PPG Industries' protective and marine coatings (PMC) business announced that customers in Mexico can order Amercoat brand products directly from PPG. Products sold and serviced by PPG in Mexico now include: • Amerlock ...
Tags: Coatings, Construction, marine coatings
U.S. demand for paint and coatings is forecast to rise 4.2 percent annually to 1.5 billion gallons in 2017, valued at $30.6 billion. This will be a notable improvement over the volume declines recorded during the 2007-2012 period, ...
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Based on its recent analysis of the North American protective and marine coatings market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Hempel with the 2013 Growth Excellence Leadership Award. In 2012, Hempel exhibited double-digit revenue growth well in ...
Nipsea Group has started construction of its third paint factory in northern Vietnam's Vinh Phuc Province. The six-hectare Nippon Paint Vinh Phuc, which will be in operation in February next year, will produce general industrial paint for ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
PPG Industries reported record second quarter net sales in 2013 of $4.1 billion, up 16 percent versus the prior year. Second quarter 2013 reported net income from continuing operations was $341 million, or $2.35 per diluted share. Adjusted ...
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Certification systems for verifying the sources of biobased raw materials and their content in finished products are already operating in the agriculture and food sectors in Europe. Now they are beginning to be introduced into the ...
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It is expected to witness steady growth owing to the robust development of the shipbuilding and offshore engineering industries in the region. Moreover, ships are subject to harsh environments and the constant need for their maintenance and ...
Tags: Marine Coatings, Coatings
The U.S. Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program has awarded $1.071 million to PPG Industries' Allison Park, Pennsylvania, Coatings Innovation Center (CIC) to help develop non-isocyanate liquid ...
Nippon Paint has began construction of its new factory in northern Vinh Phuc province. The third and largest factory of the company in Vietnam, it will produce industrial paint for automobiles and motorcycles, heavy duty coatings, ...
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Sherwin-Williams Protective and Marine Coatings has launched Envirolastic 980 PA, an advanced high-build polyaspartic urethane coating delivering rapid return to service and one-coat exterior durability. According to the company, because ...
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Sherwin-Williams Protective and Marine Coatings has launched Magnalux 404 FF, the first styrene-free vinyl ester for use with steel and concrete substrates in the oil and gas market. The new coating is specially formulated to combat ...
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PPG Industries has started manufacturing protective and marine coatings (PMC) at the company’s facility in Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland. The facility, which previously produced architectural coatings and was part of PPG’s ...
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IRL has published new edition of “A Profile of the Central European Paint Industry.” This report has been developed and expanded upon from IRL’s previous studies and forms part of a series of ten reports assessing the ...
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A growing trend among industrial companies is to develop strategies for giving priority to specific customer sectors rather than types of products. European companies offering both coatings and speciality chemicals have been becoming ...
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Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings announces the launch of Nova-Plate 325, an extended lifecycle, 100 percent solids tank lining for high temperature crude oil, produced water and frac tank applications. Additionally, Nova-Plate ...
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