The Sherwin-Williams Company announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V., a leader in the paint and coatings market in Mexico with headquarters in Mexico City. Sherwin-Williams will pay ...
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BASF recently announced plans to build a new production plant for emulsion polymers at its integrated “Verbund” site in Freeport, Texas. The new plant will allow BASF to better serve the coatings, construction, adhesives, and ...
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The mushrooming of housing complexes, office buildings and shopping malls in Kenya and Tanzania has escalated the need for decorative paint and coatings in these countries, according to new study from Frost and Sullivan. The new study, ...
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As part of an ongoing community outreach program, PPG Automotive Refinish business development manager Steve Topczewski and elite painters Jeremy Seanor and Jason Lutton recently went to Hudson Middle School, Hudson, Ohio and spent the day ...
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Cytec Industries Inc. will be participating in the upcoming "Parquet & Furniture Coatings" conference organized by Vincentz Network. Bud Equi, Technology Director for the Crosslinker Business Team in the Cytec Coatings Resins Group, will ...
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OMNOVA Solutions unveiled its new PLIOTEC HDT 12 binder designed for the formulation of anticorrosion paint. OMNOVA Solutions' Hydrophobic Dispersion Technology (HDT), provides adhesion and water resistance properties, making PLIOTEC HDT 12 ...
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A BYK innovation team has won the 2012 Altana Innovation Award. The prize was awarded for high performance CRP wetting and dispersing additives for sophisticated coatings applications. The prize awards technically outstanding innovations ...
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Wacker Chemie AG is strategically expanding its presence in the Middle and South American growth region. Consequently, the Munich-based chemical com- pany is extending its existing technical center in São Paulo, Bra- zil, and ...
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Specialty Coating Systems will be hosting a free, educational webinar entitled “Advances in Conformal Coatings: Enhancing Reliability of Innovative Technologies” on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at 10 AM Hong Kong/Singapore/Kuala ...
Tags: specialty coating systems, conformal coating webinar, engineers, Asia
Ashland Performance Materials, a commercial unit of Ashland has installed a Nordmeccanica Super Combi 3000 laminator at its research and development center in Dublin, Ohio, US. Ashland Performance Materials packaging and converting ...
The Lubrizol, a specialty chemical company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Spain-based Lipotec, a developer of personal care ingredients. Under the agreement, Lipotec will take over cosmetic active ingredients business and its ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that manufacturers have voluntarily withdrawn greaseproofing agents known as C8 compounds from the marketplace. These compounds are used as coatings on paper wrappers and containers ...
Tags: compounds, coatings on paper wrappers and containers, contact with food
Penford Food Ingredients, a division of US-based Penford, has introduced PenTech NG, a starch-based blend for bakery industry, which can replace whole egg and egg yolks for both liquid and dry forms. The new blend features soft texture, ...
Tags: starch-based blend, bakery industry, whole egg and egg yolks
The Australian Patent Office and the patent office of Mexico, Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial, have granted new patents to Quick-Med Technologies' polyurethane-modified polycation, a new product of the NIMBUS technology family ...
Tags: patent, polyurethane modified polycation, antimicrobial
While U.S. attendance at Fenestration China was almost non-existent, a last minute scheduling change no doubt had a lot to do with that low U.S. attendance. The event was first scheduled to take place November 8-10 but as a result of ...
Tags: low-E coatings, hard coat pyrolytic low-E coatings, glass, window