PPG Industries has announced that it has completed its acquisition of IVC Industrial Coatings, Inc., a U.S.-based specialty powder and liquid coatings manufacturer with 2014 sales of more than $100 million. Financial terms were not ...
Axalta Huajia Coatings, a joint-venture of leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, Axalta Coating Systems and Huangshan Yongjia Group Co. Ltd., has developed a new warranty program for its Alesta architectural powder coatings ...
Japanese global establishment Mitsubishi has agreed to acquire 20% stake in agri-business firm Olam International, in two deals that are valued at around S$1.53bn ($1.09bn). Under the agreed terms, Mitsubishi will acquire 332.73 million ...
Tags: agri-business, Mitsubishi, edible nuts
Daimler is considering the possibility of tie-ups with Apple and Google as carmakers realize that building next-generation autos entail inputs from telecoms and software experts. The rise of self-driving and connected cars has made ...
PPG Industries announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining interest in Chemfil Canada Limited, a joint venture of PPG and Madinal Enterprises. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter, ...
The short-term outlook for biomaterials in coatings and related sectors in Europe has been looking grim in the wake of the fall in the oil price. However companies along the biomaterials value chain in the region are not overtly concerned. ...
Tags: biomaterials, coatings
Axalta-Huajia Coatings, a joint-venture company of leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, Axalta Coating Systems, has won the HC360.com Top Ten Powder Coating Brands. This title, awarded by prominent B2B e-commerce service ...
Tags: powder coating, Coatings
A consortium led by the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University, UK, is working on the use of lignocellulosic feedstock to produce bio-based, biodegradable plastic packaging for consumer ...
Tags: Bio Plastic, Packaging
Although the production capability of China-based notebook ODMs is still too small to make a significant impact on their Taiwan-based counterparts, the notebook supply chain in China stands a chance of expanding their presence in the global ...
Axalta Coating Systems has introduced a new generation of waterborne tints for automotive market in China, aimed at offering carmakers and body shops a more sustainable way to meet consumer preference for stronger, brighter, more vivid ...
Tags: chemicals, coating, Chroma Waterborne Tints
BASF and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) will build a new world-scale production plant for highly reactive polyisobutene (HR-PIB) at the site of their existing joint venture, BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn Bhd, in Kuantan, Malaysia. ...
Tags: chemicals, coating, BASF, PETRONAS Chemicals Group, paint and pigment
Japanese automotive giant Toyota may shelve its plan to promote its luxury Lexus brand in China, thanks to slowdown in the country’s automobile sector coupled with a weaker yen. With China's automobile market registering a growth ...
Tags: automobile manufacture, Toyota, car promotion, Lexus
Ethylene glycol manufacturer MEGlobal has announced that its Asian Contract Price (ACP) for monoethylene glycol (MEG) will be $1,000/mt CFT Asian main ports for arrival in August 2015. The new price is $100/mt lower than July 2015 ACP ...
R&P and Shanghai Hop Zenith Chemical Trading have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for floating a joint venture to set up a unit in China for production and distribution of Thermoplastic PolyOlefin (TPO) compounds for the ...
Tags: automoblie manufacture, auto parts
One of India’s biggest textile machinery marketers, A.T.E. Enterprises has partnered with HMSU Rollers (India) Private Limited, Ahmedabad, to offer superior quality rubber compounds. “The essential requirements of roller ...
Tags: textile machinery, A.T.E.Enterprises, rubber compounds