Watson Standard has acquired certain assets of Delta Coatings Corporation, a privately-owned coatings company that specializes in the development and manufacturing of coatings for the general industrial and packaging industries. Acquiring ...
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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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Dow Coating Materials, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, has announced plans to expand production of its Dispersants product line in response to rapidly increasing demand from customers across the globe. Additional ...
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US-based packaging coatings firm Valspar announced the election of Gary E. Hendrickson, who had already been serving as president and chief executive officer, as its new chairman with immediate effect. The new appointment comes as William ...
The American Coatings Association (ACA) has announced that Dr. Dean Webster, chair of the Coatings and Polymeric Materials Department at North Dakota State University (NDSU), will deliver the Mattiello Memorial Lecture at its CoatingsTech ...
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Troy Corporation has announced the expansion of its facilities to serve the Asia-Pacific market. Founded in 1950, Troy Corporation has been a dedicated supplier to the Asia-Pacific coatings industry since 1970, and has manufactured products ...
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The fifth annual "Green Industrial Coatings Asia" combined fair and symposium was held in Shanghai on October 23-24. The focus was set on environmentally friendly coatings systems including the latest developments of binder systems, ...
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The first commercial production of paint in Australia dates back to the 1850s.Over the past century,the Paint and Coatings Manufacturing industry in Australia recorded strong growth in line with Australia's industrial development,before ...
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The paints and coating industry involves companies that produce paints,varnishes,lacquers,shellacs and stains.It is clearly divided into the two subsectors-architectural and industrial.Despite the sluggish economic climate,the global paints ...
International Paint LLC has appointed Scott Doering to the newly created position of vice president Protective Coatings business development, North America. In this role, Doering will be responsible for developing the strategic sales and ...
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The Valspar Corporation has announced plans to expand its research and development campus and renovate its former headquarters building, located in downtown Minneapolis. This world-class environment for developing industry-leading coatings ...
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Three of PPG Industries' architectural paint brands recently won recognition in different categories of the 2011 China Top 10 Coatings Brands Awards. Sponsored by HC360.com and the HC Coating Network, the annual awards ceremony in Beijing ...
The Protech/Oxyplast Group of Montreal,Canada reached an agreement to purchase the powder coating business and manufacturing assets of Innotek Powder Coatings of Big Spring Texas.Innotek is a well-recognized name within the powder coatings ...
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AkzoNobel and Carbon Group combined forces to open the first Cromadex Center in Cork,Ireland.The new center will offer industrial coatings customers an array of products and services.The Cork center features a salt spray and laboratory ...
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In their annual results for 2011, coatings producers in Europe have been predicting that 2012 will be much the same overall as last year in terms of growth in sales and profits. There would, nonetheless, be one major difference between the ...
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