The European Union’s controversial REACH legislation on the safety of chemicals has been challenging chemical producers and their raw material suppliers since it came into effect five years ago. Initially the major concern was that ...
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Resinate Materials Group, Inc. will be presented a free webinar on January 24, 2013. “Tomorrow’s Polyurethane Dispersions: Fundamentals, structure and industrial applications that offset other resin technologies" will be ...
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Vencorex, a newly formed joint venture between PTT Global Chemical and the Perstorp Group, will be displaying its offerings at the upcoming European Coatings Show. The company is the owner of key technologies and a major producer of ...
In terms of mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, portfolio changes and investment projects, one of the most active sectors in the European coatings supply chain is dispersions. Despite a slow growth in demand for coatings, ...
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Europe's coatings companies, especially the multinational ones, are reasonably confident they can continue to increase their sales in the short- to medium-term, unless the world is plunged into a second recession. But they are much ...
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Chromaflo Technologies Corp., an independent global supplier of advanced colorants and chemical dispersions for the paint, coatings and thermoset plastics industries concluded a purchase agreement with Elementis B.V. whereby Chromaflo ...
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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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BASF expanded its coating center recently by adding a tailor-made and flexible laboratory coating and laminating facility. The new coater facilitates the development of adhesive systems for flexible packaging, labels, tapes and functional ...
BASF and Gabriel Performance Products, LLC, a U.S. based specialty chemical company, signed a contract to transfer the BASF Capcure business to Gabriel Performance Products. Capcure mercaptan-based curatives are used in epoxy curing ...
Wacker Chemie AG officially opened its new company headquarters for the Greater China region (Mainland China and Taiwan) in Shanghai today. With a large number of guests drawn from industry and administrative authorities in attendance, ...
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BASF has opened its first production plant for dispersions in South Africa located at Umbogintwini Industrial Complex in Durban.With this new production facility BASF will serve its customers in the fast growing South African and ...
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Nexeo Solutions, a global leader in chemical distribution, announced today that it has finalized an agreement with Flint Group Pigments for the distribution of Flint Group Pigments’ organic color pigments in the United States and ...
Azelis has been appointed distributor by Momentive,to service the coatings sector in Russia.Azelis will now offer Momentive's range of water-based dispersions for paints,under the AXILAT brand name. The AXILAT polymer dispersion range ...
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he Lubrizol Corporation has introduced Turboset™2027,an NMP-free,self-crosslinking polyurethane composite dispersion formulated to enhance the performance of interior wood coatings used on floors and furniture,as well as select ...
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Ross has introduced the new Model CDA-30C Portable Dual Shaft Mixer with a working capacity of 10 to 30 gallons. An air/oil hydraulic lift raises and lowers the agitators, a 3HP Two-Wing Anchor and a 5HP high speed disperser. Because each ...
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