Evonik Industries is building a new production plant for polymer dispersants at the Goldschmidtstrasse site in Essen. The specialty chemicals company is thus investing an amount in the doubledigit- million-euro range and is tripling ...
Tags: Evonik, New Production Plant, Construction
Azelis has announced that it will extend its co-operation with Allnex, a leading manufacturer of performance materials for all coating applications. For the first time, Azelis will offer the complete range of Allnex liquid resins, ...
Tags: PPG, Azelis, Decoration
Hohenstein Institute America will present several new fabric testing procedures and certifications relevant to manufacturers of outdoor and athletic apparel and gear. Hohenstein experts will be available to discuss these innovations at ...
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 ...
Tags: WACKER POLYMERS, Dispersions, Textile
Coating additives are specialty additives primarily used during the manufacturing of coatings in order to improve their quality and performance. Some major types of coating additives include rheology modifiers, wetting and dispersing ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coating, Coating Additives
The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA was able to achieve a significant increase in its sales and earnings in the first half of 2014. Sales in the first six months of the current fiscal year grew by 11 percent to €985 million ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
According to a new study by the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, consumption of five of the leading additives for coatings and inks in 2013 was 1.02 million tons, as supplied, worth $4.66 billion. A 5 percent annual rate of ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Big Tobacco, almost unbelievably, is lending a hand in the creation of a potential breakthrough drug, a new class of drugs that could dull grave psychiatric disorders, improve attention of ADHD afflicted children, repel Alzheimer's onset, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Tobacco, Ecigarette
A new study has revealed that food packaging includes hazardous chemicals that are legally used in the production of food contact materials in Europe and the US, and cause health problems. The study entitled 'Food contact substances ...
Tags: hazardous chemicals, food contact materials, Packaging
Congress government in the US has introduced a new bill, 'Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2014', to ban the usage of toxic bisephenol-A (BPA) in food packaging, citing its role in disrupting hormones especially in elderly, pregnant women, ...
Fuddruckers, a restaurant brand owned by US-based Luby’s, has expanded its offerings with the launch of new Bourbon Burger. The new Bourbon Burger is made with seasoned and grilled-to-order beef patty that is glazed in a sweet ...
Tags: Fuddruckers, restaurant, Food
Food labels carrying buzz words such as 'gluten-free', 'anti-oxidants' and 'organic' mislead shoppers, making them to think that the products are healthier, according to a new study. The study conducted by researchers at the University of ...
Tags: Food Labels, Healthy Buzz Words
Nutranomics, a leading vitamin and supplement manufacturer that uses only naturally sourced ingredients, is now offering its products on RevNutrition.com. The brand, a top producer of vitamins and supplements, has gained increasing ...
Tags: Synthetic Supplements
Food Additives is indispensable in making food more delicious and easy to preserve,Made-in-China.com has launched the Food Additives Special Channel,In this channel, We have the usual food additives, such as food thickeners, food acidity ...
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Merck has been awarded a patent for a pigment preparation, consisting of one or more effect pigments in platelet form that is a pearlescent pigment, an interference pigment, a metal effect pigment, a multilayer pigment with transparent, ...
Tags: Pigment, Construction, Decoration