The NSG Group – manufacturers of Pilkington glass – is welcoming customers to view its new £36 million off-line coater facility, before it starts manufacture in November. The coater, at the Company's Cowley Hill site in St ...
Tags: NSG Group, glass, coating plant, Pilkington K Glass
Downtown-based PPG Industries is sitting on about $2 billion in cash as it goes into the fourth quarter, which is usually a cash-generating quarter, said Chairman and CEO Charles Bunch, and how the coatings and specialty materials company ...
Tags: PPG Industries, Acquisitions, titanium dioxide raw material
Ross has introduced a new Planetary Disperser and Discharge System Turnkey Package designed for high-viscosity, multi-stage mixing requirements. The Ross PowerMix (U.S. Patent No. 4,697,929) consists of a stirrer blade and a saw-tooth ...
Tags: planetary disperser and discharge system, Package, mixing requirements
TOLSA Group has appointed E.W. Kaufmann Company as representatives for TOLSA's line of UltraSpheres Ceramic Microspheres. UltraSpheres Ceramic Microspheres are economical, high-performance materials, used as additives and fillers in a wide ...
Tags: TOLSA Group, UltraSpheres Ceramic Microspheres, materials, additives
Huber Engineered Materials, a division of J.M. Huber Corporation, announces a price increase for its industrial calcium carbonate products. The price increase does not apply to Huber's food and USP calcium carbonate grades. The increase ...
Tags: calcium carbonate, adhesives, caulks and sealants, paints, coatings
Ashland Specialty Ingredients will introduce Natrosol Performax hydroxyethylcellulose, a breakthrough paint thickening technology, at the ChinaCoat 2012 trade show in November. Natrosol Performax is comprised of a range of ...
Tags: Ashland, Natrosol Performax hydroxyethylcellulose, Natrosol Performax
Sherwin-Williams has introduced the next generation of corrosion under insulation (CUI) coatings to the oil and gas industry, Heat-Flex Hi-Temp 1200, an immersion-grade single-component inert multipolymeric matrix coatings. Rigorous ...
Tags: high temperature-resistant coating, coating, corrosion under insulation
International Paint LLC has appointed Scott Doering to the newly created position of vice president Protective Coatings business development, North America. In this role, Doering will be responsible for developing the strategic sales and ...
Tags: International Paint LLC, Paint, Devoe Coatings, Ceilcote, Polibrid
U.S. demand for fluoropolymers is forecast to increase 5.3% annually to $2.4 billion in 2016, with volume totaling 198 million pounds. Advances will be spurred by an improving economic outlook, which will drive industrial output and boost ...
Tags: fluoropolymers, Polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE, polyvinyl fluoride, PVF
BASF opened its first Russian applications technology center for polyurethane systems in Vsevolozhsk, near St. Petersburg. Like the System House in Nishnekamsk, which went into operation in 2000, this site will also be a part of the BASF ...
Tags: BASF, polyurethane systems, Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants, Elastomers
DuPont Co. announced that it will eliminate 1,500 jobs after posting a smaller-than-estimated third-quarter profit DuPont reported third-quarter 2012 earnings from continuing operations were $0.32 per share versus $0.60 per share in the ...
In keeping with its commitment to reducing waste, Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc. has announced that its California stores will serve as collection points for old and unwanted paints, regardless of brand. As part of the California ...
DKSH's Business Unit Performance Materials has expanded the partnership in the field of coatings and additives with Evonik Industries. DKSH has been appointed to distribute Evonik's Tego products in Indonesia and Thailand. DKSH will also ...
Tags: DKSH, coating products, paint, coatings, inks, adhesives applications
Hapag-Lloyd has again chosen coatings from International Paint, this time for the 'Hamburg Express.' the first of a new class of ten container ship newbuildings from Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. At 13,200 TEU ...
Tags: Hapag-Lloyd, Paint, pure hydrolyzing self polishing copolymer, copolymer
The NSG Group, manufacturers of Pilkington glass, is providing public tours of its new £36 million off-line coater facility before it opens for operation in November, according to a company release. At the company's Cowley Hill site ...