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 ...
Solvay Novecare has added a broad portfolio of fatty and specialty amines to enhance its existing catalog of paint and coatings additives. The expanded offering includes two additional product ranges - Fentamine fatty amines and Fentacare ...
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 is celebrating the global marketing launch of its Dispersogen PL - range of dispersing agents for waterborne pigment preparations. Aimed at organic pigments and carbon blacks, the new dispersants give architectural coatings extra ...
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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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CakeBoxx Technologies, developer of the CakeBoxx doorless intermodal shipping containers, has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with The Valspar Corporation as its coatings supplier for a new line of containers. Valspar will ...
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, will bring its brand values Performance.People.Planet to life at the European Coatings Show 2013, in Nürnberg, Germany. Clariant will present a multitude of sustainable and innovative ...
Evonik has introduced Tego Dispers 757 W, designed for premium pigment concentrates used in all waterborne industrial coatings but particularly where durability and corrosion protection are important. Additionally, Tego Dispers 757 W can be ...
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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Europe's wood coatings sector is one in which there are pockets of sluggish growth or even decline but others in which there has recently been strong increases in demand, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe(CEE). It is a relatively ...
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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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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As part of an ongoing community outreach program, PPG Automotive Refinish business development manager Steve Topczewski and elite painters Jeremy Seanor and Jason Lutton recently went to Hudson Middle School, Hudson, Ohio and spent the day ...
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Today's class of "green" coatings depend on light stabilizers to protect against UV degradation. By Yung-Chi Yang, Steven Lee and Dr. Yao-Hsing Huang, Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation High solids, powder, waterborne and UV curable ...
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The domestic waterborne coatings market in China is valued at approximately USD 2.3 billion in revenues as of year-end 2010, or roughly 1.2 million tons, according to a recent report by GCiS China Strategic Research. Acrylic-based ...
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