The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) honored the top 10 "green" building projects for 2013 at the AIA National Convention and Design Exposition, June 20-22 in Denver, and at least five of the ...
Tags: glass, Construction
GSE Dispensing has expanded its Colorsat program of gravimetric flexo, gravure and screen ink dispensing systems with the addition of the Colorsat Switch dispenser for label / narrow-web print runs. The Switch has been designed to ...
Tags: Dispensing Systems, Packaging
Global developer of barrier and functional coatings Michelman has introduced a new water repellent coating HydraBan 420 for paper and corrugated converters. According to the US-based company, it is an easy to run coating with or without ...
Nipsea Group has started construction of its third paint factory in northern Vietnam's Vinh Phuc Province. The six-hectare Nippon Paint Vinh Phuc, which will be in operation in February next year, will produce general industrial paint for ...
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Ultratech Inc of San Jose, CA, USA, which designs and manufactures lithography, laser-processing and inspection systems used to make semiconductor devices and high-brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs), has moved its Ultratech/Cambridge NanoTech ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
German chemical firm BASF is investing about EUR90m to build a new plant at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in China, for producing resins and electrocoat (e-coat) for use in automotive coatings. Scheduled to commence production during ...
Tags: BASF, Resin Plant, Automotive Coatings
Researchers at E/M Coating Services (EMCS), a business unit of Curtiss Wright Surface Technologies specialising in technical surface coatings, are working with powder characterisation experts at Freeman Technology to develop new surface ...
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Transparency Market Research (TMR) has released a report on acrylic acid. Acrylic acid is a colorless organic compound derived by the oxidation of propylene. It is the simplest carboxylic acid that exists in a polymerized form and has a ...
Tags: Acrylic Acid, Acid
Arsenal Capital Partners, a leading New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market specialty industrial and healthcare companies, has completed the acquisition of ADCO Global Inc., a leading global provider of specialty ...
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Hempel has won an investment boost from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation for research into coatings for cement factories and mineral processing plants. Cement production and mineral processing are big and growing ...
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The Valspar Corporation has completed the previously announced acquisition of Inver Holding S.r.l., a leading industrial coatings manufacturer in Europe. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With 2012 sales of ...
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A collection of eye-catching stained glass installations by a Toronto artist is generating solar power in three provinces, and one of them is in the process of being hooked up to the Saskatchewan grid. "Lux Gloria" by Sarah Hall, at the ...
Africa’s number one coatings company, Kansai Plascon Africa Limited has partnered with Astra management and staff to acquire a 63.25 percent interest in the issued share capital in Astra Industries Limited, from the Finance Trust of ...
Sun Chemical Performance Pigments has expanded its dedicated regional sales and service team, local warehousing, and lab support for its pigment products dedicated to the coatings, cosmetics, inks, plastics and specialties markets in Brazil ...
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Parylene is a material that is suitable for use on different surfaces due to its versatile nature. It is used in various areas by manufacturers as the obvious choice. This conformal polymer coating, Parylene, protects various materials ...
Tags: Parylene Coating, Medical Devices