IRL has announced the launch of a new edition of its single country report A Profile of the Indian Paint Industry. In this study, IRL examines India’s paints and coatings market independently and not as part of a regional study on the ...
The research showed 97% of respondents said the problem occurs when reopening a container, with paint drying up on the rim and lid of containers and flakes falling into the paint, resulting in poor quality. RPC says its Superfos FlakeFree ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, RPC Plastic Paint Containers, Containers
Clariant has introduced Hostavin light stabilizer solutions to make waterborne coatings the new high-performance and more environmentally-oriented option for exterior protective applications, previously an exclusive area of solventborne ...
Tags: plastic coatings, coatings
The European coatings sector is being confronted with one of its most difficult challenges in the communication of safety information to its customers and other paint users. This communications problem stems from the ...
Tags: coatings sector, European, REACH
Paint producers and their raw material suppliers in Europe are giving a new impetus to the drive to making sustainability a central objective of the whole coatings market across the region. The sector is seeking to draw up common ...
Tags: paint producers, raw material suppliers, Europe, CEPE
J.W.Ostendorf(JWO),a decorative paint producer in Europe with its headquarters in Coesfeld,Germany,has taken over all corporate shares of the French paint producer Renaulac.With this portfolio-extension the family business consistently ...
Tags: J.W.Ostendorf, paint, Renaulac, takeover
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
Riding China's unprecedented home construction growth is at best a short-term strategy. What happens when this growth levels out or worse, declines? How would you measure success in a market that just a handful of years ago did not exist? ...
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It would be difficult to discuss the Chinese paint and coatings market without mentioning the Chinese economy. That vibrant, herculean economy is the heart and soul of the emergence of China onto the global scene in recent years. While the ...
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