Coatings for Industry (CFI), a direct-to-contractor supplier of industrial coating products, announces it has hired flooring industry veteran Jim Peterson as its Industrial Sales Manager. In this role, Peterson will be in charge of ...
Tags: CFI, Sales Manager, Decoration
BASF increases its prices for 1,6-hexanediol (HDO) in Europe with immediate effect or as contracts allow by 150 Euro per ton. The price adjustment will be done to reflect the increased operating, logistics as well as raw material costs and ...
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PPG Industries' industrial coatings business has published a brochure covering its full line of coating, pretreatment and customer support solutions for designers and manufacturers of consumer electronics. The four-page booklet details ...
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Congress government in the US has introduced a new bill, 'Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2014', to ban the usage of toxic bisephenol-A (BPA) in food packaging, citing its role in disrupting hormones especially in elderly, pregnant women, ...
PPG Industries' North American architectural coatings business has reached a definitive agreement to acquire The Homax Group, Inc., a supplier of decorative wall and ceiling texture repair products. Homax is a portfolio company of Olympus ...
Tags: PPG, Coatings, Construction
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. First Quarter 2014 Highlights -Total revenues increased 8% to $1.29 billion primarily reflecting increased volumes in our oilfield, ...
These new DOT compliant LED headlamps feature the same innovative Philips LUXEON® Altilon LED technology used in the latest luxury vehicles to deliver high-powered lighting performance, exceptional styling, and long lasting durability. ...
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013. Fourth Quarter 2013 Highlights -Total revenues increased 11% to $1.20 billion primarily reflecting an increase in oilfield, ...
Tags: oilfield, specialty epoxy
UV curing refers to a particular way of energy/radiation curing wherein various product formulations, including coatings, inks, adhesives, and further materials may be cured, rather than using traditional methods which are usually energy ...
AkzoNobel and Solvay have joined forces with EY (Ernst & Young) to jointly develop a monitoring system that tracks and quantifies the use of renewable raw materials in paints, coatings and other applications. The partnership builds on ...
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As part of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) routine testing of various food products, a survey released today reported that all of the canned foods tested for Bisphenol A (BPA) were safe to consume. BPA was not detected in 98.5 ...
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AkzoNobel has completed the expansion of its Industrial Coatings site in Songjiang near Shanghai in China, doubling annual production capacity and creating the company's biggest plant for packaging coatings in the world. Work started in ...
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Master Bond EP30-3LO is a two component epoxy system offering optical clarity, high temperature resistance, and NASA low outgassing approval. This combination of properties enables it to be suitable for bonding, sealing, coating and ...
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Akzo Nobel Coatings International has been granted a patent for a chip-resistant powder topcoat on a steel substrate having a corrosion resistant powder coating basecoat thereon. The topcoat is comprised of the cured or fused product of a ...
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Best Practices for Bearing ProtectionAdam Willwerth, Sales and Marketing Manager, Electro Static Technology Voltages arcing through the bearings of VFD-driven motors create thousands of pits, which cause increased friction and noise and ...
Tags: Bearing, Industrial Equipment, Components