BASF inaugurated its new Ultramid (polyamide 6 and 6/6.6) polymerization plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai, China. The new plant, with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year, will further strengthen BASF’s ...
AkzoNobel’s Decorative Paints business is helping to recreate one of the Seven Wonders of the Medieval World – the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing in China. Built during the Ming Dynasty, the original pagoda was mostly destroyed ...
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Fluon ETFE powders from AGC Chemicals Americas Inc. are designed for seamless rotolining and electrostatic coatings of industrial equipment used in chemical processing applications in the in the food, petroleum and potable water/wastewater ...
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PPG Industries has expanded its line of SEMCO sealant removal tools with ergonomically-designed scrapers that improve efficiency of aerospace sealant removal and reduce operator fatigue. According to Dillon Desai, PPG global market ...
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Full-Tech (Changzhou) Chemistry & Development has taken the license of Innovene PP process from Ineos for the manufacture of polypropylene (PP) homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers. Full-Tech, a subsidiary of Fund Energy ...
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Chicago-based healthcare and food industries packaging supplier Rollprint Packaging Products has added a second high-barrier structure to its Exponent film family, Exponent 2. Featuring a combination of Rollprint's ClearFoil, a ...
The dispersions segment is continuing to be one of the most active in the European coatings sector in the development of new technologies as well as investing in mergers and acquisitions and expansions in production capacity. Demand for ...
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Colorcon, Inc. and BASF announce their cooperation for using immediate release coating polymer Kollicoat IR for Colorcon’s fully formulated ready-to-use coatings. Adding Kollicoat IR as an alternative for use in targeted Opadry ...
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PPG Industries’ coil and building products coatings group has launched DURANAR ADS (air-dried system) fluoropolymer coating, a newly-formulated product that surpasses the performance of the original Duranar ADS coating. The ...
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers will hike production capacity of its ethylene copolymers plant at its Texas production facilities to meet growing market demand. The DuPont division supplies high-performance materials to the ...
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DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers has announced plans to increase production capacity of its ethylene copolymers assets at its Texas manufacturing facilities to meet growing market demand. Plans include a series of investments ...
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WACKER POLYMERS is to raise its prices for vinyl acetate-ethylene and ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions of the VINNAPAS and VINNOL brand in the regions Americas and Greater China. As customer contracts allow, effective ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing safer alternatives to the flame retardants now used in consumer and commercial products, including building insulation and products with flexible polyurethane foam. "EPA's ...
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Honeywell Resins and Chemicals announced that it will expand production capacity at its Chesterfield facility to meet demand for high-grade nylon polymers for packaging film and other applications. The new production line will be able to ...
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Emerald Specialties Group, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has introduced two new 100% active FOAM BLAST defoamers for coatings and graphic arts, including both aqueous and energy curable (UV/EB) applications. FOAM ...
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