Clariant has launched new 3D Printing business to meet the demand of the fast-changing Additive Manufacturing market for premium and customized 3D printer filaments. Additive Manufacturing (AM) is growing at a rapid pace globally, with ...
Tags: 3D Printing, Additive
Coatings and chemicals producer AkzoNobel has commissioned a new production facility for packaging inks in Songjiang, China. The new facility, located at the firm's biggest site used for developing packaging coatings worldwide, will ...
Tags: AkzoNobel, packaging inks, Packaging
The Valspar Corporation has reported fiscal third quarter 2015 net sales of $1.15 billion, a decrease of 7 percent over the prior year. Total volume was flat as growth in the Coatings segment was offset by the expected decline in the Paints ...
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Valspar Corporation has opened a new advanced manufacturing center in Tianjin, China to serve customers with a wide range of innovative paints and coatings products. "Valspar has experienced strong growth in China as customer demand for ...
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The Valspar Corporation has appointed Les H. Ireland as the company's new executive vice president and president of its global Consumer Paint businesses. He will be based in Chicago and report to Valspar chairman and CEO Gary Hendrickson. ...
Tags: sales, marketing, service operations roles, Construction
Ferro Corporation has completed the acquisition of tile coating manufacturer Vetriceramici S.p.A. for €83 million (approximately $104 million), subject to customary working capital and other purchase price adjustments. Vetriceramici ...
Tags: Tile Coatings, Construction
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
· Second quarter net sales of $4.1 billion, up 5 percent versus prior year · All-time quarterly record adjusted earnings per diluted share from continuing operations of $2.83, up 24 percent year-over-year ...
Tags: PPG, Net Sales, Construction
AkzoNobel has completed the expansion of its Industrial Coatings site in Songjiang near Shanghai in China, doubling annual production capacity and creating the company's biggest plant for packaging coatings in the world. Work started in ...
Tags: Industrial Coatings, Coatings, Construction
European coatings companies have been hoping that this year would bring a revival in their domestic markets as the European Union economies, particularly those in the eurozone, started to show signs of recovery around mid-2013. But the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coating
The Lubrizol Corporation announces the opening of its new Innovation Centre in Singapore, the latest addition to Lubrizol's growing presence in Asia. The opening ceremony for the new laboratory facility marks another milestone in support ...
The Lubrizol Corporation has opened a new Innovation Center in Singapore, the latest addition to Lubrizol's growing presence in Asia. "With some of the fastest growing economies today centered in Asia, Lubrizol is proud to have taken yet ...
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PPG Industries recently celebrated the grand opening of its new facility in Acharnai, Greece. In addition to administrative offices, the facility will house a spray application center and customer training facilities. During the opening ...
PPG Industries plans to invest $60 million in a new manufacturing facility and commercial operation for its coatings businesses in the Lipetsk region of Russia. The company anticipates project completion in the second half of 2015. The ...
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Michael A. Cash has joined Axalta Coating Systems as senior vice president and president, Industrial Coatings. In this newly created position, Cash will be responsible for developing and executing global business strategy for customer ...
Tags: Industrial Coating, Construction, Decoration, coating