean Air Act, a spokeswoman for Holcim, which operates a cement manufacturing plant east of Hagerstown, said the company is weighing its options on how to proceed. "There ...
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