Huntsman Corporation and Rockwood Holdings, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Huntsman will acquire Rockwood’s Performance Additives and Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) businesses. Under the terms of ...
The Lubrizol Corporation will exhibit a broad variety of its advanced performance coatings solutions at the ABRAFATI 2013 International Coatings Show in Brazil next month. The trade conference will be held September 16-18 at the Transamrica ...
Netherlands-based TNO has collaborated with algae cultivator 'Algae Food and Fuel' to establish a mobile algae bio-refinery, which will be used in locations where algae can be cultivated. The algae is refined into purified raw materials, ...
Tags: Algae Food, Food
The outlook for coatings producers in Europe has suddenly brightened after prospects for higher sales and profits appeared to be gloomy earlier in the year. The financial results of some leading players among coatings producers and raw ...
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Superior Materials Inc, a large regional chemical distributor, has added Huntsman Pigments to their product portfolio. Established in 1946 and with headquarters in Garden City NY, Superior Materials is now responsible for the sale of ...
PPG Industries’ coil and extrusion coatings group will exhibit the full lines of Duranar and Coraflon coatings at CONSTRUCT 2013, Sept. 24-27, at Music City Center in Nashville, TN. Coil coatings on display will include Duranar ...
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As part of the Trust Chem Group strategy to expand and grow in Europe, Trust Chem Europe BV announced it has signed a distribution contract with the Spanish company Proquibasa. "Being the fourth biggest organic pigment producer in the ...
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Orion Engineered Carbons is showcasing a spectrum of carbon black pigments for water-borne, solvent-borne and solventless coating and ink systems at ABRAFATI in São Paulo, Brazil, September 16-18, booth 166. The range spans both ...
US-based printing inks and pigments producer Sun Chemical has announced its plans to migrate to use the eXact series of spectrophotometers made by X-Rite/Pantone in a bid to support customers in the print and packaging industries. The ...
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Iranian researchers from Amir Kabir University of Technology produced dyeable polypropylene (PP) fibers by using clay nanoparticles. The study was carried out in a joint industrial plan between Petrochemistry Research and Technology ...
Sun Chemical Performance Pigments reinforced its commitment to customers in South America with the opening of its new state-of-the-art pigment dispersions manufacturing facility and on-site technical service labs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...
Tags: Pigments, Construction, Decoration
he pendulum of the US economy remains on the upswing, according to the American Chemistry Council's (ACC) monthly Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), released today. The economic indicator, shown to lead US business cycles by an average of ...
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Former Chinese commodities trader Jerry Ren, who is quietly building a mining empire in the Australian outback, scoffs at talk the resources boom is over. For him its just moved north. As some mining firms clock up billions of dollars in ...
Tags: Mining Boom, Chemicals
In Customer Service, we often get the question, "Are vinyl and linoleum the same thing?" The answer is no. While linoleum is often used as a synonym for vinyl sheet, it's more accurate to say that they're both resilient floors – ...
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Visitors attending ABRAFATI 2013 will be introduced to a broad range of dispersions, high performance, metallic and special effect pigments from Sun Chemical Performance Pigments that can meet sustainability needs, maintain high color ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration