The paints and coatings industry in Europe faces substantial challenges. Efficient production is meant to go hand in hand with ever better performance, according to BASF. At the same time, coatings must meet the increasing demand for ...
Tags: resource-saving solutions, raw materials, Construction
BASF showcases chemistry’s contribution at the BAU trade fair from January 19-25 in Munich. In hall A6 booth 303 the company presents numerous solutions including products to raise the energy efficiency of buildings. Other exhibits ...
Tags: flooring solutions, grouts, Construction
Each month, North Coast Research surveys a large sample of paint retailers throughout the U.S. to get a sense for current business trends. Please note that of the three primary architectural coatings channels (paint stores, home centers ...
Tags: Coatings Industry, paint stores, home centers, Construction
Axalta Coating Systems is celebrating the North American International Auto Show in style. Axalta sponsored Detroit Fashion Week at the Motor City Automotive Industry Night (MAIN) Event 2015. The MAIN Event is the annual auto show kick-off. ...
Tags: Coating Systems, Construction
BASF is expanding its product range of extruded polystyrene rigid foam panels (XPS) under the brand name Styrodur to include a new product: Styrodur 3000 CS, which has the same thermal conductivity of 33 mW/mK across all panel thicknesses ...
MAAS Profile/BEMO Systems GmbH company group has teamed up with BASF to develop the first bracket for ventilated façades made of the thermoplastic Ultramid to be awarded a DIBt (Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik) national ...
Ross SysCon, a subsidary of Charles Ross Son & Co., has introduced Ross SysCon PLC-based Control Systems. They are designed for sequential control of a wide range of automated processes including mixing, pumping, chemical dosing, water ...
Tags: temperature, pressure, power loads, Construction
For coatings producers one of the big benefits of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second half of last year (2014) should be a drop in raw material costs. Some commentators are also predicting a rise in demand due to the effect of ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Raw materials, Construction
Axalta Coating Systems chose this past holiday season as an opportunity to give back to its Philadelphia hometown community. The Axalta Industrial Coatings team came together to help combat hunger by donating their time to its local hunger ...
Tags: Coating Systems, day unloading, Construction
Bristol MetroBus scheme has been funded £27m by the UK government to boost the existing bus services. The MetroBus network provides new express bus services into the city using dedicated 'busways'. With the funding, second phase ...
Tags: first-rate transport systems, driving economic growth, Auto
Italian pasta maker Barilla is planning to expand its production plant in Ames, in the US state of Iowa which will see an investment of around $26.5m. The expansion, which is expected to create 23 new jobs, will also receive financial ...
Tags: Pasta Production, Agriculture
Dutch brewing company Heineken has opened a new €110m greenfield brewery in Kilinto, Ethiopia, in a move to cater to the increasing demand for beer in the country. This development comes after the Ethiopian government invited ...
Tags: beer, brewery, Agriculture
Mondelez International has broken ground on its new $90m biscuit plant in Bahrain, in a move to cater to growing demand for its Oreo, Ritz and TUC biscuits in the Middle East and Africa. Earlier this month, the company signed a lease ...
Tags: TUC biscuits, Cheese, Agriculture
As the world's biggest auto market in 2014, China's auto sales continued to expand to strengthen its position. With 23.49 million units sold approximately, a year on year increase of 6.9 percent, the auto sector seemed to play a big role in ...
Tags: auto market, auto sales
The NAHB International Builders’ Show (IBS) is the largest annual light construction show in the world. During IBS 2014, attendees had access to the exhibit floors of two of the biggest tradeshows for design and ...
Tags: Footprints