Axalta Coating Systems will build a new automotive coatings manufacturing facility in China with investments of over $50m. The new facility is scheduled to break ground in the second half of 2013 following the approval from the ...
PPG Industries recently held a ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new automotive coatings development and application center in Tianjin, China. This facility is the first of its kind locally, and it will focus on the development of ...
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Clariant has introduced Hostavin light stabilizer solutions to make waterborne coatings the new high-performance and more environmentally-oriented option for exterior protective applications, previously an exclusive area of solventborne ...
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Three new coating technologies resulting in patents will streamline the coating process and reduce manufacturing costs within the automotive industry. Dr. Jamil Baghdachi, a professor who specializes in polymers and coatings in the School ...
Three new coating technologies resulting in patents will streamline the coating process and reduce manufacturing costs within the automotive industry. Dr. Jamil Baghdachi, a professor who specializes in polymers and coatings in the School ...
BASF Shanghai Coatings, a subsidiary of the German chemical company BASF, has started construction of a new automotive coatings plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in China. Scheduled to start production in early 2014, the new ...
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The Chinese paint, coatings and ink markets continue to enjoy strong growth, and global suppliers are working hard to reach this ever-expanding market. It comes as no surprise that CHINACOAT (The China International Exhibition for Coatings, ...
Business Development Asia LLC has announced that its client, The Sherwin-Williams Company, has acquired 100 percent of Changzhou Pulanna Coating Co., Ltd. Pulanna is a leading manufacturer of automotive coatings for sale in the Chinese ...
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BASF Shanghai Coatings Company Limited is investing in a new basecoat plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai, China. The new plant will increase the company's local production capacity for basecoat by 13,500 tons per year. ...
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A judgement was handed down by a European court in June that Clariant Produkte (Deutschland GmbH), a German pigment manufacturer had been wrongfully claiming that Sudafast 132 (PY191) infringed its patent. It was also held that Clariant had ...
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WorldSkills International, China's automotive refinish competition, was held recently at PPG Industries' new Shanghai Training Center. PPG helped organize the competition and provided tools, facilities and premium car-painting products for ...
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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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IVECO showed off its Dakar rally-winning truck at the 64th International Motor Show(IAA)Commercial Vehicles in Hanover,Germany.The truck was painted with Graphite HD,a paint line produced by BASF's premium R-M brand specifically for ...
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Clariant recently launched a new high performance UV absorber Hostavin 3330 disp XP. Unveiled at EuroCoat 2012,Clariant presents an innovative formulation allowing waterborne coatings to reach the performance of conventional solventborne ...
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PPG Industries has announced the induction of four science and technology leaders as “distinguished colleagues” into the PPG Collegium. At a recent dinner, Chairman and CEO Charles E. Bunch and chief technology officer Charles ...