Despite the booming profits of TiO2 producers in Europe, they still want to diversify their portfolio into speciality pigments to ensure higher profit margins in the long-term. This switch into specialities is causing concern among ...
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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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PPG Industries announced that it has entered into a technology license agreement with China-based Henan Billions Chemicals Joint Stock Co., Ltd., that will provide Henan Billions the right to use PPG’s technology for the manufacture ...
Baobab Resources Plc the iron ore base and precious metals explorer with a portfolio of exploration projects in Mozambique announced that the results of the resource estimation at the Ruoni Flats block of the Tenge/Ruoni prospect, 1 of six ...
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PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it has entered into a technology license agreement with China-based Henan Billions Chemicals Joint Stock Co., Ltd., that will provide Henan Billions the right to use PPG’s technology for ...
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Argex Titanium Inc. is pleased to announce that it has engaged Genivar Inc., a Canadian engineering services firm and one of the world’s leading professional services organizations, to conduct a feasibility study to establish the ...
Akzo Nobel N.V. reported a 6% increase in third quarter revenue compared with the same period last year. This was due to favorable currency effects and pricing actions. EBITDA for Q3 was 7% higher at €540 million. AkzoNobel has ...
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This review paper summarises recent work on the TiO2 photocatalytic oxidation of phenol, for the application of heterogeneous photocatalysis in water purification processes. In recent years, the application of heterogeneous photocatalytic ...
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Samsung Electronics have used tapered micro-pillars of titanium dioxide (TiO2) to increase light extraction from nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by up to 100% [Ming Ma et al, ...
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Inspired by a European study on light sensitivity, a team of researchers looked into the potential impact of healthy human skin tissue (in vitro) being exposed to ultraviolet rays emitted from compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. The ...
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Coatings World: Has the market for industrial coatings experienced growth in the past year? Raphael Crawford, global marketing director, Dow Coating Materials: The market is recovering from the 2008 economic decline. The strengthening of ...
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Industrial coatings manufacturers express optimism for the coming year. The industrial coatings market is beginning to recover from the recent economic downturn. The strengthening global economy has led to an increase in newbuilding and ...
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