Sales of BASF Group grew by 3% compared with the previous third quarter, reaching €18.3 billion. A sharp rise in volumes in the Natural Gas Trading business sector was mainly responsible for this growth. Income from operations (EBIT) ...
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Asian Paints has announced its financial results for the quarter and six months ended September 30, 2014. “Double digit volume growth was witnessed across regions in the decorative paint segment. The Automotive coatings JV (PPG-AP), ...
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The bio-based materials and chemicals industry is poised to attract nearly $1 billion in investment this year, led notably by later-stage funding rounds, according to Lux Research. The estimated $974 million investment represents a 28 ...
PPG Industries’ aerospace transparencies group is designing windshields for the KC-390 military transport aircraft that will be the largest glass windshields PPG has produced and the industry’s first to have a compound bent ...
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PPG Industries' North American architectural coatings business has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Westmoreland Supply, an independent architectural paint distributor headquartered in Pittsburgh. The transaction is expected to ...
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Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, presented its first “Axalta Mexico Science Award” at the State of Mexico’s Science and Engineering Fair sponsored by the Science and ...
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The American Coatings Association (ACA) has released a video, entitled “Coatings Protect, Preserve, Provide.”The video highlights the value that coatings add to a vast array of man-made objects, and shows how coatings contribute ...
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Synthron, a subsidiary of Protex International, develops, produces and markets chemical specialties and the Protex International Group has now diversified in this specialized field of Chemical Logistics with the launch of a Logistics ...
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GCiS China Strategic Research estimates that the domestic market for anticorrosion coatings in China was worth more than RMB 36 billion in 2013, with sales of roughly 1.4 Mn Tons. The study finds that growth in 2013 was only 2.8 percent, ...
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PPG Industries and Henan Billions Chemical Co., Ltd., have held a ceremony to mark the completion of Henan Billions’ titanium dioxide (TiO2) manufacturing and research facility in the Henan Province of China. Scheduled to begin ...
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The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $5,000 to Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) for its Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable (WISER) program. The funding, on behalf of PPG Industries’ automotive coatings facilities ...
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Protex International has acquired Chartwell International Inc., based in the United States. Protex International says it pursues its external growth policy by targeting acquisitions that bring scientific added-value products and expertise ...
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Protex International is strengthening its base in Electronic Chemisty with the acquisition of Mereco Technologies Group Companies Inc., located in West Warwick, Rhode Island. Electronic Chemistry now represents 10% of the activity of Protex ...
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Transparency Market Research has published a new report titled "High-performance Ceramic Coatings Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 - 2020." According to the report, the global ...
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The Indian paint industry is likely to surge from the current level of about Rs. 40,600 crore to about Rs. 62,000 crore by 2016 witnessing double-digit compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 20 percent, according to The Associated ...
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