Powder coatings is currently one of the strongest growth sectors in the European coating market. But powder coatings producers and other players in its supply chain will have to continue to be highly innovative to maintain the momentum, ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it is providing more than $60,000 in technical assistance to Lafayette Wetlands Partnership, Friends of Norfolk’s Environment, and the City of Norfolk to explore green options ...
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Bayer MaterialScience has been issued the permit for the expansion and operation of its hydrochloric acid facility in Dormagen. The Cologne district authority issued the corresponding ruling following a detailed appraisal. The company can ...
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GIA announced the release of a comprehensive global report on Defoamers markets. Global market for Defoamers is forecast to reach $3.9 billion by 2020, driven by resurgence in demand from end-use markets, and stringent environmental ...
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Lucid, the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the National Wildlife Federation and the Alliance to Save Energy announce that more than 265,000 students at 109 colleges and universities across the U.S. and ...
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North Amercian chocolate maker Hershey’s is launching Phase II of its HERSHEY LEARN TO GROW program, a move which will extend the program to all cocoa-growing regions in Ghana. The move comes 18 months after the launch of the ...
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US-based label and flexible packaging printer Label Impressions has bought two additional Nilpeter flexible packaging servo presses in a bid to expand its flexible package printing capabilities. The presses include a 17-inch wide Nilpeter ...
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BRP has announced its plan to reinforce its presence in Mexico with the opening of a new facility in Juárez to expand its Can-Am product offering and meet future demand in off-road segments. The 46,000-m2 (500,000-ft2) facility ...
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Monterrey, Mexico-based PMP Grupo-Planeación, in partnership with India-based Preet Group-PG, announced plans this week to expand into the US and Canada, building mini-mills to process steel scrap. The announcement Monday at the ...
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Russian pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has stated that its subsidiary Blagoveshchensk Valves Plant which is based in the Russian federal republic of Bashkortostan has obtained licenses from the Russian Federal ...
Indian steelmaker Essar Steel has announced that it is merging its steel processing center and distribution unit with Essar Hypermart, its retail chain for steel, in order to cut costs, expand its business reach and deliver products to ...
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China has officially unveiled this year’s energy policies and will continue to develop renewable energy. To drive investment and demand to installations, the Chinese government implemented some feed-in tariff (FiT) programs and ...
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BASF has invested €2.5 million in its Demarchi coatings site, located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, to expand its capacity to service Brazil’s automotive industry with waterborne automotive coatings. The goal is to ...
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Taiwan-based vertically-integrated LED firm Lextar Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.176 billion (US$38.9 million) for April, increasing 4.76% on month but decreasing 5% on year. January-April consolidated revenues grew ...
The emerging Internet of Things (IoT) vision is touted to result in homes, offices and cities becoming gradually interconnected. No single company owns the machine-to-machine (M2M) and the IoT concepts of course; so for this vision to ...