Europe'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 ...
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Paint 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 ...
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Industrial 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 ...
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China State Shipbuilding Corporation(CSSC),one of the two largest shipbuilding conglomerates in China has planning to expand its purchases of shipbuilding steel from Chongqing Iron and Steel Corporation to supply for shipbuilding,bridge and ...
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MMFX Steel Corp,a California USA based material science company has moved a giant step forward to import high strength uncoated enhanced corrosion reinforcing steel products to Chile. The company is planning to work with Broom Group ...
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BASF 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 ...
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Gerresheimer AG, one of the world’s leading partners of the pharma and healthcare industry, today announced that it has acquired the majority shareholding in the Indian company Triveni to further accelerate its growth in the emerging ...
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Suntech Power Holdings today announced that its solar modules have passed the blowing sand test based on DIN EN 60068-2-68 LC2 by SGS, an inspection, verification, testing and Certification Company. The SGS test result confirms that ...
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Nippon 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 ...
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Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. has been awarded a patent for a waterborne coating composition comprised of water; an emulsion polymer composition comprised of 0.5% weight to 15% weight of a carbonyl functionalized monomer, 0.1 % weight ...
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In November,109,100 tons of aluminum products were shipped by US.service centers,a decrease of 9.7%from the same month in 2011.For 2012,year to date aluminum shipments were approximately 1.4 million tons,an increase of 0.3%from the same ...
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One of the great things about life in the 21st Century is that we have a whole set of interior design traditions to borrow from, and to mix and match. This helps us to add flourishes to our modern spaces that make statements – ...
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Evans Analytical Group (EAG) announced that EAG Coatings Solutions (formerly CAS-MI) is moving to Missouri and joining their sister company, Chemir. Now called Chemir a division of Evans Analytical Group, the company will continue to offer ...
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Suez Cement has announced that it may have to halt production at two of its production lines due to an increase in the price of mazut, a heavy, low-quality fuel oil. The Egyptian government has raised the price of the fuel by 130% to ...
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Grace China Ltd., a subsidiary of W. R. Grace & Co., broke ground on its new production facility for waterproofing products in the central Chinese city of Ezhou. The planned 11,000 square meter facility is located on a 60 Chinese acre site ...
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