A growing trend among industrial companies is to develop strategies for giving priority to specific customer sectors rather than types of products. European companies offering both coatings and speciality chemicals have been becoming ...
Tags: Coatings, Construction
Lubrizol Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of The Lubrizol Corporation, is introducing two new Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) resins, for use in textiles, at the 2013 Chinaplas in ...
DuPont reaffirmed its full year 2013 EPS outlook and announced a 5% dividend increase. DuPont announced first quarter 2013 operating earnings per share (EPS) of $1.56 versus prior year earnings of $1.64. GAAP1 EPS from continuing ...
Tags: Textile
Steven Reinstadtler, industrial marketing manager – coatings for construction, Bayer MaterialScience LLC, has been elected President of the Polyurea Development Association (PDA). He will officially begin his one-year term during the ...
The major theme of the 2013 BEC Conference can be summed up in the title of its keynote presentation: Battle for the Wall. "Our true competitors are solid surface walls," said Scott Thomsen, president of the Global Flat Glass Group, ...
Tags: glaziers, glass industry, glass
PPG Commercial Coatings has launched its third generation of COLOR ACCURATE software, CPC Color Accurate G3. The announcement was made by Steve Podlas, brand manager for PPG Commercial Coatings. The color formulation and management software ...
Cars sales have been falling in Western Europe as yet another economic downturn confirms expectations that the region’s recovery from the 2008 financial crisis will be a lengthy process. However, while demand for cars declines, ...
Curved glass and curved elements can be an essential aspect for a design or project; they can provide a feel of openness to a space, providing natural organic shapes to a space or room. Using curved glass is a fantastic way to carry ...
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Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG) Graco’s high-performance coatings and foam (HPCF) business unit recently announced its Top 20 HPCF North American distributors for 2013. The distributors were selected on the basis of annual sales during 2012. ...
Tags: Graco, HPCF business, Industrial Coatings, Foam Equipment
The relentless rise in raw materials costs, which has been hitting European coatings producers over the last 2-3 years, has at last been easing. But the relief from the constant pressure of rising input prices may be short lived. The ...
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For refinish shops in high heat, low humidity desert-like conditions, the IntelliMist spray booth climate control system from DuPont improves shop productivity by making it easier to use all waterborne and solvent paint products, and ...
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group L.P. has completed its acquisition of DuPont Performance Coatings for $4.9 billion and announced that the company is being renamed Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta Coating Systems is a ...
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Huntsman Corporation recently announced plans to launch a global transformational change program across its Advanced Materials division, as part of an on-going strategic plan designed to improve the company's manufacturing efficiencies, ...
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The Glass Association of North America’s (GANA) 2013 Annual Conference opened today at the Coronado Island Marriott Resort and Spa with a focus on the development of a number of areas related to decorative glass. Greg Saroka of ...
Tags: decorative glass, glass, Walker Glass
The US-based paper and packaging firm said that it completed a license agreement with Smart Planet Technologies to use this new technology to reduce plastic used in coated paperboard products. The company’s coated paperboard ...