Viracon announces the latest addition to their decorative glass portfolio. DigitalDistinctions™ is a digital printing solution that enables a building designer to insert their artistic expressions into a glass façade. ...
Tags: architectural glass, single-source, high-performance glass products
The Lubrizol, a specialty chemical company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Spain-based Lipotec, a developer of personal care ingredients. Under the agreement, Lipotec will take over cosmetic active ingredients business and its ...
Tags: personal care ingredients, personal care products and pharmaceuticals
US based chemical producer DuPont has begun the preliminary auction process for sale of its car paint business which is anticipated to fetch over $4bn. Sources told Reuters that the company's adviser on the agreement, Credit Suisse Group ...
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DuPont has agreed to sell its car paint business DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) to private equity firm Carlyle Group for $4.9bn. DPC manufactures and supplies coating systems primarily for the transportation industry covering ...
Tags: DuPont, DPC, coating systems, car paint business
Akzo Nobel N.V. reported a 6% increase in third quarter revenue compared with the same period last year. This was due to favorable currency effects and pricing actions. EBITDA for Q3 was 7% higher at €540 million. AkzoNobel has ...
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DuPont Co. announced that it will eliminate 1,500 jobs after posting a smaller-than-estimated third-quarter profit DuPont reported third-quarter 2012 earnings from continuing operations were $0.32 per share versus $0.60 per share in the ...
Decorative glass comes in all shapes,sizes,colors,textures,patterns and styles.And for those glasstec attendees on the search for these eye-catching displays,they don't have to look far.Something decorative can be found in just about every ...
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DuPont Performance Coatings recently launched an online catalog for its popular line of DuPont Refinish products to help collision repair professionals make informed decisions when purchasing paint products. Using the eCatalog, collision ...
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PPG Industries reported third quarter 2012 net sales of $3.8 billion. Net income for the quarter was $339 million, including nonrecurring charges. Adjusted net income for the quarter, excluding the nonrecurring charges, was $348 million. ...
Tags: PPG Industries, automotive OEM, refinish coatings, Performance Coatings
Much of Europe is now in the midst of an economic downturn,which is likely to plunge the region into its second recession in four years. But most of Europe's large and even medium-sized coating companies,as well as many of their raw ...
Tags: A Double-Dip Recession, Economic Downturn, The Coatings Sector
Five years after Huntsman Polyurethanes teamed up with renewable resource-based polyol producer Alberdingk Boley to co-develop polyurethane solutions for the coatings market, the two companies are taking their alliance to a new level by ...
Tags: Alberdingk Boley&bull, Huntsman&bull, Construction&Decoration
Stanley Black & Decker Inc. has put up its hardware and home-improvement unit for sale in an auction that could fetch around $1.5 billion, people familiar with the matter said. The unit, part of Black & Decker before its 2010 merger with ...
Tags: Market View, hardware, hand tool, power tool
Executives reflect on the past year in coatings and look ahead to what the future might bring. Charles Bunch, chairman and CEO, PPG Industries The strategic actions that PPG has undertaken over the past decade have served to transform our ...
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Pigment is a kind of colored particles powdery substance, general insoluble in water, oil, solvents and resins medium dispersed in various media can. It has covering power, tinting strength, light relative stability, often used for ...
Industrial coatings manufacturers express optimism for the coming year. The industrial coatings market is beginning to recover from the recent economic downturn. The strengthening global economy has led to an increase in newbuilding and ...
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