Specialty chemicals Group Altana has acquired two companies in Brazil. As a result, the Actega division now has its own sites in South America's largest country. Both of the acquired companies are owner-operated and headquartered in the ...
Tags: packaging industry, overprint varnishes, printing inks, Construction
Spectra Colors Corporation has announced the addition of a new sales agent, Deeks & Company, which will be covering accounts for Southeast United States. Deeks & Company Inc. is a third-generation, family-owned company that has been a ...
A new technical brochure describing the performance of Nerox 510 Carbon Black Pigment for formulating industrial coatings with increased stability and jetness is now available from Orion Engineered Carbons. The 8-page color brochure ...
Tags: charts, graphs, Construction
PPG Industries has announced that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with the Axson Group to acquire Revocoat, a global supplier of sealants, adhesives and damper products for the automotive industry. PPG expects the transaction ...
Eastman Chemical Company has announced a planned increase in its Eastman Texanol ester alcohol manufacturing capacity in Longview, Texas. The plant expansion is expected to be complete in the second half of 2016 and will increase capacity ...
Tags: ester alcohols, esters, glycol, Construction
BASF’s Coatings division started up a new Netzsch LMZ25 beadmill at its site in Deeside, UK. The modern mill will be used to manufacture intermediate pigment pastes in the PVC plastisol production process. The beadmill replaces a Cox ...
Tags: grinding system, precoated steel, aluminum panels, Construction
B. Robinson Optical, Inc. will launch Revo's first ski goggle collection next fall featuring the brand's light management lenses at specialty boutiques and sport retailers nationwide as well as at Revo.com. B Robinson, which manufactures ...
Donna Burlison, customer service representative at PPG Industries’ industrial coatings manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon, Illinois, has presented a PPG Industries Foundation check for $1,000 to Rome Grade School teachers Chad ...
Magnolia Solar Corp of Woburn, MA and Albany, NY, USA says that on 25 November the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued its subsidiary Magnolia Solar Inc a patent (US Patent No. 8,895,838) describing an improved ...
Tags: multi-junction solar cell, absorber materials, Electrical
U.S. 8,632,857 B2 Valspar Sourcing Inc. has been awarded a patent for a method of coating a metal substrate with a hardenable packaging coating system comprised of applying an under-coat composition to a metal substrate, the under-coat ...
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The likelihood of tighter European Union regulations on air emissions being imposed on the European coatings and other industries has been receding as the EU gives top priority to economic growth at a time when many of the region’s ...
Tags: IAQ labelling system, volatile organic compounds, Construction
IRL has launched a new edition of its regional title "A Profile of the Central European Paint Industry." This fully updated report provides market data for 2013 and forecasts for 2018, and gives an overview of the paint industry trends ...
Tags: industrial wood, plastic coatings segments, Construction
Chemical company BASF and producer of industrial minerals Omya are working together to create coater-ready barrier solutions for paper and cardboard packaging to cater to an increasing demand. BASF said in a statement that this ...
Tags: pigments, additives, functional barrier, Agriculture
Hempel has acquired Schaepman’s Lakfabrieken B.V, a leading Dutch supplier of specialised industrial, protective and decorative coatings. The acquisition is part of Hempel’s five-year growth strategy, One Hempel – One ...
Tags: decorative coatings, suppliers, Construction
Asahi Kasei Chemicals has completed the construction of a plant in China for Duranol polycarbonatediol (PCD), an intermediate for high-performance polyurethanes, and began its commercial operation. PCD is used to make high-performance ...