Chromaflo Technologies Corp., an independent global supplier of advanced colorants and chemical dispersions for the paint, coatings and thermoset plastics industries concluded a purchase agreement with Elementis B.V. whereby Chromaflo ...
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IRL has released the first edition of"A Profile of the Mexican Paint Industry."In the past,IRL had only released paint market data for Mexico as part of its regional study"A Profile of the Central American and Caribbean Paint Industries." ...
Industrial and construction growth in Argentina during the past five years fueled the paints and coatings market and is expected to continue its fast pace.In the paints and coatings industry,like most Latin American countries,the ...
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What were some of the general findings of the report? Luke Johnson, senior analyst at GCiS China Strategic Research: Although the report was released in July 2012, the base year of the study is 2011. The market study is broken ...
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The paint and coatings industry has put a tremendous emphasis on the Chinese market where the largest international paint manufacturers all have built major operations and continue to invest there. Chinese paints and coatings ...
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Boosted by growth in all segments,Jotun Group announced strong tertiary and year to date numbers in its latest financial report. "We are happy with the continuous sales growth and EBITA development after a challenging 2011,"said Morten ...
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Watson Standard has acquired certain assets of Delta Coatings Corporation, a privately-owned coatings company that specializes in the development and manufacturing of coatings for the general industrial and packaging industries. Acquiring ...
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Demand for protective coatings in the European Union has been weakened by the downturn in EU manufacturing due to the euro crisis. But there is a protective coatings segment—coatings for oil and gas pipeline—further east in ...
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Evonik recently celebrated 50 years of making isophorone chemicals. The first plant for isophorone production commenced operation at the Herne site of Hibernia, as a predecessor company of Evonik Industries in 1962. Discovered as a ...
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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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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BASF inaugurated its new dispersions plant in Daya Bay Petrochemical Industrial Park in Huizhou, China. The new plant will produce styrene butadiene (XSB) dispersions and styrene acrylic (SA) dispersions. XSB dispersions are mainly used as ...
The paints and coating industry involves companies that produce paints,varnishes,lacquers,shellacs and stains.It is clearly divided into the two subsectors-architectural and industrial.Despite the sluggish economic climate,the global paints ...
Solvay announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Sunshield Chemicals,an Indian company specializing in surfactants,from Amit Choksey Group.This acquisition will enable Solvay's Novecare business to ...
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Global demand for emulsion polymers is forecast to rise 5.1 percent per year to 13.3 million metric tons(dry basis)in 2016 the Freedonia Group said.Advances will be fueled by increased production of water-based paint,coatings,and ...
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