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Biomaterials Market in Europe Poised for Growth

Aug 18, 2015

The short-term outlook for biomaterials in coatings and related sectors in Europe has been looking grim in the wake of the fall in the oil price. However companies along the biomaterials value chain in the region are not overtly concerned. ...

Tags: biomaterials, coatings

UV/EB Moves Into Higher Value and Higher Margin Areas

Jul 24, 2015

Although UV technologies were first introduced around 20-30 years ago, it is still considered not to be a mature sector with plenty of innovations needed to overcome barriers to greater efficiencies. Over the last few years growth in ...

Tags: Industrial Coatings, Coil Coatings, Powder Coatings

EU Coatings Companies Have Good Perspective

Apr 21, 2015

After a slowdown in demand in the second half of last year in many parts of Europe, coatings companies in the region have become less confident about the short-term future. However, despite economic forecasts of relatively slow growth in ...

Tags: EU Coatings Companies, Coatings demand

The Range of Colors Available in Most Coatings Sectors in Europe Is Too Wide for Customers

Mar 26, 2015

Consumers in Europe are now almost spoiled for choice in the range of colors available in most coatings sectors. As a result coatings and colorant producers, as well as suppliers of materials running in-plant coatings facilities, are ...

Tags: coatings sectors, European Color Trends, coatings

Tighter EU Regulations on Air Emissions Imposed on European Coatings and Other Industries

Dec 17, 2014

The likelihood of tighter European Union regulations on air emissions being imposed on the European coatings and other industries has been receding as the EU gives top priority to economic growth at a time when many of the region’s ...

Tags: IAQ labelling system, volatile organic compounds, Construction

Demand for Dispersions Additives Grows Faster Than The Coatings Market Itself

Nov 11, 2014

The dispersions segment is continuing to be one of the most active in the European coatings sector in the development of new technologies as well as investing in mergers and acquisitions and expansions in production capacity. Demand for ...

Tags: Dispersions, coatings sector

Sustainability Being Used as a Marketing Tool Against Rivals

Oct 22, 2014

Sustainability has been a concept which regional and national trade associations in Europe has been encouraging coatings producers and their suppliers to adopt to ensure that the coatings sector move in a more environmentally friendly ...

Tags: Marine coatings, coatings

Ashland Announced The Addition of a Coatings and Construction Lab

Nov 29, 2013

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc. (NYSH: ASH), announced the addition of a coatings and construction lab in its Shanghai Technical Center. With 20 additional chemists, the newly expanded technical center ...

Tags: Ashland, Coatings&Construction Lab, Shanghai Technical Center

The Architectural Coatings Sector in Europe Has Hopes Because of EU Legislation

Jun 7, 2013

Much of the architectural coatings market in Europe is in the doldrums at the moment because of a slump in the region's construction sector stemming from a general slowdown in its economy. During the first quarter of this year, European ...

Tags: Architectural Coatings, Coating, Construction

European Coatings Sector Faces The Prospect of Having to Update Continually Information

Jan 16, 2013

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 ...

Tags: European Union, chemicals, coatings sector

Paint Producers and Their Raw Material Suppliers in Europe to Make Sustainability

Dec 21, 2012

Paint producers and their raw material suppliers in Europe are giving a new impetus to the drive to making sustainability a central objective of the whole coatings market across the region. The sector is seeking to draw up common ...

Tags: paint producers, raw material suppliers, Europe, CEPE

Azelis and Momentive to Service The Coatings Sector in Russi

Dec 12, 2012

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 ...

Tags: Azelis, Russia, coatings sector

Much of Europe Is Now in The Midst of an Economic Downturn

Sep 17, 2012

Much of Europe is now in the midst of an economic downturn,which is likely to plunge the region into its second recession in four years. But most of Europe's large and even medium-sized coating companies,as well as many of their raw ...

Tags: A Double-Dip Recession, Economic Downturn, The Coatings Sector

Confusion Still Remains Over What Exactly Nanomaterials Are Being Defined as

Dec 1, 2011

Confusion still remains over what exactly nanomaterials are being defined as. The European Commission, the European Union's Brussels-based executive, has at last published a definition of nanomaterials. But both environmentalists and ...

Tags: News Update, Market View, Coating, m

Russia Is Once Again One of The Fastest Growing Coatings Markets in Europe

Jul 12, 2011

Russia is once again one of the fastest growing coatings markets in Europe with the strong likelihood that it will soon be the region's largest by value. However there are doubts about whether it will be able to keep up the pace of ...

Tags: coating

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